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The Soviet Diplomatic Corps and Stalin's Purges (2008)
Journal Article
Kocho-Williams, A. (2008). The Soviet Diplomatic Corps and Stalin's Purges. Slavonic and East European Review, 86(1), 90-110

This article offers a case study of a commissariat and its members during Stalin’s purges. It considers the effects of the purges on diplomats and on Soviet diplomacy, adding new dimensions to previous works, in particular dealing with how the Foreig... Read More about The Soviet Diplomatic Corps and Stalin's Purges.

This is too formal for us...: A case study of variation in the written products of a multinational consortium (2008)
Journal Article
Angouri, J., & Harwood, N. (2008). This is too formal for us...: A case study of variation in the written products of a multinational consortium. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 22(1), 38-64. https://doi.org/10.1177/1050651907307701

This article reports a case study of three multinational companies that work together in a consortium, focusing on intercompany and intracompany variation in writing products and processes. The authors discuss variation in two genres: meeting minutes... Read More about This is too formal for us...: A case study of variation in the written products of a multinational consortium.

Consequences and coincidences: A case study of experimental play in media literacy (2008)
Journal Article
Sobers, S. (2008). Consequences and coincidences: A case study of experimental play in media literacy. Journal of Media Practice, 9(1), 53-66. https://doi.org/10.1386/jmpr.9.1.53_1

This article will discuss the way children across three schools in Bristol, United Kingdom have been engaged in a unique short film experiment. The video project they were involved with aimed to inspire the young participants to actively consider not... Read More about Consequences and coincidences: A case study of experimental play in media literacy.

The problem of organ donation (2008)
Journal Article
Carel, H. (2008). The problem of organ donation

The recent debate about organ donation was surprisingly heated. People complained about a ‘nanny state’ infringing on their post-mortem rights; some threatened to tear up their donor cards if the proposed change to an ‘opt-out’ system went ahead. ‘Op... Read More about The problem of organ donation.

‘Exactitude is truth’: Representing the British military through commissioned artworks (2008)
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Gough, P. (2008). ‘Exactitude is truth’: Representing the British military through commissioned artworks. Journal of War and Culture Studies, 1(3), 341-356

The work of ‘regimental artists’ is often derided for being jingoistic, irrelevant and predicated on anachronistic representational strategies rooted in high-Victorian battle painting. Despite their marginal status, a core of professional painters to... Read More about ‘Exactitude is truth’: Representing the British military through commissioned artworks.

The role of clean technological change and networking in the emergence of small-scale enterprise clusters: an empirical study in the Red River Delta of Northern Vietnam (2008)
Journal Article
Konstadakopulos, D. (2008). The role of clean technological change and networking in the emergence of small-scale enterprise clusters: an empirical study in the Red River Delta of Northern Vietnam. Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 4, 30-64

This paper reports on a survey on the environmental conditions in three small-scale enterprise clusters in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. The survey attempted to identify the existence and contribution of environmental innovation networks t... Read More about The role of clean technological change and networking in the emergence of small-scale enterprise clusters: an empirical study in the Red River Delta of Northern Vietnam.

The best bits: Non-narrative pleasures and creative practice (2008)
Journal Article
Partington, A. (2008). The best bits: Non-narrative pleasures and creative practice. Journal of Media Practice, 9(1), 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1386/jmpr.9.1.9_1

This article is a discussion about the development of media practice both as a creative endeavour and as the collaborative interaction with audiences. It argues that innovations in media practice are dependent on the relationships between practitione... Read More about The best bits: Non-narrative pleasures and creative practice.

When we finish our job, we will cut off our beards: New York Times coverage of Fidel Castro's 1959 U.S. visit (2008)
Journal Article
Ruggiero, T. (2008). When we finish our job, we will cut off our beards: New York Times coverage of Fidel Castro's 1959 U.S. visit

During a brief historical moment, April 15-26, 1959, Fidel Castro and a delgation of more than fifty industrial and international representatives visited the United States as guests of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. The 32-year-old Cuban... Read More about When we finish our job, we will cut off our beards: New York Times coverage of Fidel Castro's 1959 U.S. visit.

Transgenerational epigenetics, or the spectral history of the flesh. A Merleau-Pontian approach to epigenetics (2008)
Journal Article
Meacham, D. E. (2008). Transgenerational epigenetics, or the spectral history of the flesh. A Merleau-Pontian approach to epigenetics. Chiasmi International, 9, 65-93

Recent advances in the field of genetics, more specifically the substantiation of epigenetic inheritance, have expanded our understanding of genetic transmission. We will try to demonstrate here that a Merleau-Pontian approach to some of these recent... Read More about Transgenerational epigenetics, or the spectral history of the flesh. A Merleau-Pontian approach to epigenetics.