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3 Public objects of remembering and forgetting in contemporary Spain (2020)
Journal Article
Richards, M. (2020). 3 Public objects of remembering and forgetting in contemporary Spain. Patterns of Prejudice, 54(5), 493-501. https://doi.org/10.1080/0031322X.2021.1950317

Richards’s article is a reflection on comparative history inspired by the pulling down of the statue of the slave-trader Edward Colston in Bristol in June 2020. It explores the evolution in Spain of state policies and civil society activism to do wit... Read More about 3 Public objects of remembering and forgetting in contemporary Spain.

‘You wouldn’t get that from watching TV!’: Exploring audience responses to virtual reality non-fiction in the home (2020)
Journal Article
Green, D. P., Rose, M., Bevan, C., Farmer, H., Cater, K., & Stanton Fraser, D. (2021). ‘You wouldn’t get that from watching TV!’: Exploring audience responses to virtual reality non-fiction in the home. Convergence, 27(3), 805-829. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856520979966

Consumer virtual reality (VR) headsets (e.g. Oculus Go) have brought VR non-fiction (VRNF) within reach of at-home audiences. However, despite increase in VR hardware sales and enthusiasm for the platform among niche audiences at festivals, mainstrea... Read More about ‘You wouldn’t get that from watching TV!’: Exploring audience responses to virtual reality non-fiction in the home.

What is entrepreneurship? How entrepreneurship education may influence creative writing and how creative writing may change approaches to entrepreneurship in the university setting (2020)
Journal Article
Anthony, D. (2020). What is entrepreneurship? How entrepreneurship education may influence creative writing and how creative writing may change approaches to entrepreneurship in the university setting. Writing in Education, 82, 39-46

Entrepreneurship education is a growing part of all universities’ portfolio of subjects. As well as developing as a specialism which can be studied in isolation, all academic disciplines are being encouraged to include entrepreneurial ideas in their... Read More about What is entrepreneurship? How entrepreneurship education may influence creative writing and how creative writing may change approaches to entrepreneurship in the university setting.

A critical metaphor analysis of heroic myth in the discourse of Kwame Nkrumah (2020)
Journal Article
Nartey, M. (2020). A critical metaphor analysis of heroic myth in the discourse of Kwame Nkrumah. Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines, 12(1), 37-53

This paper examines how Kwame Nkrumah, a pioneering Pan-African leader, utilizes metaphor to simultaneously construct heroes and villains, protagonists and antagonists, forming part of an ideological mechanism that portrays him as a valiant leader an... Read More about A critical metaphor analysis of heroic myth in the discourse of Kwame Nkrumah.

A feminist critical discourse analysis of Ghanaian feminist blogs (2020)
Journal Article
Nartey, M. (2021). A feminist critical discourse analysis of Ghanaian feminist blogs. Feminist Media Studies, 21(4), 657-672. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2020.1837910

Even though one of the aims of critical discourse analysis (CDA) is to demonstrate how social inequality, power abuse and discriminatory practices can be resisted, most studies have centered on the deconstruction of oppression and ideologically drive... Read More about A feminist critical discourse analysis of Ghanaian feminist blogs.

Mythological heroism in the discourse of Kwame Nkrumah (2020)
Journal Article
Nartey, M., & Bhatia, A. (2020). Mythological heroism in the discourse of Kwame Nkrumah. World Englishes, 39(4), 581-593. https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12499

This paper critically explores how an African independence leader uses his language to simultaneously construct heroes and villains, protagonists and antagonists forming part of an ideological mechanism that realizes an anti-imperialist rhetoric and... Read More about Mythological heroism in the discourse of Kwame Nkrumah.

Voice, agency and identity: A positive discourse analysis of ‘resistance’ in the rhetoric of Kwame Nkrumah (2020)
Journal Article
Nartey, M. (2020). Voice, agency and identity: A positive discourse analysis of ‘resistance’ in the rhetoric of Kwame Nkrumah. Language and Intercultural Communication, 20(2), 193-205. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2020.1722686

This paper uses positive discourse analysis to examine an independence leader's resistance rhetoric against colonialism, imperialism and neocolonialism. It analyses speeches delivered by Ghana's independence leader, Kwame Nkrumah, and finds that he a... Read More about Voice, agency and identity: A positive discourse analysis of ‘resistance’ in the rhetoric of Kwame Nkrumah.