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Review of 'Material and Visual Cultures Beyond Male Bonding, 1870-1914: Bodies, Bounderies and Intimacy', by John Potvin (2008)
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Hornsey, R. (2008). Review of 'Material and Visual Cultures Beyond Male Bonding, 1870-1914: Bodies, Bounderies and Intimacy', by John Potvin. Journal of Design History, 21(4), 391-393. https://doi.org/10.1093/jdh/epn030

Potvin's book was a study of how male homosociality in late-nineteenth century British design cultures produced new dynamics of vision and touching, which became medicated through workshop practice and specific artefacts.

Targeting, television and networking: An interview with Samuel Weber (2008)
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Crogan, P., & Weber, S. (2008). Targeting, television and networking: An interview with Samuel Weber. Convergence, 14(4), 375-385. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856508094658

In this interview, Samuel Weber discusses two recent books that explore issues of contemporary media and politics, Targets of Opportunity and Theatricality as Medium. Targeting is identified as a modality of conceiving the world that is as old as wes... Read More about Targeting, television and networking: An interview with Samuel Weber.

Voices from the blue nile: Using digital media to create a multilayered associative narrative (2008)
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Aston, J. (2008). Voices from the blue nile: Using digital media to create a multilayered associative narrative. Journal of Media Practice, 9(1), 43-51. https://doi.org/10.1386/jmpr.9.1.43_1

This article outlines work in progress in relation to a collaborative project between me as a multimedia designer and Oxford anthropologist, Professor Wendy James. The aim of the collaboration is to explore new possibilities for using digital media t... Read More about Voices from the blue nile: Using digital media to create a multilayered associative narrative.

Could do better? Students' critique of written feedback (2008)
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Brooks, K. (2008). Could do better? Students' critique of written feedback. Networks, 5,

This feature starts with the observation that current research into university assessment feedback has a tendency to conclude that students want ‘more feedback’ but in general, don’t know what to do with it. Likewise, related research notes the misma... Read More about Could do better? Students' critique of written feedback.

Dinosaurs and butterflies - media practice research in new media ecologies (2008)
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Dovey, J. (2008). Dinosaurs and butterflies - media practice research in new media ecologies. Journal of Media Practice, 9(3), 243-256. https://doi.org/10.1386/jmpr.9.3.243/1

The changes in traditional patterns of media production and consumption brought about by digital technologies in their networked form pose challenges to both practitioners and theorists. As the practices of mass media dissolve into the processes of t... Read More about Dinosaurs and butterflies - media practice research in new media ecologies.

A picture of virtue: Review of Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison, Objectivity (2008)
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Henning, M. (2008). A picture of virtue: Review of Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison, Objectivity

This is a 2,500 word book review of Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison’s co-written book, Objectivity, Zone Books, New York, 2007. I emphasise how they explain objectivity as a virtue, and use descriptions of scientific practices. I explain their dis... Read More about A picture of virtue: Review of Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison, Objectivity.

The queer (spatial) economies of The Lavender Hill Mob (2008)
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Hornsey, R. (2008). The queer (spatial) economies of The Lavender Hill Mob. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 5(1), 38-52. https://doi.org/10.3366/E1743452108000058

This essay provides a new reading of the popular Ealing comedy 'The Lavender Hill Mob' (Charles Crichton, 1951) by rethinking its relationship to wider cultural developments in Britain at the time of its release. The immediate post-war period was mar... Read More about The queer (spatial) economies of The Lavender Hill Mob.

Change and continuity in the ‘information age' (2008)
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Lee, S., & Salter, L. (2008). Change and continuity in the ‘information age'. Global Media and Communication, 4(1), 81-93. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742766507086854

This review article looks at three books about continuity and change in the so-called “information age”. Following Dan Schiller’s work, it concurs that consideration of the “information age” must be grounded in a historical-materialist understanding... Read More about Change and continuity in the ‘information age'.

The goods of community? The potential of journalism as a social practice (2008)
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Salter, L. (2008). The goods of community? The potential of journalism as a social practice. Philosophy of Management, 7(1), 33-44

The paper resulted from a conference on the work of philosopher, Alasdair MacIntyre. It considers MacIntyre’s distinctions between institutions and practices in the context of media organisations. It considers journalism as a practice and argues that... Read More about The goods of community? The potential of journalism as a social practice.

'Everything is made of atoms': the reprogramming of space and time in post-war London (2008)
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Hornsey, R. (2008). 'Everything is made of atoms': the reprogramming of space and time in post-war London. Journal of Historical Geography, 34(1), 94-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2006.12.003

From the middle of the Second World War until the early 1950s, architects, planners and designers in Britain made an unprecedented investment in reforming the built environment as a means to ensure a stable and secure post-war society. This essay con... Read More about 'Everything is made of atoms': the reprogramming of space and time in post-war London.