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Living signs: Theory and materiality in the work of Otto Neurath (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Henning, M. (2008, March). Living signs: Theory and materiality in the work of Otto Neurath. Paper presented at Engaging Objects, Amsterdam

Using the work of Otto Neurath, this paper considers theory as a material social practice. Some scholars see in Neurath’s work a ‘naïve’ belief in the possibility of the clear, unambiguous, transmission of facts untainted by their material support. Y... Read More about Living signs: Theory and materiality in the work of Otto Neurath.

SF histories (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, March). SF histories. Presented at State of the Art: Science Fiction Histories Conference, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia

Mark Bould was one of four closing plenary panel members at this conference. The closing panel sumamrised the key ideas that emerged during the course of the conference and suggestions about their implications for future research.

Writing/Genre/History: Everyone else is wrong (and so am I) (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, March). Writing/Genre/History: Everyone else is wrong (and so am I). Presented at State of the Art: Science Fiction Histories Conference, Curtin University of Technology, Perth

An overview of the problems involved in writing a history of a genre, drawing on debates in contemporary historiography and science studies.

Tortured torsos: Anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M., & Vint, S. (2008, March). Tortured torsos: Anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist. Presented at Postgraduate Masterclass, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Western Australia

Taking anorexia as a model of subjectivity under contemporary capital, this paper analyses the noir protagonists of Fight Club and The Machinist and their relationships to power, labour and their own bodies.

The very modern world of Fritz Lang (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, March). The very modern world of Fritz Lang. Presented at The Very Modern World of Fritz Lang, Institute of Advanced Studies, The University of Western Australia

Taking Lang's films as the pulp wing of the Frankfurt School, this lecture demonstrated that although not a Marxist Lang developed a critique of capitalist urban/industrial modernity very similar in some respects to that of Theodor Adorno.

Older drivers, travel and later life learning (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Musselwhite, C. (2008, March). Older drivers, travel and later life learning. Paper presented at ESRC Older People and Learning and Society Seminars, Leicester University, UK

Representing creation in Huston's The Bible: In the Beginning (1966) (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Lawrence, M. (2008, March). Representing creation in Huston's The Bible: In the Beginning (1966). Paper presented at SCMS Conference, Philadelphia, USA

An analysis of the representation of the Creation in John Huston’s The Bible: In the Beginnning.

A magic wand? Emergent themes in an analysis of interview data on the expecations of morbidly obese patients with Type 2 diabetes seeking gastric banding surgery (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Morris, M., Jackson, S., Davis, A., Gunary, R., & Johnson, A. (2008, March). A magic wand? Emergent themes in an analysis of interview data on the expecations of morbidly obese patients with Type 2 diabetes seeking gastric banding surgery. Poster presented at Diabetes UK Annual Professional Conference, SECC Glasgow, Scotland

Youth tourism: Global trends (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Richards, G. (2008, March). Youth tourism: Global trends. Paper presented at European Hostel Forum Conference, Barcelona, Spain