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Through the Glass Darkly – Appropriation, Remaking and Representation through Print (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Thirkell, P., & Hoskins, S. (2009, July). Through the Glass Darkly – Appropriation, Remaking and Representation through Print. Paper presented at The Art of Appropriation & Kurt Schwitters in England, University of Chester

This paper will examine the incidence of appropriation and re-representation that emerged in fine art image and object making during the early 20th century. It specifically aims to trace the role of emerging forms of technology in facilitating new wa... Read More about Through the Glass Darkly – Appropriation, Remaking and Representation through Print.

Discrete dynamical genetic programming in XCS (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Preen, R., & Bull, L. (2009, July). Discrete dynamical genetic programming in XCS. Paper presented at 11th Annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation, Montreal, Canada

A number of representation schemes have been presented for use within Learning Classifier Systems, ranging from binary encodings to neural networks. This paper presents results from an investigation into using a discrete dynamical system representati... Read More about Discrete dynamical genetic programming in XCS.

Strategic thinking in family businesses (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Collins, L., O'Regan, N., Hughes, T., & Tucker, J. (2009, July). Strategic thinking in family businesses. Paper presented at IFERA 2009, Cyprus

Abstract: This practitioner orientated paper seeks to understand better how management knowledge is created, shared and disseminated in family businesses (FBs). It outlines the initial findings from an exploratory study with senior managers of 20 FBs... Read More about Strategic thinking in family businesses.

Creative development in Bion’s work group: The desire for knowledge and the pursuit of truth (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Simpson, P., French, R., & Sheffield, R. (2009, July). Creative development in Bion’s work group: The desire for knowledge and the pursuit of truth. Paper presented at 25th EGOS Colloquium, ESADE Business School, Barcelona, Spain

In this paper we seek to contribute to the extensive literature utilising Bion’s theory of group functioning by employing a more developed treatment of the work-group than is commonly employed. Whilst we continue to recognise the value of an understa... Read More about Creative development in Bion’s work group: The desire for knowledge and the pursuit of truth.

The London Coffee Bar of the 1950s - teenage occupation of an amateur space? (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Partington, M. (2009, July). The London Coffee Bar of the 1950s - teenage occupation of an amateur space?. Paper presented at Occupation: Negotiations with Constructed Space (Interior Architecture Conference), University of Brighton, Grand Parade, Brighton

London coffee bars of the 1950s quickly became recognized social spaces described in books, magazines and films of the period. This paper critiques the received view of a homogeneous, generic coffee bar ‘type’. By contrast, this paper emphasizes c... Read More about The London Coffee Bar of the 1950s - teenage occupation of an amateur space?.

Integrated urban management (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Ludlow, D. (2009, July). Integrated urban management. Paper presented at LUMASEC, Land Use Management for Sustainable European Cities, Bristol, UK, July 2009, Bristol, UK

The impact of partnership and family-building on the careers of highly-qualified women: issues for effective management practice (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Wilton, N. (2009, July). The impact of partnership and family-building on the careers of highly-qualified women: issues for effective management practice. Paper presented at Ninth International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organisations, Boston, MA. USA

The dramatic rise in female labour market participation over the last twenty years in the UK has led to a significant growth in the proportion of dual-career couples and working parents. For example, the Office for National Statistics report that the... Read More about The impact of partnership and family-building on the careers of highly-qualified women: issues for effective management practice.

Love, death and flesh: Ontological antinomies in Tuskamoto Shinya's Vital (2004) (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Tuck, G. (2009, July). Love, death and flesh: Ontological antinomies in Tuskamoto Shinya's Vital (2004). Paper presented at 2nd Film Philosophy Conference, University of Dundee, Scotland

This paper uses the cinema of Tuskamoto Shinya to discuss Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s concept of the ‘flesh’. Flesh rejects the ontological antinomy between the empirical and the rational, our determination by either matter or ideas, in favour of a more... Read More about Love, death and flesh: Ontological antinomies in Tuskamoto Shinya's Vital (2004).

Alina Szapocznikow: The pop connection and beyond (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Tate, S. (2009, July). Alina Szapocznikow: The pop connection and beyond. Presented at Awkward Objects, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland

The lecture explored the area of overlap between the work of Szapocznikow and that of women Pop artists, notably the Belgian Evelyn Axell and British Pauline Boty (whose work was included in the exhibition). This reframing in relation to Pop brought... Read More about Alina Szapocznikow: The pop connection and beyond.

'How can civilization be saved?': Psychoanalysis in the anticipation of World War Two in Britain (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Swanson, G. (2009, July). 'How can civilization be saved?': Psychoanalysis in the anticipation of World War Two in Britain. Paper presented at Structures of Violence and Conflict: 2nd Conference of the International Society for Cultural History, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

This paper considers the ways that psychoanalysis was understood to provide a distinctive insight in to the ‘problems of civilization’ and a means of understanding the psychic dynamics of social groups in the anticipation of war in Britain in the 193... Read More about 'How can civilization be saved?': Psychoanalysis in the anticipation of World War Two in Britain.

Understanding film production: Michael Klinger and the new film history (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Spicer, A. H. (2009, July). Understanding film production: Michael Klinger and the new film history. Presented at Researching Film History Symposium, Geological Society, London, UK

This paper explored a wider debate about the epistemology and ontology of film history. Using the Michael Klinger papers, it offered an original exploration of an unknown history: his attempt to produce a Jewish epic war film based on the Dieppe Raid... Read More about Understanding film production: Michael Klinger and the new film history.