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The Afrikaner rebellion 1914-15: Internal conflict and the counterinsurgency campaign (2023)
Book Chapter
Fedorowich, K., & Van der Waag, I. (2023). The Afrikaner rebellion 1914-15: Internal conflict and the counterinsurgency campaign. In M. Thomas, & G. Curless (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Late Colonial Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies (784). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198866787.001.0001

The Afrikaner rebellion of 1914-1915 is an under-studied but significant event in South Africa’s troubled history. At its core was the struggle for the leadership and direction of an increasingly polarised Afrikaner community, elements of which were... Read More about The Afrikaner rebellion 1914-15: Internal conflict and the counterinsurgency campaign.

Augmented reality as a thirdspace: Simultaneous experience of the physical and virtual (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Eagle, R. (2023). Augmented reality as a thirdspace: Simultaneous experience of the physical and virtual. In D. Villa, & F. Zuccoli (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Images and Imagination (355-363). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25906-7_39

With the proliferation of devices that display augmented reality (AR), now is the time for scholars and practitioners to evaluate and engage critically with emerging applications of the medium. AR mediates the way users see their bodies, hear their e... Read More about Augmented reality as a thirdspace: Simultaneous experience of the physical and virtual.

What happened to knowledge about language? (2023)
Journal Article
Hodgson, J. (2023). What happened to knowledge about language?. English in Education, 57(2), 73-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/04250494.2023.2193383

Recently, preparing a report for the Committee for Linguistics in Education, I made a content analysis of the linguistic terms used in the Ofsted (Citation2022) Curriculum Research Review for English. The most surprising result of my analysis was the... Read More about What happened to knowledge about language?.

Voice, Agency and Resistance: Emancipatory Discourses in Action (2023)
Book
Nartey, M. (Ed.). (2023). Voice, Agency and Resistance: Emancipatory Discourses in Action. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Drawing on data from Africa, Latin America, North America, and the Arab Levant, this book demonstrates how members of marginalized (disempowered) groups sculpt a positive image for themselves, engage in solidarity formation for group empowerment, and... Read More about Voice, Agency and Resistance: Emancipatory Discourses in Action.

Broadcasting crown court sentencing - A tentative step forward for open justice? (2023)
Journal Article
Keppel-Palmer, M., Smith, T., Reardon, S., & Gross, B. (2023). Broadcasting crown court sentencing - A tentative step forward for open justice?. Entertainment Law Review, 34(1), 1-3

Pursuant to the Crown Court (Recording and Broadcasting) Order 2020, television cameras have now been permitted to broadcast sentencing remarks made by Judges in Crown Courts. The first such occasion of this was in the case of R v Ben Oliver (2022).... Read More about Broadcasting crown court sentencing - A tentative step forward for open justice?.

A discourse analytic study of #FixTheCountry on Ghanaian Twitter (2023)
Journal Article
Nartey, M., & Yu, Y. (2023). A discourse analytic study of #FixTheCountry on Ghanaian Twitter. Social Media and Society, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051221147328

This article analyzes tweets produced during the “fix the country” campaign on Ghanaian Twitter. It illustrates how the affordances of social media can empower campaigners and how linguistic choices, even on digital platforms, can be conditioned by s... Read More about A discourse analytic study of #FixTheCountry on Ghanaian Twitter.

Bad Blood in Georgian Bristol: The Murder of Sir John Dineley (2023)
Book
Poole, S., & Rogers, N. (2023). Bad Blood in Georgian Bristol: The Murder of Sir John Dineley. Bristol: Redcliffe Press

In 1741, Sir John Dineley, a gentleman with substantial west country land holdings was abducted on the streets of Bristol in broad daylight, rowed down the Avon to the Channel and forced onto a warship captained by his own brother, Samuel Goodere. Th... Read More about Bad Blood in Georgian Bristol: The Murder of Sir John Dineley.

In conversation with Ingrid Pollard (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S., & Pollard, I. (2022, November). In conversation with Ingrid Pollard. Presented at Turner Prize 2022 - Meet the Artist, Tate Liverpool

The Turner Prize 2022 at Tate Liverpool, invited audiences to get to know each of the four Turner Prize nominees. Each artist was in conversation with a guest of their choice, to discuss the themes of their work. For the fourth and final talk in... Read More about In conversation with Ingrid Pollard.

Kwame Nkrumah’s construction of ‘the African people’ via the Unite or Perish myth: A discourse-historical analysis of populist performance (2022)
Journal Article
Nartey, M. (2022). Kwame Nkrumah’s construction of ‘the African people’ via the Unite or Perish myth: A discourse-historical analysis of populist performance. Pragmatics and Society, 13(4), 605-624. https://doi.org/10.1075/ps.19023.nar

Employing Wodak's discourse-historical approach, this paper examines how Ghana's independence leader - Kwame Nkrumah - in his creation of the Unite or Perish myth constructed 'the African people' in a manner in sync with populist performance. It argu... Read More about Kwame Nkrumah’s construction of ‘the African people’ via the Unite or Perish myth: A discourse-historical analysis of populist performance.

Through the Wardrobe: Exploring the potential of headset augmented reality to provide a Thirdspace immersive media experience (2022)
Thesis
Eagle, R. Through the Wardrobe: Exploring the potential of headset augmented reality to provide a Thirdspace immersive media experience. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9088731

This research investigates the potential in employing headset augmented reality (AR) for interactive documentary when the contributors are collaboratively involved in the production process. This research has grown out of the intersection of interact... Read More about Through the Wardrobe: Exploring the potential of headset augmented reality to provide a Thirdspace immersive media experience.

Children and youth in the Russian Revolution (2022)
Book Chapter
White, E. (2023). Children and youth in the Russian Revolution. In The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Russian Revolution. Bloomsbury Publishing

Through 30 interpretative essays, The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Russian Revolution sees an international team of leading scholars comprehensively examine Russia's revolutionary years. In the wake of the 2017 centenary, this handbook is the first ref... Read More about Children and youth in the Russian Revolution.

Sean Connery: Beyond Bond (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Spicer, A. Sean Connery: Beyond Bond. [Word document with embedded podcast]. Performed at Bristol. 25 August 2022 - 25 August 2022. (Unpublished)

This is the background text to my podcast for Watershed Cultural Cinema, September 2022, that accompanied the launch of my book - Sean Connery: Acting, Stardom and National Identity at Watershed on 4 September 2022. It also contains my brief introduc... Read More about Sean Connery: Beyond Bond.

The trajectory of changing rhoticity in Bristol English: A consultative paper (2022)
Working Paper
Coates, R., Blaxter, T., Beeching, K., Murphy, J., & Robinson, E. The trajectory of changing rhoticity in Bristol English: A consultative paper

This consultative paper by Blaxter, Beeching, Coates, Murphy and Robinson presents data on rhoticity in Bristol English. Through an investigation into the speech of 30 Bristol speakers the study demonstrates that this traditional feature is declining... Read More about The trajectory of changing rhoticity in Bristol English: A consultative paper.

The genealogy of 'cultural literacy' (2022)
Journal Article
Hodgson, J., & Harris, A. (2022). The genealogy of 'cultural literacy'. Changing English, 29(4), 382-395. https://doi.org/10.1080/1358684X.2022.2081530

The British government's current educational policy for England draws on E.D. Hirsch's writings on 'cultural literacy'. This paper aims to uncover the roots of Hirsch’s influential views through a genealogical critique. Hirsch admired the Scottish En... Read More about The genealogy of 'cultural literacy'.

#ReconstructionWork: Whose Memorials? (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S., & Asante, B. (2022, May). #ReconstructionWork: Whose Memorials?. Presented at #ReconstructionWork, Online

The state backlash against the mass protests for racial justice in June 2020 is well underway. A reaction punctuated by the recent passing of the Police, Crimes and Sentencing Bill, which has increased the maximum penalty for criminal damage to a mem... Read More about #ReconstructionWork: Whose Memorials?.

Interactive documentary: Its history and future as a polyphonic form (2022)
Book Chapter
Aston, J. (2022). Interactive documentary: Its history and future as a polyphonic form. In K. M. Ryan, & D. Staton (Eds.), Interactive Documentary: Decolonising Practice-Based Research (20-37). New York and London: Routledge

This chapter looks at the decolonization of interactive documentary practices through the lens of polyphony. Writing as practice-based researchers from a position of privilege, the authors argue that self-reflexivity is a key requirement for “decolon... Read More about Interactive documentary: Its history and future as a polyphonic form.

Metaphorical thinking and delusions in psychosis (2021)
Book Chapter
Deamer, F., & Wilkinson, S. (2021). Metaphorical thinking and delusions in psychosis. In M. Amblard, M. Musiol, & M. Rebuschi (Eds.), (In)coherence of Discourse (119-130). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71434-5_6

This paper explores how metaphorical thinking might contribute to an aetiology of florid delusions in psychosis.We argue that this approach helps to account for the pathfrom experience to the delusional assertion, which, though relatively straightfor... Read More about Metaphorical thinking and delusions in psychosis.