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Alita: Battle Angel – A Step in the Right Direction for Anime Adaptations (2019)
Journal Article
Li, J., & Phil Tan, E. L. (2019). Alita: Battle Angel – A Step in the Right Direction for Anime Adaptations. Galactica Media: Journal of Media Studies, 1(1), 88-103. https://doi.org/10.24411/2658-7734-2019-00004

Anime adaptations may not be as common as other kinds of adaptations during the 21st century; the few that have been done and released all have been met with negative reviews from both critics and fans alike. Some of the issues raised in regards to a... Read More about Alita: Battle Angel – A Step in the Right Direction for Anime Adaptations.

Minor Modernisms: The Scottish Renaissance and the Translation of German-language Modernism (2019)
Journal Article
Lyall, S. (2019). Minor Modernisms: The Scottish Renaissance and the Translation of German-language Modernism. Modernist Cultures, 14(2), 213-235. https://doi.org/10.3366/mod.2019.0251

Germany has been epitomised in the twentieth century as Britain’s main rival and adversary. Yet Scottish modernists were influenced by Germany and German-language modernism to think more internationally about their nation and work, a cultural encount... Read More about Minor Modernisms: The Scottish Renaissance and the Translation of German-language Modernism.

Technology acceptance model for 3D virtual reality system in luxury brands online stores (2019)
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Altarteer, S., & Charissis, V. (2019). Technology acceptance model for 3D virtual reality system in luxury brands online stores. IEEE Access, 7, 64053-64062. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2916353

This paper presents an evaluation of a 3D semi-immersive virtual reality (VR) system for online luxury product visualization and customization service. This paper's objective is to present the results of the survey-based analysis using a technology a... Read More about Technology acceptance model for 3D virtual reality system in luxury brands online stores.

Challenging authenticity: fakes and forgeries in rock music (2019)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (2019). Challenging authenticity: fakes and forgeries in rock music. Popular Music, 38(2), 204-218. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261143019000084

Authenticity is a key concept in the evaluation of rock music by critics and fans. The production of fakes challenges the means by which listeners evaluate the authentic, by questioning central notions of integrity and sincerity. This paper examine... Read More about Challenging authenticity: fakes and forgeries in rock music.

Joseph Conrad: Transnational Identity in the Fictions of Empire (2019)
Journal Article
Dryden, L. (2019). Joseph Conrad: Transnational Identity in the Fictions of Empire. L'Epoque Conradienne, 41,

Professor Linda Dryden Joseph Conrad was a writer who crossed national boundaries both in his personal life and in his writing, particularly in his early Malay tales and in Heart of Darkness (1901), but also in his fictions set in England and Europe.... Read More about Joseph Conrad: Transnational Identity in the Fictions of Empire.

Reconsidering the forgotten 'shoddy' industry and concepts of authenticity through 3D printed, repurposed selvedge waste. (2019)
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Vettese, S. (2019). Reconsidering the forgotten 'shoddy' industry and concepts of authenticity through 3D printed, repurposed selvedge waste. Making Futures, 5,

Sustainability, biodegradability and circularity are important issues in the textile and fashion industry, with very few tangible solutions that have the potential to make an impact. The research team’s project, which utilises waste from the Scottish... Read More about Reconsidering the forgotten 'shoddy' industry and concepts of authenticity through 3D printed, repurposed selvedge waste..

Exploring the Development Requirements for Virtual Reality Gait Analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Khan, M. S., Charissis, V., & Sakellariou, S. (2019). Exploring the Development Requirements for Virtual Reality Gait Analysis. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 3(2), Article 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/mti3020024

The hip joint is highly prone to traumatic and degenerative pathologies resulting in irregular locomotion. Monitoring and treatment depend on high-end technology facilities requiring physician and patient co-location, thus limiting access to speciali... Read More about Exploring the Development Requirements for Virtual Reality Gait Analysis.

The Victorian Barmaid and the British Press: How She Was Defined and Represented in Late-Nineteenth-Century Media, and How She Utilized the Press to Fight for Better Pay and Working Conditions (2019)
Journal Article
Boughey, A. (2019). The Victorian Barmaid and the British Press: How She Was Defined and Represented in Late-Nineteenth-Century Media, and How She Utilized the Press to Fight for Better Pay and Working Conditions. Journalism history, 45(1), 77-93. https:/

This article explores how British print media in the late-nineteenth century portrayed and represented the Victorian barmaid, utilizing newspapers, magazines, periodicals, and other printed materials as its primary sources. The barmaid was a product... Read More about The Victorian Barmaid and the British Press: How She Was Defined and Represented in Late-Nineteenth-Century Media, and How She Utilized the Press to Fight for Better Pay and Working Conditions.

Atlantic exchanges: The poetics of dispersal and disposal in Scottish and Caribbean seas (2019)
Journal Article
Campbell, A. (2019). Atlantic exchanges: The poetics of dispersal and disposal in Scottish and Caribbean seas. Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 55(2), 195-208. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449855.2019.1590622

This article offers a series of readings of poets from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean whose works make visible the otherwise invisible and offshore narratives of marine waste that currently circulate within the world’s oceans. Through a comparative... Read More about Atlantic exchanges: The poetics of dispersal and disposal in Scottish and Caribbean seas.

Simulating Experiences of Displacement and Migration: Developing Immersive and Interactive Media Forms Around Factual Narratives (2019)
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Blake, J. N. (2019). Simulating Experiences of Displacement and Migration: Developing Immersive and Interactive Media Forms Around Factual Narratives. International Journal of E-Politics, 10(1), 49-60. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijep.2019010104

Immigration is a highly politicised and emotive area of public discourse. During the peak of the so-called ‘Refugee Crisis’ in Europe, a number of EU politicians and mass media outlets manipulated the abstract idea of ‘the migrant’ as a scapegoat for... Read More about Simulating Experiences of Displacement and Migration: Developing Immersive and Interactive Media Forms Around Factual Narratives.

Extractive Poetics: Marine Energies in Scottish Literature (2019)
Journal Article
Campbell, A. (2019). Extractive Poetics: Marine Energies in Scottish Literature. Humanities, 8(1), Article 16. https://doi.org/10.3390/h8010016

Following the recent call to ‘put the ocean’s agitation and historicity back onto our mental maps and into the study of literature’ (Yaeger 2010), this article addresses the histories and cultures of marine energy extraction in modern Scottish litera... Read More about Extractive Poetics: Marine Energies in Scottish Literature.

Haphazard pathways: Students’ perceptions of their routes to music study in higher education in the United Kingdom (2018)
Journal Article
Moir, Z., & Stillie, B. (2018). Haphazard pathways: Students’ perceptions of their routes to music study in higher education in the United Kingdom. Journal of Popular Music Education, 2(3), 199-216. https://doi.org/10.1386/jpme.2.3.199_1

This article reports on a qualitative study, which explored perceptions of fourteen first-year undergraduate music students in the United Kingdom regarding their secondary school music education as preparation for undertaking degree-level music study... Read More about Haphazard pathways: Students’ perceptions of their routes to music study in higher education in the United Kingdom.

History on the Cusp of Myth: J.T.Rogers' Oslo (2018)
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Soto-Morettini, D. (2018). History on the Cusp of Myth: J.T.Rogers' Oslo. Journal of Contemporary Drama in English, 6(2), 315-330. https://doi.org/10.1515/jcde-2018-0028

J.T. Rogers’ Oslo has had an extraordinary run for new ‘straight’ drama: sell-out performances both in New York and London, and 7 Tony nominations. But what is it? On the face of it, Oslo is a history play – a carefully imagined reconstruction of sec... Read More about History on the Cusp of Myth: J.T.Rogers' Oslo.

“From souvenirs to 3D printed souvenirs”. Exploring the capabilities of additive manufacturing technologies in (re)-framing tourist souvenirs (2018)
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Anastasiadou, C., & Vettese, S. (2019). “From souvenirs to 3D printed souvenirs”. Exploring the capabilities of additive manufacturing technologies in (re)-framing tourist souvenirs. Tourism Management, 71, 428-442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2

Souvenirs, whether mass-produced commodities made elsewhere or local artisanal handicrafts, are static objects that lack the capacity to mediate or generate the co-creative, active or immersive experiences that tourists desire. The expansion of addit... Read More about “From souvenirs to 3D printed souvenirs”. Exploring the capabilities of additive manufacturing technologies in (re)-framing tourist souvenirs.

A study of childrens' relationship with making and use of CAD in collaborative, physical and digital environments : implications for learning and open access fabrication (2018)
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Vettese, S., Allan, D., & Thompson, P. (2018). A study of childrens' relationship with making and use of CAD in collaborative, physical and digital environments : implications for learning and open access fabrication. Design and Technology Education: An I

In this paper, the researchers will investigate different ways in which school age, 'generation net' children learn, through non-linear, mediated, collaborative ‘making’ environments, enabled by online communities of ‘citizen practitioners' and maker... Read More about A study of childrens' relationship with making and use of CAD in collaborative, physical and digital environments : implications for learning and open access fabrication.

Textile applications of commercial photochromic dyes: part 7. A statistical investigation of the influence of photochromic dyes on the mechanical properties of thermoplastic fibres (2018)
Journal Article
Younes, B., Ward, S. C., Christie, R. M., & Vettese, S. (2019). Textile applications of commercial photochromic dyes: part 7. A statistical investigation of the influence of photochromic dyes on the mechanical properties of thermoplastic fibres. Journal o

The influence of the concentration of a commercial photochromic dye, incorporated into as-spun and drawn fibres produced from polyethylene and polypropylene, on their mechanical properties was investigated. As-spun fibres were produced by incorporati... Read More about Textile applications of commercial photochromic dyes: part 7. A statistical investigation of the influence of photochromic dyes on the mechanical properties of thermoplastic fibres.