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'And so with the moderns': The Role of the Revolutionary Writer and the Mythicization of History in J. Leslie Mitchell’s Spartacus (2022)
Journal Article
Lyall, S. (2022). 'And so with the moderns': The Role of the Revolutionary Writer and the Mythicization of History in J. Leslie Mitchell’s Spartacus. Clotho, 4(2), 127-152. https://doi.org/10.4312/clotho.4.2.127-152

The focus of this article is J. Leslie Mitchell’s Spartacus (1933), his fictional representation of the slave rebellion in ancient Rome led by the eponymous gladiator. The article begins by examining Mitchell’s contribution to debates over the role o... Read More about 'And so with the moderns': The Role of the Revolutionary Writer and the Mythicization of History in J. Leslie Mitchell’s Spartacus.

Decolonising Deep-Sea Gothic: Perspectives from the Americas (2022)
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Champion, G. (2022). Decolonising Deep-Sea Gothic: Perspectives from the Americas. Gothic Studies, 24(3), 275-294. https://doi.org/10.3366/gothic.2022.0142

This article argues that gothic tropes are central to depictions of the ocean across different genres and forms, but there is a colonial and decolonial trend in the use of horror in portrayal of the sea. This article identifies how gothic depictions... Read More about Decolonising Deep-Sea Gothic: Perspectives from the Americas.

The power of schism: Unconventional narrative structure in No Country for Old Men (2022)
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Neilan, C. (2022). The power of schism: Unconventional narrative structure in No Country for Old Men. Journal of Screenwriting, 13(3), 313-328. https://doi.org/10.1386/josc_00103_1

Whilst screenwriting handbooks have popularized and disseminated practical approaches to writing the screenplay and, to a certain extent, demystified and perhaps even democratized the process of screenplay creation and development, they have also sol... Read More about The power of schism: Unconventional narrative structure in No Country for Old Men.

Arctic Ghosts: Whale Hunting and Haunting in Arthur Conan Doyle’s 'The Captain of the Pole-Star' (2022)
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Alder, E. (2022). Arctic Ghosts: Whale Hunting and Haunting in Arthur Conan Doyle’s 'The Captain of the Pole-Star'. Victorian Studies, 65(1), 43-66

Over-hunting in Arctic seas drove bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) nearly to extinction by the end of the nineteenth century. Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Captain of the ‘Pole-Star’” (1883), inspired by his youthful 1880 voyage on the Scottish whalin... Read More about Arctic Ghosts: Whale Hunting and Haunting in Arthur Conan Doyle’s 'The Captain of the Pole-Star'.

The War Books Boom in Britain, 1928–1930 (2022)
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Frayn, A., & Houston, F. (2022). The War Books Boom in Britain, 1928–1930. First World War Studies, 13(1), 25-45. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475020.2022.2129718

Based on a dataset of unparalleled extent containing nearly 1500 books, this article for the first time offers an analysis of the War Books Boom that combines the qualitative and quantitative. The Boom did not simply rise and fall; an early peak in p... Read More about The War Books Boom in Britain, 1928–1930.

Belonging to the university or being in the world: From belonging to relational being (2022)
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Graham, C., & Moir, Z. (2022). Belonging to the university or being in the world: From belonging to relational being. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 19(4),

In a world characterised by supercomplexity, in which higher education (HE) is in the grip of neoliberal market forces (Barnett, 2000), it is incumbent upon participants in this sector to ask; what does it mean to belong, and to what? ‘Belonging’ has... Read More about Belonging to the university or being in the world: From belonging to relational being.

“I take it you’ve read every book on the shelves?” Demonstrating Taste and Class Through Bookshelves in the Time of COVID (2022)
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Marsden, S. (2022). “I take it you’ve read every book on the shelves?” Demonstrating Taste and Class Through Bookshelves in the Time of COVID. English Studies, 103(5), 660-674. https://doi.org/10.1080/0013838X.2022.2087033

The national lockdowns brought in in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 forced many people to work from home, including journalists, politicians, cultural commentators and celebrities. The familiar faces we would normally expect to... Read More about “I take it you’ve read every book on the shelves?” Demonstrating Taste and Class Through Bookshelves in the Time of COVID.

Castells versus Bell: A comparison of two grand theorists of the information age (2022)
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Duff, A. S. (2023). Castells versus Bell: A comparison of two grand theorists of the information age. European Journal of Social Theory, 26(1), 90-108. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684310221099695

Daniel Bell (1919–2011) and Manuel Castells (1942–) are the grand theorists of the information age. The article provides a detailed, up-to-date, comparative analysis of their writings. It begins with their methodologies, identifying numerous commonal... Read More about Castells versus Bell: A comparison of two grand theorists of the information age.

The End of the 90s in Porochista Khakpour's The Last Illusion, Rachel Kushner's The Mars Room and Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2022)
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Keeble, A. (2023). The End of the 90s in Porochista Khakpour's The Last Illusion, Rachel Kushner's The Mars Room and Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation. Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, 64(4), 685-698. https://doi.org/10.1080/00

This article argues that three contemporary novels – Porochista Khakpour's The Last Illusion (2014), Rachel Kushner's The Mars Room (2017), and Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2018) – offer correctives to prevalent histories of the... Read More about The End of the 90s in Porochista Khakpour's The Last Illusion, Rachel Kushner's The Mars Room and Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation.

Sustainable and Responsible Design Education: Tensions in Transitions (2022)
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Boehnert, J., Sinclair, M., & Dewberry, E. (2022). Sustainable and Responsible Design Education: Tensions in Transitions. Sustainability, 14(11), Article 6397. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116397

Sustainable and Responsible Design (SRD) harnesses design’s potential to address eco-social problems and in doing so challenge the status quo of design education by reframing the social and ecological consequences, boundaries and agencies of design.... Read More about Sustainable and Responsible Design Education: Tensions in Transitions.

‘Common Sense Slimming’ - How the contribution of Joan Robins, television’s ‘afternoon cook’, was not the perfect-fit for the culture of the BBC in the 1950s (2022)
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Geddes, K. (2022). ‘Common Sense Slimming’ - How the contribution of Joan Robins, television’s ‘afternoon cook’, was not the perfect-fit for the culture of the BBC in the 1950s. Critical Studies in Television, 17(3), 254-268. https://doi.org/10.

Cooking on television after WWII mainly addressed ‘the housewife’ audience, while women themselves were presenting television cooking programmes. History has largely forgotten the presenter Joan Robins, who appeared alongside Philip Harben and Margue... Read More about ‘Common Sense Slimming’ - How the contribution of Joan Robins, television’s ‘afternoon cook’, was not the perfect-fit for the culture of the BBC in the 1950s.

The Pacific Community Filmmaking Consortium: Producing Pacific community-based films by Pacific filmmakers (2022)
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MacLeod, K. (2022). The Pacific Community Filmmaking Consortium: Producing Pacific community-based films by Pacific filmmakers. Media Practice and Education, 23(2), 195-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/25741136.2022.2059832

This case study will discuss the impact pathways associated with a practice-led impact and engagement project based in the Pacific through the establishment of The Pacific Community Filmmaking Consortium. The project aims to support community-based a... Read More about The Pacific Community Filmmaking Consortium: Producing Pacific community-based films by Pacific filmmakers.

Improving User Experience and Communication of Digitally Enhanced Advanced Services (DEAS) Offers in Manufacturing Sector (2022)
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Khan, M. S., Charissis, V., Godsiff, P., Wood, Z., Falah, J. F., Alfalah, S. F. M., & Harrison, D. K. (2022). Improving User Experience and Communication of Digitally Enhanced Advanced Services (DEAS) Offers in Manufacturing Sector. Multimodal Technologie

Digitally enhanced advanced services (DEAS), offered currently by various industries, could be a challenging concept to comprehend for potential clients. This could result in limited interest in adopting (DEAS) or even understanding its true value wi... Read More about Improving User Experience and Communication of Digitally Enhanced Advanced Services (DEAS) Offers in Manufacturing Sector.

A bibliometric analysis of research in design for additive manufacturing (2022)
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Obi, M. U., Pradel, P., Sinclair, M., & Bibb, R. (2022). A bibliometric analysis of research in design for additive manufacturing. Rapid Prototyping Journal, 28(5), 967-987. https://doi.org/10.1108/rpj-11-2020-0291

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how Design for Additive manufacturing Knowledge has been developing and its significance to both academia and industry. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the authors use a bibliometric... Read More about A bibliometric analysis of research in design for additive manufacturing.