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Outside the Box (2015)
Book
Holmes, P. (Ed.). (2015). Outside the Box. Edinburgh: Mutus Liber

A monograph devoted to Paul Holmes's video work Outside the Box, featuring jazz musician Haftor Medbøe and his band. Contains an essay on the work by Louise S. Milne, photographs by Alkistis Terzi, and the artist in conversation with Rory MacLean.

Peripheral visions? Alternative film in a stateless nation. (2015)
Book Chapter
MacPherson, R. (2015). Peripheral visions? Alternative film in a stateless nation. In C. Atton (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media (268-277). Routledge

Scotland is a small, stateless nation whose mainstream media and national cinema have generally been positioned by media scholars as constituting an alternative to the UK’s metropolitan mainstream. Consequently the specificity of alternative practic... Read More about Peripheral visions? Alternative film in a stateless nation..

Inside Out, Outside In: Thinking a Tagorean Future of Education: Inside Out, Outside In: Thinking a Tagorean Future of Education (2015)
Journal Article
Kupfer, C. (2015). Inside Out, Outside In: Thinking a Tagorean Future of Education: Inside Out, Outside In: Thinking a Tagorean Future of Education. Literature compass, 12(5), 206-218. https://doi.org/10.1111/lic3.12230

Rabindranath Tagore’s ideas can still inspire education in the East as well as in the West today. In this paper, I survey Tagore’s philosophical anthropology and argue that there is more coherence to his philosophy and pedagogy than is usually seen... Read More about Inside Out, Outside In: Thinking a Tagorean Future of Education: Inside Out, Outside In: Thinking a Tagorean Future of Education.

Commissioned Programmes as Ethnography (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Maclean, D. (2015, May). Commissioned Programmes as Ethnography. Paper presented at Visual Methods and Ethnography, Edinburgh Napier University

This paper takes as its object of study issues emerging from the synthesis of documentary practice and theoretical discourse. Its context is formed by the production of four published works commissioned and broadcast by the BBC in 2011/2012. These c... Read More about Commissioned Programmes as Ethnography.

Useful Darkness: Intersections between Medical Humanities and Gothic Studies (2015)
Journal Article
Wasson, S. (2015). Useful Darkness: Intersections between Medical Humanities and Gothic Studies. Gothic Studies, 17(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.7227/GS.17.1.1

Gothic studies has long been concerned with representations of the fragility of human flesh in the grip of illness, as well as bodies confined by medical and legal discourse. The direction of influence goes both ways: Gothic literary elements have ar... Read More about Useful Darkness: Intersections between Medical Humanities and Gothic Studies.

Is There Such A Thing as Southeast Asian Photography? (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Supartono, A. (2015, April). Is There Such A Thing as Southeast Asian Photography?. Paper presented at Making Southeast Asian Cultures: From Region to World, UC Berkeley, CA, USA

The photography scene in Southeast Asia has developed regionally since the early days of the camera. The flourishing commercial photographic studios in the region (thanks to the success of colonial enterprises that provided sufficient clientele) witn... Read More about Is There Such A Thing as Southeast Asian Photography?.

Jornalismo aumentado: experiências digitais com novas camadas de significação (2015)
Journal Article
Ebel, I. (2015). Jornalismo aumentado: experiências digitais com novas camadas de significação. Estudos em Jornalismo e Mídia, 12(1), 56-71. https://doi.org/10.5007/1984-6924.2015v12n1p56

Depois da consolidação da transposição das páginas impressas para as plataformas digitais (web), o jornalismo encara um novo desafio: conquistar o público que agora lê notícias em dispositivos móveis como tablets e smartphones. Por hora, pouco conteú... Read More about Jornalismo aumentado: experiências digitais com novas camadas de significação.

How can design students develop intercultural competencies using critical approaches to global consumerism? (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macdonald, I., & MacLeod, M. (2015). How can design students develop intercultural competencies using critical approaches to global consumerism?.

Within the field of graphic design many contemporary designers and educators seek to challenge global corporate homogenization and the exploitation of developing countries (Rawsthorn 2013; Poynor 1999; McCoy 1994). The ‘First Things First 2000’ manif... Read More about How can design students develop intercultural competencies using critical approaches to global consumerism?.

Doctor Moreau’s Pink Rabbits (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alder, E. (2015, April). Doctor Moreau’s Pink Rabbits. Paper presented at British Society for Literature and Science annual conference, Liverpool University

Digimakit: 3D printed, co-created, experiential souvenirs (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Anastasiadou, C., & Vettese, S. (2015, April). Digimakit: 3D printed, co-created, experiential souvenirs. Presented at ETAG Technology Conference 2015: Shine the Light Technology, Edinburgh

Liberty Leading the People (2015)
Exhibition / Performance
O'Donnell, R. (2015). Liberty Leading the People. [Constructed Colour Photograph]. Exhibited at McManus Museum and Art Gallery, Dundee. 6 April 2015. (Unpublished)

McManus Museum and Art Gallery Leisure and Culture Dundee’s fine art collection is a Recognised Collection of National Significance and particularly strong in Scottish fine art photography. A grant from The National Fund for Acquisitions supported th... Read More about Liberty Leading the People.

Book review of 'Communication Design: Insights from the Creative Industries' (Yates and Price 2015) (2015)
Journal Article
Macdonald, I. (2015). Book review of 'Communication Design: Insights from the Creative Industries' (Yates and Price 2015). AD, 33-33

Derek Yates and Jessie Price’s book Communication Design: Insights from the Creative Industries is about designers who make a difference in the world. Its aim is to bridge the gap between education and emerging practices in communication design so th... Read More about Book review of 'Communication Design: Insights from the Creative Industries' (Yates and Price 2015).

Etched in the Memory. (2015)
Journal Article
Forster, A. M., Vettese-Forster, S., & Borland, J. (2015). Etched in the Memory. RICS Building Conservation Journal, 28-29

Alan Forster, Samantha Vettese-Forster and John Borland explore the cultural value of preserving historic graffiti.

Reporting the Death Knock: Ethics, Social Media and the Leveson Inquiry (2015)
Thesis
Belch, L. Reporting the Death Knock: Ethics, Social Media and the Leveson Inquiry. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9832

The aim of this thesis is to understand the current practice in death knocks among print journalists and the ethical implications of reporting death and whether limitations are placed on the practice by reducing newspaper budgets. It will explore the... Read More about Reporting the Death Knock: Ethics, Social Media and the Leveson Inquiry.

Lit Long: Edinburgh (2015)
Digital Artefact
Loxley, J., Oberlander, J., Reid, J., Quigley, A., Anderson, M., Alex, B., …Karaiskos, V. (2015). Lit Long: Edinburgh

Lit Long: Edinburgh is a very large database of place-name mentions in around 550 books that use Edinburgh as a setting. We have extracted the text surrounding each mention and included that in our database. The data has then been mapped onto the cit... Read More about Lit Long: Edinburgh.

eMusic Open Call Deliverable OCI-DS3.2 Final Report. (2015)
Report
Ubik, S., Allochio, C., Ferguson, P., Smith, E., & Urban, O. (2015). eMusic Open Call Deliverable OCI-DS3.2 Final Report

The main objective of the eMusic project was to evaluate use of the Géant Bandwidth on Demand (BoD) service to support remote education and collaboration in music (eLearning) and remote access to cultural performances (eCulture). The project consorti... Read More about eMusic Open Call Deliverable OCI-DS3.2 Final Report..