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“The Caledonian Turn – People’s Protest and Alternative Media in the Run up to the Scottish Referendum, 2014” (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macleod, K. (2014, October). “The Caledonian Turn – People’s Protest and Alternative Media in the Run up to the Scottish Referendum, 2014”. Paper presented at ‘Sites of Protest’ MeCCSA Protest Network Conference, Canterbury Christchurch University

The Caledonian Turn – people’s protest, alternative media and campaigning in the run up to the Scottish Referendum, 2014.

The Scottish Referendum has provided the opportunity for a groundswell of people’s protest and involvement in political camp... Read More about “The Caledonian Turn – People’s Protest and Alternative Media in the Run up to the Scottish Referendum, 2014”.

Traumatized Heroes: War and Distraction (2014)
Book Chapter
Stutterheim, K. (2014). Traumatized Heroes: War and Distraction. In M. Elm, K. Kabalek, & J. B. Köhne (Eds.), The Horrors of Trauma in Cinema: Violence Void Visualization (125-144). Cambridge Scholars Publishing

In this essay two different poetic movies (Ivan's Childhood, Tarkovsky; Shutter Island, Scorsese) will be discussed, each focussing on traumatized heroes. The protagonist of both epic stories are archaic figures represented as individual characters.... Read More about Traumatized Heroes: War and Distraction.

Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Gill Tyson (2014)
Digital Artefact
Bilgrami, S. (2014). Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Gill Tyson. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grASEu3VpD4&feature=youtu.be]

An insight into the work and practices of award-winning printmaker Gill Tyson, as she sketches outdoors and prepares to create a print at Edinburgh Printmakers Studio.

Link to video on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grASEu3VpD4&feature=... Read More about Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Gill Tyson.

Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Oliver Reed (2014)
Digital Artefact
Bilgrami, S. (2014). Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Oliver Reed. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-onuJ6BMjLo&feature=youtu.be]

An insight into the multitude of inspirations behind Oliver Reed’s work as we watch him furiously splatter paint, scrape, scratch and pound the surface of a magnificent landscape painting.

Link to video on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v... Read More about Short Documentary Film Series - Artist Uncovered: Oliver Reed.

Sexual politics and the Eurovision Song Contest (2014)
Other
Kulpa, R. (2014). Sexual politics and the Eurovision Song Contest. https://eurovisionproject.wordpress.com/2014/04/28/sexual-politics-and-the-eurovision-song-contest/

In this post I would like to draw readers’ attention to the issue of how Eurovision is entangled with sexual politics in the new EUrope: how it sometimes is used as the marker of gay rights and freedoms vs. homophobia, as a rainbow-coloured symbol of... Read More about Sexual politics and the Eurovision Song Contest.

“We had never heard of feminism: Older women and the production of knowledge in participatory production.” (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macleod, K. (2014, April). “We had never heard of feminism: Older women and the production of knowledge in participatory production.”. Paper presented at Doing Women’s Film & Television History

This paper explores women’s participation in the filmmaking process in participatory community based media production in the Govan area of Glasgow. In this paper I will discuss my ongoing work with older women and in particular discuss the production... Read More about “We had never heard of feminism: Older women and the production of knowledge in participatory production.”.

I film therefore I am: Mediating Island Identity through community based filmmaking (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macleod, K. (2014, January). I film therefore I am: Mediating Island Identity through community based filmmaking. Paper presented at Community Filmmaking Conference, British Film Institute, 2014

This paper will discuss Community Media as a networked knowledge practice through which participants mediate identity. It draws on examples from a community video project directed by the author on the Isle of Bute on the West coast of Scotland, supp... Read More about I film therefore I am: Mediating Island Identity through community based filmmaking.

“We had never heard of feminism”: older working class women on screen and in production. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macleod, K. (2014, January). “We had never heard of feminism”: older working class women on screen and in production. Paper presented at MeCCSA (Media, Communication & Cultural Studies) Annual Conference, University of Bournemouth (2014)

“We had never heard of feminism”: older working class women on screen and in production.

How can media production techniques enhance the participation and representation of marginalized groups and communities? In this paper I will draw on my resea... Read More about “We had never heard of feminism”: older working class women on screen and in production..