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Graffiti beyond words in times of crisis: “DONT SUICIDE. YOU SHALL OVERCOME.” (2025)
Journal Article
Victoria, M. (in press). Graffiti beyond words in times of crisis: “DONT SUICIDE. YOU SHALL OVERCOME.”. Language and Intercultural Communication,

Set against the backdrop of the COVID-19 crisis, this narrative explores my personal journey as a Filipina navigating the streets of Edinburgh during a period of heightened anti-Asian sentiment. As I confront the complex social and spatial dynamics o... Read More about Graffiti beyond words in times of crisis: “DONT SUICIDE. YOU SHALL OVERCOME.”.

I Said Something: Small Acts, Big Impact in Addressing Systemic Inequality (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2025, May). I Said Something: Small Acts, Big Impact in Addressing Systemic Inequality. Presented at ENclusion Conference: Connecting EDI Research and Action At and By ENU, Edinburgh Napier University

Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is often framed as large-scale institutional initiative, but it can also begin with something deeply personal—a moment of speaking up, an act of resistance in everyday life. This presentation explores how indivi... Read More about I Said Something: Small Acts, Big Impact in Addressing Systemic Inequality.

Linguistic Imperialism and Socioeconomic Inequality: An EDI Perspective on English in the Philippines' Linguistic Landscape (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2025, May). Linguistic Imperialism and Socioeconomic Inequality: An EDI Perspective on English in the Philippines' Linguistic Landscape. Paper presented at ENclusion Conference: Connecting EDI Research and Action at and by ENU, Edinburgh Napier University

This study interrogates the role of English in the linguistic landscape and lived experiences of working-class individuals in the Philippines, highlighting its implications for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). Using an indigenous, culturally... Read More about Linguistic Imperialism and Socioeconomic Inequality: An EDI Perspective on English in the Philippines' Linguistic Landscape.

Deepa Mehta’s Frauenfiguren in FIRE - EARTH - WATER (2025)
Book Chapter
Stutterheim, K. (in press). Deepa Mehta’s Frauenfiguren in FIRE - EARTH - WATER. In C. Lang, & K. Nühlen (Eds.), Frauen in der Drehbucharbeit: Geschichte, Produktion, Ästhetik. De Gruyter

In my chapter, I will give an impression of the significance of the trilogy in relation to a female author's particular perspective on India's independence from Britain and the division of society and also religious radicalisation that accompanied it... Read More about Deepa Mehta’s Frauenfiguren in FIRE - EARTH - WATER.

Officially cancelled but eternally remembered: The queering paradox of Chinese comedic influencers through multi-platform mediation (2025)
Journal Article
Chen, Z. T., & Cameron, J. (online). Officially cancelled but eternally remembered: The queering paradox of Chinese comedic influencers through multi-platform mediation. Celebrity Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/19392397.2025.2484103

This article explores an alternative, comedic, lowbrow and queer(ed) group of Internet celebrities and influencers who developed a significant following amongst Chinese Internet vernacular cultures. These personalities sit at the intersection of stat... Read More about Officially cancelled but eternally remembered: The queering paradox of Chinese comedic influencers through multi-platform mediation.

Fighting intersectional repressions: countering 'anti-gender' violence at the intersection with LGBTQ+ rights (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kulpa, R., & Filep, E. (2024, October). Fighting intersectional repressions: countering 'anti-gender' violence at the intersection with LGBTQ+ rights. Presented at 'The EU Public Diplomacy. Russia' Project. A Feminist Foreign Policy Perspective on War and Society, Warsaw, PL

'The EU Public Diplomacy. Russia' Project is funded by the EU’s Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI). It aims at creating space for dialogue and strengthening the ties between the EU and selected Russian audiences. As part of the project activities, Dr K... Read More about Fighting intersectional repressions: countering 'anti-gender' violence at the intersection with LGBTQ+ rights.

Applying the Right UX based on Users' Needs and Future Trends of UX (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cameron, J. (2024, October). Applying the Right UX based on Users' Needs and Future Trends of UX. Presented at BINUS Business School International Lecture Week 2024, Jakarta, Indonesia and online

This lecture by Dr Jackie Cameron, an experienced digital marketing lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University, provides a comprehensive overview of user experience (UX) principles and their application in digital marketing contexts. Covering key defini... Read More about Applying the Right UX based on Users' Needs and Future Trends of UX.

English as a Lingua Franca: Intercultural Interaction in an Asian 'Third Space' Context (2024)
Journal Article
Victoria, M., Xu, F. H., & Pilcher, N. (2025). English as a Lingua Franca: Intercultural Interaction in an Asian 'Third Space' Context. Asian Englishes, 27(1), 159-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/13488678.2024.2405278

In many studies on English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), the prevailing perspective has primarily focused on ELF as the use of English for communication among speakers who do not share English as their first language. However, recent scholarship has emph... Read More about English as a Lingua Franca: Intercultural Interaction in an Asian 'Third Space' Context.

Mapping so-called ‘anti-gender’ discourses in parliamentary and media spaces across the ‘eastern’ and ‘western’ geopolitical imaginations of ‘Europe’. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kulpa, R. (2024, September). Mapping so-called ‘anti-gender’ discourses in parliamentary and media spaces across the ‘eastern’ and ‘western’ geopolitical imaginations of ‘Europe’. Presented at 7th European Geographies of Sexualities Conference (EGSC) 2024, University of Brighton, UK

Anti-feminist and anti-LGBTIQ+ mobilisations have taken roots transnationally, denying individuals autonomy, rights to bodily integrity or self-determination, and attacking selected groups of people (e.g. trans* people, people doing abortion) in orde... Read More about Mapping so-called ‘anti-gender’ discourses in parliamentary and media spaces across the ‘eastern’ and ‘western’ geopolitical imaginations of ‘Europe’..

Fandom as method: Decolonising research on social media communications through Chinese transnational fandoms of a Japanese Olympic figure skater (2024)
Journal Article
Chen, Z. T., Cameron, J., & Liu, N. X. (2024). Fandom as method: Decolonising research on social media communications through Chinese transnational fandoms of a Japanese Olympic figure skater. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 53(3), 402 - 427. https://doi.org/10.1177/18681026241255134

This paper focuses on international sports personality in figure staking Yuzuru Hanyu, who plays for Japan, and his transnational fandoms in China, to examine the politicisation of his evolving fandom during and after his performance at the 2022 Beij... Read More about Fandom as method: Decolonising research on social media communications through Chinese transnational fandoms of a Japanese Olympic figure skater.

UK perspectives & experiences of "Queering the Academy - Policies, Practices, and Barriers" (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kulpa, R. (2024, May). UK perspectives & experiences of "Queering the Academy - Policies, Practices, and Barriers". Presented at Queering the Academy - Policies, Practices, and Barriers, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, PL

In this invited contribution, Dr Kulpa will share reflections on how EDI (equality, diversity, and inclusion) and decolonialisation work in the UK academic contexts, embedded in the processes of neoliberalization of higher education in the anglophone... Read More about UK perspectives & experiences of "Queering the Academy - Policies, Practices, and Barriers".

The RESIST Project Videos. Online Findings Launch: Mapping Anti-Gender Politics (2024)
Digital Artefact
Lynch, S., Titley, G., Filep, E., Kulpa, R., & Browne, K. (2024). The RESIST Project Videos. Online Findings Launch: Mapping Anti-Gender Politics. [Video recording]

Video recording of “The RESIST Project Events: Online Findings Launch. Mapping Anti-Gender Politics”, an output from the Work Package 1 (WP1) of the RESIST Project. The event introduced the project, outlined the scope of the WP1, presented the findin... Read More about The RESIST Project Videos. Online Findings Launch: Mapping Anti-Gender Politics.

The RESIST Project Report. National and Transnational Reports on the Formation of Anti-Gender Politics (2024)
Report
RESIST Project Team. (2024). The RESIST Project Report. National and Transnational Reports on the Formation of Anti-Gender Politics

This Report is focused on mapping anti-gender discourses in media and parliamentary debates across five case studies: the European Parliament, UK, Poland, Switzerland and Hungary. Overall, the research found an animated anti-gender political landscap... Read More about The RESIST Project Report. National and Transnational Reports on the Formation of Anti-Gender Politics.

Affect and materiality of Graffiti in times of crisis (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2023, December). Affect and materiality of Graffiti in times of crisis. Paper presented at Rethinking intercultural communication beyond verbal language, Nicosia, Cyprus

The impetus for this visual-based presentation comes from serendipitous encounters with certain types of graffiti in Edinburgh during the covid-19 lockdown. As a flâneuse (Elkin, 2016) of Asian heritage, I explore my subjective and embodied (gendere... Read More about Affect and materiality of Graffiti in times of crisis.

RESISTing B/ORDERS: Navigating Meaningful Research Process in the Spirit of the Queer-Feminist Epistemologies within Neoliberal, Institutional B/Orders of Multi-National Funding Grant Systems (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kulpa, R. (2023, September). RESISTing B/ORDERS: Navigating Meaningful Research Process in the Spirit of the Queer-Feminist Epistemologies within Neoliberal, Institutional B/Orders of Multi-National Funding Grant Systems. Presented at Contesting 21st Century B/Orders, Frankfurt

In this presentation Roberto and the RESIST project team will reflect on the meanders of the contemporary higher education and research sectors across Europe from the perspectives of queer-feminist researchers located in diverse geopolitical contexts... Read More about RESISTing B/ORDERS: Navigating Meaningful Research Process in the Spirit of the Queer-Feminist Epistemologies within Neoliberal, Institutional B/Orders of Multi-National Funding Grant Systems.

Transcultural awareness and multimodality in YouTube videos among international students in higher education, Thailand (2023)
Journal Article
Sangiamchit, C., & Victoria, M. (2023). Transcultural awareness and multimodality in YouTube videos among international students in higher education, Thailand. Journal of Language and Culture, 42(1), 178-208

YouTube is one of the biggest and most popular global online video sharing and social media platforms. Owing to its multimodal features and rich user generated contents covering hugely diverse themes, it has the power to bring together billions of vi... Read More about Transcultural awareness and multimodality in YouTube videos among international students in higher education, Thailand.

Ethical questions of longitudinal research with students: Using duoethnography to critically reflect on the interview process (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ratz, S., & Janssen, L. (2023, June). Ethical questions of longitudinal research with students: Using duoethnography to critically reflect on the interview process. Paper presented at The Gathering, 2023: Learning & Teaching Conference, Edinburgh

From 2016-2020 Sibylle conducted a longitudinal study on the trajectory of undergraduate language students at ENU. In their current project, Sibylle and Lisa (a participant of the original study) revisited this research by reflecting on six interview... Read More about Ethical questions of longitudinal research with students: Using duoethnography to critically reflect on the interview process.