Outputs (169)

Fiction for design: appropriating Hollywood techniques for design fictions (2016)
Book Chapter
Flint, T. (2016). Fiction for design: appropriating Hollywood techniques for design fictions. In P. Turner, & T. Harviainen (Eds.), Digital Make-Believe (49-66). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29553-4_4

There is evidence that narratives told in a structured manner are more likely to be convincing to an audience. Design Fictions are an increasingly popular medium in HCI. It is important that we make our stories believable so that they can be more rea... Read More about Fiction for design: appropriating Hollywood techniques for design fictions.

Postfeminism Meets the Women in Prison Genre: Privilege and Spectatorship in Orange Is the New Black (2016)
Journal Article
Schwan, A. (2016). Postfeminism Meets the Women in Prison Genre: Privilege and Spectatorship in Orange Is the New Black. Television and New Media, 17(6), 473-490. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527476416647497

This article argues that Netflix’s original series Orange is the New Black (2013-), based on Piper Kerman’s memoir (2010), uses postfeminist strategies to covertly promote prison reform and exercise a subtle critique of (female) mass incarceration wh... Read More about Postfeminism Meets the Women in Prison Genre: Privilege and Spectatorship in Orange Is the New Black.

The believability of hyper realistic characters in animated movies. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hetherington, R. (2015). The believability of hyper realistic characters in animated movies. . https://doi.org/10.1145/2814464.2814478

In a pilot study, participants were asked to watch sets of short movie excerpts featuring performances of a human actor, and 5 animated characters of varying human likeness and eeriness. After viewing, scales were used to estimate the believability o... Read More about The believability of hyper realistic characters in animated movies..

Enactive appropriation (2015)
Journal Article
Flint, T., & Turner, P. (2016). Enactive appropriation. AI & society, 31(1), 41-49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-015-0582-y

The appropriation of digital artefacts involves their use, which has changed, evolved or developed beyond their original design. Thus, to understand appropriation, we must understand use. We define use as the active, purposive exploitation of the aff... Read More about Enactive appropriation.

Users as abstractions (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P. (2004). Users as abstractions. In K. Horton, & E. Davenport (Eds.), Understanding sociotechnical action : workshop proceedings (31-39)

No Abstract available.

The creative producer – the business of art or the art of business? (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MacPherson, R. (2003). The creative producer – the business of art or the art of business?. In A. Sharma (Ed.), Beyond the theory of practice : CILECT conference

No abstract available.

Where am I? Place as the basis for Presence. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2003). Where am I? Place as the basis for Presence. In P. Turner, & E. Davenport (Eds.), Workshop on Space, Spatiality and Technologies

Cui Bono? (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2000). Cui Bono?. In Proceedings of the 1st French-British Virtual Reality International Workshop

No abstract available.

Is Activity Theory an adequate account of the use of multiple artefacts in cooperative working? (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., Turner, S., & Horton, J. (1999). Is Activity Theory an adequate account of the use of multiple artefacts in cooperative working?. In P. Wright, & R. Fields (Eds.), The Proceeding of the Second International Workshop on Understanding Work and D

Seeing the wood for the trees (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., Rogers, A. R., Turner, S., & Ellman, J. (1997). Seeing the wood for the trees. In C. Stephanidis (Ed.), Proceedings : 3rd ERCIM Workshop on "User Interfaces for All" (1-6)

This paper describes the work in progress of the TREE project. TREE is a European-funded language engineering project addressing the issue of advertising and accessing employment opportunities across Europe. Advertisements for jobs will be stored in... Read More about Seeing the wood for the trees.

An Affordance-based Framework for CVE Evaluation (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2002). An Affordance-based Framework for CVE Evaluation. In X. Faulkner, J. Finlay, & F. Détienne (Eds.), People and Computers XVI - Memorable Yet Invisible (89-103). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0105-5_6

We argue that a conceptual framework is required to support the practical evaluation of collaborative virtual environments. We propose such a framework based on an extended, three level concept of affordance. The application of the framework is il... Read More about An Affordance-based Framework for CVE Evaluation.

Islay Jazz Festival (2020)
Journal Article
Medboe, H., & Maclean, D. (2020). Islay Jazz Festival. Jazz Research Journal, 12(2), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1558/jazz.40304

This article considers the ecologies and stakeholder interests that overlap in the staging of an annual jazz festival on a small Scottish island in the Outer Hebrides. Through interviews with festival promoters, performers and audience members, along... Read More about Islay Jazz Festival.

Hybrid Practices in Moving Image Design (2016)
Book
Macdonald, I. (2016). Hybrid Practices in Moving Image Design. (1). Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-41375-4

This book, written from the perspective of a designer and educator, brings to the attention of media historians, fellow practitioners and students the innovative practices of leading moving image designers. Moving image design, whether viewed as tele... Read More about Hybrid Practices in Moving Image Design.

The Impossibility of Science Fiction: Against Buckland's Possible Worlds (2000)
Journal Article
Sellors, C. P. (2000). The Impossibility of Science Fiction: Against Buckland's Possible Worlds. Screen, 41(2), 203-216. https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/41.2.203

[Abstract unavailable.]

'Naw, Naw, Aye - Activism and Alternative Media in the 2014 Scottish Referendum' (2016)
Book Chapter
Macleod, K. (2016). 'Naw, Naw, Aye - Activism and Alternative Media in the 2014 Scottish Referendum'. In S. Price, & R. Sanz Sabido (Eds.), Sites of Protest. Rowman & Littlefield

No abstract available.

Make-Believing Animated Films Featuring Digital Humans: A Qualitative Inquiry Using Online Sources (2017)
Journal Article
Hetherington, R., & McRae, R. (2017). Make-Believing Animated Films Featuring Digital Humans: A Qualitative Inquiry Using Online Sources. Animation, 12(2), 156-173. https://doi.org/10.1177/1746847717710738

A qualitative inquiry of reviews of films featuring digital humanlike characters was performed by sampling user comments from three online reviewer aggregator sites: the Internet Movie Database, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. The movies chosen for a... Read More about Make-Believing Animated Films Featuring Digital Humans: A Qualitative Inquiry Using Online Sources.

'Femme Publique':The brothel sex worker as anti-Flaneuse in the television series Maison Close. (2018)
Book Chapter
Artt, S. (2018). 'Femme Publique':The brothel sex worker as anti-Flaneuse in the television series Maison Close. In M. Pietrzak-Franger, N. Pleßke, & E. Voigts (Eds.), Transforming Cities (91-106). Universitätsverlag Winter

The figure of the prostitute has long been associated with the city and although prostitution may take place anywhere, the connection between female prostitution and the city remains prevalent across literature, film, television and fine art. The pro... Read More about 'Femme Publique':The brothel sex worker as anti-Flaneuse in the television series Maison Close..

The Return (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Andrews, C. (2017). The Return. Exhibited at Seattle True Independent Film Festival, Seattle, USA. July 2017 - July 2017

The Return is a single screen work intended for continuous projection in a gallery context. In, The Return, a camera tracks in a circle around a wooden house as the house burns. The house then reforms from the ashes as the camera continues to track a... Read More about The Return.

Event: Women Working in Film & Television (2017)
Other
Macleod, K. (2017). Event: Women Working in Film & Television. Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh

Annual Networking and panel events to enhance gender diversity and promote women’s careers in film & Television. Held on International Women’s Day in School of Arts & Creative Industries, Edinburgh Napier.

You Play Your Part – Older Women on Screen and in Production (2015)
Book Chapter
Macleod, K. (2015). You Play Your Part – Older Women on Screen and in Production. In E. Thorsen, H. Savigny, D. Jackson, & J. Alexander (Eds.), Media, Margins And Popular Culture (28-40). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137512819_3

This chapter draws on the author’s practice-led research in community-based media to explore how participatory production techniques and strategies create opportunities to increase older women’s visibility on screen and in production. Through examini... Read More about You Play Your Part – Older Women on Screen and in Production.