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Representing Scottish Communities on Screen (2017)
Book Chapter
Scott, A. (2017). Representing Scottish Communities on Screen. In S. Malik, C. Chapain, & R. Comunian (Eds.), Community Filmmaking : Diversity, Practices and Places (60-75). Routledge

No abstract available.

Introduction (2017)
Journal Article
Bremner, N., & Bahmad, J. (2017). Introduction. French Cultural Studies, 28(3), 241-247. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957155817714118

Although the act of labelling cultural practices or products as trash is often framed as a casual dismissal based on self-evident assumptions, it can in fact be viewed as a mechanism which reflects, perpetuates and justifies the power dynamics of the... Read More about Introduction.

Practice led Research Methodologies (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macleod, K. (2017, March). Practice led Research Methodologies. Paper presented at School of Arts & Creative industries Research Seminar, Edinburgh Napier University

The research question and methodology that I will talk about today sit around a project I’m currently developing, known as Asylum Armada Documentary & Research project, based around local knowledge of the events of the Spanish Armada’s escape from En... Read More about Practice led Research Methodologies.

Screening: With A Song in your Heart at Doune the Rabbit Hole Festival by Cinemor (2016)
Exhibition / Performance
Macleod, K. Screening: With A Song in your Heart at Doune the Rabbit Hole Festival by Cinemor. Exhibited at Doune, Scoltand. 20 August 2016 - 20 August 2016. (Unpublished)

Screening of participatory documentary film, "With A Song in your Heart" at Doune the Rabbit Hole Festival. Screened by Cinemor in the Pictyurt. The film was a co-production between Plantation Productions, Govan and The National Library of Scotla... Read More about Screening: With A Song in your Heart at Doune the Rabbit Hole Festival by Cinemor.

Mediating community: practice and research in community media in Govan. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macleod, K. (2016, January). Mediating community: practice and research in community media in Govan. Paper presented at Meccsa Annual Conference, 2016, Christchurch University, Canterbury., Christchurch University, Canterbury

This paper will discuss the author’s ongoing practice and research in participatory community based media in the Govan area of Glasgow. It explores the methodological, ethical and personal issues associated with practice and research in communities a... Read More about Mediating community: practice and research in community media in Govan..

Regenerating Govan Through Film: screening & discussion at Pearce Instute, Govan during Radical Film Festival, 2016. (2016)
Exhibition / Performance
Macleod, K. Regenerating Govan Through Film: screening & discussion at Pearce Instute, Govan during Radical Film Festival, 2016. Exhibited at Govan, Glasgow. 2 May 2016 - 2 May 2016. (Unpublished)

Regenerating Govan Through Film: screening at Pearce Institute of films I have produced with Plantation Productions. This event was part of the 2016 Radical Film Network Festival. Plantation Productions have been making films with, by and about t... Read More about Regenerating Govan Through Film: screening & discussion at Pearce Instute, Govan during Radical Film Festival, 2016..

Asylum Armada - Knowledge, Practice & Community Engagement in Participatory Documentary Practice (2016)
Journal Article
Macleod, K. (2016). Asylum Armada - Knowledge, Practice & Community Engagement in Participatory Documentary Practice. Edinburgh Napier University Teaching Fellows Journal, Autumn 2016, 16

“Asylum Armada - Knowledge, Practice & Community Engagement in Participatory Documentary Practice ” frames the preliminary research phase of a participatory practice-led research and documentary film project exploring the legacy of Spanish Armada shi... Read More about Asylum Armada - Knowledge, Practice & Community Engagement in Participatory Documentary Practice.

Havana Glasgow Film Festival - Screening and discussion of "the Govan Banners" (12/11/2016) (2016)
Exhibition / Performance
Macleod, K. Havana Glasgow Film Festival - Screening and discussion of "the Govan Banners" (12/11/2016). Exhibited at Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow. 12 November 2016 - 12 November 2016. (Unpublished)

Havana Glasgow Film Festival - Screening and discussion of "the Govan Banners" (12/11/2016). "The Govan Banners" (2010) which I produced and directed with Plantation Productions charts a group of Seniors researching the history of banners found in... Read More about Havana Glasgow Film Festival - Screening and discussion of "the Govan Banners" (12/11/2016).

With a Song in your Heart (2016)
Exhibition / Performance
Macleod, K. With a Song in your Heart. Exhibited at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow. 11 November 2016 - 11 November 2016. (Unpublished)

Community based documentary film produced with Plantation Productions and National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive. The film combines performances of the The Govan Allsorts community choir with their memories of childhood, drawing on NLSMIA... Read More about With a Song in your Heart.

‘An otherness that cannot be sublimated’: Shades of Frankenstein in Penny Dreadful and Black Mirror (2018)
Journal Article
Artt, S. (2018). ‘An otherness that cannot be sublimated’: Shades of Frankenstein in Penny Dreadful and Black Mirror. Science Fiction Film and Television, 11(2), 257-275. https://doi.org/10.3828/sfftv.2018.18

This article traces some of the legacies of the Frankenstein narrative as it appears in the television series Penny Dreadful and Black Mirror. Both series deploy Frankenstein themes to explore the relationship between gender and technology. Drawing o... Read More about ‘An otherness that cannot be sublimated’: Shades of Frankenstein in Penny Dreadful and Black Mirror.

Second Screen interaction in the cinema: Experimenting with transmedia narratives and commercialising user participation (2017)
Journal Article
Blake, J. (2017). Second Screen interaction in the cinema: Experimenting with transmedia narratives and commercialising user participation. Participations: International Journal of Audience Reception Studies, 14(2), 526-544

In its relatively short life, second screen interaction has evolved into a variety of forms of viewer engagement. The practice of using two screens concurrently has become common in domestic TV viewing but remains a relatively specialist and niche ex... Read More about Second Screen interaction in the cinema: Experimenting with transmedia narratives and commercialising user participation.

Teaching Documentary for the 21st Century
Book
Stutterheim, K., Cammaer, G., Mortimer, R., Campbell, K., & Meissner, N. (Eds.). (in press). Teaching Documentary for the 21st Century. CILECT

Teaching Documentary spans a broad field of approaches and specifications within a genre that has been in constant change and development throughout its history. Documentary film is an art form and a practice, although often received or interpreted a... Read More about Teaching Documentary for the 21st Century.

“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”.

“I film therefore I am: process, practice & participation in community media.” (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macleod, K. (2011, November). “I film therefore I am: process, practice & participation in community media.”. Paper presented at Knowledge/Culture/Social Change, University of Western Sydney

Knowledge, Culture, Social Change, University of Western Sydney, “I Film Therefore I am: Process, Practice & Participation in Community Media.” The paper seeks to interrogate how community media channels the situated-ness of knowledge and identity... Read More about “I film therefore I am: process, practice & participation in community media.”.

“You play your part: an ethnographically informed, practice led approach to documentary knowledge.’ (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macleod, K. (2012, November). “You play your part: an ethnographically informed, practice led approach to documentary knowledge.’. Paper presented at Media Discourse Group, MeCCSA PG Network, 2012, De Montfort University,

Media Discourse Group, MeCCSA PG Network, 2012, De Montfort University, “You Play Your Part: an ethnographically informed, practice led approach to documentary knowledge.’ ‘You Play Your Part: an ethnographically informed, practice led approach to... Read More about “You play your part: an ethnographically informed, practice led approach to documentary knowledge.’.

“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..

“I did not want to make this film, this film wanted to make me": techniques of production in the representation of place - examples from the Isle of Bute Video Project (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macleod, K. (2013, January). “I did not want to make this film, this film wanted to make me": techniques of production in the representation of place - examples from the Isle of Bute Video Project. Paper presented at MeCCSAAnnual Conference,Ulster University(2013)

What are the techniques of production that are used in local, small-scale media? How does the production process mediate identity and place, and how are these techniques reflected in locally produced media? And what can local representations of place... Read More about “I did not want to make this film, this film wanted to make me": techniques of production in the representation of place - examples from the Isle of Bute Video Project.

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.