Outputs (81)

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’..

English as a Lingua Franca: Intercultural Interaction in an Asian 'Third Space' Context (2024)
Journal Article
Victoria, M., Xu, F. H., & Pilcher, N. (in press). English as a Lingua Franca: Intercultural Interaction in an Asian 'Third Space' Context. Asian Englishes, 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.

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. (online). Fandom as method: Decolonising research on social media communications through Chinese transnational fandoms of a Japanese Olympic figure skater. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 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".

“I was worried if something bad happened”: How language graduates made decisions around migration in the anxious times of the Covid pandemic. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ratz, S. (2023, December). “I was worried if something bad happened”: How language graduates made decisions around migration in the anxious times of the Covid pandemic. Paper presented at International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC) 2023, Nicosia, Cyprus

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.

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.

“I’m going to speak only Spanish” - Imagining communicative competence during study abroad (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ratz, S. (2023, May). “I’m going to speak only Spanish” - Imagining communicative competence during study abroad. Paper presented at Imagining and Experiencing Hospitalities in a Mobile World, Edinburgh Napier University

Understanding International Students' Experiences with Assessments through Rich Pictures (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M., & Ratz, S. (2023, April). Understanding International Students' Experiences with Assessments through Rich Pictures. Presented at Sustaining Connections – The Participatory and Intercultural Potential of Digital Learning, Edinburgh Napier University

Interculturality-in-Action: Communication Affordances used by International Postgraduate Students at a Thai University (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2023, February). Interculturality-in-Action: Communication Affordances used by International Postgraduate Students at a Thai University. Paper presented at GXUST-ENU 2023 Research Seminar

The current investigation explores interculturality by looking at the communicative practices of a culturally and linguistically diverse group of international and local postgraduate students from China, Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand.... Read More about Interculturality-in-Action: Communication Affordances used by International Postgraduate Students at a Thai University.

Longitudinal Research on Students - Transcultural Aspects and Ethical Questions (2022)
Book Chapter
Ratz, S. (2022). Longitudinal Research on Students - Transcultural Aspects and Ethical Questions. In M. Victoria (Ed.), Methodological Issues and Challenges in Researching Transculturally (113-130). Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Methodological Issues and Challenges in Researching Transculturally (2022)
Book
Victoria, M. (Ed.). (2022). Methodological Issues and Challenges in Researching Transculturally. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

This book sheds light on the ‘unseen’ challenges encountered by qualitative researchers before, during and long after conducting their study. These issues, often shrouded in mystery, are seldom found in academic publications. They tend to remain tuck... Read More about Methodological Issues and Challenges in Researching Transculturally.

Lessons from the Past for the Future (2022)
Book Chapter
Victoria, M. (2022). Lessons from the Past for the Future. In M. Victoria (Ed.), Methodological Issues and Challenges in Researching Transculturally. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

RESIST - Fostering Queer Feminist Intersectional Resistances against Transnational Anti-Gender Politics (2022)
Digital Artefact
Kulpa, R. (2022). RESIST - Fostering Queer Feminist Intersectional Resistances against Transnational Anti-Gender Politics. [Website]

Website for the EU-funded research project "RESIST - Fostering Queer Feminist Intersectional Resistances against Transnational Anti-Gender Politics". Website available at: https://theresistproject.eu

Curation: 'Ecologies of Displacement' Art Exhibition (Summerhall, Scotland) (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Bilgrami, S. Curation: 'Ecologies of Displacement' Art Exhibition (Summerhall, Scotland). [Curation of art works]. Exhibited at Meadows and Corner Galleries, Summerhall, Edinburgh, Scotland. 29 July 2022 - 25 September 2022. (Unpublished)

In 2021, I brought together Summerhall, Edinburgh, and Koel Gallery, Karachi, to host an international digital artist residency. We won a 25k 'Connect and Collaborate' grant from British Council and Creative Scotland. I designed and curated the resid... Read More about Curation: 'Ecologies of Displacement' Art Exhibition (Summerhall, Scotland).

Science Communication Through Poetry (2022)
Book
Illingworth, S. (2022). Science Communication Through Poetry. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96829-8

Science Communication Through Poetry aims to explore how we might communicate science effectively both to and with non-scientific audiences across the spectrum of science communication, from dissemination to dialogue, via the medium of poetry. It has... Read More about Science Communication Through Poetry.

Curation: 'Ecologies of Displacement' Art Exhibition (Koel Gallery, Pakistan) (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Bilgrami, S. (2022). Curation: 'Ecologies of Displacement' Art Exhibition (Koel Gallery, Pakistan). [Curation of art works]. Exhibited at Koel Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan. 18 January 2022 - 2 February 2022. (Unpublished)

In 2021, I brought together Summerhall, Edinburgh, and Koel Gallery, Karachi, to host an international digital artist residency. We won a 25k 'Connect and Collaborate' grant from British Council and Creative Scotland. I designed and curated the resid... Read More about Curation: 'Ecologies of Displacement' Art Exhibition (Koel Gallery, Pakistan).

The Potential of Friendship: A Case for Social Resilience and New Care Optics (2021)
Journal Article
Kulpa, R., & Ludwin, K. (2021). The Potential of Friendship: A Case for Social Resilience and New Care Optics. interalia: a journal of queer studies, 16, 82-94. https://doi.org/10.51897/interalia/rgrq6813

In this article, we call for greater recognition of friendship as a basic social relation that should play a pivotal role in re-imagining social resilience if it is to be future-proof in the face of social upheaval, such as the current pandemic. Draw... Read More about The Potential of Friendship: A Case for Social Resilience and New Care Optics.

Queer Politics of Post-Enlightenment (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kulpa, R. (2021, December). Queer Politics of Post-Enlightenment. Presented at Working transnationally beyond comparative hierarchies: Exploring relationalities, solidarities and changing conditions in transnational research and pedagogies, Lund University, Sweden

This invited presentation reflected on the contemporary queer studies and the geo-temporal ‘unsettlement’ of Central and Eastern Europe in the occidental (and occidentalist) imaginary.

Dr Kulpa pointed to the uncanny possibilities for queer studi... Read More about Queer Politics of Post-Enlightenment.