Universities as Cultural Infrastructure: Knowledge Exchange and the Solent Film Office
Reflections on making the Solent and South Hampshire Film Office happen, and the often invisible work behind civic and creative development.
AI and UK Screen Production: We Need to Talk About What’s Happening Now, Not in Ten Years
AI is transforming UK screen production workflows, roles, and skills. Discover what Higher Education must do now to prepare graduates for an AI-driven industry.
The City as Escape Room: Place, Participation, Meaning, and Affect
The City as Escape Room transfers a simple metaphor and reveals a complex layering of place, participation, and affect in meaning-making.
From reel to real – a systematic review of the evolution and relevance of live cinema as a contemporary cinematic experience
Despite its burgeoning popularity, live cinema navigates a tightrope walk between authenticity and commercialisation.
Beyond Incrementalism: Embracing Radical Innovation through Philosophy and Psychology
The use of Design Thinking in fostering radical innovation arguably falls short in driving truly transformative changes.
Alchemists Gold – REF Practice Boxes for disseminating creative practice research
Analysis of the Central School of Speech and Drama’s 2021 REF submission, ‘practice boxes’ as an option for creative practice researchers.
Narrative Alchemy: Crafting Your 300-word REF Contextual Statement
Articulating the essence of creative practice research within a 300-word REF contextual statement is both daunting and critical.
The City as Escape Room: place, participation, meaning, affect (Affective Intermediality, Sapientia University, October 2023)
The City as Escape Room transfers the escape room metaphor to a complex layering of place, participation for transmedia storytellers.
How Sociobiology Ruined ‘Story’: A Critique of Reductionist Narratives
Has sociobiology with its focus on evolutionary imperatives which positions storytelling within a purely biological discourse ruined ‘story’?
Nurturing Academic Excellence: The Transformative Impact of Writing Support Programs in Universities
The journey to finding one’s voice in the scholarly world is often fraught with self-doubt as shown in this recent insightful study.