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Practice-Based Research

The School of Creative and Cultural Industries is committed to practice-based research and is actively involved in shaping conversations about this exciting area of inquiry. Examples of outputs from our school are offered here, which cover such areas as digital art, journalism, music, film, and television.

2009

Forsyth, J. (2009, March 4) Far from whole story on domestic abuse, The Scotsman [journalism]

2008

Clifford, A. (2008) Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) Glasgow, Alt-W exhibition: Group Show [exhibition]

Clifford, A. (2008) FILE Symposium RIO 2008 – Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2007 FILE Electronic Language International Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil: “The Sweet Old Etcetera” selected work [exhibition]

Crawford, E. (2008, Oct 27) Forget Iceland: Unionists are misguided in using the economic crisis to argue against Scottish Independence, The Guardian [journalism]

Crawford, E. (2008, August 28) Are We Ready to Stop Playing the Blame Game Scotland On Sunday [journalism]

Crawford, E. (2008, August 17) Putting the boot in is no way to win over the voters Scotland On Sunday [journalism]

Crawford, E. (2008, May 7) Bluff or Blunder? Scottish Labour's Call for a Vote on Indeendent is the Biggest Miscalculation in Recent British Politics The Guardian [journalism]

Grace, T. (2008) Finding the Seam a feature documentary focusing the cultural heritage of Coal Mining in South West Scotland through the poetry of Rab Wilson, former miner and Winner of the Mc cash Prize for Scots Poetry [film]

Grace, T. (2008) BSA DVD –“ World of Sociology” Selected as an exemplar of good practice in Knowledge Transfer, featured as a case study in the ESRC/AcSS project on Knowledge Transfer and Public Engagement – report published as “Developing Dialogue” Learned Societies in the Social Sciences: Developing Knowledge Transfer and Public Engagement. BSA designate DVD as key marketing tool for Sociology across the UK distribute the DVD to 1600 schools across the UK with 6th forms [film]

Jeffery, G. (2008) The Cave, commissioned by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra [music]

Miah, A (2008, Aug 3) Enhanced Athletes? It's Only Natural, The Washington Post [S1] [journalism]

Pratt, K. (2008, Nov 24) A Long Journey To Independence The Guardian [journalism]

Pratt, K. (2008, June 28) Child Killers Of The Congo The Guardian [journalism]

Pratt, K. (2008, Jan 24) Class War In Clydebank The Big Issue. [journalism]

Tucker, P. (2008) Director, Crime Docudrama, STV for BBC Alba [television]
A sixty minute programme re-examining the crimes of Peter Manuel.

Tucker, P. (2006/7) Director, Edwyn Collins-Artworks, BBC Scotland/BBC4/BBC2
Developed, pitched and directed this programme.

Tucker, P. (2007/8) Edit Producer Air Medics, BBC Scotland for BBC1 [television]

2007

Clifford, A. (2007) Rhizome, ArtBase, New Museum, NY, USA [online] Artwork selected. 2006 VAD International Video Art Festival, Girona, Spain: “The Sweet Old Etcetera” selected work [exhibition]

Crawford, E. (2007, Aug 15) Governing well is worth a hundred freedom slogans The Guardian [journalism]

Grace, T. (2007) Directed and co-produced short documentary on DVD on Feis Film nan Eileanan Beaga.Small Islands Film Festival 2007 – Screened at AHRC funded Islands Cultural Archives Workshops in September 2007

Jeffery, G. (2007) For all the Tea in England, Film London/Newham Film Fund, 2007 [film]
Selected for: Rushes Soho Short Film Festival, Marbella Film Festival, BBC Film Network

Scott, A. (2007, March) Raploch Stories Revisited (60 mins BBC Scotland)

Tucker, P. (2007) Producer/Director You Can’t Fire Me, I’m Famous, Endemol Scotland for BBC1 [television]
Produced and directed three programmes in the series – including two of the three most watched.

2006

Clifford, A. (2006) “Silhouette: A Dance” interactive poetry in collaboration with poet Addie Tsai for Born Magazine, USA. [net art]

Clifford, A. (2006) Zebra Poetry Film Award, Berlin, Germany: “The Sweet Old Etcetera” selected work [exhibition]

Clifford, A. (2006) “The Sweet Old Etcetera” interactive visual poetry. [net art]

Crawford, E. (2006, May 27) Terror of the Scottish Raj The Guardian [journalism]

Crawford, E. (2006, April 13) Uncanny Strategy The Guardian [journalism]

Grace, T. (2005-6) Directed and produced promotional documentary for British Sociological Association – “The World of Sociology” featuring interviews with Anne van Lancker MEP at the European Parliament, Professor Angela McRobbie, Professor Greg Philo and Professor Mark Elchardus (vfB brussels). Screened at plenary session, BSA conference, Harrogate International Conference Centre.

Jeffery, G. (2006) The Seafront, London, Redcurrent Films [film]
Selected for: Document 6 International Human Rights Film Festival, Glasgow, Winner, 2nd Prize in CurrentTV launch contest

Jeffery, G. (2006) Azan: A Call To Prayer, Film London/UK Film Council, Redcurrent Films [film]
Selected for: BFI London Film Festival, Birds Eye View Film Festival, Chili Film Festival, Rosh’d International Film Festival, Tehran, Iran, Videotivoli Festival, Tampere, Finland, Jana International Film Festival, Beirut, Dresden Filmfest Short Film Festival, BBC Film Network

Miah, A. (with Matthew Syed) (2006, Oct 18) Digital era taking fans closer to action, The Times, p.82 [journalism]

Scott, A. (2006, March) The Road to Melbourne (30 mins BBC Scotland) [television]

2005

Grace, T. ((2005) Directed and Produced “Defying Fate” – DVD archiving premiere performce of ballet composed by Eddie McGuire featuring Scottish and Chinese musicians and dancers

Scott, A. (2005) Yorkhill (11 x 25 mins SMG and Discovery Channel) [television]

2004

Jeffery, G. (2004) Journeys Across My City: Buenos Aires, London, Redcurrent Films, 2004 [film]
Selected for: VIDEOTIVOLI Festival inTampere, Finland Mar 2007, The Guardian/Avalon Film Festival Dec 2006, East End Film Festival May 2006, Redshift Film Festival, USA Feb 2006, Propeller TV, Jan 2006, Community Channel, Nov 2005, BBC Big Screen Birmingham, Nov 2005, Barcelona International Television Festival, Spain, Nov 2005, Lineout CAN Film Festival, Leicester UK, Oct 2005, UNESCO Web Platform, Oct 2005, Document3 Human Rights Int'l Film Festival, Glasgow UK, Oct 2005, Sept 2005 Auburn Film Festival for Children and Young Adults, Australia, Talent Circle Super Shorts Festival, UK, Sept 2005, Channel Four's Ideasfactory, Rolling Stock Film Festival, June 2005, July 2005 Gorilla Cinema, Films4Lives G8 Summit, Gleneagles, Scotland, Showcomotion Films4Lives Festival, Sheffield, June/July 2005, Metro Cinema Derby, series of screenings with 'Maria Full of Grace' May 2005.

Scott, A. (2004) Policing the Casuals (30 mins BBC) [television]

2004

Clifford, A. (2004) FILE Electronic Language International Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil: [citizen] selected work [exhibition]

2003

Clifford, A. (2003) Computer Space, Sofia, Bulgaria: [citizen] selected work [exhibition]

Clifford, A. (2003) Lancaster Film and New Media Festival, UK: [citizen] selected work [exhibition]

2001

Clifford, A. (2001) Citizen - interactive audiovisual project [CD-Rom] [net art]

 

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Andy Miah, 2008, Human Futures: Art in An Age of Uncertainty (FACT & Liverpool University Press).

Yvonne Spielmann, 2008, Video. The Reflexive Medium (The MIT Press)

Medicalization of Cyberspace - Final Cover 

Andy Miah & Emma Rich, 2008, The Medicalization of Cyberspace (Routledge)

Image: Book cover 'Genetically Modified Athletes'

Andy Miah, 2004, Genetically Modified Athletes: Biomedical Ethics, Gene Doping and Sport (Routledge)

Image: Book cover 'Negociation Spain and Catalonia: Competing Narratives of National Identity'

Fernando León Solís, 2003, Negotiating Spain and Catalonia: Competing Narratives of National Identity, Intellect Books, Bristol

Image: Book cover 'Sport Technology: History, Philosophy + Policy'

Edited by Andy Miah and Simon B. Eassom (De Montfort University, England),2002, Sport Technology: History, Philosophy + Policy, Elsevier Science, Oxford.

book cover - la subevrsion del discurso autoritario

Domìnguez, Carmen. (2000)
La subversión del discurso autoritario en la narrativa de Cristina Peri Rossi. New Orleans: University Press of the South, Inc.