{"id":1496,"date":"2016-05-27T10:31:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T22:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/expressivearts\/?p=1496"},"modified":"2016-05-27T10:33:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T22:33:51","slug":"research-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/expressivearts\/2016\/05\/27\/research-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve been busy. Here\u2019s a snapshot of some of the research that\u2019s come out of the School in the first four months of 2016.<\/p>\n

Three staff books!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr Pansy Duncan had a book published: The Emotional Life of Postmodern Film<\/a><\/em>. Routledge, 2016.<\/p>\n

Dr Jenny Lawn, J. had a book published: Neoliberalism and cultural transition in New Zealand literature, 1984-2008: Market fictions<\/em><\/a>. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2016.<\/p>\n

Dr Allen Meek had a book published: Biopolitical Media: Catastrophe, Immunity and Bare Life<\/a><\/em>. Routledge, 2016.<\/p>\n

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A number of exciting articles and book chapters by English and Media Studies staff<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr Rand Hazou co-authored an article: ‘E(Lab)orating Performance: Transnationalism and Blended Learning in the Theatre Classroom\u2019, Research in Drama Education<\/em> 20.4. 1 December.<\/p>\n

Dr Jenny Lawn co-edited a special journal issue on Neoliberal Culture\/The Cultures of Neoliberalism: Sites: A Journal of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies<\/em> 12. 1. She also wrote the introduction: \u00a0\u2018Introduction: Neoliberal culture\/the cultures of neoliberalism\u2019. Sites<\/em> 12.1, pp. 1-29.<\/p>\n

Dr David Gruber had an article published: \u2018The extent of engagement, the means of invention: Measuring debate about mirror neurons in the humanities and social sciences\u2019. \u00a0Journal of Science Communication<\/em> 15.2, A01. (February 2016).<\/p>\n

Dr Nicholas Holm had an article published: \u2018Humour as edge-work: aesthetics, joke-work and tendentiousness in Tosh.0\u2019, Comedy Studies<\/em> 7.1 (2016)<\/p>\n

Dr Simon Sigley had an article published: \u2018Programming (Bi)Cultural Memory: Remembrance, reinvention, and Commemorative Vigilance at the Film Archive, Ng\u0101 Taonga Sound & Vision\u2019, Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture<\/em> 16.1 (2016). http:\/\/reconstruction.eserver.org\/Issues\/161\/Sigley.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr Philip Steer had an essay published: \u2018Colonial Gothic\u2019, in The World Novel until 1950<\/em>, ed. Ralph Crane, Jane Stafford, and Mark Williams (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016).<\/p>\n


\nStaff presentations both local and international <\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr Kevin Glynn presented: \u2018Coste\u00f1o Media: Struggles for the Meanings of Blackness and Indigeneity on Nicaragua\u2019s Caribbean Coast\u2019, at \u2018The Meaning of Blackness II\u2019, International Conference, University of Costa Rica, 15 – 18 February.<\/p>\n

Dr Kevin Glynn also presented: \u2018Proliferating Nicaraguan Mediascapes: The FSLN, indigenous rights and media convergence\u2019, at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual conference, San Francisco, USA, 29 March – 2 April.<\/p>\n

Dr Alex Bevan presented: \u2018Unglamorous Work: Media Labor’s Discontents\u2019 and was a panel chair at the \u2018Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference\u2019, Atlanta, USA, 30 March – 3 April.<\/p>\n

Dr Thom Conroy and Dr Ingrid Horrocks were panellists at the Ruapehu Writer\u2019s Festival<\/a>, Ohakune, 17 – 21 March. Thom spoke on a panel on \u2018Fiction and Biography\u2019 and Ingrid on one on \u2018The Desert Road\u2019, and on a special panel convened to discuss her forth-coming co-edited collection: Extraordinary Anywhere: Essays on Place from Aotearoa New Zealand<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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The School hosted presentations on various campuses as part of the W.H. Oliver Research Academy Research Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday Feb 26 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Massimiano Bucchi, Newton’s Chicken. Communicating Science in the Kitchen
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\nFriday 22 April \u00a0\u00a0 Nicola Legat, \u201cWill you publish, um, books?\u201d The first six months of the new Massey University Press and how it can support Humanities.<\/em><\/p>\n

Friday 29 April \u00a0\u00a0 Leleiga Taito, An in-depth ethnographic study of the values, communication norms and safety attitudes of snowboarders. \u00a0<\/em>This was part of her BC Honours Research. \u00a0Ms Taito received a GNS Science Scholarship and a College Summer Scholarship to produce a detailed written report and a series of video outputs.<\/p>\n

Friday 6 May\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kyle Powys Whyte, Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: Basic Issues. <\/em><\/p>\n

Tthe full programme and recordings of some of the seminars are available on the School of English and Media Studies website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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