tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73606364785888808082024-03-19T01:48:26.292-07:00Inequality, Culture and DifferenceCentre for the Study of Inequality, Culture and Difference, Nottingham Trent UniversityCentre for the Study of Inequality, Culture and Difference (Nottingham Trent University)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10774422840010545749noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-17968370314028782072023-03-22T09:50:00.000-07:002023-03-22T09:50:36.845-07:00‘Care-ful Museums’29 June 2023, Nottingham Trent University Keynote speaker: Esme Ward, Director of Manchester MuseumCall for PapersMultiple versions of ‘care’ demonstrate how hard the word works: being careful, taking care, caring for, self-care, carelessness, careworn and care-free. The word ‘care’ has its etymological roots in Old English, the noun means; concern, anxiety, sorrow, grief Sophie Fugglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04328740877413225729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-29973575691832651922022-10-17T03:18:00.000-07:002022-10-17T03:18:33.994-07:00Comic Ethnographies: Exploring graphic narratives of social justice researchComic Ethnographies: Graphic Narratives and Social Justice Research16 November 2022, 4-6pm (UK time)This online panel discussion brings together researchers, writers and comic artists who have used the comic format to explore and present questions of social justice and community action to an audience beyond academia. Invited speakers will discuss their recent and current projects, working Sophie Fugglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04328740877413225729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-30871681876670192692022-10-05T02:08:00.002-07:002022-10-19T05:33:36.385-07:00Henri Michaux: adventures of a reluctant psychedelic psychonaut - Talk with Oliver Davis, University of Warwick 'Henri Michaux: adventures of a reluctant psychedelic psychonaut'Professor Oliver Davis, University of Warwick26 October 2022, 2-3pm Online Teams link Still from Images du monde visionnaire (Michaux and Duvivier, 1964). Looking back from the perspective of the ‘psychedelic renaissance’ today, with its promise of new therapies to treat some of the Sophie Fugglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04328740877413225729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-56407784519027567472022-10-05T01:59:00.002-07:002022-10-05T01:59:17.924-07:0021st Century Artaud: the ‘virtual’ and new media - Jay Murphy 21st Century Artaud: the ‘virtual’ and new media - Jay MurphyWednesday 19 October, 2-3pm Online Teams link © Georges Pastier, 1946-48 A spate of new books and translations are creating a new evaluation of Antonin Artaud (d. 1948) as not only a seminal mid-20th century artist in his own right, but also as one with a heretofore unrealized Sophie Fugglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04328740877413225729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-9927000869467753422022-06-30T10:15:00.001-07:002022-06-30T10:15:27.600-07:00Celebrating Diverse Heritage: Norma Gregory on 'Digging Deep, Black Miners' Heritage' Celebrating Diverse Heritage: Norma Gregory on 'Digging Deep, Black Miners' Heritage' Wednesday 20th July, 2-3pm online Until recently, very little was documented about Black British miners in the UK. Digging Deep, Black Miners Heritage at the Black Miners Museum addresses this gap by collecting the experiences and contributions of black miners history from theCuneyt Cakirlarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00540302519796048301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-8608108022287283862022-05-18T17:00:00.003-07:002022-05-18T17:00:00.199-07:00A New Skilled Migration? Turkish Media Practitioners in Britain [online panel] A New Skilled Migration?: Turkish Media Practitioners in Britain [online panel: Teams link] 8 JUNE 2022, WEDNESDAY, 13:00-14:30 ORGANISERS AND RESPONDENTS: ECE BULUT (NTU PGR), CUNEYT CAKIRLAR (NTU), ZEYNEP SERINKAYA WINTER (NTU PGR) Turkey is experiencing a new boom in media production, with an increase on VoD platforms, high demand for TV series and Cuneyt Cakirlarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00540302519796048301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-65621989348910525752022-05-10T23:28:00.000-07:002022-05-10T23:28:02.633-07:00Symposium: Transnational Horror, Folklore, and Cultural PoliticsFocusing on the historical legacies and contemporary trends of folk horror across various geographical and industrial contexts of filmmaking, the symposium aims to facilitate an inquiry that unpacks social, cultural, and political meanings behind the current revival of the genre, and locates these meanings in local, national, regional and transnational settings of cultural production. Ranging Cuneyt Cakirlarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00540302519796048301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-88953562017114613222022-05-03T08:33:00.002-07:002022-05-10T23:29:40.448-07:00 The Centre was extremely pleased to welcome this conference at the end of April: 14th BAAL (British Association of Applied Linguistics) Language, Gender and Sexuality SIG Event: Language, Gender and Health Inequalities, 29th April 2022. Event Schedule10.15-11.00 Keynote address: Dr Francis-Ray White (University of Westminster) (room 121-122)11.15 Panel 1: Language and Martin O'Shaughnessyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494843157277048941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-81780882663093916962022-03-15T07:01:00.003-07:002022-03-15T07:01:43.947-07:00Critical Reflections on Participatory Photography and Visual Literacy with Young Women Mediated Through Screen Conducting participant-led research and running a socially engaged collaborative photography project requires a lot of planning which includes thinking deeply and critically about ethics and design as well as recruitment, delivery, analysis and dissemination. However, how would these considerations critically apply to a participatory photography project that is mediated through a screen and Cuneyt Cakirlarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00540302519796048301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-39100268575875213712022-02-10T13:07:00.005-08:002022-03-16T03:04:13.876-07:00Land-Connectedness: a holistic heritage framework of understanding and care of more-than-human everyday landscapesThere is an increasing consensus of the need to shift human-nature imaginaries as “cultural human-nature relationships in Western societies are both a root cause of current unsustainable patterns of development, and the crux to embarking towards a more sustainable society” (Colding et al., 2020, p3). Critical scholarship has argued that the first step to convivial conservation may be Cuneyt Cakirlarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00540302519796048301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-28800367095392627562022-02-05T04:19:00.004-08:002022-02-05T04:20:08.948-08:00Talking of Heritage: The Past in ConversationIn this presentation, Mike Robinson considers the changing ways in which communities talk about heritage and the differences between authorised discourses of heritage production, maintenance and management and the daily discourses of its consumption, experience and co-creation and the processes of translation, appropriation and adaptation that go on. As we negotiate superdiverse Cuneyt Cakirlarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00540302519796048301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-25224540433652548822021-11-09T12:53:00.004-08:002022-05-10T23:30:31.267-07:00Documentary in artistic practice: accented essays from TurkeyOnline talk via Teams, 1 December Wednesday, 14:00-15:00 (link)Documentary and art are seemingly two words in conflict with one another: the former implies a kind of documentation that encloses an objective record of the real world while the latter is defined and evaluated by subjectivity and creativity. Nonetheless – as Grierson’s famous definition of documentary also suggests – Cuneyt Cakirlarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00540302519796048301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-12616266070814392702021-11-09T12:42:00.001-08:002021-11-09T12:42:10.479-08:00Famous monsters: mediations of celebrified sex offenders in contemporary US mediaOnline talk via Teams, 16 November Tuesday, 17:00-18:00 (link)As part of the Centre's research seminar series, Sabrina Moro's paper will examine the imbrications of sexual violence and celebrity culture in contemporary US media. Even before #MeToo, the public fascination with everyman perpetrators of violent sex crimes has been instrumental in shaping cultural understandings of sexual violence. ACuneyt Cakirlarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00540302519796048301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-17593213382425461842021-11-08T15:26:00.002-08:002021-11-08T15:26:35.587-08:00The Centre is pleased to announce a seminar by Dr Colin Alexander, 3-4 p.m., November 3rd., 'Hegemony, Morality and Power: A Gramscian Theory of Public Diplomacy' This research seminar examines ways in which public diplomacy should be understood at a theoretical level. It focuses on the key themes of hegemony, morality and power, using the philosophical writings of Antonio Gramsci as a guide. Gramsci is an important source of authority for many academics interested in International Relations (particularly World Order studies), Communications Theory, Martin O'Shaughnessyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494843157277048941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-43322772583378414982021-06-30T07:46:00.004-07:002021-06-30T07:46:36.360-07:00The Research Centre for the Study of Inequality, Culture and Difference is delighted to welcome Dr Lexi Webster from Manchester Metropolitan University, who will be giving a research talk titled: '“Eye of the Beholder”: Considering pluralism, relativism and un/intentional consequences in critical discourse studies' Abstract: In its radical impetus, critical discourse studies prioritises what ought to be in seeking social transformation for the benefit of the powerless. By analysing how and why unequal power relations are constructed and reproduced in discourse, critical discourse studies scholars seek change towards a better and more equal world. I argue, however, that the unabashed Martin O'Shaughnessyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494843157277048941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-37049502679509619172021-05-27T06:13:00.005-07:002021-05-27T06:15:45.479-07:00Horror in the Archives Cuneyt Cakirlarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00540302519796048301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-76659400709039903802021-04-26T07:57:00.003-07:002021-04-26T07:57:52.180-07:00Social media, parades and protest in a Divided Society: Reflections from post-conflict Northern Ireland, Dr Paul Reilly from the University of Sheffield 1-2pm BST, Wednesday 28th April,The NTU Research Centre for the Study of Inequality, Culture and Difference is delighted to welcome Dr Paul Reilly from the University of Sheffield 1-2pm BST on Wednesday 28th April, who will be giving a talk on Social media, parades and protest in a Divided Society: Reflections from post-conflict Northern Ireland. Abstract:How are platforms such as Facebook and Twitter used by Martin O'Shaughnessyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494843157277048941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-78652217279915740622021-03-25T09:43:00.000-07:002021-03-25T09:43:04.490-07:00The AAH Research Centre for Inequality, Culture and Difference is delighted to welcome Dr Emma Dowling from the University of Vienna, who will be talking to us about her recently published book 'The Care Crisis': March 24th, 2021 02:00 PM Valuing care and care work does not simply mean attributing care work more monetary value. To really achieve change, we must go so much further. Martin O'Shaughnessyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494843157277048941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-26700644057822135362021-03-17T09:30:00.018-07:002021-03-17T09:30:00.294-07:00Transnational Folklore, Politics, and Horror FilmThe academic study of horror cinema has become increasingly established in recent years (with the Horror Studies journal launched in 2010, the Horror Studies book series from University of Wales Press launched in 2015, and the SCMS Horror Studies SIG launched in 2016), yet the study of the transnationalism of horror cinema has still been relatively limited. While the approach was Cuneyt Cakirlarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00540302519796048301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-50564590044395939502021-02-23T08:27:00.000-08:002021-02-23T08:27:03.400-08:00Inequality, Culture and Difference seminar 24th February 2021, 2-3pm The Centre is very happy to welcome Professor Ursula Huws for a talk entitled, 'Reinventing the Welfare State' Abstract: In this talk, Ursula Huws will discuss some of the ideas in her recent book, Reinventing the Welfare State: Digital Platforms and Public Policies, which looks critically at the Martin O'Shaughnessyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494843157277048941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-80021821207324545842021-02-10T10:29:00.000-08:002021-02-10T10:29:02.410-08:00Blurred Lines: Technologies of Heterosexual Coercion in ‘Sugar Dating’On the 10th Feb at 2pm our very own Rocío Palomeque Recio will be talking about her fascinating research on 'Sugar dating' in a talk titled Blurred Lines: Technologies of Heterosexual Coercion in ‘Sugar Dating’ - all welcome and please share widely!! Abstract: ‘Sugar dating’ is how a commodified relationship between an older, affluent male –Sugar Daddy– and a younger, Martin O'Shaughnessyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494843157277048941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-9970766598118418082021-01-16T03:07:00.003-08:002021-01-16T03:08:35.673-08:00The Monogamous/Promiscuous Optics in Contemporary Gay Film Cüneyt Çakırlar & Gary Needham (2020) The monogamous/promiscuous optics in contemporary gay film: registering the amorous couple in Weekend (2011) and Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo (2016), New Review of Film and Television Studies, 18:4, 402-430To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/17400309.2020.1800329This article explores representations of same-sex Cuneyt Cakirlarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00540302519796048301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-12056562367127776952020-11-30T07:43:00.009-08:002020-11-30T14:33:41.679-08:00Ameliorative Homecomings: Framing the Queer Migrant in Documentary Ameliorative Homecomings: Framing the Queer Migrant in A Sinner in Mecca (2015) and Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? (2016) published in The Garage Journal: Studies in Art, Museums & Culture, Issue 01 ‘Transitory Parerga: Access and Inclusion in Contemporary Art,’ edited by Vlad Strukov (University of Leeds): pp. 245-263. [open access link]Cüneyt Çakırlar's study critically Cuneyt Cakirlarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00540302519796048301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-7873792879959683902020-11-24T09:02:00.002-08:002020-11-24T09:02:59.120-08:00 The Care Manifesto (The Care Collective)Wednesday 25th November 3-4pm (via zoom)For joining details, contact Martin O'Shaughnessy (martin.oshaughnessy@ntu.ac.uk ) ALL WELCOME! In this talk The Care Collective discuss their recently published book The Care Manifesto (Verso 2020): "We lay out a radical vision for a truly caring world, demanding Martin O'Shaughnessyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494843157277048941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360636478588880808.post-61940121628692271522020-11-24T09:00:00.003-08:002020-11-24T09:07:57.025-08:0011/11/2020 3-4, as part of our ongoing research seminar series, the Centre is very pleased to welcome Su Ansell to talk about her experimental film, Breast'work. As she explains: "My experimental films and installations explore female experience through layered poetic connections. The intention, through exhibition and accompanying writings is to generate dialogue and debate about Martin O'Shaughnessyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494843157277048941noreply@blogger.com0