Department of Media and Performance

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Drama

Drama, Theatre and Performance at Huddersfield hosts a vibrant and developing research culture in the ares of psychophysical performance, performance Magic, technical theatre and multimedia in performance.

Drama research also includes research activities into performance and disability, psychoanalysis, creativity, ecology, improvisation, new writing, and processes of devising. Members of the Drama team have contributed articles to peer-reviewed journals such as Contemporary Theatre Review, Performing Ethos, TDR, Theatre, Dance and Performance Training as well as contributing chapters to a variety of collections, authoring monographs and editing collections and series.

Media

Media and Creative Industries are at the heart of rapid economic, social, cultural, technological and political transformations. Our research in Communication, Media and Cultural Studies explores the premises, manifestations and consequences of this change as a world shaped by mass communication is superseded by digital, networked societies through three central, yet overlapping themes: Participation, Practice and History.

Our lively research culture benefits from staff whose work is international in its scope and recognition. We have specialists in the study of British and European, African and North American media cultures. Our staff have held elected office in national and international subject associations including the International Communication Association and the Association of Journalism Education.

The research activities of our staff have been supported and funded by a range of external organisations including the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Heritage Lottery fund, and the AOJE.

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    Profiles

    Photo of Dave Calvert

    Dave Calvert

    Person: Academic

    20092020
    Photo of John Freeman

    John Freeman

    Person: Academic

    20022020
    Photo of Jennifer Hessler

    Jennifer Hessler

    Person: Academic

    20152020

    Research Output

    Bodies of Work: The Labour of Sex in the Digital Age

    Saunders, R., 23 Sep 2020, 1st ed. Palgrave Macmillan. 328 p. (Dynamics of Virtual Work)

    Research output: Book/Report › Book

    • Book Review: Mary Celeste Kearney. Gender and Rock

    Hill, R. L., 22 Jan 2020, In : MusiCultures. 46, 2, p. 134-136 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Dance Article review

    • Convivial theatre: Care and debility in collaborations between non-disabled and learning disabled theatre makers

    Calvert, D., 24 Mar 2020, Performing Care: New Perspectives on Socially Engaged Performance. Stuart Fisher, A. & Thompson, J. (eds.). Manchester: Manchester University Press

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

    • Activities

    Community mediation in defining the ethical: the power of the reader in transforming early career journalists' understanding of ethics

    Ruth Stoker (Speaker)

    9 Jan 2020

    Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

    European Journal of Cultural Studies (Journal)

    Rosemary Lucy Hill (Reviewer)

    2020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication Peer-review

    Violence Against Women (Journal)

    Rosemary Lucy Hill (Reviewer)

    2020

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication Peer-review

    Press / Media

    ‘Freedom of speech’ is a rogue argument: the Harper’s Letter and why the ‘free speech’ argument silences debate

    Rosemary Lucy Hill

    9/07/20

    1 Media contribution

    Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities

    Disinformation during the coronavirus pandemic

    Richard Jones

    6/05/20

    1 Media contribution

    Press/Media: Expert Comment

    Televising Crown Courts is a move towards open justice and demand following cases like OJ Simpson trial

    Richard Jones

    20/01/20

    1 Media contribution

    Press/Media: Expert Comment