Read the introductory article to our recently released Northern Scotland: Black Lives Matter virtual collection, which can be found on…
Category: Cultural Studies
Poetry aficionados, media archaeologists and scholars of modernism might have heard of the ‘godfather of the e-reader’ Bob Brown, and his infamous ‘Reading Machine’ – but his wife Rose is an equally compelling figure. In fact, her story changes how we understand the connections between technological and literary innovation, and their capacity to promote social change, and with one exception, it has remained untold.
Thanksgiving Model Buildings An article published in The Lady’s Newspaper in 1851 makes an explicit connection between creative production –…
If she were earning a living wage, the amount of time it would take to purchase the flat – only 393 square feet in size – would require 21, 874 hours of labour. In so many hours, Morison estimated, a person could read the bible 309.54 times, gestate 3.26 babies, or complete 2.48 lifetimes worth of pub visits.
Confusing films Watching narrative films can be one of the most engrossing aesthetic experiences possible. It can also be completely…
By Dr Ingrid E. Mida In April 2018, I was invited by artist Sarah Casey, as part of a collaborative…
In the final part of this five-part series on African American film, Geetha Ramanathan discusses 2017 hit “Get Out” alongside…
In part four of this five-part series, Geetha Ramanathan uses two examples to consider how African American films of the…
In part three of this five-part series, Geetha Ramanathan explores the use of American mythology and folklore in two African…
In part two of this five-part series, Geetha Ramanathan considers the use of the “ancestral archive” to discuss gender models…