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View article: What is this 'Balkan' in Balkan Popular Culture?
What is this 'Balkan' in Balkan Popular Culture? Open
This chapter situates ‘Balkan’ popular music within a global politics of identity and difference and gives an example of how to use social and cultural theory to develop a research agenda, by reviewing how scholars of popular culture in th…
View article: Introduction
Introduction Open
The introduction surveys the sociopolitical contexts surrounding historic and contemporary popular music in the Balkans. It explains the complexities of ‘popular music’ and other related terms in defining the field of study, including the …
View article: The Routledge Handbook of Popular Music and Politics of the Balkans
The Routledge Handbook of Popular Music and Politics of the Balkans Open
The Routledge Handbook of Popular Music and Politics of the Balkans is a comprehensive overview of major topics, established debates and new directions in the study of popular music and politics in this region. The vibrant growth of this s…
View article: Lion of Love
Lion of Love Open
Alexander Lemtov, the Russian antagonist of Netflix's 2020 musical comedy Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga , embodies and dramatizes contentions over Russian homophobia, disavowals of homosexuality in Russian entertainment, …
View article: MISOGYNY, SURVIVORSHIP, AND BELIEVABILITY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS: EMERGING TECHNIQUES OF ABUSE, RADICALIZATION, AND RESISTANCE
MISOGYNY, SURVIVORSHIP, AND BELIEVABILITY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS: EMERGING TECHNIQUES OF ABUSE, RADICALIZATION, AND RESISTANCE Open
On 18th May 2022, in an opinion piece for The New York Times, columnist Michelle Goldberg declared “the death of #MeToo” (Goldberg, 2022). The papers in this panel examine this claim and wrestle with its potential implications. Drawing on …
View article: Gay Bod
Gay Bod Open
In 2017, Kingston-upon-Hull celebrated becoming UK City of Culture (‘Hull2017’). Organisers of the cultural mega-event hoped to restore civic pride amongst residents of Hull, which had been severely affected ever since its North Sea fishin…
View article: Audit on the Adherence to Guidelines for the Management of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in a General Hospital
Audit on the Adherence to Guidelines for the Management of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in a General Hospital Open
Aims Problematic drinking of alcohol is a common problem in the United Kingdom. As alcohol is a central nervous system (CNS) suppressant, when a chronic user abruptly stops drinking alcohol, the alcohol-mediated CNS inhibition is withdrawn…
View article: Induction Folder for New Doctors in Psychiatry in North Wales- a Quality Improvement Project to Make Life Easy for Junior Doctors
Induction Folder for New Doctors in Psychiatry in North Wales- a Quality Improvement Project to Make Life Easy for Junior Doctors Open
Aims The purpose of induction is to welcome our new employees and also ensure that they have the information and support to carry out their roles effectively. A robust induction not only benefits the doctor but also helps employers to ensu…
View article: Postgraduate Teaching Programme in Psychiatry in North Wales- a Regional Quality Improvement Project 2022-2023
Postgraduate Teaching Programme in Psychiatry in North Wales- a Regional Quality Improvement Project 2022-2023 Open
Aims We aimed to arrange the local Postgraduate teaching in psychiatry as per the Deanery requirement/ HEIW requirement. We aim to achieve a better target with regard to local teaching as noted from the previous year's GMC trainee survey M…
View article: ‘Can I Be Gay in the Army?’: British Army recruitment advertising to LGBTQ youth in 2017–18 and belonging in the queer military home
‘Can I Be Gay in the Army?’: British Army recruitment advertising to LGBTQ youth in 2017–18 and belonging in the queer military home Open
In 2017, the British Army opened its ‘This is Belonging’ recruitment campaign, aimed at groups of young people who were considered traditionally less likely to join the Army, with marketing at Pride in London aimed at LGBTQ youth. The camp…
View article: An Audit on the Adherence to Antipsychotic Prescription Policy for the Management of Delirium in the Medical Wards
An Audit on the Adherence to Antipsychotic Prescription Policy for the Management of Delirium in the Medical Wards Open
Aims This audit aimed to assess the adherence to the anti-psychotic policy for delirium in the medical wards. It aimed to assess compliance with each of the guidelines mentioned in the health board's policy which is based on the National I…
View article: Admission Clerking- Inpatient Adult Psychiatric Unit - a Quality Improvement Project
Admission Clerking- Inpatient Adult Psychiatric Unit - a Quality Improvement Project Open
Aims To improve the clerking proforma and physical healthcare for General Adult Psychiatric inpatients in Heddfan Psychiatric Unit, Wrexham by 100% within 18 months period with a long term goal of continuous improvement. Methods We started…
View article: The Molitva Factor: The Eurovision Song Contest and ‘Performing’ National Identity in World Politics
The Molitva Factor: The Eurovision Song Contest and ‘Performing’ National Identity in World Politics Open
This chapter explores how the author’s research into nationalism, popular culture, gender and sexuality in international politics has been able to apply the idea that the Eurovision Song Contest illustrates the idea of contestants as symbo…
View article: Your Race Sounds Familiar?
Your Race Sounds Familiar? Open
Your Face Sounds Familiar, a celebrity talent television format developed by the Dutch production company Endemol and first broadcast in Spain in 2011, has entertained audiences in more than forty countries with the sight of well-known pro…
View article: The contingencies of whiteness: Gendered/racialized global dynamics of security narratives
The contingencies of whiteness: Gendered/racialized global dynamics of security narratives Open
Both the fortification of European borders against migration from the global South and Western militaries' involvement in wars ostensibly to prevent terrorist networks reaching Western shores belong to what critical and feminist security s…
View article: Guarding the “Balkan Route” on the postsocialist frontier: revisiting Maja Weiss’ <i>Varuh meje</i> (2002)
Guarding the “Balkan Route” on the postsocialist frontier: revisiting Maja Weiss’ <i>Varuh meje</i> (2002) Open
IntroductionVaruh meje, Maja Weiss’ debut film, dates back to 2002 – when Slovenia was soon to join the European Union (EU), when the state was first taking up its role as EU “border guard,” and when Slovenian society was reacting to the f…
View article: Peace on the Small Screen: UNPROFOR’s Television Unit in 1994–5 and the ‘Media War’ in Former Yugoslavia
Peace on the Small Screen: UNPROFOR’s Television Unit in 1994–5 and the ‘Media War’ in Former Yugoslavia Open
Between early 1994 and the end of the wars in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, a team of journalists working for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in former Yugoslavia (UNPROFOR) was in charge of a unique televisual experiment–a docum…
View article: Are the staff in Heddfan Psychiatric Unit, Wrexham Maelor Hospital, are adhering to the personal protective equipment (PPE) guidance as per Public Health Education, England? a QIP
Are the staff in Heddfan Psychiatric Unit, Wrexham Maelor Hospital, are adhering to the personal protective equipment (PPE) guidance as per Public Health Education, England? a QIP Open
Aims The aim of this audit is to assess whether healthcare staff are correctly donning and doffing PPE when entering and leaving the wards (changed to donning and doffing PPE when within 2 metres vicinity of a patient). Method Consultants/…
View article: Bridging postcoloniality, postsocialism, and “race” in the age of Brexit: An interview with Catherine Baker
Bridging postcoloniality, postsocialism, and “race” in the age of Brexit: An interview with Catherine Baker Open
In this interview, conducted over two rounds in August 2019 and January 2020, post-Cold War historian and cultural studies scholar Catherine Baker reflects on how she situates her work within the growing literature on intersections between…
View article: Extremism and Violent Extremism in Serbia. 21st-Century Manifestations of an Historical Challenge
Extremism and Violent Extremism in Serbia. 21st-Century Manifestations of an Historical Challenge Open
While the pairing of ‘extremism’ and ‘violent extremism’ as separate analytical terms is a phenomenon of the policy landscape of the 2010s, the movements and ideologies surveyed in Valery Perry’s v...
View article: A War of Songs. Popular Music and Recent Russia–Ukraine Relations
A War of Songs. Popular Music and Recent Russia–Ukraine Relations Open
"A War of Songs. Popular Music and Recent Russia–Ukraine Relations." Europe-Asia Studies, 72(8), pp. 1426–1427
View article: Forum: Militarization 2.0: Communication and the Normalization of Political Violence in the Digital Age
Forum: Militarization 2.0: Communication and the Normalization of Political Violence in the Digital Age Open
Scholars of international relations frequently explore how states normalize the use of military force through processes of militarization, yet few have analyzed how new information and communication technologies impact on these processes. …
View article: Yugoslav Popular Music and Global Histories of the Cold War
Yugoslav Popular Music and Global Histories of the Cold War Open
Employing a process of so-called circuit listening and considering the routes, networks, and histories necessary for a song to come about, however, reveals “Colinda” as the outcome of circuits of music, migration, and colonialism, owing it…
View article: ‘Couture military’ and a queer aesthetic curiosity: music video aesthetics, militarised fashion, and the embodied politics of stardom in Rihanna’s ‘Hard’
‘Couture military’ and a queer aesthetic curiosity: music video aesthetics, militarised fashion, and the embodied politics of stardom in Rihanna’s ‘Hard’ Open
Music video is an underappreciated type of audiovisual artefact in studies of the aesthetics of world politics, which typically privilege linear narrative storytelling and struggle to communicate how sonic and embodied practices also const…
View article: Making War on Bodies
Making War on Bodies Open
This vibrant collection of essays reveals the intimate politics of how people with a wide range of relationships to war identify with, and against, the military and its gendered and racialised norms. It synthesises three recent turns in th…
View article: Mapping the nexus of transitional justice and peacebuilding
Mapping the nexus of transitional justice and peacebuilding Open
This chapter explores the convergences and divergence between transitional justice and peacebuilding, by considering some of the recent developments in scholarship and practice. We examine the notion of 'peace' in transitional justice and …
View article: Croatia and the Rise of Fascism. The Youth Movement and the Ustasha during WWII
Croatia and the Rise of Fascism. The Youth Movement and the Ustasha during WWII Open
The historiography of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) and its Ustasa movement, as scholars inspired by comparative studies of fascism and new histories of the Holocaust have pointed out in r...