In April 2024 the publication ‘Sorbische Filmlandschaften. Serbske filmowe krajiny’ was published by our project member Andy Räder in collaboration with the author and filmmaker Grit Lemke. The book was produced in cooperation with the Sorbian Institute and the DEFA Foundation and highlights the film work of the Sorbs/Wends, an Read more…
Morrison, J. (2024) ‘Abusing the unprotected ‘poor’: The prevalence of povertyist stigma and hate speech on unmoderated newspaper comment threads’, Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies, 13(2), pp.237-257. Project Co-investigator Dr James Morrison has published a new article in the Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies, focusing on Read more…
A timely new research anthology, co-edited by project member Dr James Morrison (in cooperation with Professor Sarah Pedersen of Robert-Gordon University, Aberdeen), was published earlier this month. Entitled Silenced Voices and the Media: Who Gets to Speak? (Palgrave Macmillan), the book examines the marginalisation – or ‘silencing’ – of various Read more…
The UK research team started collecting contributions from members of the public to the “Voices from the Periphery” project with a site visit to Rotherham. From 23 to 25 October, they ran three discussion groups with locals who have experienced industrial decline in Rotherham first-hand. The discussion groups, held in Read more…
We are looking for former Lauchhammer miners for our first series of storytelling cafés: The Storytelling Cafés will take place at the Traditionsverein in Lauchhammer. We look forward to a lively participation.