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Dr. Darren Elliott-Smith is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television at University of Stirling, Scotland. His research is focused on representations of queerness, gender, and the body in horror film and television. He has published numerous academic articles, contributed to book collections, and is the author of Queer Horror Film and Television (I.B. Tauris, 2016) and co-editor of New Queer Horror Film and Television (UWP, 2020) with Dr John Edgar Browning. I was able to sit down with him fo...

First paragraph: IN THIS ARTICLE, I argue against the growth-based model of the cultural industries, focusing on cinema and thinking towards alternative pathways for a postgrowth creative sector in Scotland. In the months since I started writing it, many of the things I argued about have ground to a halt due the Covid-19 pandemic. Production projects have stalled, venues have closed, awards have been postponed and festivals moved online. As people’s livelihoods hang in the balance, it needs t...

Die Lawinengefahr richtig einzuschätzen und die entsprechenden Entscheidungen zu fällen gehört zum Schwierigsten und Wichtigsten im Bergsport überhaupt. Es gibt so viele Unbekannte: ‘Wie störanfällig ist die Schwachschicht? ’, ‘Wo ist sie genau vorhanden? ’, ‘Haben wir ausreichend Indizien gesammelt? ’ oder ‘Was wären die Konsequenzen bei einer Lawinenerfassung? ’. Seit Jahren versuchen wir, diese Unbekannten zu verringern und unsere Schnee- und Lawinenkenntnisse zu verbessern. Unerkanntes P...

This thesis challenges the perception of Scotland as a nation defined by rugged stone architecture. Instead, it posits a form of building that recognised the importance constructing robustly in an exposed northern climate and the presentation of a style that was at the heart of a European cultural experience. That experience understood the construction process would only be considered complete when walls were coated, providing protection, and cultivated aesthetic. That duality of purpose mea...