Roy Hanney

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Course Leader at Southampton Solent University

We extend an invitation to scholars in the field of creative and cultural economies to explore how a Networks of Practice approach can build on previous research and enhance our understanding of the social value that the creative and cultural sector provides. We invite the submission of short 10-15 minute research papers, policy explorations, or ca...

Through the lens of ecologies of belonging, The City as Escape Room transfers a simple and commonly held understanding of the escape room into a metaphor that reveals a complex layering of place, participation, and affect in meaning-making for transmedia storytellers. It situates the city as a play space where community participation, meaning-makin...

We extend an invitation to scholars in the field of creative and cultural economies to explore how a Networks of Practice approach can build on previous research and enhance our understanding of the social value that the creative and cultural sector provides. We invite the submission of short 10-15 minute research papers, policy explorations, or ca...

This paper argues for a break from the notion of small cinema as a temporally and geographically located space and reconceptualises it as a socially constructed place. A shadow site that mirrors elite forms of cinema in microcosm and as a locus for communities of practitioners that intersect primarily through project networks. This case study of a...

If we consider the publication of Bandersnatch (Slade) by Netflix as a watershed moment for interactive digital narrative (IDN), are we to believe that we have now moved into a golden age or do we remain in an age of discovery? Tom Abba, in the Journal of Media Practice, situates the moment of publication of his article as a turning point for IDN,...

In recent years, impact has become an important evaluation metric for creative practice researchers. It is no longer enough to claim that creative practice has intrinsic rewards, the assumption is that it will also affect change in some form or another. Yet, the means for evidencing impact are poorly understood, while the relatively short lifespan...

CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST - Unravelling the Hero’s Journey: an edited book by Alison Norrington (Story Central) & Dr Roy Hanney (Solent University) https://evolutionofstory.info/unravelling-the-heros-journey/ At a time when the world is rethinking what it means by diversity and inclusion, how can we open up the concept of story to global...

This Practice Network Symposium aims to frame practice-led, practice-based, practice as research and research for creative practice through the lens of research impact as we run up to 2021 REF. We especially invite responses from practitioners engaged in any research related activities across the range of media represented by MeCCSA, whose practice...

This is my first time writing TV criticism and I would really appreciate someone taking the time to read through and offer some feedback. It hasn't been properly proofread yet and is an early final draft. Really could do with some input. Can offer a reciprocal arrangement where I give feedback on your draft paper(s). I have been published in other...

Challenging educators to rethink projects and see them as a practice rather than as a model of management the authors explore the possibilities for using live projects to enhance real world learning in higher education. Drawing on the work of the ‘critical projects movement’ the chapter outlines a theoretical underpinning for reconceptualising proj...

An evaluation of the use of blogging for developing educational affordances that enhance characteristics of social interaction and reflective dialogue within learning communities. The findings emerge from a study investigating the implementation of course blogs on a media practice programme at a UK university. Literature on the use of course blogs...

The author considers the effectiveness of process drama as a pedagogical method and questions the difference between process drama and the kinds of role-play commonly used in ESL classes. Adopting a process drama methodology the author delivered two Oral English courses for undergraduate students and at the conclusion of the course invited the stud...

This article originated from personal reflection on the nature of projects and the use of project-based learning in media practice education. Accepting that problems are the motor for projects, it asks questions about how students conceptualize problems and seeks to understand the strategies they employ to manage problem encounters. Problem solving...

Any pedagogy of media practice sits at the intersection between training for employment and education for critical thinking. As such, the use of projects is a primary means of structuring learning experiences as a means of mirroring professional practice. Yet, our understanding of the nature of projects and of project-based learning is arguably und...

This article focuses on project-based learning in media practice education, identifying three themes of interest. The first questions the recontextualisation of practice from the professional to a pedagogic environment. The second theme questions how much we know about what goes on inside a project and contrasts the ways in which students ‘do’ proj...

In the field of media practice education, project-based learning is utilized as a major pedagogic paradigm with the aim of mirroring professional practice within the curriculum. However, if the use of project-based learning is to be considered as more than just a way of administrating student activity, then educators need a critical understanding o...

For many years there has been a sharp division between project-based learning, and problem-based learning, with the former adopting a more technical rationalist approach while the latter adopts a more Socratic or dialogic approach. This article argues that current notions of project-based learning are too narrow and that combining the two approache...

Typically, risk is a difficult idea to communicate to undergraduates as it requires a conceptual engagement with a project’s process. Without the experience of several project iterations it is difficult for students to see the value such a tool can bring to their work. The article will look at the use of ‘risk’ in relation to promoting deeper refle...

There has been increased pressure upon academic institutions to further develop Work-Based Learning (WBL) within the curriculum. Media practice education already includes a significant amount of Work-Related Learning (WRL) although perhaps this is not always made evident in course documents or through specific approaches to the delivery of courses....