The Centre for Creative Arts, Cultures and Engagement (CREATURE) hosts a range of active interdisciplinary researchers who have published works focusing the creative arts, its practice, cultural impact and societal engagement.
Browse selected publications by research group below.
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Research outputs
- Brill, P (2018). The Secret to a Good Life. Royal Academy of Arts, London.
- de Oliveira, N and La Rosa, M (2016). Art Institutions of the 21st Century. Montabonel & Partners for Alaska Editions.
- Gold, M and Gold, R (2020). Festival Cities: Culture, Planning and Urban Life. Routledge, London.
- Keefe, J and Arntzen, K (2020). Staging & Re-cycling - Retrieving, Reflecting and Re-Framing the Archive. Routledge.
- Ling, W and Segre-Reinach, S (eds.) (2021). Global China. Fashion Theory. The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture, 25(7).
- Ling, W, Lorusso, M, and Segre Reinach, S (eds.) (2019). Global Fashion. ZoneModa Journal, 9(1).
- Ling, W and Marinelli, M (2019). Italianiere: Tranculturality, co-creation and transforming identities between Italy and Asia, Modern Italy, 24(4).
- Ling, W and Segre-Reinach, S (eds.) (2018). Multiple Chinas. Chinese Styles in the Transglobal Landscape, IB Tauris/Bloomsbury Publishing.
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Cambridge, N (2017). "Seductive Visions: Gazing Across Time and Space in the Mor(t)ality Tales of Fashion Representation." In: Semiotics and Visual Communication II: Culture of Seduction. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
- Gold, M and Gold, J (2015). Framing the future: sustainability, legacy and the 2012 London Games. In: The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Legacy: Meeting the Challenge of Major Sports Events. Routledge, London. pp. 142-158.
- Gold, J and Gold, M (2022) “Longevity and reinvention: venetianization and the biennale”, In: Festivals and the City: The Contested Geographies of Urban Events. London: University of Westminster Press.
- Keefe, J (2024). "Qualified Empathy: The spectator looking/not looking away." In: Through Your Eyes - Research and New Perspectives on Empathy. London: InTechOpen.
- Khonsari, T (2018). Temporary spatial object/architecture as a typology for placemaking. In: Creative Placemaking: Research, Theory and Practice. Routledge, London.
- Khonsari, T (2018). Communal garden and the liminal city. In: Participatory Design Theory: Using Technology and Social Media to Foster Civic Engagement. Routledge, London.
- Ling, W (2020). "Textile, Apparel and Fashion Design in Hong Kong Fashion." In: H Fujita and C Guth (eds) The Encyclopedia of East Asian Design (EAD). Bloomsbury, Oxford.
- Ling, W (2020). "Textile, Apparel and Fashion Design in Taiwan Fashion." In: H Fujita and C Guth (eds) The Encyclopedia of East Asian Design (EAD). Bloomsbury, Oxford.
- Ling, W (2018). "Bag of remembrance: a cultural biography of red-white-blue, from Hong Kong to Louis Vuitton." In: European Fashion: The Creation of a Global Industry. Manchester University Press, Manchester.
- Ling, W and Segre Reinach, S (2018). "Fashion-making in the transglobal landscape." In: Fashion in Multiple Chinas: Chinese Styles in the Transglobal Landscape. Bloomsbury, Oxford.
- Ling, W (2018). "Beneath the co-created Chinese fashion: translocal and transcultural exchange between China and Hong Kong." In: Fashion in Multiple Chinas: Chinese Styles in the Transglobal Landscape. Bloomsbury, Oxford.
- Oropallo, G (2019). The Fixing I: Repair as Prefigurative Politics. In: Design Culture: Objects and Approaches. Bloomsbury Visual Arts, London.
- Oropallo, G (2018). People Have the Power: The Implications of Labour-Intensive Making in the History of the Appropriate Technology Movement. In: Craft Economies. Bloomsbury Academic, London.
- Oropallo, G (2014). Wind Up Radio UK/South Africa. In: Iconic Designs: 50 Stories about 50 Things. Bloomsbury Academic, London.
- Scarso, Jacek Ludwig and Kim, Anna Marazuela (2024) Placemaking, performance and infrastructures of belonging: the role of ritual healing and mass cultural gatherings in the wake of trauma. In: Trauma Informed Placemaking. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 263-275. ISBN 9781032443102
- Scarso, Jacek Ludwig (2024) The museum that spills out: reflecting on Raffaello visita le carceri di Salerno from the perspective of the ‘expanded museum’. In: Progetto d'arte sociale a cura di Michele Citro "Raffaello visita le carceri di Salerno": atti dei convegni. Paguro Edizioni, Mercato S. Severino (SA), Italy, pp. 261-267. ISBN 9791280259714
- Scarso, Jacek Ludwig (2024) ‘Futurism: performance and performativity of a movement.’ In: Futurismi Contemporanei. Paguro Editore, Mercato San Severino (SA), Italy, pp. 70-74. ISBN 9791280259783
- Scarso, Jacek Ludwig (2023) ‘Artistic conundrums in the age of the virtual, the artificial and the non-fungible’. In: The video game: how the digital revolution changes art. And vice versa. Paguro Edizioni, Mercato S. Severino (SA), Italy, pp.18-23. ISBN 9791280259530
- Turner, J (2021) “Image and research writings of my ‘Chalk’ dancefilm.” In: B Cincik and T Torres-Campos (eds) Postcards from the Anthropocene. Unsettling the Geopolitics of Representation. dpr-barcelona.
- Turner, J (2021) “Choreographing Phase Transitions.” In: e-book Musical Intersections in Practice, Publication of the International Conference on Musical Intersections in Practice (MIP2019) 24th July, ISBN978-1-5272-5411-4.
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Hällsten, J (2024) Snasen, my love, artefacts – text art in artist publication. Melbourne, Australia.
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Hällsten, J (2023) Björk, artwork – exhibition. Oulu, Finland
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Hällsten, J (2023) Foxed Bodies, artwork – exhibition. Blindside gallery, Melbourne, Australia
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Arkomanis, E et al (2023) Protea/Extraction, artefact, commission by the Liliesleaf trust UK.
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Bradley, R (2023) Forecast, artefacts – exhibition. Bristol: Spike Island.
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Hällsten, J (2022) Translation Zone(s): Experiential translation In action, artefact – performance, residency, artwork. Somerset House, London
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Bradley, R (2022) Take care: art and medicine, exhibition. Zurich: Kunsthaus Zurich.
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Bradley, R (2021) Flatlands, curatorial exhibition. Zurich: Galerie Gregor Staiger, Nov 2021 – Jan 2023.
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Brill, P (2022) Thamesmead Codex, Artefacts – exhibition. London: Tate Modern, Jan 2022 – Oct 2023.
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Fereday, G (2023) Field notes. In: Make good: rethinking material future. Group exhibition, London: Victoria & Albert Museum, Sep.
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Leonardi, P (2023) Borderlands: the edges of Europe, artefacts. Slovakia: OFF Bratislava festival of contemporary photography, Nov.
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Scarso, Jacek Ludwig (2024) Marta Czok - URBE, Rome: Palazzo Montecitorio at the Italian Parliament. Curated exhibition under the patronage of the Polish Embassy in Rome and the Italian Ministry of Culture
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Scarso, Jacek Ludwig (2024) Marta Czok - ARCHĪVUM. Bra: Palazzo Mathis. Curated Exhibition in collaboration with Città di Bra.
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Scarso, Jacek Ludwig (2024) De Innocentia, Complesso di Vicolo Valdina della Camera dei Deputati, Rome. Curated exhibition In partnership with Presidenza Commissione Cultura, Scienze, Istruzione and Polish Embassy in Rome.
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Scarso, Jacek Ludwig (2024) Marta Czok - EX_PATRIA, Fondazione Marta Czok, Venice. Curated exhibition under the patronage of the Polish Embassy in Rome.
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Scarso, Jacek Ludwig (2023) The Rise and Fall of the Ideal City, Fondazione Marta Czok, Venice. Curated exhibition in collaboration with Dr Anna Marazuela Kim and Dr Luisa Bravo. In partnership with Urban Visions Film Festival, A-Place and TAKFLIX,
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Scarso, L. J (2022) Shrine of the goat, exhibition. London: London Festival of Architecture.
- Keefe, John (2021) Boltanski’s dilemma: mimetics, distance and spectating suffering. Performing Ethos: International Journal of Ethics in Theatre & Performance, 11 (1). pp. 3-22. ISSN 1757-1987
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Arkomanis, E (2019). Passage variations: an elliptical history of migration in Eleonas. Architecture and culture, 7(1).
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Cambridge, N (2017). New Whistle and Flute: Orchestrating Sartorial Performances of Contemporary Masculinities. Fashion Practice, 9(2).
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Cambridge, N (2017). High Teas, High Collars and High Rise Buildings in a ‘High-Context’ Culture: The Semiotics of Japan’s Project of Modernity. Romanian Journal Of Communication And Public Relations, 18(3).
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Cambridge, N (2016). Sartorial symbiosis or creative commensalism? Collaborations between Japanese fashion designers and Western apparel makers. International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 16(1).
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Catenaccio, P and Khonsari, T (2018). The construction of a Civic Neighbourhood as/through cultural production: a discourse analytical approach to participatory art and temporary architecture. Lingue Culture Mediazioni - Languages Cultures Mediation (LCM Journal), 4 (2). pp. 13-33.
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Clover, C, Hallsten, J and Jones, S (2016). Sounding site: listening, mingling, index and reciprocity in the field. Unlikely - Journal for the Creative Arts.
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Gold, M and Gold, J (2014). Legacy, sustainability and Olympism: crafting urban outcomes at London 2012. Staps Revue Internationale des Sciences du Sport et de l'education physique, 3 (105). pp. 23-35.
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Gold, J and Gold, M (2021) Olympic legacies and the sustainability agenda. Nature Sustainability, 4, 290-291.
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Gold, J and Gold, M (2021) The world turned upside down? Cities, festivalization and uncertainty. Built Environment, 47(3), pp. 417-31.
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Hällsten, J (2025) ‘Communing with Others: Performing Voices’, Trace: Journal of Animal-Human Studies, vol11 (2025), pp. 176-198. ISSN 2343-0591
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Bartram, Angela, Parker, Christine and Hällsten, Johanna (2024) Life with and without animals: Guest editor's introduction. Humanimalia, 14 (02). iii-vii. ISSN 2151-8645
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Hallsten, J (2014). Sonic movements – spatial reflexivity. Somatechnics, 4(1).
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Keefe, J (2021). Boltanski's Dilemma: Mimetics, distance and spectating suffering. Performing Ethos. International Journal of Ethics in Theatre & Performance. 11 (1), pp. 3-22(20).
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Ling, W (2024). Cross-cultural exchanges and innovation: The making of fashion in Southeast Asia. ISSH2024, Vietnam: Ton Duc Thang University, pp. 89-99. ISNB: 978-0-9945391-7-5.
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Ling, W (2022). Conceptualizing Made in China for a museum exhibition. Fashion Theory. The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture, 25(7).
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Ling, W and Van Dartel, D (2019). Global fashion as a tool in the ethnographic museum. ZoneModa Journal, 9(1).
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Ling, W, Lorusso, M, and Segre Reinach, S (2019). Critical studies in global fashion. ZoneModa Journal, 9(1).
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Ling, W and Marinelli, M (2019). Italianerie: transculturality, co- creation and transforming identities between Italy and Asia. Modern Italy, 24(4).
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Ling, W and Segre Reinach, S (2021). Fashion-making and co-creation in the transglobal landscape: Sino-Italian fashion as method. Modern Italy, 24(4).
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Ling, W and Segre Reinach, S (2019). Global China. Fashion Theory. The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture, 25(7).
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Pierce, G (2025) ‘Follow the Tulip, Researching into the Textile Manufacturer Henry Nathan’, Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice, 1–24.
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Ramage, M, Burridge, H, Busse-Wicher, M, Fereday, G, Reynolds, T, et al. (2017). The wood from the trees: The use of timber in construction. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.
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Scarso, J. L. and Jeske Thompson, K. (2022) “Safety in Numbers: Reflecting on the work of Artichoke as ‘Adaptor-Disruptor’ in Reclaiming Public Space”, The Journal of Public Space, 7(3), pp. 5–24. doi: 10.32891/jps.v7i3.1488.
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Scarso, Jacek Ludwig (2023) 'Performing museography: a practice-led research for art museums, conducted at MUVE, Fondazione dei Musei Civici di Venezia. Curator': The Museum Journal, 66 (4). pp. 647-663. ISSN 2151-6952
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Scarso, J (2021). Critical Theatricality in the Museum Space, The International Journal of the Inclusive Museum.
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Turner, J (2021) Contemporary Performance as TARDIS, Dance citizen, issue 12, February.
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Arkomanis, E (2020) Passage Variations: An Elliptical History of Migration in Eleonas, AAD Practice Research Portfolios. London Metropolitan University, London.
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Bradley, R (2020) Interlocutor, AAD Practice Research Portfolios. London Metropolitan University, London.
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Brill, P (2020) The Secret to a Good Life, AAD Practice Research Portfolios. London Metropolitan University, London.
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Dabrowska, A (2020) A Lebanese Archive, AAD Practice Research Portfolios. London Metropolitan University, London.
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de Oliveira, N (2020) A Book of Burning Matches: Collecting Installation Art Documents, AAD Practice Research Portfolios. London Metropolitan University, London.
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Hallsten, J (2020). Performing Hekla, AAD Practice Research Portfolios. London Metropolitan University, London.
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Leonardi, P (2020) Borderlands: The Edges of Europe, AAD Practice Research Portfolios. London Metropolitan University, London.
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Scarso, J (2020) In Limbo, AAD Practice Research Portfolios. London Metropolitan University, London.
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Scarso, J (2020) Imagined Cities (Voicescapes), AAD Practice Research Portfolios. London Metropolitan University, London.
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ten Hompel, S (2020). Coordinate: The Glenmorangie Commission, AAD Practice Research Portfolios. London Metropolitan University, London.
