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Talks by chelsea reid
This is the PowerPoint Chelsea and I pulled together for the 2016 PORESO conference; it also form... more This is the PowerPoint Chelsea and I pulled together for the 2016 PORESO conference; it also formed the basis of the presentation we gave at the PSA conference in March 2016. In it we outline some of our initial reflections and work on how the press responded to the 2015 UK General Election Leaders' Debate, broadcast on the 2nd April 2015.
Books by chelsea reid
Leisure, Activism, and the Animation of Urban Space
This is an early draft of the introduction to the special issue of leisure studies, which will be... more This is an early draft of the introduction to the special issue of leisure studies, which will be released as a book in December 2022.
This is a draft copy of the introduction to the Palgrave Pivot: "The 2015 UK General Election and... more This is a draft copy of the introduction to the Palgrave Pivot: "The 2015 UK General Election and the 2016 EU Referendum: Towards a Democracy of the Spectacle": currently scheduled for publication in May 2017. It represents a call for greater collaboration between the existing and established field of political communication, with its deep roots in theories of language, discourse and communication studies, and the emerging area of critical event studies, with its radical re-conceptualisation of 'event' within the sphere of event studies. It argues, at a conceptual level, that such a collaboration enables us to gain fresh insights into what is a move away from a consideration of political events to one where we are required to refocus on the evental in politics; where participation within a democracy and the politics of spectacle have become deeply intertwined. This is also explored through two small scale case studies of the last UK General Election and last year's referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.
Papers by chelsea reid
Visual Studies, 2021
This project consisted of ethnographic and visual fieldwork studying four coffee shops during the... more This project consisted of ethnographic and visual fieldwork studying four coffee shops during the COVID-19 pandemic. Research focused on spatial reconfiguration for health considerations and customer actions in response. We observed what we identify as modified normalcy. The images in this essay illustrate our findings on entering potentially unsafe spaces, managing the flow of customers, limited efforts at contact tracing, modified seating arrangements, and new expectations for customers. We find that there is a default to create seemingly safer, but still comfortably distinct places for consumption and social interactions.
This is the PowerPoint Chelsea and I pulled together for the 2016 PORESO conference; it also form... more This is the PowerPoint Chelsea and I pulled together for the 2016 PORESO conference; it also formed the basis of the presentation we gave at the PSA conference in March 2016. In it we outline some of our initial reflections and work on how the press responded to the 2015 UK General Election Leaders' Debate, broadcast on the 2nd April 2015.
Leisure, Activism, and the Animation of Urban Space
This is an early draft of the introduction to the special issue of leisure studies, which will be... more This is an early draft of the introduction to the special issue of leisure studies, which will be released as a book in December 2022.
This is a draft copy of the introduction to the Palgrave Pivot: "The 2015 UK General Election and... more This is a draft copy of the introduction to the Palgrave Pivot: "The 2015 UK General Election and the 2016 EU Referendum: Towards a Democracy of the Spectacle": currently scheduled for publication in May 2017. It represents a call for greater collaboration between the existing and established field of political communication, with its deep roots in theories of language, discourse and communication studies, and the emerging area of critical event studies, with its radical re-conceptualisation of 'event' within the sphere of event studies. It argues, at a conceptual level, that such a collaboration enables us to gain fresh insights into what is a move away from a consideration of political events to one where we are required to refocus on the evental in politics; where participation within a democracy and the politics of spectacle have become deeply intertwined. This is also explored through two small scale case studies of the last UK General Election and last year's referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.
Visual Studies, 2021
This project consisted of ethnographic and visual fieldwork studying four coffee shops during the... more This project consisted of ethnographic and visual fieldwork studying four coffee shops during the COVID-19 pandemic. Research focused on spatial reconfiguration for health considerations and customer actions in response. We observed what we identify as modified normalcy. The images in this essay illustrate our findings on entering potentially unsafe spaces, managing the flow of customers, limited efforts at contact tracing, modified seating arrangements, and new expectations for customers. We find that there is a default to create seemingly safer, but still comfortably distinct places for consumption and social interactions.