Narrative Architecture and the Catford School of Fiction
Daniel Dream and Ifigeneia Liangi DOI: https://doi.org/10.82392/2ycx-2w94 Download a PDF version of this article Abstract This article explores the work of Night Kitchen, a design research studio that creates picturebooks […]
Intertextual play in K-drama: Exploring the relationship between fandom and local cultural production
Hyejin Jo DOI: https://doi.org/10.82392/0c7p-3b61 Download a PDF version of this article Abstract This study examines how the memeification of a supporting character from the Korean drama Stranger (2017, 2020) contributed […]
TikTok Wes (AI)nderson: Fan participation and the auteur in the age of algorithmic reproduction
Cáit Murphy DOI: https://doi.org/10.82392/6t60-5480 Download the PDF of this article Abstract Taking Wes Anderson fan media as a case study, this article reframes auteurism in the context of social media […]
The Flâneur in cosplay: The Role of Cosplayers in creating immersion
Ada Marlen DOI: https://doi.org/10.82392/fng0-2q25 Download a PDF version of this article Abstract The Flâneur is a “fashionable male idler, a leisurely stroller, an expert reader of urban signs” with a […]
Editorial: The Creative Audience
Oliver Carter and Karen Seaward-Patel DOI: https://doi.org/10.82392/vk17-jt39 Download a PDF version of this article Creative industries research has traditionally concentrated on cultural production. Questions of labour, precarity and inequality within […]
Call for papers: Makings 2026 issue
Deadline: Monday 1 June 2026 For our next issue, Makings has elected to publish an open call, rather than a themed collection. We invite full paper submissions across the full […]
The Legacy of the “George Saunders Reimagined” Exhibition
By Louise Martin, Lecturer in Foundation Fashion & Textiles, Birmingham City University In June 2023, the National Trust and Birmingham City University (BCU) School of Fashion and Textile students and […]
Gentle Gestures: contexts, spaces and approaches in and beyond the academy
Download the PDF of this article Editorial note Thanks for reading this special issue of Makings Journal, edited by Gentle Gestures. Following on from Makings Journal 4:1, ‘Creative Higher Education: […]
What We Need to Be Here: Pedagogical Practices of Access and Prioritising People
Jo O’Brien and Sunny Nestler