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Sarah Hill
- Name Sarah Hill
- Organisation
- Politics and International Relations, School of Social and Political Science
University of Edinburgh - Address
- Rm 4.15 15A George Square Edinburgh UK EH8 9LD
- s0125034@sms.ed.ac.uk
- URL
- http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/research_student_profiles/politics_and_ir/sarah_hill
PhD Title
Performing Politics: representation and deliberation in the public sphere
Qualifications
- Msc (Dist) Politics by Research, University of Edinburgh
- MA Politics and Philosophy (Hons), University of Edinburgh
I am currently working towards an interdisciplinary PhD that applies the rich and varied field of performance theory to the political sphere. I argue that the idea of politics as 'showbiz for ugly people' is more than a turn of phrase. Rather, performance and media theories can be powerful tools to evaluate and interpret the political sphere. I explore 4 empirical case studies: the Blair/Brown handover 2007, the SNP election campaign 2007, the Faslane 365 anti-nuclear protests in 2006 and the 7/7 London terrorist attacks in 2007.
My wider research interests include: the links between culture, media and politics, image management and use of PR in politics, campaign strategies, political marketing, terrorism as communication, and the role of performance in gendered politics.
Supervisors
Dr Annis May Timpson (Canadian Studies) and Dr Nick Prior (Sociology)
Awards
School of Social and Political Studies Graduate School Award: 2006/2007
Teaching Experience
I tutor on the IPIR and Social and Political Theory undergraduate courses and also the postgraduate course in Research Design.
Research Group Membership
Political Theory
Gender and Politics
Materials and Practices
This page was published on 30 September 2010