Jo Hall – författare

This book uses ethnographic research to examine the role of dance in the construction of identity in the distinctly British electronic dance music club culture of drum ’n’ bass. Dancing is revealed as the central way in which drum ’n’ bass clubbers construct and perform their identities, which are informed, although not defined, by the club culture’s histories. The intertextual and intercultural development of drum ’n’ bass musical and clubbing culture is shown to be represented in the dancing body, prompting a challenge to the discourse of cultural appropriation. Popular representations of identities are embodied by drum ’n’ bass clubbers through affective transmission via the popular screen, and in this process are re-valued in their embodiment. Using a socially orientated understanding of intertextuality, the popular dancing body is shown to be heterocorporeal: containing traces of prior meaning and logic yet replete with new meaning and significance.

This book uses ethnographic research to examine the role of dance in the construction of identity in the distinctly British electronic dance music club culture of drum ’n’ bass. Dancing is revealed as the central way in which drum ’n’ bass clubbers construct and perform their identities, which are informed, although not defined, by the club culture’s histories. The intertextual and intercultural development of drum ’n’ bass musical and clubbing culture is shown to be represented in the dancing body, prompting a challenge to the discourse of cultural appropriation. Popular representations of identities are embodied by drum ’n’ bass clubbers through affective transmission via the popular screen, and in this process are re-valued in their embodiment. Using a socially orientated understanding of intertextuality, the popular dancing body is shown to be heterocorporeal: containing traces of prior meaning and logic yet replete with new meaning and significance.

Internal communications teams have often relied on activity counts and engagement scores that describe what was done rather than what changed. This is no longer enough: they need to demonstrate clear evidence of communication effectiveness.Grounded in real-world experience, Measuring the Impact of Internal Communications shows how to measure what truly matters and highlight the outcomes that shape organizational success. It provides a four-stage, twelve-step model built around organizational alignment, meaningful outcomes, credible evidence and continuous improvement. The book explains what meaningful impact looks like inside organizations, how to define outcomes that leaders recognize, how to gather and interpret evidence and how to use insight to influence leadership and strengthen communication effectiveness.Measuring the Impact of Internal Communications includes insights and interviews from leading voices across the communication and research landscape including Kevin Ruck and Mary Welch. By equipping professionals to define, measure, understand and communicate their results effectively, this book shows why and how measurement in internal communication is now essential to business performance, leadership credibility and employee experience in an increasingly connected and data-driven world.