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Editors’ Note
Welcome to this sixth issue of Under Construction @ Keele. Collected within this
journal are original articles produced by Keele University’s postgraduate community
that cover a broad range of exciting topics across both the Humanities and the Social
Sciences. The aim of this journal is to allow postgraduates the opportunity to
showcase their work to an outside audience and to give them the experience of
having their work published by a peer-reviewed academic journal. Many
postgraduates at Keele relish this opportunity, using the journal as a platform for their
distinctive research, a fact attested to by this and all previous issues of Under
Construction @ Keele.
We are delighted to announce that we have appointed a number of new
members to the journal, including three new Editors, Glenn Price (Humanities), Lizzy
Trafford (Humanities) and Scott Mason (Social Sciences), as well as a new Peer
Review Liaison, Andy Stephan. We have also appointed a new Editor-in-Chief,
Sophie Schünemann and a new Communications Secretary and Finance Officer,
Claire Melia. The team, both old and new, would like to take this opportunity to thank
Sophie for her unwavering commitment to the journal, her attention to detail and
precision, and for the support she has shown to everyone involved.
The Under Construction @ Keele team and our postgraduate contributors
have produced this issue, which is full of thought-provoking and insightful articles for
you, our readership. Inside, you will find a discussion of the subaltern within the
American First World, using the example of the Flint Water Crisis, and a literature
review on bullying studies which highlights the critical need for further investigations
into bullying at institutions of higher education. There is also an insightful exploration
of “absolute” pacifism, in which questions are raised concerning the existence and
validity of this notion, and a refreshing alternative perspective emerges. Our
penultimate piece is a work reconsidering the public attitudes towards former US
President John F. Kennedy, which examines the construction of his public image by
his supporters following his assassination. To end on a lighter note, we have also
included a rather unique piece looking to stretch the scope of the realm of comics,
which must be a first for the journal.
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