Ten years of I-Docs: A reflective discussion on polyphony and practice-led research (2022)
Book Chapter
Aston, J. (2022). Ten years of I-Docs: A reflective discussion on polyphony and practice-led research. In F. Merino, & M. Penafria (Eds.), Storybits I – Narrative and Digital Media (15-30). (1). Covilha, Portugal: Universidade de Beira Interior. https://doi.org/10.25768/654-889-6

This article is based on my keynote and accompanying workshop for the inaugural StoryBits conference in April 2021. This was ten years on from the first i-Docs symposium in March 2011, with the StoryBits conference taking a similar approach in relati... Read More about Ten years of I-Docs: A reflective discussion on polyphony and practice-led research.

Interactive documentary: Re-setting the field (2022)
Journal Article
Aston, J. (2022). Interactive documentary: Re-setting the field. Interactive Film & Media Journal, 2(4), 7-18. https://doi.org/10.32920/ifmj.v2i4.1732

This article responds to the 4th Interactive Film and Media International Conference (IFM 2022) themes of eco-media, epistemologies and listening by focusing on the role that interactive documentary can play in addressing the existential and pressing... Read More about Interactive documentary: Re-setting the field.

Interactive documentary: Its history and future as a polyphonic form (2022)
Book Chapter
Aston, J. (2022). Interactive documentary: Its history and future as a polyphonic form. In K. M. Ryan, & D. Staton (Eds.), Interactive Documentary: Decolonising Practice-Based Research (20-37). New York and London: Routledge

This chapter looks at the decolonization of interactive documentary practices through the lens of polyphony. Writing as practice-based researchers from a position of privilege, the authors argue that self-reflexivity is a key requirement for “decolon... Read More about Interactive documentary: Its history and future as a polyphonic form.

The readerly and the cinematic: Hybrid reconfigurations through digital media practice (2019)
Book Chapter
Aston, J. (2019). The readerly and the cinematic: Hybrid reconfigurations through digital media practice. In R. Coover (Ed.), The Digital Imaginary. Bloomsbury Publishing

This is a critical response to two interviews that will be in this new collection from interactive narrative pioneers David Clark and Sharon Daniel. I was commissioned to write this by the book's editor, Roderick Coover, based on my work as a pioneer... Read More about The readerly and the cinematic: Hybrid reconfigurations through digital media practice.