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View over Bristol - Tryers, creativity and a civic imaginary (2017)
Book Chapter
Sobers, S., Dovey, J., & Agusita, E. (2017). View over Bristol - Tryers, creativity and a civic imaginary. In A. Atay, & J. Brower (Eds.), Communication, Culture, and Making Meaning in the City: Ethnographic Engagements in Urban Environments. Lexington Books

"Bristol has a culture of tryers, lots of people trying but because there’s a lack of accessibility. Because there is a lack of exits, naturally there are loads of people trying to get out… it is full of people who are trying because they can't grab... Read More about View over Bristol - Tryers, creativity and a civic imaginary.

Community media as social innovation: Transformation, agency and value (2017)
Book Chapter
Dovey, J., Sobers, S., & Agusita, E. (2017). Community media as social innovation: Transformation, agency and value. In S. Malik, C. Chapain, & R. Comunian (Eds.), Community Filmmaking: Diversity, Innovation, Policy and Practice. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315642727

This chapter discusses the Creative Citizens study, an extensive research project conducted by the authors from 2013 to 2015, looking into the community media practices of the South Blessed collective, a self-motivated network of young creatives appr... Read More about Community media as social innovation: Transformation, agency and value.

Who wants to become banal? The i-doc from experiment to industry (2017)
Book Chapter
Dovey, J. (2017). Who wants to become banal? The i-doc from experiment to industry. In J. Aston, S. Gaudenzi, & M. Rose (Eds.), I-Docs: The Evolving Practices of Interactive Documentary (272-288). Columbia, USA: Wallflower Press

In this chapter I want to mark a moment in the evolving story of the interactive documentary and to look at its developmental trajectory to date. I want to think about how we would establish a timeline for the development of the i-doc and further, ho... Read More about Who wants to become banal? The i-doc from experiment to industry.

REACT report 2012-2016 (2016)
Report
Dovey, J., Moreton, S., & Hargreaves, I. (2016). REACT report 2012-2016. Bristol: REACT

The REACT Report distils our learning from the past four years, and celebrates the great potential of collaboration between universities and the creative sector. It offers valuable insight to policymakers, stakeholders in the arts, Higher Education... Read More about REACT report 2012-2016.

Citizenship, value and digital culture (2016)
Book Chapter
Dovey, J. (2016). Citizenship, value and digital culture. In J. Hartley, & I. Hargreaves (Eds.), The Creative Citizen Unbound: How Social Media and DIY Culture Contribute to Democracy, Communities and the Creative Economy. Bristol, UK: Policy Press

Ambient literature: Writing probability (2015)
Book Chapter
Dovey, J. (2016). Ambient literature: Writing probability. In J. D. Bolter, L. Díaz, M. Søndergaard, M. Engberg, & U. Ekman (Eds.), Ubiquitous Computing, Complexity and Culture. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

This chapter explores what might happen when data aspires to literary form. It presents examples of conventional psycho geographic literature of place to consider what kinds of literary forms are being remediated in pervasive media systems, before tu... Read More about Ambient literature: Writing probability.

Creative citizens: Researching the value of creative citizenship through co-creative action research (A ‘transmedia’ case study) (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S., Dovey, J., Agusita, E., & Baidoo, V. (2014, December). Creative citizens: Researching the value of creative citizenship through co-creative action research (A ‘transmedia’ case study). Paper presented at Engage Conference 2014: Unlocking the Potential of Curiosity-Driven Engagement, Bristol, UK

This presentation shares the approach and findings of a case study that explored how ‘South Blessed’, an informal youth network of creative citizens in Bristol, generates value through its activities. South Blessed showcases a diversity of young, cre... Read More about Creative citizens: Researching the value of creative citizenship through co-creative action research (A ‘transmedia’ case study).

Creative citizens: Researching the value of creative citizenship through co-creative action research (A ‘transmedia’ case study) (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S., Dovey, J., Agusita, E., Baidoo, V., West, T., & Chapain, C. (2014, September). Creative citizens: Researching the value of creative citizenship through co-creative action research (A ‘transmedia’ case study). Paper presented at Creative Citizens: The Conference, Royal College of Art, London, UK

This session shares the work of the Creative Citizens strand that set out to investigate the impact of informal creative networks on their communities. In Bristol we worked with the network of young people that work around the very informal South Ble... Read More about Creative citizens: Researching the value of creative citizenship through co-creative action research (A ‘transmedia’ case study).

Documentary ecosystems: Collaboration and exploitation (2014)
Book Chapter
Dovey, J. (2014). Documentary ecosystems: Collaboration and exploitation. In K. Nash, C. Hight, & C. Summerhayes (Eds.), New Documentary Ecologies: Emerging Platforms, Practices and Discourses (11-32). (1). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137310491_2

In this chapter I take the book’s title at face value and examine emergent documentary practices within the ecosystems of the digital media landscape. Thinking ecologically suggests we look at big pictures, at the whole assemblage of agents that cons... Read More about Documentary ecosystems: Collaboration and exploitation.

Cultural hybridity as the fuel of creative enterprises (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S., Agusita, E., & Dovey, J. (2014, January). Cultural hybridity as the fuel of creative enterprises. Paper presented at Community Filmmaking & Cultural Diversity: Practice, Innovation and Policy, BFI Southbank London

South Blessed is a community media operation based in Bristol, specialising in Hip Hop music videos, activist documentary, and live topical debates streamed online. The editorial ethos of South Blessed is one of promotion of talent and opinion from... Read More about Cultural hybridity as the fuel of creative enterprises.

Cultural value networks research findings (2012)
Report
Bachmann, G., Dovey, J., Monaco, J., & Sharpe, B. (2012). Cultural value networks research findings

An extended report on the methods and findings of the DCRC's AHRC Connected Communities project concerning cultural value networks

Cultural value networks summary report (2012)
Report
Bachmann, G., Dovey, J., Monaco, J., & Sharpe, B. (2012). Cultural value networks summary report

A summary of the AHRC Connected Communities project conducted by the DCRC concerning cultural value networks

Pervasive media cookbook (2012)
Other
Fleuriot, C., & Dovey, J. (2012). Pervasive media cookbook. Bristol UK

The Pervasive Media Cookbook is mix of practice, ideas and inspiration, that can be read ‘cover to cover’ or opened at any page. It introduces the emerging field of pervasive media in which context aware devices deliver ‘the right media in the right... Read More about Pervasive media cookbook.

Keeping in touch - final report (2012)
Report
Fleuriot, C., & Dovey, J. (2012). Keeping in touch - final report

This report outlines findings from the scoping review for the Keeping in Touch project, a collaborative research project involving academics from the Digital Cultures Research Centre at the University of the West of England, community partner Knowle... Read More about Keeping in touch - final report.

I-docs special edition (2012)
Journal Article
Aston, J., Dovey, J., & Gaudenzi, S. (2012). I-docs special edition. Studies in Documentary Film, 6(2), 123-124. https://doi.org/10.1386/sdf.6.2.123_2

This special edition presents a collection of articles that came out of i-Docs 2011, the first international symposium exclusively devoted to the rapidly evolving field of international documentary-making. The symposium was held at the Watershed Medi... Read More about I-docs special edition.

We’re happy and we know it: Documentary, data, montage (2012)
Journal Article
Dovey, J., Dovey, J., & Rose, M. (2012). We’re happy and we know it: Documentary, data, montage. Studies in Documentary Film, 6(2), 159-173. https://doi.org/10.1386/sdf.6.2.159_1

This article is concerned with the social praxis of documentary in the sea of ‘ubiquitous data’ that is both consequence and driver of online social mediation. The topic is given importance by the morphing of the character of video in the context of... Read More about We’re happy and we know it: Documentary, data, montage.

Keeping in touch (2011)
Report
Dovey, J., Fleuriot, C., & Miskelly, C. (2011). Keeping in touch

This discussion paper summarises the key themes from Keeping In Touch, a collaborative research project for Connected Communities.

Chairs for Paying attention: digital media cultures and generational responsibility (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Crogan, P., & Dovey, J. (2010, September). Chairs for Paying attention: digital media cultures and generational responsibility

This conference was funded by the European Science Foundation and took place in September 6-9, 2010 in Linkoping, Sweden. It was co-convened by Jonathan Dovey and Patrick Crogan of UWE's Digital Cultures Research Centre. Keynote speakers were Bernard... Read More about Chairs for Paying attention: digital media cultures and generational responsibility.

Making a difference: Media practice research, creative economies and cultural ecologies (2009)
Book Chapter
Dovey, J. (2009). Making a difference: Media practice research, creative economies and cultural ecologies. In A. Ludvine, S. Jones, B. Kershaw, & A. Piccini (Eds.), Practice-as-Research: In Performance and Screen. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan

This chapter offers an analysis of the relationships between media practice-as-research and the screen media industries. It draws upon my own experience in the UK as a producer and academic teaching screen media. In 2006, I founded ScreenWork, the fi... Read More about Making a difference: Media practice research, creative economies and cultural ecologies.