Outputs (14)

Critical ambience (2020)
Book Chapter

This chapter argues that ambient cultural practices can be reframed as critically focused experiences rather than either passive backgrounds or immersive entertainment. We argue that ambient literature can leave the reader or listener with a heighten... Read More about Critical ambience.

‘You wouldn’t get that from watching TV!’: Exploring audience responses to virtual reality non-fiction in the home (2020)
Journal Article

Consumer virtual reality (VR) headsets (e.g. Oculus Go) have brought VR non-fiction (VRNF) within reach of at-home audiences. However, despite increase in VR hardware sales and enthusiasm for the platform among niche audiences at festivals, mainstrea... Read More about ‘You wouldn’t get that from watching TV!’: Exploring audience responses to virtual reality non-fiction in the home.

Parting the iron curtain: Michael Klinger’s attempt to make 'A Man and a Half' (2020)
Book Chapter

Between 1967 and 1984, British independent producer Michael Klinger attempted to make a war film initially called Parachute that was renamed A Man and a Half. It was an international production through which as Klinger hoped to establish himself as a... Read More about Parting the iron curtain: Michael Klinger’s attempt to make 'A Man and a Half'.

Ambient Literature: Towards a New Poetics of Situated Writing and Reading Practices (2020)
Book

This book considers how a combination of place-based writing and location responsive technologies produce new kinds of literary experiences. Building on the work done in the Ambient Literature Project (2016–2018), this books argues that these encount... Read More about Ambient Literature: Towards a New Poetics of Situated Writing and Reading Practices.

Unboxing the Black Box: Reflections on Making with AI and Automation (2020)
Book

A collective publication by South West Creative Technology Network Automation Fellows. This collection presents thoughts, provocations and reflections on AI and automation in the arena of creative making from some of the South West Creative Technolog... Read More about Unboxing the Black Box: Reflections on Making with AI and Automation.

Creative producers international report (2020)
Report

Creative Producers International was an international talent development programme which worked with 15 Creative Producers based in cities across the globe. Their areas of expertise ranged from contemporary art, place making and community engagement... Read More about Creative producers international report.

Multisensory ethnography through emplaced Augmented Reality (2020)
Journal Article

Incorporating moving and still images and audio within the text, I examine in this article how site-specific augmented reality (AR) can convey ethnographic research and forms of embodied knowledge through emplacing the audience and engaging their bod... Read More about Multisensory ethnography through emplaced Augmented Reality.

The role of television and social media news videos in raising the socio-political awareness of Jordanian University students (2020)
Thesis

This thesis investigates the use and perceived awareness of Jordanian university students towards the socio-political news presented by Television “National Jordanian and Satellite TV” in comparison to Social Media “Facebook and YouTube”. The thesis... Read More about The role of television and social media news videos in raising the socio-political awareness of Jordanian University students.

These pages fall like ash (Second Edition) (2020)
Other

The work comprises the second edition of an original fiction by Tom Abba and Circumstance, with input from writers Neil Gaiman and Nick Harkaway. Twin cities, one imagined as parallel to another, real site, each possess distinct rules and cultures, d... Read More about These pages fall like ash (Second Edition).

The killing of George Floyd: A powerful lesson for change (2020)
Digital Artefact

No line on the horizon: Virtual reality in digital ecosystems and the politics of immersive storytelling (2020)
Book Chapter

Keeping it real: Towards a documentary film policy for the UK (2020)
Report

This report presents the findings of a survey of UK feature documentary producers and directors that was conducted in the summer of 2019 under the auspices of the ‘UK Feature Docs’ research project, an AHRC-funded study of the UK’s feature-length doc... Read More about Keeping it real: Towards a documentary film policy for the UK.

Male stardom in 1960s British cinema (2020)
Book Chapter

The chapter analyses eight stars – Alan Bates, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Tom Courtenay, Albert Finney, Richard Harris, Peter O’Toole and Terence Stamp – all of whom were the product of the post-war changes (including the 1944 Education Act) that o... Read More about Male stardom in 1960s British cinema.

Empires and Ecologies of the Cloud (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Invited respondant:

Exchange #2: Empires and Ecologies of the Cloud
Teresa Dillon
Daphne Dragona
Sarah Friend
Mél Hogan
Ulises Ali Mejias
Solveig Suess

Moderated by Daphne Dragona
Discussion
Lecture
Fri, 31.01.2020 15:30 to 17:30
Volk... Read More about Empires and Ecologies of the Cloud.