Outputs (360)

War, mathematics, and simulation: Drones and (losing) control of battlespace (2016)
Book Chapter

This chapter will reflect on aspects of the expansion of military drone usage by Western powers in the “war on terror” over the last decade or so. In examining contemporary and envisaged drone deployments I am also concerned with what they can reveal... Read More about War, mathematics, and simulation: Drones and (losing) control of battlespace.

Interactive documentary: What does it mean and why does it matter? (2016)
Other

Having just convened our fourth i-Docs symposium, it feels like an opportune moment to reflect on what is meant by ‘interactive documentary’ and why we at i-Docs have always seen it as a way of framing a set of possibilities, as opposed to being a sp... Read More about Interactive documentary: What does it mean and why does it matter?.

Wargaming (as) literature (2016)
Book Chapter

As Kirschenbaum argues, board wargames have a lot to teach about the ways that narrative is created in games and “help us to understand the role of process and procedure in stories and games” (Kirschenbaum 2009: 369). In addition, they have a rich hi... Read More about Wargaming (as) literature.

Varieties of creative citizenship (2016)
Book Chapter

This chapter reflects on different variations of creative citizenship drawing from empirical studies carried out across the Creative Citizen project, covering different domains in which media are used creatively by communities. It discusses a number... Read More about Varieties of creative citizenship.

Conversations about co-production (2016)
Book Chapter

This chapter explores the dynamics of Higher Education Institutions working with non-academic partner organisations. The chapter engages in dialogue with key individuals in these partnerships, discussing key issues experienced throughout the Creativ... Read More about Conversations about co-production.

From networks to complexity: Two case studies (2016)
Book Chapter

"From the noticeboard in the newsagent’s window to multi-layered online networks using social networking technologies, citizens are increasingly accessing networks of support that uncover previously invisible opportunities. Such networks exist online... Read More about From networks to complexity: Two case studies.

The automation of everyday life (2016)
Journal Article

This text is the translation of the conference The automation of Everyday Life, delivered by Dr. Patrick Crogan (University of West of England, Bristol), the 5th of February of 2016 on the Meetings about communitacion and digital culture:Emerging res... Read More about The automation of everyday life.

Asset mapping and civic creativity (2016)
Book Chapter

"The Creative Citizen project is concerned not only with understanding and capturing current practice and its value (as enacted through the use of different media) but also exploring how this pursuit of value can be further supported and advanced.... Read More about Asset mapping and civic creativity.

These Pages Fall Like Ash (2016)
Other

The work comprises 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, details of which are pr... Read More about These Pages Fall Like Ash.

This is Not a Book (2016)
Other

Writing in the age of the web

An epistolic contextualisation of an art practice that engages with temporality, memory and narrative in relation to a use of contemporary visual technologies (2016)
Thesis

In this submission I intend to draw together the common threads of a use of narrative and of investigations using technologies, which underpinned a significant proportion of my professional artistic production. This is a selective and focused submiss... Read More about An epistolic contextualisation of an art practice that engages with temporality, memory and narrative in relation to a use of contemporary visual technologies.

Designing physical-digital artefacts for the public realm (2016)
Thesis

The exploration of new types of everyday interactions enabled by the increasing integration of digital technologies with the physical world is a major research direction for interaction design research (Dourish, 2004), and a focus on materials and ma... Read More about Designing physical-digital artefacts for the public realm.

Journey Planet - Letters from Absentia (2015)
Other

An edition of the Hugo Award winning Fanzine Journey planet, which focusses on penmanship, writing and letters.

Ambient literature: Writing probability (2015)
Book Chapter

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.

From networks to complexity - Creative Citizens project (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

From Networks to Complexity: two case studies from the AHRC Creative Citizens project. From the noticeboard in the newsagent’s window to multi-layered online networks using social networking technologies, citizens are increasingly accessing networks... Read More about From networks to complexity - Creative Citizens project.

Rethinking ‘knowledge exchange’: new approaches to collaborative work in the arts and humanities (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. This paper explores approaches to collaborative work between arts and humanities disciplines in UK Higher Education and the creative economy. The paper examines the work of four Knowledge Exchange Hubs for the Creative Econ... Read More about Rethinking ‘knowledge exchange’: new approaches to collaborative work in the arts and humanities.

The Sensory War 1914-2014 (2015)
Digital Artefact

This major exhibition marking the Centenary of the First World War explored how artists have communicated the impact of military conflict on the body, mind, environment and human senses between 1914 and 2014.

The show examined how artists from 191... Read More about The Sensory War 1914-2014.

Zero sum, Halle 14: Control Mode Feedback / Kontrollmodus Feedback at Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany 12 September - 8 November 2015 (2015)
Digital Artefact

Zero Sum was created and commissioned for the exhibition Control Mode Feedback / Kontrollmodus Feedback at Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany (12 September - 8 November 2015).
It consisted of an instructional video with an on screen avatar / instructor, whi... Read More about Zero sum, Halle 14: Control Mode Feedback / Kontrollmodus Feedback at Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany 12 September - 8 November 2015.

Linguistic Capital and Development Capital in a Network of Cultural Producers: Mutually Valuing Peer Groups in the ‘Interactive Fiction’ Retrogaming Scene (2015)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2015. This article reports on a mixed-methods study of the cultural valuing of ‘interactive fiction’ or ‘text adventure games’: a formerly commercial videogame genre sometimes associated with electronic literature but here argued to b... Read More about Linguistic Capital and Development Capital in a Network of Cultural Producers: Mutually Valuing Peer Groups in the ‘Interactive Fiction’ Retrogaming Scene.

Growth of conventions shows geeks have always wanted to meet up IRL (2015)
Journal Article

A discussion of the rise of fan conventions, and the positive connections these build between fandom, academia and gaming / science fiction and fantasy gaming professionals