PhD
In October 2009 I began a PhD in Theatre and Digital Technology at Loughborough University. I am blogging my ongoing thoughts and experiences here, though am considering setting up a dedicated online space to collate my work and invite others to contribute. In the meantime however, you can see below to see how my initial research is panning out in terms of subject areas. If you are actually interested and want to know more, just drop me an email/tweet/etc.
Theatre and Digital Technology (PhD with practice)
Selfhood and Storytelling in a Digital Age
>>> The Situationists, Phenomenology and Pervasive Gaming: New Narrative Strategies
>>> Embeddedness and Post-Humanism: A Digital Society’s Stories (interactivity, gaming, and the cyborg)
>>> IP and the Wiki: Ideas and Artistry in a Digital Technoculture. (or The Work of Art in the age of digital reproduction)
>>> A piece of (possibly wiki based) pervasive performance. The process will explore the player-as-protagonist, investigate the locative aspects of GPS technology, look into widening the piece into mobile application that would collate user-uploaded locative, pervasive stories. It will work towards pushing the boundaries of the form, examining its ability to deconstruct the spectacle of ‘embeddedness’ – its use as a political form, and viral techniques of publicising. The process will be documented via blog posts, images, video diaries, video and audio responses, culminating in a collection of pervasive performances and a collation of material on a dedicated website. It may also have an accompanying iPhone app or online gaming aspect.
