Academic

Academic Publications 

Chapters in books

“I have seen the future, and it rings,” in T. Brabazon (ed),  
Digital dialogues and community 2.0: After avatars, trolls and puppets, 
(Oxford: Chandos, 2012) 

“Unseen Napa: QR codes as virtual portals,” in T. Brabazon (ed.), City Imaging, (Springer, 2013)

Thesis - Master of Arts, Creative Media

• A Sonic Trilogy: Sound, Ostranenie and Social Consciousness (PDF) 
  This dissertation probes, connects and applies current research into sound, sonic semiotics and ostranenie (defamiliarization/enstrangement). The aim is to deploy the use of shock, counterpoint and incongruity to elicit the attention of a listener to trigger consciousness, provocation and thought, initiating a new perspective on the subject matter. Developing three short sonic works, I activate practice-led research methods to probe the use of sound, incongruity, defamiliarization and imagination to increase the social consciousness of the listener.

                    "The finest MA-level dissertation I have seen" - Prof. T. Brabazon

• Sonic Artifacts 
  Demonstrating principles presented in the above thesis - "Income Tax," "Mulberry Bush," and "Onward"

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Papers resulting in
Masters of Arts (Distinction), Creative Media
at the University of Brighton

Fall Semester 2009-2010

Practicing Media Research

• Practice-Based Research - Annotated Bibliography (PDF)
  

2l sources of information useful for study of Practice-Based Research, including print and digital academic journals, blogs, social networking, podcasts, newspapers and examples from film, magazines and advertising.


• Practice-Based Research - Interpretative Essay - The intertwining of researcher, practice and artifact in practice-based research (PDF)
  
"The intertwining of researcher, practice and artifact in practice-based research" - An essay analyzing this research method, including charactreristics, strengths and weaknesses, the balance between artifact and exegesis, effects on students, dissemination possibilities, and a comprehensive bibliography.


• I Have Seen the Future, and It Rings: Thoughts on Mobile Phones for Social Change (PDF)
  

Comprehensive overview of the nature and theory of social change, examples of use of mobile phones for political and social change, and a bibliography of sources referenced in the document. (Research notes)

Spring Semester 2010

Sonic Media

Received Camilla and Roger McGuinn Prize for Sonic Media

• Franson Interview (22-min .mp3)
  Discussion on loud restaurants in the Napa Valley with journalist Paul Franson
  


• Franson Interview Transcript (PDF)
  Transcription of sonic interview
  


• Franson Interview Reflection (PDF)
  Reflective thoughts on interview preparation, process, and transcription
  


• Soundscape Napa
  An online interactive aural sampling of the varied and multi-textured sounds of the city and community of Napa, California


• SoundscapeNapa paper (PDF)
  Overview, context and conclusions of the Soundscape Napa project.

City Imaging

• Unseen Napa (blog)
  QR codes as a portal to a hidden world of information


• Unseen Napa paper (PDF)
  Description, analysis and conclusions of the Unseen Napa project

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Recent Professional Development

Fantasy and Science Fiction: The Human Mind, Our Modern World
Coursera/University of Michigan
Statement of Accomplishment

Human-Computer Interaction
Coursera/Stanford University
Statement of Accomplishment

A Crash Cource on Creativity
Venture Labs/Stanford University
Statement of Accomplishment

Power Searching with Google
Google
Certificate of completion

The Language of Hollywood: Storytelling, Sound and Color
Coursera/Wesleyan University
Statement of Accomplishment

Fall Semester 2010-2011

Media Literacies

• So long, Johannes, and thanks for all the books: Beyond Gutenberg and the Ebook (PDF)
  An examination of past and current media literacies, ebooks and interactive multimedia books.
  
  Accompanying multimedia presentation on analogue and digital media
  
  

• The Cuban Literacy Campaign of 1961(PDF)
  
  Accompanying multimedia presentation on Cuban Literacy Campaign
  
  

Teaching, Learning and Writing Through Popular Culture

• I am not a Vampire Slayer: Reflections on the Academic/Fan Relationship (PDF)
  
  
• Killer Decibels in your Neighborhood Restaurant (article) (PDF)
• Noise? What Noise? Sonic Pollution in Restaurants (PDF)
  

Spring Semester 2011

Dissertation
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Mick Winter and Professor Tara Brabazon review the MA Creative Media dissertation process.
Listen

Just-in-case learning, just in time
A Times Higher Education article by Tara Brabazon - 1 June 2011

"...Twenty years later, I was supervising an MA dissertation from Mick Winter..."