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: Regeneration, Renewal and Decay, (Springer, 2013)

Books (co-authored)
​Digital Wine: How QR Codes facilitate new markets for small wine industries,
T. Brabazon, B. Gandy and M. Winter. (Springer, 2014)
Doctoral Candidate, Flinders University
In process of a Research PhD investigating the nexus of memorable movie lines, memes and morphic fields.
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"
Papers resulting in
Masters of Arts (Distinction), Creative Media
at the University of Brighton
Fall Semester 2009-2010
Practicing Media Research
  • 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
City Imaging            QR codes as a portal to a hidden world of information
Fall Semester 2010-2011
Media Literacies           Accompanying multimedia presentation on Cuban Literacy Campaign

Teaching, Learning and Writing Through Popular Culture
Spring Semester 2011
Dissertation
(See top of page)
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..."
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

Latin American Culture
Coursera/Tecnológico de Monterrey
Statement of Accomplishment

The Science of Gastronomy
Coursera/The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Statement of Accomplishment

Design Thinking Action Lab
NovoEd/Stanford University
Statement of Accomplishment

Songwriting
Coursera/Berklee College of Music
Statement of Accomplishment

The Future of Storytelling
iversity/University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
Statement of Participation