Working Papers resulting in

Masters of Arts (Distinction), Creative Media

University of Brighton

A Sonic Trilogy

​Artifacts for an MACM dissertation project

Sound files
Income Tax
Mulberry Bush
Onward

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 characteristics, 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 Transcript (PDF) Transcription of sonic interview


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


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

City Imaging

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

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

Fall Semester 2010-2011

Media Literacies

• So long, Johannes, and thanks for all the books: Beyond Gutenbergand 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
Mick Winter and Professor Tara Brabazon review the MA Creative Media dissertation process.
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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..."