Mick's Academic Work on Creative Media

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

Co-authored books and
Chapters in Books

Digital Wine: How QR Codes facilitate new markets for small wine industries,
T. Brabazon, B. Gandy and M. Winter. (Springer, 2014)

“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)

Masters of Arts, Creative

A Sonic Trilogy:
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​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. 

PhD Thesis

"We didn't need superheroes, we had dialogue:" Memes, morphic fields and memorable movie lines
Flinders University Thesis, 2017
Mick's PhD was awarded posthumously.
Mick's thesis advisors Tara Brabazon and Steve Redhead discuss the process of evaluating a thesis for a deceased doctoral candidate. Listen here.

QR Codes

Mick Winter was an early adopter of many technologies—from the early Internet and tamagotchis to QR codes, writing a book on them in 2011. Early on, he saw their potential for a variety of nonprofit, businesses, and professionals to deliver  customized content delivered via mobile phones as a part of geosocial networking.  

Sound, Consciousness, and Media

Mick Winter completed his Master's Degree and a Ph.D. exploring issues of sound, consciousness, and media.
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)
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

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
Unseen Napa
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

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​"I wanted to give my wife a digital art display for our living room. Here's the story of our journey."