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Posted on January 21, 2014October 26, 2016 By sethgiddings

There are images and music in the app – but the aim is not to find an audience for this audio-visual material. The images…

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STS upgrade

Posted on January 21, 2014October 26, 2016 By sethgiddings

Science & Technology Studies talks about ‘users’ as it is not concerned with entertainment or communication technologies in particular. With the advent of digital…

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the app becomes its relationship with the dancer

Posted on January 21, 2014October 26, 2016 By sethgiddings

Any clear conceptual distinctions between subjects and objects are weakened: ‘as a result of this process, the new machine becomes its relationship with its…

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configuration for the mobile era

Posted on January 21, 2014October 26, 2016 By sethgiddings

To explore this notion of configuration as a salient term for understanding behaviour, understanding and affect in mobile digital media and games, I will…

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new media… form not content

Posted on January 21, 2014October 26, 2016 By sethgiddings

a. new media forms need to design and configure their audiences in new ways b. new media forms – games, social media – are…

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draft Configuring the Dancer: engineering the future dance

Posted on January 21, 2014October 26, 2016 By sethgiddings

To some extent then we can see the attempted definition of a new audience using established media images and music. But the app also…

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draft Configuring the Dancer: the research

Posted on January 21, 2014October 26, 2016 By sethgiddings

The DanceTag project is funded by Arts Council England and the AHRC, through Nesta’s Digital R&D scheme, and is a collaboration between Pavilion Dance…

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draft Configuring the dancer: intro

Posted on January 21, 2014October 26, 2016 By sethgiddings

During periods of relative stability, popular entertainment and information media forms tend to be studied as conduits of stories, ideas, images, jokes, dramas. The…

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Orangujam

Posted on October 25, 2013October 26, 2016 By sethgiddings

An enchanting talk by Hanna Wirman at the Bristol Games Hub yesterday. Every time I hear Hanna speak of her research designing games for…

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dancing with technology

Posted on October 15, 2013October 11, 2016 By sethgiddings

Dancing with Technology: Mobile Pie’s Richard Wilson talks about DanceTag How game developers and a dance agency are collaborating on a playful app to…

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gender gamified

Posted on October 10, 2013October 11, 2016 By sethgiddings

From a discussion on Kotaku.com following the redesign of female soldiers in Warface for the Russian market, apparently based on a survey of Russian…

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DanceTag in the wild

Posted on October 8, 2013October 11, 2016 By sethgiddings

A moment from a playtesting / publicity event for the Dancetag project as part of the Digital Festival in Brighton. A group of women…

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