0. guide 1. introduction 2. method as field of discussion
3. practice 4. theory 5. conclusion and further discussions

  

 

 

 

 

 Practice-based Method. Exploring Digital Media through the Dynamics of Practice, Theory, and Collaborative, Multimedia Performance. Idunn Sem, May 2006  

0. guide/abstract


0.1 on-line reading

0.3 table of contents / site map

1. INTRODUCTION. Digitalisation and Revisited Methods
1.1 Studying digital media. Digitalisation, complexity and methodological reflexivity
1.1.1 Interdisciplinarity
1.1.2 Research focus and questions
1.1.3 Thesis outline

2. METHOD AS FIELD OF DISCUSSION. Preparing the Ground for a Thesis on Method
2.1 The practice of this practice-based study: Extended
2.2 Situating the thesis in research context
2.2.1 Practice-based method in the humanities
2.2.2 “Practice-based method”. Choice of term
2.3 Form and structure adapted to practice-based mode
2.3.1 On-line, multimodal research communication
2.3.2 Widespread reflection, multiple lines of inquiry
2.4 Theoretical interdisciplinarity and specified terms
2.4.1 Context-sensitive adaptation of theory
2.4.2 Specified terms
2.5 Of process-oriented reasons

3. PRACTICE. A Collaborative, Experimental Performance Production
3.1 What is multimedia performance? Artistic context, “performance” and contemporary perspectives on multimedia performance
3.1.1 Technology as performance-technique
3.1.2 Technology as integral component of the artistic process
3.1.3 Refined theory of Multimedia Performance
3.2 Collaborative practice and knowledge development. Cultural-historical activity theory
3.2.1 Three theoretical generations of Activity Theory
3.2.2 Multi-voicedness
3.2.3 Object and outcome
3.2.4 Contradictions
3.3 The pieces
3.3.1 Ngirozi. Digital media as dynamic time, space and pace
3.3.2 In Between. Digital media as live performance
3.3.3 Proximal. Digital media as mediated presence
3.3.4 Duskalplasjon. Digital media as contemporary culture
3.4 Recap Chapter 3

4. THEORY. Practice-based Method and Digital Media Studies
4.1 The dialectic of “reading” and “writing”. Media Education
4.1.1 Primary vs. secondary experience, active vs. passive knowledge
4.1.2 Summary. The dialectic of “reading” and “writing”. Media Education
4.2 The novelty and distinctiveness of digital media forms. Digital Media Research
4.2.1 Developers discourse
4.2.2 How did practice develop our knowledge of digital media?
4.2.3 The novelty and distinctiveness of digitalisation and practice-based method
4.2.4 Summary. The novelty and distinctiveness of digital media forms. Digital Media Research
4.3 Multimodal digital media and visualised culture. A matter of method?
4.3.1 New critical moves towards visualised culture
4.3.2 Visualisation driven further by digitalisation
4.3.3 Multimodal Culture
4.3.4 Practice based confrontation of language-based tools in Proximal
4.3.5 Evolving preference of display and multimodality. Amatter of method?
4.3.6 Recap Chapter 4. Preparing for final section 4.4 “Artifacts of expession and expressive artifacts”
4.4 “Artifacts of Expression” and “Expressive Artifacts”. Exploring theory through practice
4.4.1 Artifacts of Expression. Production
4.4.2 Theory altered by practice
4.4.3 Expressive artifact. Post-production reflection
4.4.4 Theory altered by critical inquiry.The double logic of immediacy and hypermediacy, post-structuralism and performance theory
4.4.5 Recap section 4.4 “Artifacts of expression” and “Expressive artifacts”. Exploring theory through practice

5. CONCLUSION AND FURTHER DISCUSSIONS
5.1 Practice-based studies of digital media
5.2 The interplay between practice and theory conceptualised
5.3 Context
5.4 Pragmatic issues
5.5 Broadened parameters of digital media studies
5.6 On-line, multimodal and interactive research communication
5.7 Further discussions

0.4 list of references


thesis pdf

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Practice-based Method. Exploring Digital Media through the Dynamics of Practice, Theory, and Collaborative, Multimedia Performance
Hovedoppgave i mediavitenskap for cand.filol graden, Universitetet i Oslo, Institutt for medier og kommunikasjon, Mai 2006, Idunn Sem