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abstract 1.
introduction 2.
method as field of discussion
3. practice
4. theory
5. conclusion and further discussions
2.1 the practice of this practice-based study. Extended |
2.3 form and structure adapted to practice-based mode |
2.4 theoretical interdisciplinarity and specified terms 2.4.1 Context-sensitive adaptation of theory Interdisciplinarity needs a careful adaptation sensitive to the traditional context of the theoretical perspectives. In “Research into the development of digital media as an interdisciplinary field based in the sciences and the humanities”, Liestøl stress the need “(…) to prepare and contextualise the various topics and traditions involved” when performing interdisciplinary research into digital media (2001: 42). Apart from maybe the specific field of dance & technology and directed litterature on creative, practice-based exploration of digital media, the conventional objects of analysis of the applied theories differ in crucial ways from Extended. Activity theory (e.g. Engeström 2001) deals with learning, not creative development in particular. Performance studies (e.g.Schechner 2002) dwells on marginal art forms that in many ways inhabit a resistance to analysis or critical reflection. Traditional scenography (e.g. Cheesmond 1999) deals with static objects to support the live performance, not dynamic digital media which might be said to interact with the live performance in a much more present way. Multimedia theory is not a well-defined theoretical tradition, but may be considered an emerging theoretical field of exploration into digital, multimodal and often interactive media-forms (Fibiger 1997:9). The multimedia theory presented in this thesis, perhaps more appropriately termed “digital media theory”, derives for the most part from web-related theory (Fagerjord 2003). As I will return to in section 4.4, interdisciplinary theoretical knowledge is adapted, both into the production process and the postproduction reflection. There is a need for collaboratory agreed work-terms and context-sensitive and precise definitions, respectively. I consider the adapted and slightly customised concepts and terms a result of the potential diversity of digital media forms - the other side of interdisciplinarity or disciplinary convergence (Liestøl & Morrison 2001:2), that of divergence. The animations used in Extended are made using Flash software, but the way the animations are applied in the performance-context can hardly be understood within the theoretical frames of interactive and dynamic web-applications, which is the traditional use of Flash-software. Because of the extencive disciplinary convergence and divergence present in this practice-based thesis, central terms need to be specified. 2.4.2 Specified terms |
2.5 of process-oriented reasons |
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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
