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- Ostherr, Kirsten, et al.
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Architectures of Sustainability
- 2018
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In: Applied Media Studies. - New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. : Routledge. - 9781138202481 - 9781138578265 - 9781315473857 ; , s. 219-237
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- While doing applied media studies generally requires far fewer financial resources than doing applied science, issues of funding and sustainability nonetheless play a significant role in these projects. The multidisciplinary teams assembled to create applied media projects need space, technology, supplies, and human capital to succeed, and the pipelines for securing those resources are particularly limited in the humanities. This chapter asks contributors how they have managed to attain the needed resources for their projects, and what kinds of institutional homes they have found to house them. Further, to cultivate the necessary team members as participants come and go, we discuss what kind of background, training, and mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty members, is needed to do this kind of work.
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- Ostherr, Kirsten, et al.
(author)
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Conceptual Models and Helpful Thinkers
- 2018
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In: Applied Media Studies. - New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. : Routledge. - 9781138202481 - 9781138578265 - 9781315473857 ; , s. 253-262
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This chapter serves as a conclusion by way of annotated compilation, gathering the contributors’ favorite resources for helping them, their colleagues, and their students do applied media studies work. I asked participants what conceptual models they have found helpful for extending and applying media theory as they move between making, writing, and teaching. Additional questions included, what articles, books, blogs, and Twitter streams would you urge readers to look into? And finally, what are the gaps in this field where you feel future research should be focused?
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- Ostherr, Kirsten, et al.
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Foundations of Applied Media Studies
- 2018
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In: Applied Media Studies. - New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. : Routledge. - 9781138202481 - 9781138578265 - 9781315473857 ; , s. 31-47
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Each of the collaboratively authored chapters of Applied Media Studies was produced through a series of interview-style questions that I, as editor, developed and circulated to the contributors. Through a dialogic process that took place in a deliberately conversational tone, I asked each contributor to answer questions related to a set of themes in the book as a whole, ranging from logistical concerns to methodological and theoretical problems. In this foundational chapter, I asked, “What does applied media studies mean to you? How and why did you start doing applied media studies? In your view, what is the theoretical, historical, and/or political rationale for reimagining humanistic media studies as an applied practice?” In addition to their written responses, contributors created short videos for a web-based companion to the book, hosted on the open-access Scalar platform (http://scalar.usc.edu/works/applied-media-studies/index).
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- Ostherr, Kirsten, et al.
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Pleasures and Perils of Hands-On, Collaborative Work
- 2018
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In: Applied Media Studies. - New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. : Routledge. - 9781138202481 - 9781138578265 - 9781315473857 ; , s. 81-96
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In this collaboratively authored chapter, contributors discuss why they do applied media studies, addressing both the great rewards and the significant challenges to shifting away from traditional models of humanistic research and teaching.
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- Ostherr, Kirsten, et al.
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Transdisciplinary Collaboration and Translational Media-Making
- 2018
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In: Applied Media Studies. - New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. : Routledge. - 9781138202481 - 9781138578265 - 9781315473857 ; , s. 129-140
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In this chapter, contributors address the core challenges of collaborating across academic divisions such as humanities and science, bridging academic and community practices, and translating between the diverse stakeholders involved in these projects. Much of the recent research on problem-based collaboration and innovation has noted the value of bringing together teams of people with radically different forms of expertise to solve complex challenges (Johnson 2010; Davidson 2011; Ness 2012). Contributors address a common question asked by academics interested in applied media studies, who don’t know where to begin: how do you find good collaborators in different, perhaps unfamiliar disciplines? Further, once those collaborators are found, how do you overcome the typical siloes of universities structured by departments within divisions like “humanities” and “sciences” to build effective working relationships with your collaborators? How do you translate between fields with radically different training, terminology, and theories of knowledge? What does it take to develop a shared vocabulary?
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- Ostherr, Kirsten, et al.
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Unintended Consequences
- 2018
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In: Applied Media Studies. - New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. : Routledge. - 9781138202481 - 9781138578265 - 9781315473857 ; , s. 181-191
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This chapter addresses the complex, sometimes unintended—but also potentially very rewarding—consequences of intervening into practices that are more commonly studied from a distance, and the political and ethical implications of this work. The case studies for this chapter explore what happens when media scholars become actively involved in the reshaping of media experiences and infrastructures, and in some sense become part of the very processes they seek to critique. Contributors were asked, has your applied media studies work ever produced truly unexpected results that raised unintended ethical or legal issues you had to address? How have you managed issues relating to Intellectual Property regulations with open, collaborative work online? Have you discovered any novel ethical challenges or responsibilities from putting work online—including objects created by people, living and deceased, from cultures that are different than your own? Have you ever been unexpectedly drawn into an applied media studies project as a participant in ways that redefined your understanding of your role as scholar, or expert, or lead investigator? How did you respond, and has this changed the way you work now?
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- Reimer, Bo
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Transforming the Urban Envrironment : Media Interventions, Accountability and Agonism
- 2018
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In: Applied Media Studies. - New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. : Routledge. - 9781138202481 - 9781138578265 - 9781315473857 ; , s. 203-216
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The media landscape has changed tremendously. New companies—Apple, Google, Facebook, and so on—have entered the landscape, reshaping it from the ground, and disrupting the business models of the traditional media companies. Media as such are increasingly being designed, produced and consumed collaboratively. And as evidenced in the Internet of Things discourse, more and more objects become media.
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