PhD Digital Media

Our digital media research is committed to transdisciplinarity, creative digital practice, the intersection of art and sciences, social technologies and public engagement.The Digital Media PhD is part of the Fine Art programme of study. We offer PhD supervision in two main areas of digital media.Digital arts practice includes topics such as:emerging technologies and experimental practiceart and science practicetransdisciplinary practiceinteractivity and human-computer interaction in arts practicedata visualisation and creative practiceaffective computing and creative practiceapplied philosophyphilosophy of cognitioncontemporary art and media theorynew production environments and living labsopen source culture and creativitycrowdsourcing and creativityDigital media in museum, gallery and heritage settings, includes topics such as:online museum, gallery and heritage experiencessocial software and its implications for the cultural sectordesign and use of mobile, personal and ubiquitous technologies in cultural settingsstudy and understanding of social museum experiencestheory and practice of visitor studiesethnographic and ethnomethodological approaches in the study of museum experiences.