MA in Interactive Media

Core course: Media and Culture Industries

This course draws on the expertise of practitioners in media art and cultural institutions such as digital arts, music, cinema and television, software and computation, museum, galleries and online curation. There is an emphasis on creative elements in media arts and industries. The convenor will organise a series of practitioner-led sessions. In the sessions, we will discuss in detail the nature of creative production within various commercial and non-commercial settings. A series of introductory notes and practitioner-run workshops will be held according to your needs. You will develop a detailed empirical understanding of creative production within different media industries and within media art. You will bring together critical theoretical perspectives with empirical, 'hands-on' knowledge of new media technologies. This, in turn, will promote an understanding of the complexity of contemporary culture at a range of different levels, and will enhance the practical skills and art-related knowledge needed to become a cultural researcher or 'speculative' cultural practitioner in the field of media arts and culture industries.