Coventry University 15th – 16th of June 2015 Two days of critical discussion and debate in support of an ‘alternative’ vision for open access and scholarly communication. The aim of the conference is to explore some of the intellectually and politically exciting ways of understanding open access that are currently available internationally. A particular emphasis…
Category: Open Media
Announcing the launch of Photomediations: An Open Book
PHOTOMEDIATIONS: AN OPEN BOOK http://photomediationsopenbook.net/ Trailer: https://vimeo.com/124738389 We are pleased to announce the launch of Photomediations: An Open Book. The project redesigns a coffee-table book as an online experience to produce a creative resource that explores the dynamic relationship between photography and other media. Photomediations: An Open Book uses open (libre) content, drawn from various…
Radical Methodologies for the Posthumanities
The Centre for Disruptive Media presents Disrupting the Humanities A series of 3 half-day seminars looking at research and scholarship in a ‘posthumanities’ context, organised by the Centre for Disruptive Media at Coventry University. Disrupting the Humanities will both critically engage with the humanist legacy of the humanities, and creatively explore alternative and affirmative possible…
Kathleen Fitzpatrick appointed Visiting Professor in Media
The Centre for Disruptive Media is pleased to announce that Kathleen Fitzpatrick has been appointed Visiting Professor in Media. Kathleen Fitzpatrick is Director of Scholarly Communication at the Modern Language Association and Visiting Research Professor of English at New York University. She is the author of Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the…
Video Open Education: Condition Critical Now Online
To coincide with the publication of Open Education: A Study in Disruption, we organised a panel discussion on Open Education: Condition Critical, last October. The video recording of this panel is now online, and you can find it on our YouTube channel or embedded underneath. The video includes presentations by Sean Dockray, Pauline van Mourik…