Dr Daniel O'Brien
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 872625
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Location
5NW.5.7, Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
Daniel O’Brien’s research considers the relationship between cinema, interactive art and computer gaming. His work focuses upon the interdisciplinary nature of visual media, particularly how audiences have become participants in visual and audible storytelling through a postphenomenological framework. He has taught and had work published across each of these areas at a range of research institutes and academic journals, including the International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media.
Qualifications
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PhD university of Glasgow, (2016)
Appointments
University of Essex
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Department Disability Liaison Officer, LiFTS, University of Essex (9/9/2019 - 8/6/2020)
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Graduate Director, LiFTS, University of Essex (8/6/2020 - present)
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Approaches to Film and Media (LT121)
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Creative Media (LT205)
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On-screen Anti-heroes (LT229)
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Independent Film Project (LT833)
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Critical Moments in the Theory and History of Film (LT927)
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Independent Project in Film Studies (LT834)
Publications
Journal articles (6)
O'Brien, D., (2020). Extant’s Flatland: Disability and Postphenomenological Narrative. AModern. 10, 1-1
O Brien, DP., (2019). Hap-Tech Narration and the Postphenomenological Film. Philosophies. 4 (3), 47-47
O'Brien, DP., (2018). Somaster Fiction and the Avatarial Game Body. Evental Aesthetics. 7 (1), 138-171
O'Brien, DP., (2017). The pervasive and the digital. International Journal of E-Politics. 8 (3), 30-41
O'Brien, DP., (2017). Postphenomenological performance in interactive narrative. International Journal of E-Politics. 8 (2), 40-55
O'Brien, DP., (2017). Postphenomenological performance: bodily extensions in interactive art. International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media. 13 (2), 120-136
Book chapters (1)
O'Brien, D., (2020). The Pervasive and the Digital: Immersive Worlds in Four Interactive Artworks. In: Handbook of Research on Recent Developments in Internet Activism and Political Participation. Editors: Ibrahim, Y., . IGI Global. 69- 85. 9781799847960
Other (1)
O'Brien, D., (2019).John Marmysz (2017) Cinematic Nihilism: Encounters, Confrontations, Overcomings. Film-Philosophy. 23(1),Edinburgh University Press