Drama and digital arts cultures / David Cameron, Michael Anderson and Rebecca Wotzko ; series editors Enoch Brater and Mark Taylor-Batty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cameron, David (Professor), author.

Anderson, Michael, 1969- author.

Wotzko, Rebecca, author.

Contributor:

Brater, Enoch, series editor.

Batty-Taylor, Mark, series editor.

Series:

Methuen drama engage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital media--Social aspects.

Digital media.

Information technology--Social aspects.

Information technology.

Physical Description:

vii, 332 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, UK : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

Summary:

Drama and Digital Arts Cultures is a critical guide to the new forms of playful exploration, co-creativity, and improvised performance made possible by digital networked media. Drawing on examples from games, education, online media, technology-enabled performance and the creative industries, the book uses the elements of applied drama to frame our understanding of digital cultures. Exploring the connected real-world and virtual spaces where young people are making and sharing digital content, it draws attention to the fundamental applied drama conventions that infuse and activate this networked culture. Challenging descriptions of drama and digital technology as binary opposites, the book maps common principles and practice grounded in role, embodiment, performance, play, and identity that are being amplified and enhanced by the affordances of online media. Drama and Digital Arts Cultures draws together extensive original research including interviews with game designers, media producers, educators, artists and makers at the heart of these new digital cultures. Young people discuss their own creative practices and products, providing insight into a complex and evolving world being transformed by digital technologies. A practical guide to the field, it contains case studies and examples of the intersections of drama conventions and networked cultures drawn from the US, Canada, UK, Netherlands, Singapore and Australia. Written for scholars, educators, students and 'makers' everywhere, Drama and Digital Arts Cultures provides a clear understanding of how young people are blending creativity and learning with the powerful and empowering conventions of drama to create new forms of multimodal and transmedia storytelling.

Contents:

A drama framework for exploring digital arts cultures

This liquid world: intermediality, postnormality, and new opportunities for arts and education

Drama and identity in digital arts cultures

Digital liveness: playing with time and space

Proto-pedagogy, intermediality, and drama making

Games as co-creative dramatic properties

The playable archive

Coding and creativity

The playable city

Making research in intermedial spaces

The future of making / making the future

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472592194 hardback

1472592190 hardback

9781472592200

1472592204

OCLC:

984898486

Publisher Number:

40027390440