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)
Research and professional activities
Conferences and presentations
Embodying Screen and Story (Video Essay presentation)
Invited presentation, Screen Studies Conference 2022, Screen Studies Conference 2022, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2/7/2022
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Contemporary Texts and Contexts (LT109)
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Approaches to Film and Media (LT121)
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Creative Media (LT205)
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Video Game Theory (LT399)
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The Humanities Graduate: Future Pathways (LT705)
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Dissertation Preparation: Postgraduate Research and Writing Skills (LT901)
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Critical Moments in the Theory and History of Film (LT927)
Publications
Journal articles (10)
O'Brien, D., (2024). The Allure and Threat of Onscreen Computers: A Supercut of Onscreen Computers in Speculative Screen Fiction. Iluminace. 36 (2), 29-40
O'Brien, D., (2023). The Time-Loop as Game Mechanic, Narrative Device and Cycle of Systemic Racism. NECSUS: European Journal of Media Studies
O'Brien, D., (2023). Robert De Niro Screen Stars Dictionary. Tecmerin. Journal of Audiovisual Essays. 12
O'Brien, D., (2023). Screen Sustenance: Representations of Food and Drink in Film and Media. European Journal of Public Health. 33 (S2)
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 (4)
O'Brien, D., (2024). Zoom's Performative Window: Affordances and Constraints. In: “You're Muted" Performance, Precarity, and the Logic of Zoom. Editors: Nunes, M. and Ozog, C., . Bloomsbury Academic. 109- 126. 9798765108246
O'Brien, DP., (2023). Digital love: Love through the screen/of the screen. In: Love and the Politics of Intimacy Bodies, Boundaries, Liberation. Editors: Dikova, S., McMahon, W. and Savage, J., . Bloomsbury Academic. 111- 126. 9781501387371
O'Brien, DP., (2022). Media Ownership and Digital Authenticity in Slum TV. In: Media Ownership in Africa in the Digital Age Challenges, Continuity and Change. Editors: Mano, W. and El Mkaouar, L., . Routledge. 248- 265. 9781003111924
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
Media (1)
O'Brien, D., Penny Marshall & The Absence of Continuity in Big and Awakenings. Video
Other (4)
O'Brien, D., (2024).The power of POV: five films that put you in the shoes of otherwise unrelatable characters,The Conversation
O'Brien, D., (2024).Six Robert De Niro films that explore alienation, isolation and loneliness,The Conversation
O'Brien, D., (2022).The TV dictionary and my first cuts and edits into videographic criticism,CST Online
O'Brien, D., (2019).John Marmysz (2017) Cinematic Nihilism: Encounters, Confrontations, Overcomings. Film-Philosophy. 23(1),Edinburgh University Press
