Simon Perkins

Dr Simon Perkins

  • Senior Lecturer In Digital Media Design
  • Weymouth House W207, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
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Biography

I am a Faculty of Media & Communication academic and design researcher, and Pākehā, originally from Te Wai Pounamu (South Island) in New Zealand.

My current research centres on the nature of affective economies operating online. The methodologically, symbolic interactionist study looks at the semantic shift and pejoration of the 'woke' African American Vernacular English (AAVE) watchword as a social marker of in-group identification, belonging and differentiation. Its exchange, circulation and performative use appears emblematic of a broader effort to reframe (and somewhat instrumentalise) a supposed crisis of contemporary social change. The study has been operationalised through a 3 year, longitudinal, data-collection cycle; intended to map the dimensions of this phenomenon; and leading to the creation of the http://trigg.gr/ archive.

I have taught across both undergraduate and post-graduate levels; including PhD supervision. My teaching is primarily focused on contemporary cultural theory and creative practice, and in doing so has significance lecturing experience and dissertation and major project supervision in areas including: digital culture and theory; communication, information and graphic design; web software development and project-management; social media identity construction and performance; as well as short-form screenwriting and experimental film-making...

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Favourites

  • Perkins, S., 2015. Constellations: A Participatory, Online Application for Research Collaboration in Higher Education Interdisciplinary Courses. PhD Thesis. Queensland University of Technology, School of Design.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDG:

Peace, justice and strong institutions

"Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels"

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Journal Articles

  • Perkins, S., 2019. Rerouting the Ideologically Coercive Advertising Messages of Lancôme’s La Vie Este Belle. SAGE Visual Communication.

Internet Publications

Theses

  • Perkins, S., 2015. Constellations: A Participatory, Online Application for Research Collaboration in Higher Education Interdisciplinary Courses. PhD Thesis. Queensland University of Technology, School of Design.

Design

External Responsibilities

Consultancy Activities

  • University Programmatic Review panel member, University Programmatic Review. Programmatic review of the school of Informatics and Engineering, Institute of Technology Blanchardstown.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Communication Design (Queensland University of Technology, 2015)
  • Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Fine Arts (RMIT University, Australia, 1998)
  • Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) in Filmmaking (University of Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand, 1991)

Memberships

  • MeCCSA, Member,

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