<nettime-ann> Positions at Georgia Tech (Modified by Geert Lovink)

[Celia Pearce <celia.pearce@lcc.gatech.edu>]

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Georgia Tech's School of Literature, Communication, and Culture (LCC) 
is seeking to fill 2-3 positions at the rank of Assistant Professor in 
the emerging discipline of Digital Media. We seek 
practitioner/theorists who combine technical expertise with a strong 
grounding in the arts and humanities. Candidates should be prepared to 
teach at the undergraduate and graduate level in LCC's suite of 
programs in computational and digital media. A Ph.D. or terminal degree 
in an appropriate field is required, as is computational proficiency 
and a demonstrated capacity for significant original research/creative 
work. Evidence of significant potential in generating external funding 
is desirable. Preference will given to candidates who demonstrate 
expertise in one or more of the following fields:

Digital Art and Design
 Practitioner in the use of digital technology for communication and 
expression. We particularly seek candidates in the area of visual 
design (graphic design, visual arts, moving image). Candidates should 
be prepared to situate their practice in the social and cultural 
contexts of new media. Preference will be given to those whose work 
relates to strengths of our department, such as experimental media, 
game design and critique, interactive narrative, tangible media, and 
mixed reality.

Information Architecture/Information Design 
Designer/producer/researcher with a focus on the expressive application 
of emerging structures of information distribution and organization 
(e.g. media syndication widgets, google map mashups, folksonomies & tag 
clouds, social networking sites, semantic web) and the technologies of 
information abstraction that underlie them (e.g. relational databases, 
structured documents, XML metadata & controlled vocabularies, wikis). 

Interactive Narrative
Practitioner/theorist of computational expression, with an emphasis on 
procedural approaches to interactive narrative in various media forms 
such as virtual/mixed reality, games, and interactive television. 
Specialties could include one or more of the following: interactive 
fiction, computational story systems, computational poetry, narrative 
and cognition, story generation, interactive documentary, narrative 
intelligence, and AI.

Applicants should send a letter with a statement of research interests 
and pedagogical approach, a CV, one or two pages of screenshots, and/or 
a pointer to an on-line portfolio. (Requests for full dossiers and 
portfolios will be sent to selected applicants.) Applications should be 
addressed to Chair, Search Committee, LCC, Georgia Institute of 
Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0165. Review of applications will begin 
October 15 and continue until the positions are filled. The Georgia 
Institute of Technology is an equal opportunity, affirmative action 
employer. Minority candidates are encouraged to apply. For more 
information about the School, please visit http://www.lcc.gatech.edu.

In ev'ry job that must be done
There is an element of fun
We find the fun, and snap!
The job's a game!
            -Mary Poppins
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Celia Pearce

Assistant Professor
School of Literature, Communication & Culture
Georgia Institute of Technology
686 Cherry Street NW/Room 338
Atlanta, GA  30332-0165
office phone: +1 404 385-0836
mobile & text: +1 310 866-8014
e-mail: celia.pearce@lcc.gatech.edu

Web sites:
  • http://egl.gatech.edu
  • www.ludica.org.uk
  • www.cpandfriends.com

Avatars:
  • There: Artemesia
  • Second Life: Artemesia Sandgrain
  • World of Warcraft/Hellscream & Thunderhorn Realms: Artemesia
  • Guild Wars: Artemesia Aurora
  • Guild Wars Factions: Magdalena Ludica



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