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Dr. Michael Waugh
PERSONAL PROFILEA confident and personable early career academic, I attained my doctorate in Digital Media and Popular Music at Anglia
Ruskin University in March 2016. My thesis, described as ‘extremely accomplished’ by external examiner Professor Martin
McLoone (Ulster), explores the impact that omnipresent social media has on contemporary art, media and musical
practice. My interdisciplinary interests combine digital media, art, popular music and cultural studies. I am an active
researcher with exceptional contacts in contemporary media practice and popular music, collaborating creatively with
artists and musicians with connections to my research focus on exhibitions, talks at arts festivals, new musical release
campaigns and installations. I currently lecture in Media Cultures at University of Hertfordshire and hold substantial
administrative responsibilities as part of the role, including constructing modules about contemporary digital culture and
musical practice. I previously worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant while completing my doctorate at Anglia Ruskin
University.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS August 2012 – March 2016: Anglia Ruskin University
o PhD – Digital Media and Popular Music [Fully-funded Studentship]: PASS
o Thesis title: ‘“Music that actually matters?” Post-Internet musicians, retromania and authenticity in online
popular musical milieux’
o Supervisors: Dr. Sean Campbell; Neil Henderson; Dr. Martin Zeilinger
o Examiners: Professor Martin McLoone (University of Ulster); Dr. Tina Kendall
September 2011 – August 2012: Northumbria University
o Masters in Research (MRes) – Arts [Fee-waiver Studentship]: DISTINCTION
September 2008 – June 2011: Northumbria University
o BA (Hons) – English Literature and Film Studies: FIRST
TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2016-current – University of Hertfordshire: Programme Leader for Joint Honours: Media & Journalism; External
Moderator for Media modules at University of Hertfordshire’s Malaysian franchise university
o Roles include: Advising Joint Honours students on paths of study at Hertfordshire; personal tutoring to
all Joint Honours students from Levels 4-6; conferring in meetings regarding provisional changes to the
structure of the Joint Honours programme; externally moderating module learning outcomes, module
guides and assessments for modules Social Media, Digital Media and Advertising at UH’s Malaysian
franchise
2016-current – University of Hertfordshire: Lecturer in Media Cultures
o Roles include: Leading undergraduate and postgraduate modules Digital Media, Social Media,
Advertising and Corporate Communication; writing module Popular Music and Digital Cultures; setting,
marking and providing advice about assignments; writing and moderating exams; personal tutor to both
undergraduate and postgraduate students; supervising dissertations and PhD theses; advising
colleagues about SEND and student support; consulting with students and staff about reshaping the
module and course; contributing to organisation of student events; VLE to provide student materials;
consulting with staff regarding student plagiarism issues
Spring 2016 – Northumbria University: Guest Lecturer for Media and Communications Project (undergrad. Film
and Media module – invited by Dr. Noel McLaughlin)
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o Roles include: Providing guest lectures and seminars discussing methodologies behind my research
into online music and contemporary identity politics; contributing sessions about analysing social media,
interview techniques and interdisciplinary research
Spring 2016 – Northumbria University: Guest Lecturer for Film Genre (undergrad. Film and Media module –
invited by Dr. Noel McLaughlin)
o Roles include: Providing guest lectures and seminars about film genre theory; analysing films from
genres such as horror, road movies, westerns and rock biopics
2012-2016 – Anglia Ruskin University: Graduate Teaching Assistant/Module Tutor for Media, Culture and
Society (undergrad. Media module)
o Roles include: Writing and teaching several weekly seminar groups; presenting lectures; setting,
marking and providing advice about assignments; contributing seminars and lectures based on my
research into digital cultures; advising colleagues about SEND and student support; consulting with
students and staff about reshaping the module and course; contributing to organisation of student
events; utilising innovative media formats in teaching and communicating with students; using VLE to
provide student materials; consulting with staff regarding student plagiarism issues; contributing to
module guides and lists of key reading
2015 – Anglia Ruskin University: Guest Lecturer for Popular Music in Context (undergrad. Popular Music
module – invited by Dr. Sue Miller)
o Roles include: Providing guest lectures and seminars based on my research into online music
2014 – Anglia Ruskin University: Guest Lecturer for Music, Media and Culture (undergrad. Media module)
o Roles include: Providing lectures and seminars based on my research; writing assignment questions;
contributing to several seminars across the module
2011-2012 – Gosforth Academy: Learning Support Assistant for pupils with SEND (aged 11-18)
o Roles include: Communicating with pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in a
mainstream school; differentiation of work to meet needs of various forms of SEND; mediating between
teachers and students; assisting in classrooms; completing LSA training; supporting in exams as scribe,
note-taker and question-reader; one-to-one advice and further development sessions with pupils
PUBLISHED/ACCEPTED WORKS 2018 (accepted for publication): Chapter in forthcoming academic book 40 Years of Mute Records (ed. Dr.
Zuleika Beaven, Marcus O’Dair and Dr. Richard Osborne of Middlesex University)
2017 (accepted for publication): Popular Music, ‘Review: Jean Hogarty – Popular Music and Retro Culture in the
Digital Era’
2017 (accepted for publication): Popular Music – Issue 36/2, ‘“My laptop is an extension of my memory and
self”: Post-Internet identity, virtual intimacy and digital queering in online popular music’
2013: Popular Music – Issue 32/2, pp. 339-341, ‘Review: Alvin Lucier – Music 109: Notes on Experimental
Music’
WORKS IN PROGRESS Summer 2017: Co-organising Digital Music Cultures symposium with Dr. Adam Harper (with view to eventual
publication of edited anthology)
2017: Negotiating with Ashgate regarding publication of thesis as a monograph
2017: Submitted Post-Internet hip-hop article for peer-review to Popular Music
2017: Co-authoring article with Dr. Noel McLaughlin about gentrification of London’s cultural spaces
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FUNDING/AWARDS 2013: UKPSF-accredited Learning and Teaching in Practice PG certificate (Anglia Ruskin University)
2012: Fully-funded PhD studentship (Anglia Ruskin University)
2011: Fee-waiver MRes studentship (Northumbria University)
CONFERENCE PAPERS/PUBLIC TALKS October 2016: 3hd Festival (Berlin)
o KEYNOTE LECTURE: ‘Music and memes: The participatory self’
May 2016: Future Sound Music Conference (University of Central Lancashire)
o ‘“I’m going to get so many memes from this”: Social networking as Post-Internet musical expression’
February 2016: Post-Internet Music Working Group (Brunel University – invited by Dr. Jennifer Walshe)
o ‘Post-Internet popular music: From the underground to the mainstream’
July 2014: KISMIF International Conference (University of Porto)
o ‘Cybernetic futurism, digital collectivism and stylistic queering in online dance music’
June 2014: PopLife Conference (University of Northampton)
o ‘Self-consciously “digital” personas in the work of independent online musicians’
September 2013: IASPM UK/Ireland Postgraduate Conference (University of Glasgow)
o ‘Critiquing attempts to measure innovation in the online era’
June 2012: Irish Popular Music in Britain (Northumbria University in conjunction with University of Ulster)
o ‘Futuristic Braindance, Celtic pastoralism and hybridised Irishness in the Aphex Twin myth’
May 2012: Expanding Horizons: Initiatives in Diverse Research (Northumbria University)
o ‘Sonic dystopia, aural amnesia and lost futures in contemporary British electronica’
PhD SYNOPSIS AND RESEARCH INTERESTSI am an active researcher engaged in both academic publication and creative practice/collaboration. My thesis draws on
the notion of the Post-Internet as a framework for analysing art, identity and music online, studying the impact of today’s
omnipresent digital devices on society, culture and the self. The Post-Internet refers to the symbiotic relationship that
people have with technological devices, illuminating collapsing boundaries between digitality and physicality. My thesis
analyses artists, media practitioners and musicians whose output embraces the Post-Internet and the potential for social
media as a platform for exploring contemporary identity, and incorporates interviews with fifteen key artists. I have a
journal article about Post-Internet music set to be published in Popular Music in 2017, a chapter set to be published in 40
Years of Mute Records in 2018. and am in negotiations to publish my thesis with Ashgate. I collaborate creatively with
interviewees beyond academia who emphasise the influence of my research on their output. I was a keynote speaker at
Berlin's 2016 3hd Festival, an arts festival centred on issues of digitality and identity, and collaborated with many artists at
the event. Arca (Björk/Kanye West producer) invited me to write the press release for 2015 album Mutant (Mute). I am
collaborating with Jesse Kanda on his video installation as part of Hull's City of Culture 2017 celebrations and am working
alongside composer Jennifer Walshe to organise a set of Post-Internet talks and exhibitions at Somerset House. I
produced programme notes for a Post-Internet music showcase at 2015’s London Contemporary Music Festival. This
knowledge exchange and creative research practice shows I am gaining recognition with, and inspiring the output of,
major contemporary practitioners.
OTHER KEY SKILLS/ACHIEVEMENTS Co-organising Digital Music Cultures symposium with Dr. Adam Harper for summer 2017 (with view to
eventual publication of edited anthology)
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Co-organised Expanding Horizons symposium with other students during MRes course (2011-2012).
Member of fundraising team. Achieved unprecedented success with local/national sponsors
Providing conceptual advice to Jesse Kanda for video installation at Hull’s City of Culture 2017 celebrations (January 2017)
Interviewed 15 key Post-Internet media practitioners/musicians for PhD (2014-2015). Many interviewees
confirmed interest in providing guest lectures for my affiliated institution
Invited and paid by Arca (Björk/Kanye West producer) to write press release for 2015 album Mutant (Mute
Records) and to work on future projects
Invited to provide keynote lecture at Berlin’s art festival 3hd Festival 2016 Invited to write programme notes for ‘Requiem for Reality’ (Post-Internet music showcase) at London
Contemporary Music Festival 2015 Collaborating with Dr. Jennifer Walshe and Holly Herndon on ‘Post-Internet Sound’ database Invited by Dr. Jennifer Walshe to co-curate a set of Post-Internet art talks and exhibitions at Somerset
House and to present Post-Internet music guest lectures at Brunel University Invited by Derek Piotr to write press release for 2016 album Drono (LINE Records)
Member of MeCCSA, IASPM and DiGRA
Dr. Michael Waugh