Who?
I convene with the The Creative Media & Digital Culture Program at Washington State University Vancouver. LEARN more.
John F. Barber, PhD
Condensing substance from pixels of nuance
John Barber
A scholar-teacher-artist, John F. Barber produces media art and digital works as scholarship, for teaching, and as creative practice. This website provides information about and access to his efforts. Feel free to browse.
What?
I work in Digital Humanities, literary media art, and radio and sound art. LEARN more.
How?
Action research+creative practice reveals tacit knowledge that theoretical studies alone cannot. LEARN more.
Scholarship
Traditional and new media scholarly, research, and other endeavors. International and national. Peer reviewed / juried / curator selected. LEARN more
Teaching
Fall 2021 CMDC Courses
Language, Text, Technology
Usability and Interface Design
Digital Humanities Institute
University of Victoria, Canada. Two courses annually as service for
international DH faculty and graduate students. LEARN more.
Creative
International radio art broadcasts, sound art installations, performances, and more. Peer reviewed / juried / curator selected. LEARN more
Research Projects
American Dust
Bibliographic archive. Ongoing.
GIHUGANTIC information resource for Richard Brautigan's life and writings.
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The Brautigan Library
Curated manuscripts. Ongoing.
Lyrical, haunted. 300+ manuscripts ignored by commercial publishing. LEARN more.
Radio Nouspace
Virtual listening gallery. Ongoing.
Curated radio programs, radio and sound art, and sound-based narratives.
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Re-Imagined Radio
Radio art.
Ongoing.
Curated live radio drama performances as never before seen, or heard. LEARN more.
Recent Creative Works
Lights Out Listening
Radio art. 2020.
Several submissions for streamed, bi-monthly listening sessions. LEARN more.
COVID Dreamscapes
Radio art. 2020.
Sonic interpretations of the artist's COVID dreams. LEARN more.
Say Their Names
Sound art. 2020
Response to international protests to the murder of George Floyd, 25 May. LEARN more
Recent Scholarship
Presentation at ELO 2019
Presentation. Peer reviewed. 2019.
"eLit User Experience: Audience+Purpose=Design" presented at Electronic
Literature Organization 2019 conference. LEARN
more.
Presentation at SpokenWeb
Presentation. Peer reviewed. 2019.
"A Mighty Span," an imagined radio broadcast of historical events, presented at
SpokenWeb, Vancouver, Canada. LEARN more.
Essay Published in LEA
Publication. Peer reviewed. 2019.
"Martians, Moustaches, and Radio Drama" was published in Leonardo
Electronic Almanac. Print publication to follow. LEARN more.