
American Dust
Bibliographic archive. Ongoing.
GIHUGANTIC information resource for Richard Brautigan's life and writings. LEARN more.
John F. Barber is a scholar-teacher-artist.
His scholarship is guided by action / practice-based research and transformative practice. Examples include the intersection, overlay, and interplay of computers and writing, a bibliographical and biographical information structure concerning the life and works of American author Richard Brautigan, and the use of sound(s) as the basis of storytelling. His scholarship is international, peer reviewed / juried / curator selected.
His teaching encourages students to learn a body of knowledge through reading and discussion, think critically about how to best use this knowledge to solve real-world, needs-driven problems, build a solution designed to best address that problem, reflect on the outcome(s), and rapidly iterate an improved outcome. This combination of action research+creative practices can reveal tacit knowledge that theoretical studies alone cannot.
His creative practices focus on sound(s)—radio, sound art, and storytelling. All follow the idea that sound engages with listeners’ imaginations to shape images and stories of their own making. Sound promotes immersion, engagement, and expression of personal experience. Barber's works include literary media art, international radio art broadcasts, sound art installations, gallery exhibitions, performances, and more. Peer reviewed / juried / curator selected.
Bibliographic archive. Ongoing.
GIHUGANTIC information resource for Richard Brautigan's life and writings. LEARN more.
Curated manuscripts. Ongoing.
Lyrical, haunted. 300+ manuscripts ignored by commercial publishing. LEARN more.
Virtual listening gallery. Ongoing.
Curated radio programs, radio and sound art, and sound-based narratives. LEARN more.
Radio art.
Ongoing.
Exploring radio drama past, present, and future. LEARN more.
Broadcast. 22-29 Jan. 2023.
Framework Radio. Soundwalk along the South Bank of the River Thames, London, England. LEARN more.
Broadcast. 8 July 2022
Framework Radio. Soundscape collage narrative using field recordings from different locations and times. LEARN more
Radio art. 23 Feb. 2022.
Several submissions for streamed, bi-monthly listening sessions. LEARN more.
Publication. Peer reviewed. 2022.
"Future Radio and Social Knowledge Creation in the Humanities." Social Knowledge Creation in the Humanities: Volume 2. LEARN
more.
Publication. Peer reviewed. 2021.
“Electronic Literature and Sound.” Electronic Literature as Digital Humanities. Radio may provide models for new forms of eLit based on listening, LEARN more.
Publication. Peer reviewed. 2021.
"Remembering the Dead and Say Their Names" published in media activism issue of Resonance: The Journal of Sound and Culture. LEARN more.