Urban Farming Autoethnography

The concept of Urban Farming is the growing or producing of food in heavily populated and urbanised areas such as cities and towns (Greensgrow 2019). The idea is to provide cost-effective methods of food growth in densely populated areas while keeping procedures eco-friendly and sustainable.

Peer Review 2: Art Eclectic Digital Marketing & Not so #Goals

This blog post will review two digital artefact projects (beta versions) from BCM302 – Advanced Digital Media Project, that are being completed by two of my peers, Sunny Commandeur and Abby Poposki.

BCM302 Digital Artefact Beta – MastroFUT

The digital artefact that I have been completing for BCM302 – Advanced Digital Media Project is a FIFA Instagram and Twitter account called MastroFUT.

Pokémon GO & The Autoethnographic Methodology

In a previous post on this blog, I discussed my personal experience with Pokémon GO, such as my observation of the game’s release in 2016, and my return to playing it in 2019. This post will use the autoethnographic methodology to analyse and understand my communicated personal experiences.

Pokémon GO: The Community Game

Whenever I think of the year 2016, a few key events come to mind: graduating high school, being accepted into university, moving away from my hometown, and Pokémon GO taking the world by storm.

Peer Review 1: Art Eclectic Digital Marketing & Not so #Goals

This blog post will review two digital artefact projects from BCM302 – Advanced Digital Media Project, that are being completed by two of my peers, Sunny Commandeur and Abby Poposki.

BCM302 Digital Artefact Pitch – MastroGaming

The digital artefact that I will be completing for BCM302 – Advanced Digital Media Project is MastroGaming, which is my online persona centered around gaming content on YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Twitch and Reddit.

The Autoethnographic Methodology & Akira

In Autoethnography: An Overview, Ellis et al. (2011) defines autoethnography as “an approach to research and writing that seeks to describe and systematically analyse personal experience in order to understand cultural experience”.

Digital Asia – The Host

During the BCM320 – Digital Asia seminar, I participated in live tweeting the screening of ‘The Host‘, a 2006 South Korean monster film directed by Bong Joon-ho. I’ve previously been exposed to the process of live tweeting during the BCM325 – Future Cultures seminars, and I’ve given a detailed account of my live tweeting experience on this blog here.

UOW Digital Media Society – BCM325 Contextual Essay

The digital artefact (DA) that I have been completing for BCM325 is the UOW Digital Media Society (DMS). I have been completing this project with fellow BCM325 students Callum Harvey and Kelsea Latham, in addition to the remaining executive members Meggen Pigram and Sunny Commandeur.