Research interests/Field of interest
- multimodality, performativity, mobility, mediating artifact, communication design, participatory design
- Activity Theory, Actor Network Theory, Gender Theory
- electronic narrative, locative media- mixed reality arts, choreography, digital scenography
- mediated discourse, articulation, digital research rhetoric
- visualisation, genre, blogging, wiki, dynamic interface
- social software, collaboration, community of practice, learning design.
Keywords
multimodal, narrative, mixed reality, research rhetoric, performativity, digital design, genre, persuasion, collaboration, practice-based research, communication design, interaction, blog, wiki, locative media
Qualifications
PhD (Media & Communication), MSc (Applied Linguistics), MA (English), BA Hons (English), BA (English & Law)
Current and prior occupations
- Leader, Communication Design Group, InterMedia
- Programme Scientific Committee Member, South Africa-Norway Programme, Research Council of Norway
- Co-ordinator of Communication, Technology, Culture network (KTK), University of Oslo, 2001-2002, a priority area at University of Oslo, Norwegian Research Council
- Lecturer, Linguistics Department, University of Zimbabwe, 1986-1998
- Doctoral research, Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo 1994-2000.
- Part-time lecturer, School of Communication, Roskilde University, Denmark, 1998-2000
- Freelance academic, education and media designer and editor 1986-
Visiting positions
Prof. II, AHO (Oslo School of Architecture & Design)
Projects
Current: DESIGNING DESIGN
, GRIG, INVENTIO, MULTIMO (DESIGN-ED, DOCUDANCING, EXTENDED+, FORNEM, KARAKURI, TAPET); NARRAHAND, TRANSACTIONS
Previous: BALLECTRO, EXTENDED, ICT-UCT, NEWME, E-CultureNet, NUFU Zimbabwe media studies projects.
Memberships and representations
Awards
The Ellen Nold Award for Best Paper for 2005, Computers and Composition. Skjulstad, S. & Morrison, A. 'Movement in the interface.' Computers & Composition. Vol. 22, No. 4. 413-433.
English Speaking Union Prize for Research on Text Analyis Project (with Mparutsa, C. & Love, A. University of Zimbabwe). Award presented by HRH Prince Phillip, Buckingham Palace, London.
Links
Publications - productions
Edited books
Morrison, A. (in press 2008). (Ed.) Inside Multimodal Composition. Hampton Press: Creshill NJ. 15 chapters. c. 450 pages. Contents.
Liestol, G., Morrison, A. & Rasmussen, T. (2003). (Eds). Digital Media Revisited. The MIT Press: Cambridge MA.(576 pp).
Morrison, A. (2002). (Ed.) Researching ICTs in Context. InterMedia/UniPub: Oslo. (279 pp). PDF. (Related conference with presentations).
Liestøl, G. & Morrison, A. (2002). (Eds). Tverrfaglighet og digitale medier. (Transdisciplinarity and Digital Media). UNIPUB/InterMedia: Oslo.
Ngara, E. & Morrison, A. (1990). (Eds). Literature, Language and the Nation. ATOLL in Association with Baobab Books: Harare. (230 pp).
Book chapters
Carr, T., Deacon, A., Cox, G., & Morrison, A. (in press 2008). 'Teaching with technology: a multifaceted staff development strategy'. In Kimble, C. & Hildreth, P. (Eds). Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators. Information Age Publishing.
Deacon, A., Morrison, A. & Stadler, J. (in press 2008). 'Multimodal production and semiotic resources for learning about film narrative'. In Morrison, A. (Ed.) Inside Multimodal Composition. Hampton Press: Cresskill NJ.
Morrison, A., Westvang, E. & Skøgsrud, S. (forthcoming 2008). 'Whisperings in the undergrowth: performativity, collaborative design and online social networking'. IIn Wagner I. & Stuedahl, D. (Eds). Explorations in Digital Design. Springer: Vienna.
Morrison, A. & Skjulstad, S. (2007). 'Talking cleanly about convergence'. In Storsul, T. & Stuedahl, D. (Eds). The Ambivalence of Convergence. Nordicom: Göteborg.
Morrison, A. & Skjulstad, S. (forthcoming 2008). 'Unreal estate: digital design and mediation in marketing urban residency'. In Wagner I. & Stuedahl, D. (Eds). Explorations in Digital Design. Springer: Vienna.
Morrison A. (forthcoming 2008). Contributor to three group authored chapters. In Wagner I. & Stuedahl, D. (Eds). Explorations in Digital Design. Springer: Vienna. (with Wagner, I., Stuedahl, D., Liestøl, G., Mortberg, C., Bratteteig, T. & Mørch, A.).
Morrison, A. (in press 2008). 'Views from the inside out'. In Morrison, A. (Ed.) Inside Multimodal Composition. Hampton Press: Cresskill NJ.
Morrison, A. (in press 2008). 'On reflection...'. In Morrison, A. (Ed.) Inside Multimodal Composition. Hampton Press: Cresskill NJ.
Morrison, A. (in press 2008). 'Border crossings & multimodal composition in the arts'. In Morrison, A. (Ed.) Inside Multimodal Composition. Hampton Press: Cresskill NJ.
Morrison, A., Sem, I. & Havnør, M. (in press 2008). 'Behind the wallpaper: performativity in mixed reality arts'. In Morrison, A. (Ed.) Inside Multimodal Composition. Hampton Press: Cresskill NJ.
Morrison, A. & Skjulstad, S. (in press 2008). 'Mediating hybrid design: imaginative renderings of automotive innovation on the Web'. In Morrison, A. (Ed.) Inside Multimodal Composition. Hampton Press: Cresskill NJ.
Morrison, A., Smørdal, O., Lund, A. & Moen, A. (in press 2008). 'Multiple activity-multiple mediation'. In Morrison, A. (Ed.) Inside Multimodal Composition. Hampton Press: Creskiill NJ.
Morrison, A. & Thorsnes, P. (in press 2008). 'Blogging the emphemeral'. In Morrison, A. (Ed.) Inside Multimodal Composition. Hampton Press: Cresshill NJ.
Morrison, A. & Westvang, E. (in press 2008). 'Designing for actionable interpretation: reactive artifacts in a multimodal perspective'. In Morrison, A. (Ed.) Inside Multimodal Composition. Hampton Press: Cresskill NJ.
Morrison, A. (2003). 'From oracy to electracies: hypernarrative, place and multimodal discourses in learning' in Liestol, G. et al. (Eds). Digital Media Revisited. The MIT Press: Cambridge. 115-154
Liestol, G., Morrison, A. & Rasmussen, T. (2003). 'Introduction'. In Liestol, G, Morrison, A. & Rasmussen, T. (eds). Digital Media Revisited. The MIT Press: Cambridge. 1-11.
Morrison, A. (2002). 'Introduction'. In Morrison, A. (Ed.). Researching ICTs in Context. Intermedia/UniPub: Oslo. 1-12.
Skjulstad, S., Morrison, A. & Aaberge, A. (2002). 'Researching performance, performing research: dance, multimedia and learning'. In Morrison, A. (2002) (Ed.) Researching ICTs in Context. Intermedia/UniPub: Oslo. 211-248. PDF.
Frohnapfel, D., Grøgaard, S., Liestøl, G. & Morrison, A. (2002). 'Artistic language games'. In Balkema, A & Slager, H. (Eds). Concepts on the Move. Lier en Boog: Amsterdam. 111-119.
Morrison, A. (1996). 'Barking up the wrong tree? Male hegemony, discrimination against women and the reporting of bestiality in the Zimbabwean press.' In Caldas-Coulthard, C. & Coulthard, M. (Eds). Text and Practices: Readings in Critical Discourse Analysis. Routledge: London. 230-249.
Morrison, A. & Love, A. (1997). 'Now the Question Is ... Questions in Letters to the Editor in two Zimbabwean magazines'. In Zhuwarara, R., Gecau, K. & Drag, M. (Eds). Media, Democratisation & Identity. Dept of English University of Zimbabwe: Harare. 61-75
Morrison, A., Mparutsa, C. & Love, A. (1993). 'Teaching reading for subject areas'. In Blue, G. (Ed.). Language, Learning and Success: Studying Through English. Macmillan: London.
Morrison, A. (1990). 'World Englishes: implications for English Language Teaching in Zimbabwe'. In Ngara, E, & Morrison, A. (Eds). Literature, Language and the Nation. ATOLL in Association with Baobab Books: Harare.
Articles & reports
Carr, T., Morrison, A., Cox, G. & Deacon, A. (2007). 'Weathering wikis: net based learning meets Political Science in a South African university'. Computers and Composition. Vol. 24, No. 3. 266.284. Abstract.
Deacon, A, Morrison, A. & Stadler, J. (2005). 'Designs for learning through multimodal production: film narrative and spectatorship in Dirtector's Cut'. IJEDICT. Vol. 1, No. 1.
Morrison, A. (2005). 'Border crossing and multimodal composition in the arts'. JEDICT. Vol. 1, No. 2.
Morrison, A. (2005). 'Inside the Rings of Saturn'. Commissioned article for Special Issue on Gunther Kress. Computers & Composition. Vol. 22, No. 1. 87-100.
Morrison, A. & Westvang, E. (in progress 2007). 'Interface rhetoric'. Kairos.
Skjulstad, S. & Morrison, A. (2005). 'Movement in the interface.' Computers and Composition. Vol. 22, No. 4. 413-433.
Morrison, A. (2003). 'Dancing with postcolonial theory: digital scenography and the performance of local culture'. Norsk medietidsskrift. Vol. 10, No. 2. 28-56.
Morrison, A. (2000). The Meeting of Minds. A study of international conferences, publications and trends in educational multimedia. Report funded by the Digital Learning Group: University of Oslo.
Morrison, A. (1999). Beyond the Third World Web: A Report on the Internet in Zimbabwe.Internet in Transition Project and Multimedia and Technology (MAC) project under NUFU Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo.
Morrison, A. (1997). 'What happens when you let go?' KTK seminar manuscript series on Communication, Technology & Culture, University of Oslo.
Morrison, A. & Love, A. (1996). 'A discourse of disillusionment: Letters to the editor in two Zimbabwean magazines 10 years after independence'. Discourse & Society. Vol. 7, No. 1. 39-75.
Mparutsa, C., Love, A. & Morrison, A. (1991). 'Bringing Concord to the ESP Classroom'. English Language Research Journal. No 4. Classroom Concordancing. School of English: University of Birmingham.
Morrison, A. (1994). 'Study Arts: From Critical Communication Skills to Subject Specific Study in a Faculty of Arts'. In Rubagumya, C. (Ed.) Language, Culture and Curriculum. (Special Issue).
Published conference papers
Morrison, A. Skjulstad., S. & Sevaldson, B. (2007). 'Waterfront development with Web mediation'. Proceedings of Design Inquiries. 2nd Nordic Design Research Conference. Konstfack, Stockholm, 27-30 May 2007.
Morrison, A. & Skjulstad, S. (2006) 'Mediating hybrid design: a study of the projection of automotive innovation on the Web'. Full conference paper in for Proceedings of Wonderground. Design Research Society International Conference. 1-4 November, Lisbon Portugal.
Carr, T., Brown, C., Czerniewicz, L., Deacon. A. & Morrison, A. (2005). 'Communities of Practice in Staff Development: Learning to Teach with Technology'. Paper presented at [th Annual Conference on World Wide Web Applications.|www.uj.ac.za/www2005/]
Morrison, A., Deacon, A. & Stadler, J. (2005). 'Designs for learning about film spectatorship'. Proceedings of In-the-Making. Nordic Design Research Conference, Copenhagen. 29 May-1 June. (See section on Design Education for pdf).
Morrison, A. (2004). 'Artful roles in blended learning: reflections on collaborative digital arts and Zimbabwe' . E/merge: blended collaborative learning in southern Africa. Online conference June-July 2004. MEG: University of Cape Town.
Morrison, A., Skjulstad, S., & Smørdal, O. (2004). 'Choreographing augmented space'. Proceedings of FutureGround International Conference 2004. Vol 2. Design Research Society/Faculty of Art and Design, Monash University: Melbourne. CD-ROM.
Stuedahl, D., Smørdal, O. & Morrison, A. (2004). 'Articulating knowledge from the Vikings to the digital age' . Proceedings of FutureGround International Conference 2004. Vol 2. Design Research Society/Faculty of Art and Design, Monash University: Melbourne. CD-ROM.
Morrison, A. & Skjulstad, S. (2003). 'Exhibiting performance'. EVA 2003 Conference Proceedings. Vasari. Section 17, 10 pp.
Morrison, A. (2000). 'Critical hyperreading for online news'. Paper presented at symposium New competencies for production and consumption of computer-based media. 11-12 May. Svaneke Bornholm: Denmark.
Liestøl, G. & Morrison, A. (1998). 'Making sense of multimedia training'. In Global Education on the Net. Proceedings of ICCE '98. Vol. 2. 24-27.
Conference presentations & research seminars
Morrison. A. 2007. 'Design performativity'. Coming to Terms with 21st Century Practices:ICT, Competence and Cultural Change. Conference of Competence and Media Convergence (CMC). University of Oslo. 22-23 November.
Morrison, A. Skjulstad., S. & Sevaldson, B. (2007). 'Waterfront development with Web mediation'. Refereed paper presented at Design Inquiries. 2nd Nordic Design Research Conference. Konstfack, Stockholm, 27-30 May 2007.
Morrison, A. & Skjulstad, S. (2007) 'Mediating hybrid design: a study of the projection of automotive innovation on the Web'. Refereed full conference presented for Wonderground. Design Research Society International Conference. 1-4 November, Lisbon Portugal.
Morrison, A. (2005). 'Blogography: investigating multimodal discourse via blogging'. Reasearch seminar. Centre for Higher Education Research seminar presentation, 25 November 2005, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Morrison, A. (2005). 'Inside multimodal composition'. Research seminar. Humanistic Informatics, University of Bergen. 28 September 2005.
Morrison, A. (2005). 'Peeling back the wallpaper'. Invited speaker. RE:FORM Studio, Interactive Institute. 20 April 2005. Malmo, Sweden.
Morrison, A. (2005). 'Unsettling the setting? Reflections on digital scenography'. Invited presentation at Research Seminar on Digital Scenography. 24 January 2005. CAVI, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Morrison, A. (2005). 'Multimodal research mediation'. Research seminar. Centre for Higher Education Research seminar presentation, 9 March 2005, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Morrison, A. & Skjulstad, S. (2004). 'Towards embodied interaction'. Designing Design Seminar Series. Electronic arts: Dance and Technology. 7 December. InterMedia, University of Oslo.
Morrison, A. & Westvang, E. (2004). 'Rhetorics of the interface'. Designing Design Seminar Series. Research Mediation: Out of Composition. 29 October. InterMedia, University of Oslo.
Morrison, A. (2004). 'Performative public communication with mobile locative technologies'. Invited panel presentation. ISEA 2004 Conference. August 14-22. Helinski, Finland.
Morrison, A. (2003). 'Seeing through the interface'. Project research presentation. E-CultureNet Workshop. EU6FP. 28 March. Medialab: UIAH Helsinki.
Morrison, A. (2003). 'The BallectroWeb'. Plenary presentation. Seminar on Akerselva Innovasjonspark. Oslo. 24 March 2003.
Morrison, A. (2003). 'Flashdance'. Guest Lecture. Flash Forum Conference 2003. MacroMedia Germany and Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach: Offenbach. 18-19 July.
Morrison, A. (2002). 'From choreography to composition'. Paper presented at Conference The state of specialist research on the creation & promotion of multimedia material in the field of art & education. Barcelona. 7 & 8 November.
Morrison, A. (2002). 'New media perspectives on electronic art: research, theory-building and practical work'. Conference on Electronic Art in Public Spaces. NOTAM: Oslo.
Skjulstad, S., Morrison, A. & Aaberge, A. (2002). 'Researching performance, performing research: dance, multimedia and learning'. Presentation at SKIKT Researchers' Conference. InterMedia: Oslo. (see related book chapter)
Morrison, A., Skjulstad, S. & Aaberge, A. (2001). 'Designing performance: where to put your feet in a digital duet'. Paper presented at KTK seminar Designing Design. 28 November 2001. InterMedia, University of Oslo.
Morrison, A. (1999). 'NOW ONLY 19.99: Bargaining with participatory visual design'. Invited speaker. Text, Medium and Meaninghttp://www.hum.au.dk/ckulturf/. Conference in Humanities at the End of the Millenium Series. Dept of Communications, Aarhus University. May 6-7 1999.
Morrison, A. (1999). 'New media and visual arts education'. Multimedia presentation at Zimbabwe Media Research Seminar. University of Westminster, London. 2-4 June 1999.
Morrison, A. (1999). 'The Internet in Zimbabwe'. Presentation at Africa Highway '99 Conference. Rhodes University, South Africa. 5-8 September 1999.
Posters
Morrison, A. 2007. Inside Multimodal Compositon. Coming to Terms with 21st Century Practices:ICT, Competence and Cultural Change. Conference of Competence and Media Convergence (CMC). University of Oslo. 22-23 November.
Productions
Websites:
GRIG project website on mixed reality arts
Transactions Web on learning, media and identity in mixed contexts.
CMC Web. Competence and Media Convergence.
InterMediaWeb. (earlier version that this current one: with Ole Smørdal, Synne Skjulstad, Hans Magnus Nedreberg, Jan Dolonen & Even Westvang)
Docudancing. A weblog on the project Life and Death (with Per Roar Thorsnes, Hans Magnus Nedreberg & Even Westvang)
Designing Design Research Seminars. (with Hans Magnus Nedreberg, Idunn Sem, Even Westvang & Synne Skjulstad)
Extended (with Idunn Sem, Kristoffer Kjelling, Hans Magnus Nedreberg & Synnne Skjulstad)
BallectroWeb. (with Synne Skjulstad, Øystein Wika & Kai Lilleby)
The UiO-UZ Media Web. (with Jacob Ngandu & Lars Gundersen).
SKIKT Researchers' Conference 2002.
KTK Designing Design Seminar. (with Albertine Aaberge)
KTK Mobility Seminar. (with Jan Rickard Kjelstrup & Lars Gundersen)
CD-ROMs:
Kon-Tiki Interactive. (1995). (visual design, text, photographs, editing, voice over, project member, project leader Gunnar Liestøl)
Virtual Oslo. (1997). CD-ROM. Mogul Media Olso (voice over, text and recording)
Femme Fatale. (1998). CD-ROM. (Project for Eva Liestøl; voice over text and recording)
Documentaries:
Timbuktu. English text editing and voice over.
Multimedia performance:
Ballectro.
