Dr Tony D. Sampson
Dr Tony D. Sampson is a Reader in Digital Culture and Communications within the School of Arts and Digital Industries (ADI), UEL.
Tony works with PhD, MA and UG students from across ADI on related projects, including the digital media design degrees, visual cultures and the fine arts doctorate programme. His teaching focuses on developing student research projects.
Tony’s latest book on contagion theory uses the ideas of Gabriel Tarde, Gilles Deleuze and others to develop a contemporary alternative to the meme, encompassing digital, affective, financial, political and cultural contagions.
His current teaching and research interests explore aspects (and critiques) of human computer interaction (HCI) and subsequent trends toward a third paradigm (or post-Taylorist mode) of HCI, including user experience design, ubiquitous computing, and a focus on emotions, attention, memory, feelings and affect.
Tony is also interested in the creative aspects of technology design and production, and works with art and design, computing technology, cultural and social theory students at all levels to develop research projects.
Following a successful funding bid Tony has set up a lab (emotionUX) exploring user experiences from cognitive, emotional and affective perspectives.
He is currently writing a new book (The Assemblage Brain: Sense Making in Times of Neuro-Capitalism) in which he explores the "interferences" between neuroculture), philosophy, art, politics and control.
Tony is also a founding member of, and occasional chair at, Club Critical Theory - a free 'club' dedicated to bringing about public engagement with the concept of critical theory.
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Tony works with PhD, MA and UG students from across ADI on related projects, including the digital media design degrees, visual cultures and the fine arts doctorate programme. His teaching focuses on developing student research projects.
Tony’s latest book on contagion theory uses the ideas of Gabriel Tarde, Gilles Deleuze and others to develop a contemporary alternative to the meme, encompassing digital, affective, financial, political and cultural contagions.
His current teaching and research interests explore aspects (and critiques) of human computer interaction (HCI) and subsequent trends toward a third paradigm (or post-Taylorist mode) of HCI, including user experience design, ubiquitous computing, and a focus on emotions, attention, memory, feelings and affect.
Tony is also interested in the creative aspects of technology design and production, and works with art and design, computing technology, cultural and social theory students at all levels to develop research projects.
Following a successful funding bid Tony has set up a lab (emotionUX) exploring user experiences from cognitive, emotional and affective perspectives.
He is currently writing a new book (The Assemblage Brain: Sense Making in Times of Neuro-Capitalism) in which he explores the "interferences" between neuroculture), philosophy, art, politics and control.
Tony is also a founding member of, and occasional chair at, Club Critical Theory - a free 'club' dedicated to bringing about public engagement with the concept of critical theory.
follow twitter.com/tonydspamson