Research at Transtechnology
Transtechnology Research is currently developing a major research project dealing with the philosophical aspects of science and technology and the history of popular arts. Transtechnology Research benefits from the presence on site of the Leonardo Reviews editorial office.
PhD Research
Transtechnology Research supports both full-time and part-time PhD research undertaken on site in the Faculty of Arts in a dedicated laboratory at the University of Plymouth. Led from a historical and theoretical perspective its key concern is the understanding of science and technology as a manifestation of a range of human desires and cultural imperatives. In particular topics currently being researched concern the spiritual aspects of nineteenth century and digital technology, early cinema and the technological imaginary, anoetic technology, the interpretation of science and technology in popular culture, and the historiography of technology.
Current PhD research includes AHRC, EPSRC, EU and overseas funded inquiries into the relationship between technology and cognition in the context of art and design.
For further information please see the PhD Research page, and prospective candidates are advise to contact Professor Michael Punt in the first instance. (Michael.Punt@plymouth.ac.uk)
Transtechnology Research Reader 2010
Technology, Mind and Contingency: Matter, Models and Metaphors
Transtechnology Research published its first collection of essays as the outcome of two research seminar series in 2008/09 and 2009/2010. The reader reflects an ongoing intellectual process that is both individual and collective.
Contributors: Martha Blassnigg, Rita Cacháo, Amanda Egbe, Hannah Drayson, Joanna Griffin, Robert Jackson, Claudy Op den Kamp, David McConville, Michael Punt, Stephen Thompson, John Vines, Martyn Woodward, Brigitta Zics and Jonathan Zilberg.
Editorial Team: Martha Blassnigg, Hannah Drayson, Michael Punt, John Vines and Brigitta Zics.
