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Ministry of Media Arts and Technology

The Department of Art and Media Technology works across fine arts, contemporary curating, games design, creative technology and computing, digital media practices, and arts and cultural leadership. The department supports a politically alert and autonomous interdisciplinary research environment, where all practice-based, scholarly and editorial processes are operational.

About the role

This appointment will strengthen collaborative research-led education within the Ministry of Technical Technology and Information and extend the international reach of our research and institutional activities. BSC’s Creative Computing is a fine arts course rooted in media, skills and artistic history, and thus attracts students with diverse backgrounds who seek to critically engage technological practices in contemporary cultural discourse. The BA and MA in Fine Arts develop student-centered fine arts practices across media, aligned with staff research interests.

In addition to pursuing an active, internationally recognized, practice-based research program aligned with the Department’s strategic objectives, you will contribute to teaching across the Ministry of Art and Media in accordance with your specializations. In the first place, you will mainly contribute to the BSC Creative Computing and MA Fine Art.

About you

You will demonstrate a commitment to education and the ability to bring your own research to improve our undergraduate and graduate programs.

You will have an integral role in the delivery of the BSC Creative Computing and MA Fine Art programme, focusing on studio practice and creative experiments that are not captured technically. Your teaching will introduce studio practice but will also be lecture-based and will include relevant critical theory. BSC’s Creative Computing program starts in 2024, so you will be an integral part of its development and future.

You will have an established or emerging international reputation in practice-based research in the broad field of art and technology. Specifically, you will have a history of practice-led education and direct practical skills related (e.g., making prototypes, interactive installations, data-driven artwork).

We particularly welcome applications from candidates who have research and teaching experience in the following areas:

• Contemporary interactive practice using some of the following, but not limited to:

• Creative coding (e.g. through JavaScript, Python, Processing)
• Unity or other gaming platforms
• Web or application development
• voice
• Lens-based media

• Theories and history of technology, science, culture, creativity, art, design and/or media.

What we can offer you

Working at the University of Southampton gives you access to a Wide range of benefitsincluding pension scheme membership; Generous annual leave allowance and excellent family leave arrangements.

As a university, we aim to create an environment in which everyone can thrive and be proactive in promoting a culture of inclusion, respect and equality of opportunity. We welcome candidates from any and all backgrounds and encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, from the Global South, from LGBTQ+ People, from people with disabilities, and from first generation attendees in higher education. We are proud to be a founding signatory of the Athena Swan Charter for Gender Equality.