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Chris Atton | |
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 Professorial Lecture, 2009 | |
| Born | Christopher Frank Atton 10 March 1959 |
| Occupation | University Professor |
| Spouse | Susan Jarvis-Atton (2010–present) |
Chris Atton (born 1959) is Professor of Media and Culture in the School of Arts and Creative Industries at Edinburgh Napier University. His work focuses on Alternative Media and his research interests also include popular music, the creative economy, and teaching and learning in higher education.
Chris started academic life as a translator of Renaissance Latin texts before training as a librarian in Leeds in 1985. After several years' working in public and college libraries, he was appointed Science Librarian at Edinburgh Napier University in 1992. He was made a Fellow of the Library Association (UK) in 1995, received the American Library Association's Jackie Eubanks Memorial Award 'in recognition of outstanding achievements in promoting alternative media in libraries' in 1998[1] and was conferred with Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy[2] in 2007. He became a member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council's Peer Review College[3] in 2010.
Education
- PhD Napier University, 1999
- MA Mass Communications, University of Leicester, 2004
- Teacher's Certificate, New College Durham, 1990
- PG Diploma Library and Information Work, Leeds, 1986
- MA (Hons) Latin Studies, University of Edinburgh, 1981
Scholarship
Books
- Alternative Journalism (Sage, 2008, with James F. Hamilton)[4]
- An Alternative Internet (Edinburgh University Press, 2004)[5]
- Alternative Media (Sage, 2002)[6]
- Alternative Literature (Gower, 1996)[7]
- The Kabbalistic Diagrams of Rosenroth (Christian Knorr von Rosenroth) (Hermetic Research Trust, 1987) (co-translator: Stephen Dziklewicz)[8]
Article
- ‘The Consideratio Brevis of Philip à Gabella’, The Hermetic Journal, 1989: 79-97[9]
Edited Volumes
- Journalism: Theory, Practice, Criticism: ‘New Media and Journalism Practice in Africa’, 12(3), June 2011 (co-editor: Hayes Mabweazara), in press
- Scan: Journal of Media Arts Culture: 'News and the Net: Convergences and Divergences', 3(1), June 2006[10]
- Media, Culture and Society; 'Alternative Media', 25(5), September 2003 (co-editor: Nick Couldry)[11]
- Journalism: Theory, Practice, Criticism: 'What is "Alternative Journalism?', 4(3), August 2003[12]
Others
- Numerous book chapters, refereed papers and encylopaedia entries
- Keynote addresses, conference presentations and public lectures delivered nationally and internationally
Music
Chris has been a music critic and performer for twenty years, specialising in electronic, improvised and traditional musics. He has written for Bad Alchemy[13], Contact, The Improvisor[14], Improjazz[15], Notes, Rubberneck[16]and The Sound Projector[17].
He has been a member of the live electronics group Certain Ants[18]since its formation.
References
- ^ http://libr.org/amtf/eubanks.html
- ^ http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/home
- ^ http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/About/PeerReview/Pages/default.aspx
- ^ Alternative Journalism in Google Books
- ^ An Alternative Internet at Google Books
- ^ Alternative Media at Google Books
- ^ Alternative Literature at Google Books
- ^ http://www.alchemywebsite.com/bookshop/mohs23.html
- ^ http://pindarvalley.securespsites.com/Shared%20Documents/32.%20The%20Consideratio%20Brevis%20of%20Philip%20%20Gabella.pdf
- ^ http://scan.net.au/
- ^ http://mcs.sagepub.com/content/25/5.toc
- ^ http://jou.sagepub.com/content/4/3.toc
- ^ http://www.badalchemy.de/
- ^ http://www.the-improvisor.com/
- ^ http://improjazz.pagesperso-orange.fr/mag/magazine.html
- ^ http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~rneckmag/index.html
- ^ http://www.thesoundprojector.com/
- ^ http://noisewiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Certain_Ants