Bruce Barton, University of Calgary

Research

immersive immersive performance intimacy participatory performance proximity Covid-19 pandemic

Latest funding

Interactive Technology and Live Performance Workshop
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$54,776
Re-imaging Intimacy: Immersive and Participatory Performance in the Age of Covid-19
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Articulating artistic research within and beyond the academy
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$24,830

Interactive Technology and Live Performance Workshop

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Oehlberg, Lora L.

Keywords: Interaction design; live performance; workshop; interdisciplinary; transdisciplinary; computer science; drama;

$54,776

Re-imaging Intimacy: Immersive and Participatory Performance in the Age of Covid-19

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Barton, Bruce W.

Keywords: immersive; immersive performance; intimacy; participatory performance; proximity; Covid-19; pandemic

$25,000

Articulating artistic research within and beyond the academy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Barton, Bruce W.

Keywords: artistic research; practice-based research; performance; epistemology

$24,830

At the Intersection of Interpretation and Affect in Interdisciplinarity Performance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014

Principal investigators: Barton, Bruce

Keywords: Interdisciplinary; Affect; Performativity; Theatricality; Intimacy; Kinesthetic; Phenomenology; Embodiment

$28,810

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: immersive Dear Professor Barton, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on immersive connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Re-imaging Intimacy: Immersive and Participatory Performance in the Age of Covid-19" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]