Dr Jeneen Naji

Biography
Research Interests
Research Projects
Project | Role | Funding Body / Program | Description | Start Date | End Date | Award (€) | |
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Reading Digital Narratives in Convergence Culture: "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries" as Cybertext | PI | Irish Research Council (IRC) / Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship | My research study will explore how readers engage with and experience a digital narrative by critically analysing a recent web series. The Lizzie Bennet Diaries is an updated version of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice which reimagines Austen’s original story from a 21st century perspective. This project will be one of the first scholarly, academic studies of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, and will use Espen Aarseth’s theories to examine the narrative as a cybertext, a dynamic text that organises and presents different outputs to a reader based on how she navigates through it. My critical analysis will consider how digital technologies affect a narrative’s form, perspective, characters and setting, while also considering how these digital versions of analogue stories open new avenues of research in the electronic literature field. A series of surveys and interviews with readers of digital narratives will provide an understanding of how they consume these cybertexts, focusing on how The Lizzie Bennet Diaries deconstructs and alters Austen’s story for Internet audiences. In addition to Aarseth, the theoretical foundation of my dissertation will include Meikle and Young’s theory of textual media convergence. I will target influential producers and creators within the digital narrative world for interviews, and to disseminate my results and findings. I will identify additional survey and interview participants through outreach via social media websites. At its conclusion, my results will help inform the creation and study of new digital narratives in the future. As a researcher, I am particularly well suited to undertake this type of project, given my previous undergraduate and graduate degrees in literary studies and digital humanities. Furthermore, the interdisciplinary nature of this proposal will draw from both the Media Studies and the Digital Humanities departments at Maynooth University, emphasising the collaborative study of two evolving, interlinked and growing fields. | 01-OCT-16 | 30-SEP-19 | 71632 | |
tbc | PI | Fulbright Commission / Fulbright TechImpact Award | 01-SEP-14 | 30-NOV-14 | |||
Building City Dashboards | Co Principal Investigator | Science Foundation Ireland / Government State Bodies | 05-SEP-16 | 29-AUG-21 | |||
H2020 ERC Proposal Support: Starter Grant | PI | EU Horizon 2020 National Support Network / Coordinator Support | 15-MAY-15 | 14-FEB-16 | 5716 |
Post Doctoral Fellows/Research Team
Researcher Name | Project | Role | Funding Body | |
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Oliver Dawkins | Building City Dashboards | Post Doctorate | Science Foundation Ireland | |
Liam O Sullivan | Building City Dashboards | Post Doctorate | Science Foundation Ireland | |
Tomasz Zawadzki | Building City Dashboards | Post Doctorate | Science Foundation Ireland | |
Gareth Young | Building City Dashboards | Post Doctorate | Science Foundation Ireland |
Books
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Digital Poetry.
Naji, J. (2021) Digital Poetry. London: Palgrave Pivot. [Details] |
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2019 | New Approaches to Literature for Language Learning.
Naji J., Subramaniam G., & White G. (2019) New Approaches to Literature for Language Learning. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. [DOI] [Details] |
Book Chapters
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | 'Mobile Electronic Literature'
Naji, Jeneen (2021) 'Mobile Electronic Literature' In: Electronic Literature as Digital Humanities: Contexts, Forms & Practices. London: Bloomsbury. [Details] |
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2017 | 'Digital poetry evolution and the art of machines'
Naji J. (2017) 'Digital poetry evolution and the art of machines' In: #WomenTechLit. [Details] |
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2015 | 'Repurposing in Electronic Literature: technology and the expressive continuum'
Naji, J. (2015) 'Repurposing in Electronic Literature: technology and the expressive continuum' In: Maria Mencia & Zuzana Husárová (eds). Repurposing in Electronic Literature. Košice: Dive Buki. [Details] |
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2013 | 'Poetic Machines'
Naji, J. (2013) 'Poetic Machines' In: Internet Research,Theory, and Practice: Perspectives from Ireland. research-publishing.net. [Details] |
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2013 | 'Poetic Machines - the essentiality of the human and the machine to digital creative expression'
Naji, J. (2013) 'Poetic Machines - the essentiality of the human and the machine to digital creative expression' In: Game-Based Learning: Opportunities and Challenges:. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. [Details] |
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2011 | 'Interactive Poetry - New Content for new Technologies'
Naji, J. (2011) 'Interactive Poetry - New Content for new Technologies' In: Managing Media Economy, Media Content and Technology in the Age of Digital Convergence. Lisbon: Media XXI. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
Year | Publication | |
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2020 | 'The Rubayaat'
Naji, J. (2020) 'The Rubayaat'. technoculture: an online journal of technology in, 10 (2020) [Details] |
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2019 | 'The Art of Machine Use Subversion in Digital Poetry'
Naji, J. (2019) 'The Art of Machine Use Subversion in Digital Poetry'. Hyperrhiz: New Media Cultures, 20 (2019) [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2017 | 'Back to the Book: Tempest and Funkhouser’s Retro Translations'
Naji, Jeneen (2017) 'Back to the Book: Tempest and Funkhouser’s Retro Translations'. Electronic Book Review, [full-text] [Details] |
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2016 | 'What Would Media Studies Do? Social media Shakespeare as a technosocial process'
Jarrett, Kylie and Jeneen Naji (2016) 'What Would Media Studies Do? Social media Shakespeare as a technosocial process'. BORROWERS AND LENDERS: THE JOURNAL OF SHAKESPEARE AND APPROPRIATION, [full-text] [Details] |
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2013 | 'Simulated stereotypes turning the unreal real: An analysis ofrepresentations of the ‘Other’ in traditional media forms and digital games'
Dr Jeneen Naji (2013) 'Simulated stereotypes turning the unreal real: An analysis ofrepresentations of the ‘Other’ in traditional media forms and digital games'. Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, 6 (2 + 3):115-131 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
Other Journals
Year | Publication | |
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2012 | 'INTERCEPT – Interdisciplinary New Technologies for Entrants to Reinforce Creativity, Enthusiasm, and Practical Thinking'
Timoney, Joseph and Lazzarini, Victor and Naji, Jeneen (2012) 'INTERCEPT – Interdisciplinary New Technologies for Entrants to Reinforce Creativity, Enthusiasm, and Practical Thinking' Teaching Fellowships 2012 – 2013, :18-19. [Details] |
Conference Publications
Year | Publication | |
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2018 | The Posthuman Poetics of Instagram Poetry
Naji, J. (2018) The Posthuman Poetics of Instagram Poetry EVA Copenhagen 2018 - Politics of the Machines - Art and After [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2010 | Interactive Poetry: poets and programmers
Naji, J. (2010) Interactive Poetry: poets and programmers EuroITV’10 Proceedings of the 8th international interactive conference on Interactive TV&Video [Details] |
Conference Contributions
Year | Publication | |
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2020 | Media City Panel, MeCCSA 2020.
Naji, J.;Dawkins, O.; Young, G.; Stehle, S. (2020) Media City Panel, MeCCSA 2020. [Oral Presentation], Mirrorworlds: Mixed Reality Urban Spaces & Human Truth, University of Brighton , 08-JAN-20 - 10-JAN-20 [Details] |
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2019 | Place in Virtual Space: an analysis of geospatial data narratives presented in cross-reality visualisations.
Naji, J. Young, G., Stehle, S. (2019) Place in Virtual Space: an analysis of geospatial data narratives presented in cross-reality visualisations. [Oral Presentation], 58th ERSA Congress “Places for People: Innovative, Inclusive and liveable Regions, University College Cork , 28-OCT-19 - 31-OCT-19 [Details] |
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2019 | The AILA Literature in Language Learning and Teaching Research Network.
Naji, J. Goodith, W. (2019) The AILA Literature in Language Learning and Teaching Research Network. [Oral Presentation], LiLLT Conference 2019 Research in Literature in Language Learning Environments: Patterns and Possibilities, University of Erfurt , 29-AUG-19 - 31-OCT-19 [Details] |
Published Reports
Year | Publication | |
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2020 | Global Alliance on Media and Gender Country Report on Ireland.
O’ Brien, A., Arnold, S. Culloty, E. Naji, J. (2020) Global Alliance on Media and Gender Country Report on Ireland. GAMAG, New York. [Details] |
Blog
Year | Publication | |
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2014 | Rolling Stone Magazine and the Curious Case of the Muslim in the Neighbourhood.
Naji, J. (2014) Rolling Stone Magazine and the Curious Case of the Muslim in the Neighbourhood. Blog [Details] |
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2013 | Where are the women?.
Naji, J. (2013) Where are the women?. Blog [Details] |
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2012 | Who Represents the Users?”.
Naji, J. (2012) Who Represents the Users?”. Blog [Details] |
Thesis
Year | Publication | |
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2012 | Poetic Machines: an investigation into the impact of the characteristics of the digital apparatus on poetic expression.
Naji, J. (2012) Poetic Machines: an investigation into the impact of the characteristics of the digital apparatus on poetic expression. Dublin City University: Thesis [DOI] [Details] |
Exhibition
Year | Publication | |
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2019 | Ice cream Thoughts.
Naji, Jeneen (2019) Ice cream Thoughts. Norway: Exhibition [Details] |
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2017 | The Rubayaat.
Naji, J. (2017) The Rubayaat. The Wrong - New Digital Art Biennale: Exhibition [Details] |
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2017 | UpsideDown Chandeli.
Wilks, Naji, Husárová, Mencía (2017) UpsideDown Chandeli. University Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal: Exhibition [Details] |
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2014 | UpsideDown Chandelier.
Wilks, C., Naji, J., Husárová, Z., Mencia, M. (2014) UpsideDown Chandelier. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, U.S.A: Exhibition [Details] |
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2013 | Upside Down Chandelier.
Wilks, C., Naji, J., Husárová, Z., Mencia, M. (2013) Upside Down Chandelier. DIG Gallery, Košice, Slovakia: Exhibition [Details] |
Honours and Awards
Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
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2012 | Teaching & Learning Fellowship | Maynooth University | |
2014 | Fulbright TechImpact | Fulbright Commission |
Professional Associations
Association | Function | From / To | |
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Electronic Literature Organisation | Member | / |
Committees
Committee | Function | From / To | |
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Campus Life | Member | / | |
Governing Authority | Staff Representative | / |