Jenna Ng
Biographic Data
| ID | 3589720 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jenna Ng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jenna |
| FAMILY NAME | Ng |
| SIGNATURE | NG J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of York |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0018-1812 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Spooker Trouper
This article analyses the 'live' virtual human in ABBA Voyage, the long-awaited concert reunion of the Swedish pop group ABBA, via Vilém Flusser's concept of the digital apparition. It first argues for these virtual performers (dubbed 'ABBA-tars') to be understood as externalized computational codes which shift the grounds of ownership over and consent to the use of one's likeness. They are also key to disproportionate and as yet unaccountable po…
Wayfaring in space
This article considers how story arises out of exploratory virtual environments, specifically in the context of so-called “wandering games,” or more popularly known as “walking simulators.” Inspired by scholarship on environmental storytelling (Jenkins 2004) and “ambient literature,” ( Dovey 2016a ; Dovey 2016b ; Abba, Dovey and Pullinger 2021) we present a conceptualisation of story out of what we call “environmental encounters.” In the case of …
Framing the startup accelerator through assemblage theory
This article presents how assemblage theory, as taken from Deleuze and Guattari, can be used to understand the intensive approaches of startup accelerators in supporting startup companies. Through a study of a startup accelerator in Jakarta, Indonesia, we present three snapshots to exemplify manifestations of what we argue as the accelerator’s “ seed accelerator” form of content and “ seed funding” form of expression as well as their reciprocal p…
Between Subjectivity and Flourishing
This article explores how the process of designing videogames may be meaningful–that is, accomplish a larger existential fulfilment or purpose. We use a reflective methodology which triangulates the creative practice of making a videogame with reflections both during and post-practice against philosophical ideas of meaningfulness. Two ideas of meaningfulness emerged. The first is the generative capacity of subjectivity, where meaningfulness is an…
Moral Dilemma of Striking
The emergence of COVID-19 has led many countries to take strong border control measures. In Hong Kong, in reaction to government reluctance to close the border, more than 9000 medical workers went on strike. The strike lasted for five days only, yet it provoked a moral dilemma for healthcare occupations – when workers strike, citizens’ medical needs may be sacrificed. This article presents Jenna, a medical worker who went on strike, and her evalu…
Understanding Machinima
Svensk synd och japansk oskuld
This article comparatively explores the issue of censorship in relation to the film cultures of Swedish sin and Japanese pink film ("pinku eiga") post-World War II until 1980. The two film cultures reflect similar ethos-chilling misogynism, explicit sexuality and graphic violence, and a number of films in that era were landmark cases in pushing the boundaries of censorship. Tracing the role of censorship specifically in the contexts of gender equ…
Moral Dilemma of Striking
The emergence of COVID-19 has led many countries to take strong border control measures. In Hong Kong, in reaction to government reluctance to close the border, more than 9000 medical workers went on strike. The strike lasted for five days only, yet it provoked a moral dilemma for healthcare occupations – when workers strike, citizens’ medical needs may be sacrificed. This article presents Jenna, a medical worker who went on strike, and her evalu…
Svensk synd och japansk oskuld
This article comparatively explores the issue of censorship in relation to the film cultures of Swedish sin and Japanese pink film ("pinku eiga") post-World War II until 1980. The two film cultures reflect similar ethos-chilling misogynism, explicit sexuality and graphic violence, and a number of films in that era were landmark cases in pushing the boundaries of censorship. Tracing the role of censorship specifically in the contexts of gender equ…
Understanding Machinima
Between Subjectivity and Flourishing
This article explores how the process of designing videogames may be meaningful–that is, accomplish a larger existential fulfilment or purpose. We use a reflective methodology which triangulates the creative practice of making a videogame with reflections both during and post-practice against philosophical ideas of meaningfulness. Two ideas of meaningfulness emerged. The first is the generative capacity of subjectivity, where meaningfulness is an…
Moral Dilemma of Striking
The emergence of COVID-19 has led many countries to take strong border control measures. In Hong Kong, in reaction to government reluctance to close the border, more than 9000 medical workers went on strike. The strike lasted for five days only, yet it provoked a moral dilemma for healthcare occupations – when workers strike, citizens’ medical needs may be sacrificed. This article presents Jenna, a medical worker who went on strike, and her evalu…
Wayfaring in space
This article considers how story arises out of exploratory virtual environments, specifically in the context of so-called “wandering games,” or more popularly known as “walking simulators.” Inspired by scholarship on environmental storytelling (Jenkins 2004) and “ambient literature,” ( Dovey 2016a ; Dovey 2016b ; Abba, Dovey and Pullinger 2021) we present a conceptualisation of story out of what we call “environmental encounters.” In the case of …
Framing the startup accelerator through assemblage theory
This article presents how assemblage theory, as taken from Deleuze and Guattari, can be used to understand the intensive approaches of startup accelerators in supporting startup companies. Through a study of a startup accelerator in Jakarta, Indonesia, we present three snapshots to exemplify manifestations of what we argue as the accelerator’s “ seed accelerator” form of content and “ seed funding” form of expression as well as their reciprocal p…
Spooker Trouper
This article analyses the 'live' virtual human in ABBA Voyage, the long-awaited concert reunion of the Swedish pop group ABBA, via Vilém Flusser's concept of the digital apparition. It first argues for these virtual performers (dubbed 'ABBA-tars') to be understood as externalized computational codes which shift the grounds of ownership over and consent to the use of one's likeness. They are also key to disproportionate and as yet unaccountable po…
Sociology (4 works) · Digital Games and Media (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works)