Postgraduate Researchers

PhD Research Student - School of Media

Project title: Exhibition related practices as sites of attention care, in the context of attention economies of digital platforms   

Project Abstract 

This PhD research project introduces the concept of attention care and posits it as a potential role of exhibition-related artistic practices. Attention care is understood here as a set of considerations focusing on the harm caused by attention economy models to human attention processes, and on envisaging ways to counteract, offset, reduce or mitigate this harm. As extractivist techno-capitalist agendas of attention economies of online media platforms increasingly claim our attention, employing predictive algorithms to increase addictive engagement patterns, I argue for the capacity of exhibition-related practices as sites of attention care.   

Funder: Research Ireland 

ORCID profile: 0000-0002-3572-0265