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Dr Christopher James Thomson

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Department: English

Email: christopher.thomson@canterbury.ac.nz

Phone Number: +64 3 369 3999 ext. null

Office: Karl Popper 604

Language: English

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Research / Creative works
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Researcher Summary

My research interests lie at the intersection of literary studies and digital humanities, particularly on the way digital media technologies shape and are shaped by cultural practices. Currently I am working on a database and website project entitled Kōmako: a bibliography of writing by Māori in English (with Dr Bridget Underhill), and on an analysis of digital media responses to the Canterbury earthquakes. I have other research interests in adaptations of literature in digital media, posthumanism in literature, and on the application of text mining as a research method in the humanities.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Literature: Literature
  • Digital Humanities: Digital Humanities

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

  • Jones C., Thomson C., Middendorf J., Hodgson N., Kogou S., Liang H. and Pickup C. (2019) Digital Humanities and Heritage Science Research Infrastructures. : 4. PARTHENOS. [Website]. (Other)
  • Millar P. and Thomson C. (2019) Copyright and Post-disaster Archiving. Utrecht, Netherlands: DH2019 Digital Humanities Conference, 8-12 Jul 2019. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Millar P., Thomson CJ., Smithies J. and Middendorf J. (2019) The Challenge, the Project, and the Politics: Lessons from Six Years of the UC CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquakes Digital Archive. In Bouterey S; Marceau LE (Ed.), Crisis and Disaster in Japan and New Zealand: 159-179. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. (Chapters)
  • Thomson C. (2019) String games: getting started with text extraction. Dunedin: University of Otago Digital Humanities Expo, 14 Oct 2019. (Oral Presentations)
  • Thomson C. (2019) Connections and contradictions: Unpacking the Digital Humanities Lab. Dunedin: University of Otago Digital Humanities Expo, 14-14 Oct 2019. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Thomson C. (2018) REVIEW: Noted: Moral quandary over social and political use of mobile phones. In The Moral Economy of Mobile Phones Pacific Journalism Review 24(2): 262-262. Auckland University of Technology, School of Communication Studies, Pacific Media Centre. (Other)
  • Thomson CJ. (2018) REVIEW: Noted: Perfect media research text for undergraduates. Pacific Journalism Review 24(1) Auckland University of Technology, School of Communication Studies, Pacific Media Centre. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v24i1.417. (Other)
  • Jones C., Thomson CJ., Shirota M., Rolston E., Parker T. and Middendorf J. (2017) Canterbury Roll Project (Stage 1).Christchurch: Canterbury University Press. (Scholarly Editions/Literary Translations)
  • Stevenson JR., Vargo J., Thomson CJ. and Walsh L. (2017) Resilience & Data in New Zealand: the Data Integration and Visualisation En Masse (DIVE) Platform 2016 Summary. In Resilience & Data in New Zealand: the Data Integration and Visualisation En Masse (DIVE) Platform 2016 Summary, Resilient Organisations Ltd.. Commissioned by Tertiary Education Commission and Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. 25. (Reports)
  • Szczepanski J., Thomson CJ., Fordyce P. and Landrieu A. (2017) Ladies First: Crowdsourcing the Macdonald Dictionary. Wellington, New Zealand: National Digital Forum (NDF2017), 21-22 Nov 2017. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Thomson CJ. (2017) Intranet Art: Alethicorp and the Satire of Protocol. Melbourne: Digital Games Research Association, 3-6 Jul 2017. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Thomson CJ. (Ed.) (2017) Kōmako: a bibliography of writing by Māori in English. Christchurch, New Zealand. (Software / Code)
  • Angelo AF., Walsh L. and Thomson CJ. (2016) "Citing the Institutional Repository". University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: Institutional Repository Staff Forum, 1-1 Jan 2016. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Buckingham J., Bartlett D., Lovell-Smith M., Thomson CJ., Jenkin R. and Middendorf J. (2016) Voices against War: Courage, Conviction and conscientious objection in WWI Canterbury. [Website]. (Other)
  • Matheson D. and Thomson C. (2016) Reflecting on collaboration as method. Newcastle, Australia: ANZCA 2016: Creating Space in the Fifth Estate, 6-8 Jul 2016. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Hunt J. and Thomson C. (2015) Extending QuakeStudies for a Learning Legacy. Wellington, New Zealand: National Digital Forum, 13-15 Nov 2015. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Lund P., Angelo A. and Thomson C. (2015) An introduction to Research Data Management. University of Canterbury, New Zealand: UC Library Research Data Management Seminar. (Oral Presentations)
  • Smithies J., Millar P. and Thomson C. (2015) Open Principles, Open Data: The Design Principles and Architecture of the UC CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquakes Digital Archive. Journal of the Japanese Association for Digital Humanities 1(1): 10-36. (Journal Articles)
  • Smithies JD., Millar P. and Thomson CJ. (2015) Building Post-disaster Social Capital: A Current State Report on the UC CEISMIC Digital Archive. Sydney, Australia: Annual Conference of the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organisations (DH2015), 1-3 Jul 2015. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Thomson CJ. (2015) Digital technologies and material culture in post-earthquake Christchurch. Melbourne, Australia: Digital Densities Symposium, 26-27 Mar 2015. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Underhill B. and Thomson C. (2015) Kōmako: a bibliography of writing by Māori in English. Christchurch, New Zealand: Te Hā Te Waipounamu Writers' Hui, 17-17 Oct 2015. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Smithies J., Millar P. and Thomson C. (2014) Integrated Data and Recovery: The UC CEISMIC Federated Archive. In : 5pp. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Millar P., Smithies JD. and Thomson CJ. (2013) UC CEISMIC: a federated database for post-disaster research and information management. Christchurch, New Zealand: Proceedings of the Rhise Group Symposium, 22-22 Nov 2013. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Thomson C. (2013) UC CEISMIC: some thoughts on crowd-sourcing earthquake content. Victoria University of Wellington: Crowdsourcing for the Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage Sector Workshop. (Oral Presentations)
  • Millar P., Smithies J. and Thomson C. (2012) QuakeStudies Research Repository. [Online]. (Other)
  • Millar P., Smithies JD. and Thomson C. (2012) Digital Humanities and Disaster: The UC CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquakes Digital Archive. Wellington, New Zealand: NZ eResearch Symposium (NZERS 2012), 4-6 Jul 2012. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Thomson CJ. (2012) Digitising a Bibliography of Writing by Māori in English. Canberra, Australia: Digital Humanities Australasia 2012: Building, Mapping, Connecting, 28-30 Mar 2012. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Thomson CJ. and Underhill B. (2012) Kōmako: a bibliography of writing by Māori in English. Wellington, New Zealand: National Digital Forum 2012, 20-21 Nov 2012. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Millar P. and Thomson CJ. (2011) Humanities Computing at the University of Canterbury. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand: NZ eResearch Symposium 2011, 30-30 Jun 2011. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Millar P., Smithies J. and Thomson C. (2011) The UC CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquake Digital Archive. [Digital Archive]. (Other)
  • Thomson CJ. (2008) Powers of Misrecognition': Masculinity and the Politics of the Aesthetic in the Fiction of John Banville. Christchurch, New Zealand. University of Canterbury. (Theses / Dissertations)
  • Thomson CJ. (2006) ‘Father, the gate is open’: intertextuality and the drama of masculinity in John Banville’s fiction. Sydney, Australia: International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures 2006 Conference, 20-23 Jul 2006. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Review and Refereeing

  • Refereeing conference submissions for Digital Humanities 2015, Sydney, 29 Jun - 3 July 2015. ( 2014 )
  • Refereeing conference submissions for Digital Humanities 2016, Kraków, Poland. 12-16 July 2016. ( 2015 )

Research Groups

  • Canterbury Earthquake Twitter Data Research Group

Research Projects

  • Things Change: Material culture, memory and transformation in post-quake Christchurch
  • UC CEISMIC
  • Understanding Place
  • Voices Against War: Courage, Conviction and Conscientious Objection in WW1 Canterbury
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