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| − | ''' | + | '''Daniel Scott Snelson''' is a writer, editor, and archivist working as an Assistant Professor in the Departments of English and Design Media Arts at UCLA, where he serves as faculty for the Digital Humanities, the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies, and the UCLA Game Lab. His online editorial work can be found on ''PennSound, Eclipse, [[UbuWeb]], Jacket2'', and the ''EPC''. Published books works include ''[https://dss-edit.com/word/elden-poem/ Elden Poem]'' (Hysterically Real, 2022), ''[[Media:Snelson Danny Full Bleed A Mourning Letter for the Printed Page 2019.pdf|Full Bleed: A Mourning Letter for the Printed Page]]'' (2019), ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=22222 Apocalypse Reliquary]'' (Monoskop & Mediabus, 2018), ''[https://dss-edit.com/word/radios/ Radios]'' (Make Now, 2016), , ''[https://dss-edit.com/word/exe-txt/ EXE TXT]'' (Gauss PDF, 2015), ''[https://dss-edit.com/word/epic-lyric-poem/ Epic Lyric Poem]'' (Troll Thread, 2014), and ''[https://dss-edit.com/word/inventory-arousal/ Inventory Arousal]'' with James Hoff (Bedford Press/Architectural Association, 2011). With [[Mashinka Firunts Hakopian]] and Avi Alpert, he performs as one-third of the academic performance group Research Service. His book, ''[https://manifold.umn.edu/projects/the-little-database The Little Database: A Poetics of Media Formats]'' (University of Minnesota Press, 2025), examines the networked afterlives of media-reflexive works of art and letters. |
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| + | Interests include: unwieldy lists, MFH, expanded poetics, lively conversation, media poetry, tabletop RPGs, manga/anime//manhua/donghua, file formats, unlikely cocktails, the Deseret Alphabet, print-on-demand books, emerging genres, VR exercise, speculative narratives, decolonial politics, shadow libraries, experimental gastronomy, handcrafted HTML, queer comics, algorithmic music, Post-Mormon poets, actual play podcasts, Kyoto-style cold-brew, internet vernaculars, IRL objects, archival aesthetics, videogame studies, Asta Theodore, and playful engagements of all stripes. In curriculum, composition, &critical work, he attends to experimental modes of play: collaboration, compression, and circulation. ([http://dss-edit.com/about/ 2024], upd.) | ||
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| − | * [http://dss-edit.com | + | * [http://dss-edit.com Website] |
| + | * [https://www.instagram.com/dennysellson/ Instagram] | ||
* [https://twitter.com/dss_edit Twitter] | * [https://twitter.com/dss_edit Twitter] | ||
| − | * [ | + | * [https://english.ucla.edu/people-faculty/snelson-daniel/ Profile on UCLA] |
* [http://www.humanities.northwestern.edu/people/postdoctoral-fellows-here-program/past-postdoctoral-fellows.html Profile on Northwestern U] | * [http://www.humanities.northwestern.edu/people/postdoctoral-fellows-here-program/past-postdoctoral-fellows.html Profile on Northwestern U] | ||
| + | * ''[[Media:Snelson Daniel Variable Format Media Poetics and the Little Database 2015.pdf{{!}}Variable Format: Media Poetics and the Little Database]]'', University of Pennsylvania, 2015, 209 pp. PhD thesis. Focuses on [[Textz.com]], Eclipse, PennSound, and UbuWeb. [https://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI3722240/] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:13, 14 July 2025
Daniel Scott Snelson is a writer, editor, and archivist working as an Assistant Professor in the Departments of English and Design Media Arts at UCLA, where he serves as faculty for the Digital Humanities, the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies, and the UCLA Game Lab. His online editorial work can be found on PennSound, Eclipse, UbuWeb, Jacket2, and the EPC. Published books works include Elden Poem (Hysterically Real, 2022), Full Bleed: A Mourning Letter for the Printed Page (2019), Apocalypse Reliquary (Monoskop & Mediabus, 2018), Radios (Make Now, 2016), , EXE TXT (Gauss PDF, 2015), Epic Lyric Poem (Troll Thread, 2014), and Inventory Arousal with James Hoff (Bedford Press/Architectural Association, 2011). With Mashinka Firunts Hakopian and Avi Alpert, he performs as one-third of the academic performance group Research Service. His book, The Little Database: A Poetics of Media Formats (University of Minnesota Press, 2025), examines the networked afterlives of media-reflexive works of art and letters.
Interests include: unwieldy lists, MFH, expanded poetics, lively conversation, media poetry, tabletop RPGs, manga/anime//manhua/donghua, file formats, unlikely cocktails, the Deseret Alphabet, print-on-demand books, emerging genres, VR exercise, speculative narratives, decolonial politics, shadow libraries, experimental gastronomy, handcrafted HTML, queer comics, algorithmic music, Post-Mormon poets, actual play podcasts, Kyoto-style cold-brew, internet vernaculars, IRL objects, archival aesthetics, videogame studies, Asta Theodore, and playful engagements of all stripes. In curriculum, composition, &critical work, he attends to experimental modes of play: collaboration, compression, and circulation. (2024, upd.)
- Links
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- Profile on UCLA
- Profile on Northwestern U
- Variable Format: Media Poetics and the Little Database, University of Pennsylvania, 2015, 209 pp. PhD thesis. Focuses on Textz.com, Eclipse, PennSound, and UbuWeb. [1]
