UCSD PhD Committee for Patrick W. Deegan
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I advanced to candidacy at the end of August 2005, and began fieldwork in October 2005. My most recent prospectus versions, occasionally along with other documents, are accessible on this site. Please download the documents at will (send the revised version to me via email, or let me know some other way and I will incorporate your changes). If you have any troubles accessing the documents, or would like them in a different format, please email me.
First-stage Research in 中国 has been made possible by generous grants from the UCSD Institute of International Comparative and Area Studies, The UCSD Center for the Humanities, and the Russell Foundation.
Prospectus
The prospectus is in its third public release (v3.0x). As a note to readers, the hypotheses and conclusions are still under revision (i.e., the prospectus is still a draft), especially as current fieldwork alters my initial perspective. A current draft can be found here: [PDF v3.04].
研究摘要 (research abstract; Chinese version) [PDF]
新中国，新媒体：数字艺术创作的结构
我的论文将研究1996年以来数字信息技术如何影响中国的艺术家和艺术创作. 由于技术与文化艺术之间的关系错综复杂, 我的研究将集中在对高等艺术院校的有
关艺术教学和艺术设计的系科上, 研究这些专业系科是如何受到数字信息技术的影响的. 我的基本论点是: 在中国艺术院校内进行的新媒体艺术创作, 就如同中国
的艺术一样, 主要是受到根深蒂固的文化传统的影响, 但是同时由改革开放带来的新的经济机遇同样为这种创作提供了新的可能性. ...
Bibliography (revision 5)
This is the uncategorized bibliography I am currently using. This bibliography has not been updated for sources found in the field (in 中国 or россия). Categorized and full versions of the bibliography are available by email request in Sente, EndNote, MSWord, RTF, PDF or XML file formats. Goto the bibliography here [HTML].