Full Member of Research Centre: Communication, Cultural & Media Studies
From January 2010 to present.
Prof Erik Knudsen
 | Adelphi House, The Crescent, Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom, M3 6EN. |
 | E.Knudsen@salford.ac.uk |
 | 0161 295 6203 |
 | http://www.smmp.salford.ac.uk |
Key Memberships
Profile Summary
Predominantly practice-led media research, in particular narrative documentary and fiction. I'm interested in exploring alternative modes of cinematic naratives
and stories, changing practices resulting from developments in production and dissemination technologies and in the epistemology of fact and fiction within the
narrative moving image. My own work takes the form of practice and applied theory and is concerned with the exploration and development of alternative narrative
aproaches which might better serve, and create a better understanding of, our spiritual relationship to life, society and culture by trying to determine how the
narrative moving image can evolve a transcendental realism in its forms.
Key Qualifications
2002
PhD Media Arts (from University of Salford).
1983
BFA - Bachelor of Fine Arts Specialised Honours in Film Production (from York University, Toronto).
Key Projects
2006
Dec
Record from the Outside (Part 2) (SDF - CC13)
Northumbria University, £4,809.20.
Investigator: E Knudsen (100%).
Northumbria University, £4,809.20.
Investigator: E Knudsen (100%).
2006
Dec
Record from the Outside (SDF - CC07)
Northumbria University, £3,157.84.
Investigator: E Knudsen (100%).
Northumbria University, £3,157.84.
Investigator: E Knudsen (100%).
2005
Oct
Heart of Gold: An exploration of traditional Aftrican Story-telling techniques - possible uses in Documentary forms
AHRC, £5,000.00.
Investigator: E Knudsen (100%).
AHRC, £5,000.00.
Investigator: E Knudsen (100%).
Key Publications
Authored Books
Refereed Journal Articles
Audio/Visual Materials
2006
Oct
2006
May
2001
Aug
1999
Aug
Book Sections
Key Presence
Conference Organisation
2006
Jul
Journal of Media Practice and University of Salford Symposium on Peer Review and Dissemination of Practice Media Research held at the University of Salford. (United Kingdom, July, 2006)
Journal of Media Practice and University of Salford Symposium on Peer Review and Dissemination of Practice Media Research held at the University of Salford.
Conference Presentations
2009
Sep
Zen and the Art of Film Narrative: Towards a Transcendental Realism in Film (Rethinking the Screenplay, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland, September 2009).
What defines the classic narrative is also at the root of its limitations; an epistemology which ties it to a material and psychological paradigm governed by largely explicable laws of cause and effect. In this paper, I ca... more >>.
2008
Nov
Conference Paper: Transcendental Realism and the Portable Screen, Narrative Non Narrative Anti Narrative Conference, University of West of England and Encounters Film Festival, Bristol. (November, 2008)
Conference Paper: Transcendental Realism and the Portable Screen, Narrative Non Narrative Anti Narrative Conference, University of West of England and Encounters Film Festival, Bristol.
2006
Jul
Heart of Gold Research Outcome Summary to the Journal of Media Practice and University of Salford Symposium on Peer Review and Dissemination of Practice Research. (United Kingdom, July, 2006)
Heart of Gold Research Outcome Summary to the Journal of Media Practice and University of Salford Symposium on Peer Review and Dissemination of Practice Research.
2001
Nov
Paper, Association of Media Practice Educators, Southampton Institute. 'Cultural Diversity in Media Production' (United Kingdom, November, 2001)
Paper, Association of Media Practice Educators, Southampton Institute. 'Cultural Diversity in Media Production'
Consultancy Roles
2006
Jury Member, Royal Television Society Postgraduate Student Documentary Awards. (United Kingdom, 2006)
Jury Member, Royal Television Society Postgraduate Student Documentary Awards.
2006
Jury Member, Royal Television Society Educational Television Awards. (United Kingdom, 2006)
Jury Member, Royal Television Society Educational Television Awards.
2005
Sep
Advisor to project Women in Digital Media (University of Salford, United Kingdom, September 2005 to August 2007).
Advisor to European Union Social Fund Project: Women in Digital Media. University of Salford. Project runs from 2005 to 2007.
2004
Jury Member, Mediaschool 2004 Festival, Lodz, Poland. (Poland, 2004)
Jury Member, Mediaschool 2004 Festival, Lodz, Poland.
2003
Executive Committee Member, Association of Media Practice Educators. (United Kingdom, 2003)
Executive Committee Member, Association of Media Practice Educators.
2003
Chair of Jury, Mediaschool 2003 Festival, Lodz, Poland. (Poland, 2003)
Chair of Jury, Mediaschool 2003 Festival, Lodz, Poland.
2002
Jury Member, Mediaschool 2002 Festival, Lodz, Poland. (Poland, 2002)
Jury Member, Mediaschool 2002 Festival, Lodz, Poland.
External Examiner Duties
2010
Sep
Brunel University (United Kingdom, September 2010 to September 2010).
MA Documentary Production
2009
Sep
Aberystwyth University (United Kingdom, September 2009).
2008
Sep
University for the Creative Arts, Farnham (United Kingdom, September 2008).
2005
Jan
External Examiner, BA Media and Television Production, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Malaysia, January, 2005)
External Examiner, BA Media and Television Production, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Honorary Posts (e.g. Visiting Appointments)
2001
Sep
Visiting Professor and Head of Editing, Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televicion, Cuba. (Cuba, September, 2001)
Visiting Professor and Head of Editing, Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televicion, Cuba.
Invited Papers and Lectures
2010
Dec
Cinema of Poverty: Independence and Simplicity in an Age of Abundance and Complexity (Keynote speaker at Anchorage International Film Festival, Anchorage, Alaska., United States, December 2010).
2009
May
Practice Led Media Research (Keynote speaker at Research Symposium, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, May 2009).
2009
Jan
Practice Led Media Research (Keynote speaker at Media Practice Research Seminar, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, January 2009).
2008
Dec
Keynote Speaker, Key Note Lecture and Workshop: New Understandings, New Knowledge - Practice Led Research in Media, School of Film and Television, National University of Colombia, Bogotá. (Colombia, December, 2008)
Key Note Lecture and Workshop: New Understandings, New Knowledge - Practice Led Research in Media, School of Film and Television, National University of Colombia, Bogotá.
2008
Nov
Guest Lecture: Practice Led Research in Media, Northern Film School, Leeds Metropolitan University. (November, 2008)
Guest Lecture: Practice Led Research in Media, Northern Film School, Leeds Metropolitan University.
2006
Jun
Keynote Speaker, Seminar/workshop: Sea of Madness practice research project, London Film School. (United Kingdom, June, 2006)
Seminar/workshop: Sea of Madness practice research project, London Film School.
2003
Jul
Keynote Speaker, Seminar/workshop: Practice as Research, University of Leeds. (United Kingdom, July, 2003)
Seminar/workshop: Practice as Research, University of Leeds.
2003
Jun
Keynote Speaker, Seminar/workshop: Practice as Research, University of Bristol. (United Kingdom, June, 2003)
Seminar/workshop: Practice as Research, University of Bristol.
2001
Nov
Keynote Speaker, Seminar/workshop: ANIWA Festival Workshop for CILECT, National Film Institute, Accra, Ghana. (Ghana, November, 2001)
Seminar/workshop: ANIWA Festival Workshop for CILECT, National Film Institute, Accra, Ghana.
Memberships of External Bodies
2010
Oct
Full Member of Clapperboard UK Ltd (United Kingdom, October 2010).
2009
Sep
Full Member of Arts and Humanities Research Council Peer Review College (United Kingdom, September 2009).
I am a member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council Peer Review College and regularly review film and media research bids, in particular bids with a strong practice element.
2007
Jan
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Media Practice. (United Kingdom, January, 2007)
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Media Practice.
2002
Feb
Board Director, Cornerhouse Cinema, Manchester (United Kingdom, February, 2002)
Board Director, Cornerhouse Cinema, Manchester
2000
Feb
Managing Director, One Day Films Limited. (United Kingdom, February, 2000)
Managing Director, One Day Films Limited.
Other
2010
Dec
Anchorage International Film Festival (United States, December 2010).
Invited as a guest to introduce The Silent Accomplice in the Official Selection of the film festival and to present an keynote workshop.
2009
Nov
International Festival of Documentary and Short Films, Bilbao (Spain, November 2009).
Invited as a guest to attend the film festival, accompanying my film Vainilla Chip, which was part of the official selection programme.
Other Evidence of External Esteem
2007
Editor of Special Issue of Journal of Media Practice on Peer Review and Dissemination of Practice Based Media Research. (United Kingdom, 2007)
Editor of Special Issue of Journal of Media Practice on Peer Review and Dissemination of Practice Based Media Research.