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Maureen Thomas

Maureen Thomas

Emeritus

Professor Emeritus (Narrativity, Screen Language & Interactivity)

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maureen.thomas@inn.no
Telefonnummer
+47 61 28 82 12
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+44 7880 823655

Fakultet for film, TV og spill
Den norske filmskolen
Studiested Lillehammer

Kort om

Dramatist, screenwriter, interactive story-architect and director Maureen Thomas, then Head of Screen Arts at the National Film and Television School, UK, was a visiting tutor at the Den norske filmskolen from its foundation in 1998 to 2000, when she was appointed Professor of Narrativity, Screen Language and Interactivity. In 2022, on finishing her personal interactive storytelling research-production project, ‘Queens Game’(https://runecast.net/queens-game/), funded at DNF by the Norwegian Program for kunstnarleg utviklings arbeid (https://hkdir.no/programmer-og-tilskuddsordninger/program-for-kunstnarleg-utviklingsarbeid) /(Grant 29), she was granted the status of Professor Emeritus.

Maureen supervised the work ‘Imagining for the Screen’, (2013), of successful PKU scholar Siri Senje (now Professor of Special Merit, Department of Performing Arts, Film and Media, Fakultet for samfunn, kunst og medier, and Head of the Bachelor Program in Scriptwriting.More recently, she supervised the work of Elin Festøy (https://www.teknopilot.no/about-us/ ), on her successful DNF PhD in Artistic Research, ‘NUMB - exploring emotionally charged interactions to motivate reflection on non-fiction topics’ (2023); she is currently supervising the PhD in Artistic Research work of Bendik Stang (graduating 2027), ‘Dynamic Game Worlds, Narrative, and Ecology Simulation’.

Maureen was instrumental in the writing of the successful application to NOKUT for Filmskolens senter for fremragende utdanning, CEFIMA,in 2016. As Senior Researcher atthe Centre, she ran a monthly seminar for DNF’s 3rd-cycle scholars from 2019 -2021 (when Trond Lossius was appointed Head of PhD studies, DNF) and acted as Advisor to PKU Fellows.

Maureen was formerly Senior Creative Research Fellow, Narrativity Studio, Interactive Institute, Malmø University; Visiting Artist, Crucible Studio for Research in Storytelling for New Media, Media Lab, University of Art & Design, Helsinki (now Aalto University); Co-founder and creative director, Digital Studio for Research in Design, Visualisation and Communication (DIGIS), University of Cambridge and Senior Research Fellow (Screen Media and Cultures), Churchill College, Cambridge.

In 2003, she co-convened the seminar, ‘Research/Practice/Practice/Research’ at the University of Cambridge, and guest-edited a special issue of the peer-reviewed journal, ‘Digital Creativity’ (2004. 15.1), which gathered the papers presented. NVA record: 01a143f3556f-728b5158-d7b6-4a73-a410-85de11f6f0cb.

She developed the ‘audiovisual essay’ for the Cambridge University MPhil in Architecture and the Moving Image (subsequently amalgamated with the MPhil in Film and Screen Studies by Advanced Study) and the Newport Film School (Houtman, C., Thomas, M. and Barrett, J. 2014. ‘Making the Point? The Audiovisual/Digital Media Dissertation’. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 6(1), pp.98-118. NVA record:0198cc60bc2b-9be45615-20fc-4a8f-b66b-7cd0f80df220 ).

Prosjekter

Publikasjoner

  • Thomas, Maureen & Stang, Bendik Windel (2022). A Serious Game for Cultural Heritage? I Bernardes, Oscar & Amorim, Vanessa (Red.), Handbook of Research on Promoting Economic and Social Development Through Serious Games. IGI Global. ISSN 9781799897323. s. 334–374. doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9732-3.ch016. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Penz, François; Schupp, Janina; Thomas, Maureen & Flintham, Matthew (2022). Cinemusespace: A cinematic exploration of the minor magic of everyday life. I Penz, François & Schupp, Janina (Red.), The Everyday in Visual Culture: Slices of Lives. Routledge. ISSN 9781003107309. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen (2021). Cinematic Forms and Cultural Heritage. I Mark, Breeze (Red.), Forms of the Cinematic: Architecture, Science and the Arts. Bloomsbury Academic. ISSN 9781501361425. s. 122–141. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen & Penz, Francois (2020). Cinematics in Architectural Practice and Culture: The Cambridge Project. I Troiani, Igea & Campbell, Hugh (Red.), Architecture Filmmaking. Intellect. ISSN 9781783209941. s. 335–356. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Speed, Chris; Thomas, Maureen & Barker, Chris (2017). Ghost Cinema app: temporal ubiquity and the condition of being in everytime. I Penz, Francois & Koeck, Richard (Red.), Cinematic Urban Geographies. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9781137468307. s. 313–336. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-46084-4_16. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Penz, François; Reid, Aileen & Thomas, Maureen (2017). Cinematic Urban Archaeology: The Battersea Case. I Penz, Francois & Koeck, Richard (Red.), Cinematic Urban Geographies. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9781137468307. s. 191–221. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-46084-4_11. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Prager, Phillip Andrew; Thomas, Maureen & Selsjord, Marianne (2015). Transposing, Transforming, and Transcending Tradition in Creative Digital Media. I Harrison, Dew (Red.), Handbook of Research on Digital Media and Creative Technologies. IGI Global. ISSN 9781466682054. s. 141–199. doi: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8205-4.ch008. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen; Houtman, Coral & Barrett, Jennifer (2014). Making the Point? The Digital Media Dissertation. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education. ISSN 2050-7003. 6(1), s. 98–118. doi: 10.1108/JARHE-02-2012-0011. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen (2011). The Moving Image of the City: Expressive Space/Inhabitation/Narrativity: Intensive studio workshop on 'Continuity of Action in space'. I Penz, Francois & Lu, Andong (Red.), Urban Cinematics: Understanding Urban Phenomena through the Moving Image. Intellect Ltd.. ISSN 9781841504285. s. 281–310. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Selsjord, Marianne; Thomas, Maureen & Zimmer, Robert (2010). Museum or Mausoleum?: Electronic Shock Therapy. I Lytras, Miltiadis D.; Pablos, Patricia Ordonez de; Damiani, Ernesto & Diaz, Lily (Red.), Digital Culture and E-Tourism: Technologies, Applications and Management Approaches. Information Science Reference. ISSN 9781615208678. s. 10–35. doi: 10.4018/978-1-61520-867-8.ch002. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen (2009). Taking a Chance on Losing Yourself in the Game. Digital Creativity. ISSN 1462-6268. 20(4), s. 211–234. doi: 10.1080/14626260903290265. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen (2008). Digitality and immaterial culture: what did Viking women think? International Journal of Digital Culture and Electronic Tourism. ISSN 1753-5212. 1(2/3), s. 177–191. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Ursu, Marian F.; Thomas, Maureen; Kegel, Ian; Williams, Doug; Tuomola, Mika & Lindstedt, Inger [Vis alle 12 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2008). Interactive TV Narratives: Opportunities, Progress and Challenges. ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMCCAP). ISSN 1551-6857. 4(4), s. 1–39. doi: 10.1145/1412196.1412198. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen; M.F, Ursu,; I., Kegel,; D, Williams,; V, Zsombori, & M, Tuomola, [Vis alle 8 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2008). Shapeshifting TV – interactive screen media narratives. Multimedia systems journal . 14(2), s. 115–132. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen; Ursu, Marian F.; Tuomola, Mika L.; Wright, Terence; Williams, Doug & Zsombori, Vilmos (2007). Interactivity and Narrativity in Screen Media. I McQuay, William & Smari, Waleed W. (Red.), Proceedings of the 2007 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). ISSN 9780978569914. s. 227–232. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen; Sussner, Julia & Richens, Paul (2006). Patterning Reconfigurable Narrative: Interactive Cinema as Architectural Elevation Within 3D Interactive Digital Environments. Digital Creativity. ISSN 1462-6268. 17(4), s. 243–256. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen & Sussner, Julia (2005). Interactivity and Digital Environments: Designing a Storymap for Gormenghast Explore. I Subsol, Gerard (Red.), Virtual Storytelling. Using Virtual Reality Technologies for Storytelling: Third International Conference, ICVS 2005, Strasbourg, France, November 30 - December 2, 2005, Proceedings. Springer. ISSN 9783540305118. s. 284–287. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen & Lohse, Ludvig (2005). Storytelling for the Small Screen: Traditional TV vs. Interactive Entertainment – Authoring and Producing Reconfigurable Screen Narrative for Sit-Back Enjoyment. I Subsol, Gerard (Red.), Virtual Storytelling. Using Virtual Reality Technologies for Storytelling: Third International Conference, ICVS 2005, Strasbourg, France, November 30 - December 2, 2005, Proceedings. Springer. ISSN 9783540305118. s. 219–222. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen (2005). Playing with Chance and Choice – Orality, Narrativity and Cinematic Media, Developing Interactive Narrative Content : sagas-sagasnet-reader. High Text Verlag. s. 371–442. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen (2005). The power of Narrative: 2D, 3D, 4D, Power. Cambridge University Press. s. 51–76. doi: 10.1017/cbo9780511541407.005. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen & Lohse, Ludvig (2004). Flexible Media: Producing Character-Based Reconfigurable Drama. Digital Creativity. ISSN 1462-6268. 15(2), s. 98–109. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Nitsche, Michael; Roudavski, Stanislav; Thomas, Maureen & Penz, François (2003). Drama and Context in Real-Time Virtual Environments: Use of Pre-Scripted Events as a Part of an Interactive Spatial Mediation Framework. I Göbel, Stefan; Braun, Norbert; Spierling, Ulrike; Dechau, Johanna & Diener, Holger (Red.), Technologies for Interactive Digital Storytelling and Entertainment. TIDSE Conference 2003. Proceedings. Fraunhofer IRB Verlag. ISSN 9783816762768. s. 296–310. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen & Nitsche, Michael (2003). Stepping Back: Players as Active Participators. I Copier, Marinka & Raessens, Joost (Red.), Level Up: Digital Games Research Conference, 4-6 November 2003, Utrecht University. Proceedings. Utrecht University. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen & Nitsche, Michael (2003). Stories in Space: the Concept of the Story Map. I Balet, Olivier; Subsol, Gerard & Torguet, Patrice (Red.), Virtual Storytelling. Using Virtual Reality Technologies for Storytelling: Second International Conference, ICVS 2003, Toulouse, France, November 20-21, 2003, Proceedings. Springer. ISSN 9783540205357. s. 85–94. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-40014-1_11. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen (2003). Screen Cities – Not All Bad? City: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action. ISSN 1360-4813. 7(3), s. 400–410. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen (2003). Beyond Digitality: Cinema, Console Games and Screen Language – the Spatial Organisation of Narrative. I Thomas, Maureen & Penz, François (Red.), Architectures of Illusion. Intellect Ltd.. ISSN 9781841502236. s. 51–134. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen; Nitsche, Michael; Roudavski, Stanislav & Penz, Francois (2002). Narrative expressive space. ACM SIGGROUP Bulletin. 23(2). Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen (2002). Vala's Runecast: Art/Design/Hypermovie. I BInder, Thomas; Gregory, Judith & Wagner, Ina (Red.), PDC 2002 : proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference : Malmö, Sweden, 23-25 June 2002. Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. ISSN 9780966781823. s. 366–372. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen (2000). Utopias/Dystopias. I Coates, Stephen & Stetter, Alex (Red.), Impossible Worlds. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISSN 9783764363178. s. 161–173. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen (2000). Classics on the Screen – Why do we Do it? Ibsen on Screen. The Centre for Ibsen Studies, The Norwegian Film Institute. s. 17–37. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Davenport, Gloriana; Holmquist, Lars Erik & Thomas, Maureen (1998). Fun: a Creative Condition of Research. IEEE Multimedia. ISSN 1070-986X. 5(3), s. 10–15. doi: https:/mf.media.mit.edu/pubs/journal/Fun.pdf. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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  • Thomas, Maureen & Penz, François (2003). Architectures of Illusion. Intellect Ltd.. ISBN 9781841502236. 214 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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  • Thomas, Maureen (2026). Cinema and Architecture - narrative expressive space. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen (2026). Cinema as representation of urban environmant and inhabitation. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen & Daltry, Stephen Guy (2025). Tinderbox. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Hanzl, Rafal & Thomas, Maureen (2025). AKERSHUS 1624-1648 Video Installation. doi: https:/akershus1648.extendedmedia.no. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen (2025). History, Legend, Genealogy - from Medieval to Digital Storytelling. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen (2024). Digital Creativity Special Issue: Practice-based research/practice as research. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen (2024). Queens Game Interactive HiStoryGame. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Hanzl, Rafal & Thomas, Maureen (2024). Akershus 1624-1648 Interactive Exhibit. doi: https:/akershus1648.extendedmedia.no. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Hanzl, Rafal & Thomas, Maureen (2023). Medieval Akersborg - Interactive Explorable Story Museum Exhibit. doi: https:/medievalcastle.extendedmedia.no. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen; SInger, Kariina Gretere Composer; Animation, Wenche Hellekås Concept Art 3D Character; Design, Sindre Lie 3D Art Environment; Design, Idunn Agústsdóttir Sound & Hanzl, Rafal [Vis alle 9 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2022). QueensGame. doi: https:/runecast.net/queens-game/. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Hanzl, Rafal & Thomas, Maureen (2022). Medieval Akershus Castle - Interactive Museum Exhibit. doi: https:/medievalcastle.extendedmedia.no. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen (2022). Interactive Storytelling: HiStoryGame - Queens Game. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Hanzl, Rafal & Thomas, Maureen (2022). Medieval Akershus Castle Model Installation. doi: https:/extendedmedia.no/project/akershus-fortress-castle/. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen; Hanzl, Rafal; Gretere, Kariina; Agustsdottir, Idunn Snædis; Hellekås, Wenche & Lie, Sindre [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2022). Songs from Akersborg Christmas 1363. doi: https:/filmskolen.no/en/research/artistic-research/queens-game. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen; Penz, François; Schupp, Janina; McLeod, Suzanne; Chen, Simone Shu-Yeng & Lu, Andong (2020). CineMuseSpace: A Cinematic Musée Imaginaire of Spatial Cultural Differences. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen; Viduleja, Anna & Viduleja, Anna (2018). Homo Novus. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen; Thomas, Maureen; Sahlibegovic, Fahrudin; Composer, Bartosz Szafranski & Composer, Aris Lanaridis (2016). WE. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen; 3DArtist, Marianne Selsjord; Singer, Kariina Gretere Composer & Thomas, Maureen (2015). Marvellous Transformations. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen; Thomas, Maureen; Penz, Francois; Koek, Richard; Speed, Chris & Flintham, Matthew [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2013). Ghost Cinema locative interactive app. doi: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jRJa5yCjEQ&t=78s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen; Dehn, Edmund & Daltry, Stephen Guy (2010). Museum or Mausoleum? doi: https:/gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FH018360%2F1. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen; Singer, Kariina Gretere Composer; McGregor, Helen & 3DArtist, Marianne Selsjord (2010). Viking Seeress. doi: https:/gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FH018360%2F1. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen; Ashbee, Brian; Gretere, Kariina & McGregor, Helen (2009). Vala's Runecast. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen; Ashbee, Brian; Gretere, Kariina & McGregor, Helen (2007). RuneCast. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Sussner, Julia & Thomas, Maureen (2007). Gormenghast Explore. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen; Kekoni, Petri & Liedes, Anna Kaisa (2006). RunoTanssi. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen & Lohse, Ludvig (2006). Gods in the Sky Choice. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen (2004). Practice based Research. Digital Creativity. ISSN 1462-6268. 15(1), s. 1–1. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen (2004). Practice-based research. Digital Creativity. ISSN 1462-6268. 15(1), s. 1–1. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen & Einarsdottir, Halla (2004). Tales of our Forebears - 1000 years of Viking Mythology. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen & Gjedde, Lisa (2003). Sir Gawain. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen; Gretere, Kariina; McGregor, Helen; Thorsdottir, Vala & Ashbee, Brian (2003). Songs of Vala. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen; Lambert, Tim & TV, Wall to Wall (2002). Ice World. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen (2001). Alice. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen; Gretere, Kariina; McGregor, Helen; Ashbee, Brian & Lohse, Ludvig (2000). Vala. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen & Penz, François (2000). Architects of the Moving Image. Viewfinder (journal of the British Universities Film & Video Council). doi: https:/discovered.ed.ac.uk/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44UOE_INST%3A44UOE_VU2&docid=alma9918306293502466&context=L. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen (2000). Do We Need Script Consultants? Land og synir. doi: https:/timarit.is/page/6933843. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen (2000). Shooting Day for Night - What is a National Film? Land og synir. doi: https:/timarit.is/page/6933859. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen; Leach, Composer Rachel & Davies, Jo (2000). Lombroso. doi: https:/www.uktw.co.uk/archive/London/Royal-Opera-House/Dance/About-Face/L022557777/. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen & Teigen, Translator Lene Therese (2000). Kreativt media i den e-tidsalder. Norsk dramatisk årbok. ISSN 0807-6693. 2000, s. 26–41. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen; Eide, Sirin & Vassdal, Kjell (1996). Aldri Mer 13! Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Thomas, Maureen (2022). Queens Game Interactive Storytelling Research. research catalogue. doi: https:/www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1223799/1511899. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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