Dr Dean Bowman
Associate Lecturer, MA Games
Dr Dean Bowman is a Senior Lecturer for Games Art and Design at Norwich University of the Arts.
Associate Lecturer, MA Games
Dr Dean Bowman is a Senior Lecturer for Games Art and Design at Norwich University of the Arts.
Dean is a scholar specialising in the fields of narratology, cultural studies, production studies, and game studies. He has a PhD from the University of East Anglia analysing innovative storytelling in the indie games sector and has book chapters in Rerolling Board Games by McFarland Press, Crank It Up! Jason Statham by Manchester University Press and Gender in James Bond by Emerald Press. He lives in Norwich with his collections of Synthwave records and board games.
As a scholar and Associate Lecturer at Norwich I have been introducing Games Art and Design students to the intellectual fields of game studies and cultural studies since 2015. During that time, I also obtained a PhD exploring storytelling techniques in the games industry, during which I interviewed some of the great writers of the moment including Sean Vanaman, Rhianna Pratchett, Lucas Pope and Greg Kasavin.
My approach to teaching and research is transdisciplinary and deeply informed by my background in studying Film (MSc at the University of Edinburgh) and English Literature (BA at UEA), and I see a huge amount of value in considering games alongside the broader history of art and media. However, ever since I first played Bioshock I’ve been irrevocably drawn to the storytelling potential of video games as the most important expressive media of the twenty-first century.
I’ve published an eclectic range of articles and books chapters including on the topics of colonialism in board games (McFarland Press); gender and technology in GoldenEye 007 (Emerald Press); the gamer person of Jason Statham (Manchester University Press); and recently edited a special issue of Loading… The Canadian Game Studies Journal on the Kingdom Hearts franchise.
Associate Lecturer, MA Games Senior Lecturer, BSc (Hons) Games Development Senior Lecturer, BA (Hons) Games Art and Design
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