Dr Jenny Kidd BA (English, Swansea) MA (Publishing, Oxford Brookes) PhD (Cardiff University)
Reader and Director of Postgraduate Research
School of Journalism, Media and Culture
- KiddJC2@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29208 74489
- Two Central Square, Room 0.60A, Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS
- Media commentator
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
Formerly a web editor and developer, I now research at the intersection of digital heritage and participatory cultures. Recent publications have explored; algorithmic systems and digital memory, crypto art and questions of value, social media communications, and varied uses of immersive media. My work is generally collaborative and has included partnership with (for example) Historic Royal Palaces, Imperial War Museums, Tate Britain, Amgueddfa Cymru, yello brick and the Welsh Centre for International Affairs.
I am currently Co-Investigator on the AHRC funded Policy and Evidence Centre, and was Co-Investigator on the UKRI project ‘Impacts of Covid 19 on the Cultural Sector’. I have worked with partners on the creation of two immersive experiences: With New Eyes I See (AHRC-REACT) and Traces | Olion (ESRC).
I am on the Steering Committee for the Impact Community of the EU’s Europeana project, have led a masterclass for the UK Government Digital Service, and have appeared in the media and trade press, as well as podcasts, to talk about my research. I am Co-Director of JOMEC's Digital Media and Society research group, Managing Editor of the open access Journal Museum and Society, Series Co-Editor of Bloomsbury Studies in Digital Cultures, and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for De Gruyter's Museums and Narrative series. In 2016 I was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts.
My books are Critical Encounters with Immersive Storytelling [with Alke Gröppel-Wegener, 2019, Routledge], Representation: Key Ideas in Media and Cultural Studies [2015, Routledge] and Museums in the New Mediascape: Transmedia, Participation, Ethics [2014, Routledge]. Edited books include Challenging History in the Museum [2014, Routledge] and Performing Heritage [2011, Manchester University Press]. Reviews of Museums in the New Mediascape: Museum and Society, LSE Review of Books, International Journal of Heritage Studies and the Museums Journal
Publication
2023
- Kidd, J. and Nieto Mcavoy, E. 2023. Deep nostalgia: remediated memory, algorithmic nostalgia, and technological ambivalence. Convergence (10.1177/13548565221149839)
2022
- Kidd, J., Taylor, J. and McDougall, J. 2022. Teaching XR: Digital inequalities and education. In: Jones, S., Dawkins, S. and McDougall, J. eds. Understanding Virtual Reality Challenging Perspectives for Media Literacy and Education. Routledge, pp. 86-98.
- Nieto Mcavoy, E. and Kidd, J. 2022. Crypto art and questions of value: a review of emergent issues. Discussion Paper. AHRC Policy and Evidence Centre. Available at: https://pec.ac.uk/discussion-papers/crypto-art-and-questions-of-value
- Kidd, J., Nieto Mcavoy, E. and Ostrowska, A. 2022. Negotiating hybridity, inequality, and hyper-visibility: museums and galleries? Social media response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cultural Trends (10.1080/09548963.2022.2122701)
- Kidd, J. and Nieto McAvoy, E. 2022. Culture in quarantine? Cultural institutions' uses of Twitter during lockdown. AHRC Policy and Evidence Centre. Available at: https://www.pec.ac.uk/discussion-papers/culture-in-quarantine
2021
- Kidd, J., Nieto McAvoy, E. and Ostrowska, A. 2021. Implications of the COVID-19 digital ‘pivot’ in museums and galleries: lessons from practitioners. AHRC Policy and Evidence Centre, Cardiff University. Available at: https://www.pec.ac.uk/discussion-papers/pivot-to-digital-how-museums-and-galleries-responded-to-covid-19
- Kidd, J. and Rees, A. 2021. A Museum of deepfakes? Potentials and pitfalls for deep learning technologies. In: Stylianou-Lambert, T., Heraclidou, A. and Bounia, A. eds. Museum Media(ting): Emerging Technologies and Difficult Heritage. Berghahn Books
2020
- Kidd, J. 2020. Social media and participation: The selfie as a curious cultural artefact. In: Black, G. ed. Museums and the Challenge of Change: Old Institutions in a New World. Routledge
- Galani, A. and Kidd, J. 2020. Hybrid material encounters - expanding the continuum of museum materialities in the wake of a pandemic. Museum and Society 18(3), pp. 298-301. (10.29311/mas.v18i3.3565)
- Kidd, J. 2020. Infrastructures that democratize? Citizen participation and digital ethics. In: Hetland, P., Pierroux, P. and Esborg, L. eds. A History of Participation in Museums and Archives: Traversing Citizen Science and Citizen Humanities. London: Routledge
2019
- Kidd, J. 2019. The transmedia museum. In: Mason, R. ed. Museum Studies. Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies Abingdon and New York: Routledge
- Kidd, J. and Nieto McAvoy, E. 2019. Immersive experiences in museums, galleries and heritage sites: a review of research findings and issues. Project Report. [Online]. Creative Industries’ Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC). Available at: https://www.pec.ac.uk/discussion-papers/immersive-experiences-in-museums-galleries-and-heritage-sites-a-review-of-research-findings-and-issues
- Huws, S., John, A. and Kidd, J. 2019. Traces - Olion: Creating a bilingual 'subtlemob' for National Museum Wales. In: Lewi, H. et al. eds. The Routledge International Handbook of New Digital Practices in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums and Heritage Sites. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 441-450., (10.4324/9780429506765)
- Galani, A. and Kidd, J. 2019. Evaluating digital cultural heritage 'in the wild': The case for reflexivity. Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage 12(1), article number: 5. (10.1145/3287272)
- Groppel-Wegener, A. and Kidd, J. 2019. Critical encounters with immersive storytelling. London and New York: Routledge.
- Kidd, J. 2019. Unprecedented times? Shifting press perceptions on museums and activism. In: Janes, R. R. and Sandell, R. eds. Museum Activism. Museum Meanings London and New York: Routledge
- James, D., Davies, G., Kidd, J. and John, A. 2019. Awe or empathy, fast or slow? Articulating impacts from contrasting mobile experiences. Presented at: MW19, Boston, Ma., 2-6 April 2019. Museums and the Web
- Kidd, J. and Sayner, J. 2019. Intersections of silence and empathy in heritage practice. International Journal of Heritage Studies 25(1), pp. 1-4. (10.1080/13527258.2018.1475414)
- Kidd, J. 2019. With new eyes I see: embodiment, empathy and silence in digital heritage interpretation. International Journal of Heritage Studies 25(1), pp. 54-66. (10.1080/13527258.2017.1341946)
- Kidd, J. 2019. Digital media ethics and museum communication. In: Drotner, K. et al. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Media and Communication. Routledge International Handbooks London and New York: Routledge
2018
- Kidd, J. 2018. Transmedia. In: The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Blackwell, (10.1002/9781405165518.wbeos1180)
- Kidd, J. 2018. Angela McRobbie, be creative [Book Review]. European Journal of Cultural Studies 21(6), pp. 761-763. (10.1177/1367549416685719)
- Kidd, J. 2018. Public heritage and the promise of the digital. In: Labrador, A. M. and Asher Silberman, N. eds. The Oxford Handbook of Public Heritage Theory and Practice. Oxford Handbooks Oxford University Press, pp. 197-208., (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190676315.013.9)
- Kidd, J. 2018. A maturing of immersive experiences. Museum Identity Magazine 22, pp. 26.
- Kidd, J. 2018. 'Immersive' heritage encounters. The Museum Review 3(1), article number: Kidd.
- Kidd, J. and Sayner, J. 2018. Unthinking remembrance? Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red and the significance of centenaries. Cultural Trends 27(2), pp. 68-82. (10.1080/09548963.2018.1453448)
- Kidd, J. 2018. Transmedia heritage. In: Gambarato, R. R. and Freeman, M. eds. The Routledge Companion to Transmedia Studies. Routledge
- Kidd, J. 2018. The maturing of immersive experiences. [Online]. MuseumID: MuseumID. Available at: http://museum-id.com/the-futuremuseum-project-what-will-museums-be-like-in-the-future-essay-collection/
- Huws, S., John, A. and Kidd, J. 2018. Evaluating the affective dimensions of Traces-Olion: a subtle mob at St Fagans National Museum of History, Wales. Presented at: 2018 3rd Digital Heritage International Congress (DigitalHERITAGE) held jointly with 2018 24th International Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia (VSMM 2018), San Francisco, CA, USA, 26-30 October 2018Proceedings 2018 3rd Digital Heritage International Congress (DigitalHERITAGE) held jointly with 2018 24th International Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia (VSMM 2018). IEEE pp. -., (10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2018.8810117)
2017
- Kidd, J. 2017. Pause and disrupt: asking difficult questions about formal ethics review [Book Review]. Symbolic Interaction 40(3), pp. 450-453. (10.1002/symb.284)
- Kidd, J. 2017. Debating contemporary museum ethics: reporting Sekhemka. International Journal of Heritage Studies 23(6), pp. 493-505.
- Bennett, L. and Kidd, J. 2017. Myths about media studies: the construction of media studies education in the British press. Continuum 31(2), pp. 163-176. (10.1080/10304312.2016.1265096)
- Kidd, J. and Cardiff, R. 2017. "A space of negotiation": visitor generated content and ethics at Tate. Museum and Society 15(1), pp. 43-55.
- Kidd, J. 2017. Using virtual reality to preserve the past. In: The Museum Blog Book. Museums Etc
- Kidd, J. 2017. Digital storytelling. In: Peppler, K. ed. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Out-of-School Learning. SAGE, pp. 226-227.
2015
- Kidd, J. 2015. Representation. Key Ideas in Media & Cultural Studies. London: Routledge.
- Kidd, J. 2015. Gaming for affect: museum online games and the embrace of empathy. The Journal of Curatorial Studies 4(3), pp. 414-432. (10.1386/jcs.4.3.414_1)
- Kidd, J. 2015. Comparison of National Gallery to Disneyland touches a nerve. [Online]. Vol. Aug 15. The Conversation Trust. Available at: https://theconversation.com/comparison-of-national-gallery-to-disneyland-touches-a-nerve-46110
- Kidd, J. 2015. Museums are becoming more playful..in how they ask us for money. [Online]. Vol. 30 Jul. The Conversation Trust. Available at: https://theconversation.com/museums-are-becoming-more-playful-in-how-they-ask-us-for-money-45186
- Kidd, J. 2015. Museums are using virtual reality to preserve the past - before it's too late. [Online]. Vol. Jul 14. The Conversation Trust. Available at: https://theconversation.com/museums-are-using-virtual-reality-to-preserve-the-past-before-its-too-late-44600
2014
- Kidd, J. 2014. Museums in the new mediascape: Transmedia, participation, ethics. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. (10.4324/9781315596532)
- Kidd, J. et al. eds. 2014. Challenging history in the museum. International Perspectives. Farnham: Ashgate.
- Kidd, J. 2014. Introduction. In: Kidd, J. et al. eds. Challenging History in the Museum: International Perspectives. Farnham: Ashgate, pp. 1-17.
- Kidd, J. 2014. 'Life Online' exhibition, National Media Museum, Bradford, England [Exhibition Review]. The Senses and Society 9(1), pp. 118-124. (10.2752/174589314X13834112761164)
2013
- Kidd, J. 2013. Hot topics, public culture, museums [Book Review]. Curator: The Museum Journal 56(2), pp. 289-293. (10.1111/cura.12027)
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2013. Breadth of opinion in BBC output. Project Report. [Online]. BBC Trust. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/our_work/editorial_standards/impartiality/breadth_opinion.html
2012
- Kidd, J. 2012. The museum as narrative witness: heritage performance and the production of narrative space. In: Macleod, S., Hourston Hanks, L. and Hale, J. eds. Museum Making: Narratives, Architectures, Exhibitions. Museum Meanings Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 74-82.
2011
- Kidd, J. 2011. Performing the knowing archive: Heritage performance and authenticity. International Journal of Heritage Studies 17(1), pp. 22-35. (10.1080/13527258.2011.524003)
- Kidd, J. 2011. Enacting engagement online: framing social media use for the museum. Information Technology & People 24(1), pp. 64-77. (10.1108/09593841111109422)
- Kidd, J. 2011. Are new media democratic?. Cultural Policy, Criticism and Management Research(5)
- Kidd, J. 2011. Challenging History: reviewing debate within the heritage sector on the 'challenge' of history. Museum and Society 9(3), pp. 244-248.
- Hughes, J., Kidd, J. and McNamara, C. 2011. The usefulness of mess: artistry, improvisation and decomposition in the practice of research in applied theatre. In: Kershaw, B. and Nicholson, H. eds. Research Methods in Theatre and Performance. Research Methods for the Arts and Humanities Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 186-209.
2010
- Jackson, A. and Kidd, J. eds. 2010. Performing Heritage: Research, practice and innovation in museum theatre and live interpretation. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
2009
- Kidd, J. 2009. Digital storytelling and the performance of memory. In: Garde-Hansen, J., Hoskins, A. and Reading, A. eds. Save As.. Digital Memories. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 167-183.
- Meadows, D. and Kidd, J. 2009. 'Capture Wales': The BBC Digital Storytelling Project. In: Hartley, J. and McWilliam, K. eds. Story Circle: Digital Storytelling Around the World. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 91-117.
- Kidd, J. 2009. Multimedia Narratives: co-production between museums and their audiences. Cultural Policy, Criticism and Management Research(4)
- Jackson, A. and Kidd, J. 2009. Cultivating audience engagement in museum theatre: a case study. In: Shu, J. et al. eds. Planting Trees of Drama with Global Vision in Local Knowledge: IDEA 2007 Dialogues. IDEA Publications Hong Kong: Hong Kong Drama/Theatre and Education Forum, pp. 240-254.
- Kidd, J. 2009. Capture Wales digital storytelling: community media meets the BBC. In: Rodríguez, C., Kidd, D. and Stein, L. eds. Making Our Media: Global Initiatives Toward a Democratic Public Sphere: Creating New Communication Spaces., Vol. 1. Euricom Monographs Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, pp. 293-308.
2008
- Jackson, A. and Kidd, J. 2008. Performance, learning & heritage. Project Report. [Online]. Manchester: Centre for Applied Theatre Research, University of Manchester. Available at: http://www.plh.manchester.ac.uk/documents/Performance,%20Learning%20&%20Heritage%20-%20Report.pdf
2007
- Kidd, J. 2007. Filling the gaps? Interpreting museum collections through performance. Journal of Museum Ethnography(19), pp. 57-69.
2005
- Kidd, J. 2005. Capture Wales: digital storytelling at the BBC. Cyfrwng: Media Wales Journal 2, pp. 66-85.
- Kidd, J. 2005. Capture Wales: digital storytelling and the BBC. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Articles
- Kidd, J. and Nieto Mcavoy, E. 2023. Deep nostalgia: remediated memory, algorithmic nostalgia, and technological ambivalence. Convergence (10.1177/13548565221149839)
- Kidd, J., Nieto Mcavoy, E. and Ostrowska, A. 2022. Negotiating hybridity, inequality, and hyper-visibility: museums and galleries? Social media response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cultural Trends (10.1080/09548963.2022.2122701)
- Galani, A. and Kidd, J. 2020. Hybrid material encounters - expanding the continuum of museum materialities in the wake of a pandemic. Museum and Society 18(3), pp. 298-301. (10.29311/mas.v18i3.3565)
- Galani, A. and Kidd, J. 2019. Evaluating digital cultural heritage 'in the wild': The case for reflexivity. Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage 12(1), article number: 5. (10.1145/3287272)
- Kidd, J. and Sayner, J. 2019. Intersections of silence and empathy in heritage practice. International Journal of Heritage Studies 25(1), pp. 1-4. (10.1080/13527258.2018.1475414)
- Kidd, J. 2019. With new eyes I see: embodiment, empathy and silence in digital heritage interpretation. International Journal of Heritage Studies 25(1), pp. 54-66. (10.1080/13527258.2017.1341946)
- Kidd, J. 2018. Angela McRobbie, be creative [Book Review]. European Journal of Cultural Studies 21(6), pp. 761-763. (10.1177/1367549416685719)
- Kidd, J. 2018. A maturing of immersive experiences. Museum Identity Magazine 22, pp. 26.
- Kidd, J. 2018. 'Immersive' heritage encounters. The Museum Review 3(1), article number: Kidd.
- Kidd, J. and Sayner, J. 2018. Unthinking remembrance? Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red and the significance of centenaries. Cultural Trends 27(2), pp. 68-82. (10.1080/09548963.2018.1453448)
- Kidd, J. 2017. Pause and disrupt: asking difficult questions about formal ethics review [Book Review]. Symbolic Interaction 40(3), pp. 450-453. (10.1002/symb.284)
- Kidd, J. 2017. Debating contemporary museum ethics: reporting Sekhemka. International Journal of Heritage Studies 23(6), pp. 493-505.
- Bennett, L. and Kidd, J. 2017. Myths about media studies: the construction of media studies education in the British press. Continuum 31(2), pp. 163-176. (10.1080/10304312.2016.1265096)
- Kidd, J. and Cardiff, R. 2017. "A space of negotiation": visitor generated content and ethics at Tate. Museum and Society 15(1), pp. 43-55.
- Kidd, J. 2015. Gaming for affect: museum online games and the embrace of empathy. The Journal of Curatorial Studies 4(3), pp. 414-432. (10.1386/jcs.4.3.414_1)
- Kidd, J. 2014. 'Life Online' exhibition, National Media Museum, Bradford, England [Exhibition Review]. The Senses and Society 9(1), pp. 118-124. (10.2752/174589314X13834112761164)
- Kidd, J. 2013. Hot topics, public culture, museums [Book Review]. Curator: The Museum Journal 56(2), pp. 289-293. (10.1111/cura.12027)
- Kidd, J. 2011. Performing the knowing archive: Heritage performance and authenticity. International Journal of Heritage Studies 17(1), pp. 22-35. (10.1080/13527258.2011.524003)
- Kidd, J. 2011. Enacting engagement online: framing social media use for the museum. Information Technology & People 24(1), pp. 64-77. (10.1108/09593841111109422)
- Kidd, J. 2011. Are new media democratic?. Cultural Policy, Criticism and Management Research(5)
- Kidd, J. 2011. Challenging History: reviewing debate within the heritage sector on the 'challenge' of history. Museum and Society 9(3), pp. 244-248.
- Kidd, J. 2009. Multimedia Narratives: co-production between museums and their audiences. Cultural Policy, Criticism and Management Research(4)
- Kidd, J. 2007. Filling the gaps? Interpreting museum collections through performance. Journal of Museum Ethnography(19), pp. 57-69.
- Kidd, J. 2005. Capture Wales: digital storytelling at the BBC. Cyfrwng: Media Wales Journal 2, pp. 66-85.
Book sections
- Kidd, J., Taylor, J. and McDougall, J. 2022. Teaching XR: Digital inequalities and education. In: Jones, S., Dawkins, S. and McDougall, J. eds. Understanding Virtual Reality Challenging Perspectives for Media Literacy and Education. Routledge, pp. 86-98.
- Kidd, J. and Rees, A. 2021. A Museum of deepfakes? Potentials and pitfalls for deep learning technologies. In: Stylianou-Lambert, T., Heraclidou, A. and Bounia, A. eds. Museum Media(ting): Emerging Technologies and Difficult Heritage. Berghahn Books
- Kidd, J. 2020. Social media and participation: The selfie as a curious cultural artefact. In: Black, G. ed. Museums and the Challenge of Change: Old Institutions in a New World. Routledge
- Kidd, J. 2020. Infrastructures that democratize? Citizen participation and digital ethics. In: Hetland, P., Pierroux, P. and Esborg, L. eds. A History of Participation in Museums and Archives: Traversing Citizen Science and Citizen Humanities. London: Routledge
- Kidd, J. 2019. The transmedia museum. In: Mason, R. ed. Museum Studies. Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies Abingdon and New York: Routledge
- Huws, S., John, A. and Kidd, J. 2019. Traces - Olion: Creating a bilingual 'subtlemob' for National Museum Wales. In: Lewi, H. et al. eds. The Routledge International Handbook of New Digital Practices in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums and Heritage Sites. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 441-450., (10.4324/9780429506765)
- Kidd, J. 2019. Unprecedented times? Shifting press perceptions on museums and activism. In: Janes, R. R. and Sandell, R. eds. Museum Activism. Museum Meanings London and New York: Routledge
- Kidd, J. 2019. Digital media ethics and museum communication. In: Drotner, K. et al. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Media and Communication. Routledge International Handbooks London and New York: Routledge
- Kidd, J. 2018. Transmedia. In: The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Blackwell, (10.1002/9781405165518.wbeos1180)
- Kidd, J. 2018. Public heritage and the promise of the digital. In: Labrador, A. M. and Asher Silberman, N. eds. The Oxford Handbook of Public Heritage Theory and Practice. Oxford Handbooks Oxford University Press, pp. 197-208., (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190676315.013.9)
- Kidd, J. 2018. Transmedia heritage. In: Gambarato, R. R. and Freeman, M. eds. The Routledge Companion to Transmedia Studies. Routledge
- Kidd, J. 2017. Using virtual reality to preserve the past. In: The Museum Blog Book. Museums Etc
- Kidd, J. 2017. Digital storytelling. In: Peppler, K. ed. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Out-of-School Learning. SAGE, pp. 226-227.
- Kidd, J. 2014. Introduction. In: Kidd, J. et al. eds. Challenging History in the Museum: International Perspectives. Farnham: Ashgate, pp. 1-17.
- Kidd, J. 2012. The museum as narrative witness: heritage performance and the production of narrative space. In: Macleod, S., Hourston Hanks, L. and Hale, J. eds. Museum Making: Narratives, Architectures, Exhibitions. Museum Meanings Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 74-82.
- Hughes, J., Kidd, J. and McNamara, C. 2011. The usefulness of mess: artistry, improvisation and decomposition in the practice of research in applied theatre. In: Kershaw, B. and Nicholson, H. eds. Research Methods in Theatre and Performance. Research Methods for the Arts and Humanities Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 186-209.
- Kidd, J. 2009. Digital storytelling and the performance of memory. In: Garde-Hansen, J., Hoskins, A. and Reading, A. eds. Save As.. Digital Memories. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 167-183.
- Meadows, D. and Kidd, J. 2009. 'Capture Wales': The BBC Digital Storytelling Project. In: Hartley, J. and McWilliam, K. eds. Story Circle: Digital Storytelling Around the World. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 91-117.
- Jackson, A. and Kidd, J. 2009. Cultivating audience engagement in museum theatre: a case study. In: Shu, J. et al. eds. Planting Trees of Drama with Global Vision in Local Knowledge: IDEA 2007 Dialogues. IDEA Publications Hong Kong: Hong Kong Drama/Theatre and Education Forum, pp. 240-254.
- Kidd, J. 2009. Capture Wales digital storytelling: community media meets the BBC. In: Rodríguez, C., Kidd, D. and Stein, L. eds. Making Our Media: Global Initiatives Toward a Democratic Public Sphere: Creating New Communication Spaces., Vol. 1. Euricom Monographs Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, pp. 293-308.
Books
- Groppel-Wegener, A. and Kidd, J. 2019. Critical encounters with immersive storytelling. London and New York: Routledge.
- Kidd, J. 2015. Representation. Key Ideas in Media & Cultural Studies. London: Routledge.
- Kidd, J. 2014. Museums in the new mediascape: Transmedia, participation, ethics. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. (10.4324/9781315596532)
- Kidd, J. et al. eds. 2014. Challenging history in the museum. International Perspectives. Farnham: Ashgate.
- Jackson, A. and Kidd, J. eds. 2010. Performing Heritage: Research, practice and innovation in museum theatre and live interpretation. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Conferences
- James, D., Davies, G., Kidd, J. and John, A. 2019. Awe or empathy, fast or slow? Articulating impacts from contrasting mobile experiences. Presented at: MW19, Boston, Ma., 2-6 April 2019. Museums and the Web
- Huws, S., John, A. and Kidd, J. 2018. Evaluating the affective dimensions of Traces-Olion: a subtle mob at St Fagans National Museum of History, Wales. Presented at: 2018 3rd Digital Heritage International Congress (DigitalHERITAGE) held jointly with 2018 24th International Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia (VSMM 2018), San Francisco, CA, USA, 26-30 October 2018Proceedings 2018 3rd Digital Heritage International Congress (DigitalHERITAGE) held jointly with 2018 24th International Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia (VSMM 2018). IEEE pp. -., (10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2018.8810117)
Monographs
- Nieto Mcavoy, E. and Kidd, J. 2022. Crypto art and questions of value: a review of emergent issues. Discussion Paper. AHRC Policy and Evidence Centre. Available at: https://pec.ac.uk/discussion-papers/crypto-art-and-questions-of-value
- Kidd, J. and Nieto McAvoy, E. 2022. Culture in quarantine? Cultural institutions' uses of Twitter during lockdown. AHRC Policy and Evidence Centre. Available at: https://www.pec.ac.uk/discussion-papers/culture-in-quarantine
- Kidd, J., Nieto McAvoy, E. and Ostrowska, A. 2021. Implications of the COVID-19 digital ‘pivot’ in museums and galleries: lessons from practitioners. AHRC Policy and Evidence Centre, Cardiff University. Available at: https://www.pec.ac.uk/discussion-papers/pivot-to-digital-how-museums-and-galleries-responded-to-covid-19
- Kidd, J. and Nieto McAvoy, E. 2019. Immersive experiences in museums, galleries and heritage sites: a review of research findings and issues. Project Report. [Online]. Creative Industries’ Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC). Available at: https://www.pec.ac.uk/discussion-papers/immersive-experiences-in-museums-galleries-and-heritage-sites-a-review-of-research-findings-and-issues
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2013. Breadth of opinion in BBC output. Project Report. [Online]. BBC Trust. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/our_work/editorial_standards/impartiality/breadth_opinion.html
- Jackson, A. and Kidd, J. 2008. Performance, learning & heritage. Project Report. [Online]. Manchester: Centre for Applied Theatre Research, University of Manchester. Available at: http://www.plh.manchester.ac.uk/documents/Performance,%20Learning%20&%20Heritage%20-%20Report.pdf
Thesis
- Kidd, J. 2005. Capture Wales: digital storytelling and the BBC. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Websites
- Kidd, J. 2018. The maturing of immersive experiences. [Online]. MuseumID: MuseumID. Available at: http://museum-id.com/the-futuremuseum-project-what-will-museums-be-like-in-the-future-essay-collection/
- Kidd, J. 2015. Comparison of National Gallery to Disneyland touches a nerve. [Online]. Vol. Aug 15. The Conversation Trust. Available at: https://theconversation.com/comparison-of-national-gallery-to-disneyland-touches-a-nerve-46110
- Kidd, J. 2015. Museums are becoming more playful..in how they ask us for money. [Online]. Vol. 30 Jul. The Conversation Trust. Available at: https://theconversation.com/museums-are-becoming-more-playful-in-how-they-ask-us-for-money-45186
- Kidd, J. 2015. Museums are using virtual reality to preserve the past - before it's too late. [Online]. Vol. Jul 14. The Conversation Trust. Available at: https://theconversation.com/museums-are-using-virtual-reality-to-preserve-the-past-before-its-too-late-44600
- Kidd, J. and Cardiff, R. 2017. "A space of negotiation": visitor generated content and ethics at Tate. Museum and Society 15(1), pp. 43-55.
Research
Overview of projects:
Co-Investigator on AHRC 'COVID-19: Impacts on the cultural industries and implications for policy' [15 months from Sept 2020]. Find out more in the final project report.
AHRC Policy and Evidence Centre: Co-Investigator on the AHRC Policy and Evidence centre for the Creative Industries, 'Arts, Culture and Public Service Broadcasting' workstrand [2018-2023]. Find out more about The Value of Arts and Culture.
Immersive Media for Change: with Alison John, 2018 [supported by an ESRC grant]
Traces | Olion: In 2016 we began work on a ‘subtle mob’ for St Fagans National History Museum, Wales. The project, funded by the ESRC, was a partnership between Cardiff University, Amgueddfa Cymru and yello brick, a creative marketing and street gaming company based in Cardiff. ‘Traces’ (‘Olion’ in the Welsh language) is crafted for visitors to experience either on their own or in pairs. Olion is not an audio guide. Nor is it a tourist guide. It is a site specific storytelling audio app which takes participants on a physical journey around St Fagans, meandering between fact and fiction, past and present. It is an artistic narrative interpretation or ‘composition’ which challenges visitors to experience St Fagans in a new way. It is both playful and thoughtful. The partner experience takes users on two separate journeys that interweave in ways that are expressly performative, but invisible to other visitors they might encounter within the grounds. More on Traces.
Voices of War and Peace: Co-Investigator on Birmingham University’s Voices of War and Peace project, an WW1 Engagement Centre funded by the AHRC. This involved innovative collaboration between Cardiff University and a number of partner organisations in Wales on the theme of WW1 between 2014 and 2019. As leads on the Commemoration strand of the Centre's work, Dr. Joanne Sayner and I extensively studied the poppies installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red.This work was a collaboration with the Tower of London, Historic Royal Palaces and Imperial War Museums.
With New Eyes I See: With New Eyes I See was a collaborative research project with yello brick funded by AHRC-REACT. The project prototyped a site-specific history documentary using torches, projection and RFID to trigger content. An overview of this project and its findings has been published as an open access article in International Journal of Heritage Studies.
Visitor-Generated Content: 2012 – 2014 Co-Investigator on AHRC funded network ‘Visitor Generated Content’ with Leicester University Museums Studies Department. Project partners included the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, the Digital Engagement Network and Art of Memory. The project led to a research collaboration with Tate.
Challenging History Network: Challenging History investigated the representation of difficult and sensitive subject matters within heritage contexts, resulting in a number of reports, major recommendations to the cultural sector. In partnership with Historic Royal Palaces and Imperial War Musuems, we held a number of events and sector-facing seminars, including International Conferences at City University (2012), Cardiff University (2016), and a Philosophy Salon at the National Portrait Gallery (2011).
2010-2012 Joint recipient of a Grundtvig Award (from European Commission) to investigate Challenging History with the Lidice Memorial, Lidice, Czech Republic and the Forum of Contemporary History, Leipzig, Germany.
The Significance of the Centenary, 2013: Co-Investigator on The Significance of the Centenary (AHRC). The project used a range of methodologies to explore how a Centenary is given meaning. The project was a partnership with Birmingham University, Sheffield University, the Tower of London, Cultural Learning Alliance and the National Library of Wales.
Silence, Memory and Empathy Network, 2012-2014: Co-Investigator on the AHRC funded network Silence, Memory and Empathy in Museums and at Historic Sites. UK Project partners included: Buckfast Abbey, Historic Royal Palaces, the Cultural Learning Alliance,Imperial War Museums, National Maritime Museum, Oriel High School, the Hitchin Museum, National Museums Northern Ireland, Royal Armouries Leeds, The Highlanders Museum, Birmingham University and Cardiff University.
Performance, Learning and Heritage: The Performance, Learning and Heritage research project was an investigation into the uses and impact of performance as a medium of learning and interpretation in museums and at historic sites. Funded by a major research grant from the AHRC, the project ran for three and a half years from 2005 to 2008. I was the Research Associate on the project. PLH involved four major case studies working with the National Maritime Museum, London, Llancaiach Fawr Manor, Nelson, S.Wales, Triangle Theatre Company, Coventry and the Manchester Museum.
City of London Festival audience research: In 2009 I was commissioned as a consultant (funded by Knowledge Connect) to work with the City of London Festival team on an extensive audience study.
Teaching
Immersive Media (Undergraduate year 3 elective, with James Taylor)
Doing something immersive is increasingly seen as a way of maintaining relevance and securing visibility in a crowded and complex content landscape. Immersive media harness the convergence of technology and creativity to foster new experiences, actively engaging users' senses. This module introduces students to immersive media from both a theoretical and practical perspective. Students debate key issues raised by the increased uses of these platforms, and explore the practicalities of content creation within these emerging formats.
Digital Culture (Undergraduate year 2 core module)
Digital media have re-scripted the relationship between media organisations and their users. Notions of producer and consumer, authorship and authenticity are being re-evaluated and explored in ways that are creative, experimental and infinite. This not only opens up new avenues of opportunity for audience development, but simultaneously calls into question the many practices of cultural consumption and identity construction. This module is an exploration of the claims being made for so-called ‘new’ media in culture. It includes both theoretical and practical components, including the creation of online projects featuring digital stories, infographics and podcasts.
Digital Creativity (Postgraduate taught programme)
This module explores the practice and theory of digital creativity. It is situated at the intersection of the creative arts, design and digital technologies. It highlights how digital media can be used to diversity the stories we tell and how we tell them. Students will debate key ethical issues raised by increased interaction with (for example) VR and AR, smart environments and artificial intelligence within creative and cultural contexts, and explore the practicalities of content creation within these emerging formats.
Biography
2012 - present: Cardiff University, School of Journalism, Media and Culture
2008 - 2012: City University London, Centre for Cultural Policy and Management
2005 - 2008: Research Associate, The University of Manchester, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
Before studying for my PhD I was a web designer and developer for dktv (a different kind of television), Camden, London.
Supervisions
I am currently supervising two PhD students and have supervised a further 10 to completion. I have examined 22 PhDs within and beyond the UK.
Engagement
One of the most energising aspects of my role is contributing to public understanding of my field, and to the development of policy and practice. I have been involved in many engagement initiatives, in particular as part of my work on the AHRC Voices of War and Peace Engagement Centre and with the AHRC Policy and Evidence Centre (see Research). I regularly work with partners in the creative economy, including in recent years on a number of high profile digital cultural heritage projects.
Much of this has involved collaboration with colleagues elsewhere in Cardiff University, at other institutions, with creative and cultural sector partners, and with members of the public. These projects help to support the University’s civic mission, not least in terms of Welsh language promotion, contribution to cultural affairs and work with schools.
I am on the Steering Committee for the Impact Community of the EU’s Europeana project, have led a masterclass for the UK Government Digital Service, and have appeared in the media and trade press, as well as podcasts, to talk about my research.
Some resources giving an insight into my engagement work:
Written reflection on 'Creativity in Lockdown', an overview of work with Creative Cardiff on the Our Creative Cardiff initiative, 2020.
PEC blog post on work with Historic Royal Palaces on their 2014-2018 installations to mark the centenary of World War One, 2019: 'The continuing significance of the centenary'.
PEC blog post on the Voices of War and Peace ‘Heritage, Community and Opportunity’ policy breakfast, 2019: 'A lesson in how to understand the value of culture'.
PEC report on 'immersive experiences in museums, galleries and heritage sites'and associated blog post on the ethical implications of immersive practice.
Work with Welsh Centre for International Affairs as external evaluator on the HLF Wales for Peace programme (2017/2019).
Work with yello brick on Traces Onion. In recognition of our collaboration on Traces I have been recognised as one of the University’s ‘innovators’, and the partnership was championed as an example of best practice in the GW4 Bridging the Gap research report and at the launch event in 2018.