Artificial Media: Emerging Trends in Narratives, Education and Creative Practice

A groundbreaking exploration of the evolving relationship between the fields of artificial intelligence and creativity studies, Artificial Media charts the course of a transformative path toward hybrid methodologies involving computing and human-centric approaches.

Scholars and practitioners from leading research centers in South America, Asia and Europe delve into theoretical and philosophical frameworks, practical deployments and data-based critical analyses of artificial-media initiatives that reconfigure authorship and collaboration. Co-creation, collective memory, and situated-knowledge practices are featured in multiple hands-on examples of technological design, music, visual-arts, journalistic and educational projects that address the ethical and social implications of generative techniques.

Through an interdisciplinary lens, this collection, projects a nuanced panorama of both the remarkable results and the complex challenges of emerging artificial-media methods, offering practical insights for anyone seeking to engage with the future of creativity in the age of autonomous machines.

Nelson Zagalo is full professor of Multimedia at the University of Aveiro, and Scientific Coordinator of DigiMedia - Digital Media and Interaction Research Center. He founded the Portuguese Society for Videogames Sciences, and the Journal of Digital Media & Interaction. He is the author of more than two hundred peer-reviewed publications in journals, books and conferences worldwide. He has written the books ＂Interactive Emotions＂ (2009), ＂Videogames in Portugal＂ (2013), and ＂Engagement Design. Designing for Interaction Motivations＂ (2020).

Damián Keller is a full professor of music technology at the Federal University of Acre and the Federal University of Paraíba in Brazil. He is a founding member of the international research network Ubiquitous Music Group and of the Amazon Center for Music Research (NAP). He has published over two hundred articles on ubiquitous music and ecologically grounded creative practice in journals on computing, engineering, design, education, philosophy and the arts. His latest coedited book is Ubiquitous Music Ecologies (Routledge).