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Dr Joseph Dunne-Howrie serves as MFA Programme Director at Rose Bruford College, where he teaches across multiple postgraduate programs with a focus on second-year students. His academic work bridges performance practice with critical engagement in contemporary political and technological landscapes.
His educational background includes a PhD from the University of Lincoln (2011-2015) titled 'Regenerating the Live: The Archive as the Genesis of a Performance Practice,' an MA in Theatre Practice with Distinction from the University of Exeter (2008-2009), and a BA (Hons) in Drama with First Class Honors from the same institution (2003-2006). He also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education from Rose Bruford College (2020-2022) and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2012).
Dunne-Howrie's research centers on political, digital, and participatory performance practices that respond to technological accelerationism, the climate crisis, and political extremism. His current investigations focus on extreme right-wing politics and free-speech culture wars, examining how the identities of 'the people' and 'the elite' become present as political subjects through performance. His expertise spans performative writing, practice research paradigms, archives and performance documentation, performance art, immersive theatre, intermediality, interactive media, and postdramatic plays.
His recent publications reveal a consistent focus on the intersection of digital culture and political performance, with particular attention to internet theater, far-right political movements, and the culture wars. The work demonstrates evolving concern with how performance practices document and respond to the historical consciousness of the contemporary moment, especially regarding technological shifts and political extremism.
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2012)
Dunne-Howrie actively supervises PhD research in political, digital, and participatory performance. He leads the interdisciplinary Gaming Democracy project, which explores the infiltration of extreme right-wing politics within the video game sector through participatory performance strategies. His professional practice includes convening conferences and events for DocPerform and Gaming Democracy projects, and he serves as co-convener for the TaPRA working group Performance & New Technologies.
He maintains significant external collaborations, including serving on the steering committee for Hydrocracker (advising on interactive and political theater) and maintaining a long-term partnership with ZU-UK Theatre and Digital Arts company on projects including Audience as Document and the ACE-funded Elevate Labs – Body Brain Bingo. His international research extends to practice projects in Brazil, Greenland, and Finland.
