The University of Western Australia

Asst/Prof Tauel Harper

Chair
Communication Studies

Contact details

Address

Communication Studies
The University of Western Australia (M257)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

6488 2125

Fax

6488 1030

Email

tauel.harper@uwa.edu.au

Location

Room G37, Arts Building, Crawley campus

Qualifications

BA PhD Murd.

Biography

Tauel has been teaching since 2001 in five different universities. He has been working in Communication Studies at UWA since 2007.

Key research

Tauel's broad research area is critical theory, more particularly, critical theory about the subjects of communication, democracy and theories of play.

Publications

Democracy in the Age of New Media, Peter Lang, 2011
"The Smooth Spaces of Play", Symploke, 2010
“Smash the Strata: A Program for Techno-Political ®evoluition” in Poster, Mark & Savat, David (eds.) Deleuze and New Technology, Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, 2009

Roles, responsibilities and expertise

Tauel coordinates the following units
Comm 1101 Human Technology - Debating Communication
Comm 2201 - Communications and Mass Media
Comm 3304 - Designing Virtual Play (occasionally).

He also teaches the Honours unit Comm 7484 - Strategic Communication.

Tauel is the Arts Faculty's representative on the Board of Studies for the Design Major

Future research

Tauel hopes to play a substantial role in repairing the public sphere.

Funding received

Tauel has been granted a number of travel awards for presenting conference papers and has also received University funding for the publication of his first book.

Industrial relevance

Tauel is able to consult on issues of corporate communication and public relations.

Languages

English, Indonesian

Previous positions

Communication Studies, University of Liverpool
Internet Studies, Curtin University
Internet Studies, Open University Australia
Politics and International Studies, Murdoch University

New and noteworthy

Tauel's book "Democracy in the Age of Digital Media: The Politics of the Spectacle" is due for release in February 2011

Research profile

Research profile and publications