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Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · 20h

✨Snippets from a PhD ✨

#205/? : can't remember anyone's name
📸 11 August 2025 14:53:41

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #names

Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · 1d

✨Snippets from a PhD ✨

#109/? : I check my emails a lot
📸 20 March 2025 10:??:??

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #glancebackglitches #emails
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Tech issues identified on 13 May 2025 means metadata for #1 - 138 are lost to the ether.

Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · 2d

✨Snippets from a PhD ✨

#180/? :
📸 7 July 2025 13:01:36

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #captionthis

Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · 12d

✨Snippets from a PhD ✨

#233/? : number
📸 16 September 2025 13:22:11

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #random #number #generator

Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · 13d

✨New @sgsah.bsky.social Blog Post✨

This week, I'm front-loading all the memes and opinions I can muster when it comes to publications. 📚 Many of the practices normalised in academic publishing are a bit... strange 😕😵‍💫.

Want to know why? Read the full post here ➡️ sgsahblog.com/2025/09/25/b...

Back to Basics: Demystifying Publications

This week, Resident Blogger Emma unpacks everything you need to know about academic publishing…

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Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · 14d

✨Snippets from a PhD ✨

#220/? : Diaspora Journal
📸 31 August 2025 14:46:08

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #judaism #diaspora

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Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · 15d

www.thespace.org/resources/di...

Digital Rights | The Space

We know that rights can be one of the single biggest obstacle to sharing your work online. That’s why The Space has been talking with rights holders, arts organisations and arts representatives includ...

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Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · 15d

✨Snippets from a PhD ✨

#158/? : The Space Digital Toolkit
📸 8 June 2025 15:02:02

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #TheSpace #digitalexperiences #digitalrights

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Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · 16d

✨Snippets from a PhD ✨

#182/? : dramaturgy? In valuation studies??
📸 10 July 2025 12:26:23

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #dramaturgy #interdisciplinary

Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · 20d

✨Snippets from a PhD ✨

#228/? : vrchat username
📸 10 September 2025 11:24:56

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #vrchat #vrtheatre

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Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · 21d

New Post on one of my #edfringe favourites, "Stampin' in the Graveyard!"

🌹🤖➡️ apart-together.com/posts/stampi...

Stampin’ in the Graveyard — Apart Together

Looking for a chatbot for the end of the world?

apart-together.com

Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · 21d

Hivemind (Me, Jordan, Aisha) trying to uncover buried memories from days of yore: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oBl...

Ratchet Girl Anthem (SHE RACHEEET!) - Emmanuel and Phillip Hudson

YouTube video by Emmanuel N Phillip Hudson

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Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · 21d

✨Snippets from a PhD ✨

#215/? : she ratchet
📸 25 August 2025 11:47:31

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #2010s #middleschoollore

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Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · 21d

✨Snippets from a PhD ✨

#216/? : TaPRA Schedule
📸 26 August 2025 17:03:52

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #tapra2025

Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · 23d

✨Snippets from a PhD ✨

#34/? : ucreate booking
📸 14 November 2024 21:??:??

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #glancebackglitches #equipment #VR
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Tech issues identified on 13 May 2025 means metadata for #1 - 138 are lost to the ether.

Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · 26d

✨Snippets from a PhD ✨

#177/? : technologically mediated encounters
📸 4 July 2025 08:15:49

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #networksociety

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Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · 27d

✨Snippets from a PhD ✨

#179/? :
📸 6 July 2025 16:53:35

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #accessdenied

Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · 28d

✨Snippets from a PhD ✨

#124/? : random number
📸 17 April 2025 09:??:??

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #glancebackglitches #meta
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Tech issues identified on 13 May 2025 means metadata for #1 - 138 are lost to the ether.

Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · 29d

✨Snippets from a PhD ✨

#78/? : discovered
📸 3 February 2025 10:??:??

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #glancebackglitches #library
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Tech issues identified on 13 May 2025 means metadata for #1 - 138 are lost to the ether.

Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · Sep 8

An update on my blog! TL;DR: I'll be dedicating this space to my own PhD research for the time being. This will mean lots of (cursory) case study writings that reveal more about digitally site-specific theatre. apart-together.com/posts/an-upd...

An Update — Apart Together

An update from me…

apart-together.com

Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · Sep 8

This book: crucial context for my research... www.wiley.com/en-us/Platfo...

Platforms and Cultural Production

<p>The widespread uptake of digital platforms – from YouTube and Instagram to Twitch and TikTok – is reconfiguring cultural production in profound, complex, and highly uneven ways. Longsta...

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Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · Sep 8

✨Snippets from a PhD ✨

#159/? : Platforms and Cultural Production
📸 9 June 2025 13:59:02

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #platformization

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Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · Sep 5

✨Snippets from a PhD ✨

#136/? : which one is the right wifi
📸 6 May 2025 16:??:??

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #glancebackglitches #scotrail
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Tech issues identified on 13 May 2025 means metadata for #1 - 138 are lost to the ether.

Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · Sep 4

✨Snippets from a PhD ✨

#190/? : lunch
📸 22 July 2025 12:27:41

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #lunchbreak

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Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social · Sep 4

💥 New GROUP @sgsah.bsky.social Blog Post 💥

This week, I hand over the reins to a group of 3 doctoral and early career researchers, as they each share the letters they wish they would have received in the post before starting their PhD! 🤔 🙏 📨

Read on➡️ sgsahblog.com/2025/09/04/a...

A Letter to My First Year Self: Part 2

This week, a group of 3 doctoral and early career researchers share what they wish they would have known going into the first year of their PhD…

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