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The Art & Social Technologies research group examines creative practice at the intersection of art, technology and society. It aims to test the pertinence of existing theoretical models and proposes new ways of drawing together thinking and practice appropriate to contemporary techno-cultural production and its social impact. The group has a special interest in the production of experimental, participatory and distributed technological systems that challenge orthodox social relations. In this respect, AST offers expertise and supports interdisciplinary research across artistic and curatorial practices, publishing, intellectual property, critical theory, network theory and software studies. more >>

AST is situated alongside other groups in the AZTEC (Art, Science, Technology Research Consortium) in the Faculty of Technology, and works closely with Critical Spaces: Centre for Critical Cultural Research in the Faculty of Arts, University of Plymouth. It produces the DATA browser book series with Autonomedia and works in partnership on curatorial projects with KURATOR. more >>