My academic research has focused on live event analysis, be it in theatre, film or liturgy (church services). My doctoral research may be said to be the cumulation of over 30 years of working in events, researching in the field of event and pursuing several undergraduate and graduate degrees. My interest in event analysis may be seen throughout. In particular, I have always been interested in how does it all work?
In addition to over 130 articles in popular, trade and academic journals as well as several eBooks, I have conducted formation in aspects of live events, namely speech and manipulation of objects including the body. As well as study and formation, my work as performer in all media, writer in all media, director in some media, producer in live and recorded media, and even as publisher, feeds and has fed a steady stream of potential raw data into the mix. Much of my theoretical work is well grounded in actual events. Over time, I have developed a sense of what works and what doesn’t work, keeping in mind the inherent inability to guarantee outcomes in any event. That is to say, what has worked before may not work now, and vice versa.
I’m happy to say that the methodology developed out of liturgical event has already been used in instructing in hydrological engineering and has been independently developed out of a study of toxins in Quebec lakes. This may seem bizarre but, in my view, confirms that the methodology is robust and uses the communications logistics that God set out for our benefit as human beings in a shared cultural environment. The methodology has been implicit in performance, theatre and liturgical studies, as well as in some philosophies and anthropological approaches to space-time. In 2013, a PhD was conferred on me. The dissertation may be found here: How Close is God? How is God Close? Methodology in Liturgical Theology. An article summarizing the finds may be found here: Proximity - Methodology in Liturgical Theology (courtesy of Questions Liturgiques)
In 2017, I undertook a $200,000 Blue Print 2020 research project into Big Media Data interpretation. My dissertation helped there as well. That research led to a year-long study in data visualization as a means to analyze real time flooding in Quebec with the University of Laval and Securité de Québec (2019).
Education
In addition to over 130 articles in popular, trade and academic journals as well as several eBooks, I have conducted formation in aspects of live events, namely speech and manipulation of objects including the body. As well as study and formation, my work as performer in all media, writer in all media, director in some media, producer in live and recorded media, and even as publisher, feeds and has fed a steady stream of potential raw data into the mix. Much of my theoretical work is well grounded in actual events. Over time, I have developed a sense of what works and what doesn’t work, keeping in mind the inherent inability to guarantee outcomes in any event. That is to say, what has worked before may not work now, and vice versa.
I’m happy to say that the methodology developed out of liturgical event has already been used in instructing in hydrological engineering and has been independently developed out of a study of toxins in Quebec lakes. This may seem bizarre but, in my view, confirms that the methodology is robust and uses the communications logistics that God set out for our benefit as human beings in a shared cultural environment. The methodology has been implicit in performance, theatre and liturgical studies, as well as in some philosophies and anthropological approaches to space-time. In 2013, a PhD was conferred on me. The dissertation may be found here: How Close is God? How is God Close? Methodology in Liturgical Theology. An article summarizing the finds may be found here: Proximity - Methodology in Liturgical Theology (courtesy of Questions Liturgiques)
In 2017, I undertook a $200,000 Blue Print 2020 research project into Big Media Data interpretation. My dissertation helped there as well. That research led to a year-long study in data visualization as a means to analyze real time flooding in Quebec with the University of Laval and Securité de Québec (2019).
Education
- Ph.D., University of Ottawa, 2013
- L.Th., St. Paul University, 1985
- M.A.(Th.), University of Ottawa, 1978
- B.Th., St. Paul University, 1976
- B.A.(Th.), University of Ottawa, 1976
- B.A.(Philosophy & Religious Studies), Carleton University, 1974