Autoethnography

I was intrigued at the notion of ethnography. Introduced to the idea as a form of alternative research, for a communications student majoring in marketing, it was a breath of fresh air. A means of research that abandons formalities, gathering neither qualitative nor quantitative data, but raw insights into issues and environments, offering information only to be dreamt of. I understand ethnography as a process of observation and thought, using our own experience and ability to wonder to reach greater…

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Automatic, Cinematic, Hydromatic

Cinema, the movies. Are they viable anymore? Are they really, a dying media experience? I took to the flicks to find out. Saddled with ambition, I had asked my best friend to join me to see a film before Sue could even finish her sentence: prescribing us the task of attending a cinema and documenting our experience. If one thing is for sure, I never get the chance to go to the movies, ever. I can just never find time…

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Pitch: Motorsport in the Media

Hello there, don’t mind me, I just wanted to start a conversation. One regarding the roles that media, audience, and place plays in motorsport in 2017. Intrigued? Read on. I grew up in a family that had an unusual hobby, where we would pack up the car and back a car up onto a trailer and tow it somewhere, to race in circuits – and I loved it. We all did. We all still do. Fast forward 15 years, and…

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The Australian Dream: Networked, Of Course

This week in BCM241: Media, Audience, Place we were asked to return to the person we spoke to about their relationship with television, to ask about how the Internet is altering their practices and spaces. Memories in Technicolour detailed my dear Nans life through a glass screen, and although I love her dearly and I couldn’t be happier with the original post, I wanted to take a different direction this week. One that would allow me to properly encapsulate the…

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Production Touring Cars NSW Round 5

We were off to Wakefield Park last weekend for the fifth round of Production Touring Cars series for 2017. Here are some of my flicks from behind pitt lane. For full race photographs from the weekend, head here. Much love, Claudia x   Claudia Muller Photography 2017

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