Mandy Rose

Mandy Rose is Associate Professor and Director of the University of the West of England’s Digital Cultures Research Centre. A pioneer of interactive and participatory media she was co-producer of BBC 2’s ground breaking Video Nation project (1994-2000), devised Voices (2005); a major pan-BBC investigation of language, accent, and dialect in the UK; and was Executive Producer of the Capture Wales/Cipolwg ar Gymru digital storytelling project (2001- 2008). Mandy’s research looks at the intersection between documentary and networked culture. Her most recent production – Searching for Happiness (2013) – is a continually updating interactive documentary, a meditation on culture, values and the meaning of life.

Mandy is a member of the i-Docs research group and co-convenor of the 2014 i-Docs Symposium. Mandy’s recent writing appears in The Journal of Documentary Studies (Intellect Books 1013), The Documentary Film Book (Palgrave 2013) and DIY Citizenship; Critical Making and Social Media (MIT Press 2014).