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Week 1: What is Publishing <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Image Source: <\/a>The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Task #01<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was interested to read that the word publish<\/em> has its roots in the idea of making something public (etymonline, 2025) and that the word experimental<\/em> is about trying something new or untested (experimental, no date). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although I am currently an MSc Creative Technologies student, most of my career has been in psychiatry, where publishing has mainly involved text-based materials like journals, textbooks, and clinical reports. Although these publications often included experimental data, the form of the media was always predictable and non-experimental. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also hold an arts degree and founded a small LGBTQIA+ charitable company, where I regularly published digital content, engaging with diverse forms of making public<\/em>, such as audio and video on social media platforms. Here, the content was often more experimental, but the publication platform, namely the internet or social media platform, could also be said to be predictable or non-experimental. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The University of Southampton defines my course as a blend of creative arts and digital technologies((University of Southampton, 2025), but I prefer Conner et al.’s broader definition of it as a “transdisciplinary domain” combining various disciplines (2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this module, I aim to explore publishing beyond academic or clinical texts and integrate my professional, artistic, and voluntary sector experiences in new ways.I am also interested in the idea of the \u2018experimental\u2019 in publishing and how non-text forms might challenge or complement traditional book publishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

References <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connor, A.M. and Marks, S. (2016) Creative Technologies for multidisciplinary applications. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, an imprint of IGI Global.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

etymonline<\/em> (2025) etymonline<\/em>. Available at: https:\/\/www.etymonline.com\/word\/publish#etymonline_v_2814 (Accessed: 8 April 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

experimental<\/em> (no date) dictionary.cambridge.org<\/em>. Available at: https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/experimental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Southampton. (2025). MSc Creative Technologies 3599 (1 year)<\/em>. [online] Available at: https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/courses\/creative-technologies-masters-msc [Accessed 6 Feb. 2025].<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Week 2: Magazine Publishing <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Image from Elska’s website – Image Source<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Magazine Analysis Case Study: Elska Magazine <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n