Dr Mark McGuire

Senior Lecturer, Communication Design, Digital Media

Curriculum vitae

Mark McGuire moved to Dunedin from Toronto in 1993 and joined the Department of Design Studies in 1994. He studied Architecture and Fine Art in Canada before setting up Mediatrix Inc., a design and consulting company based in Toronto. As well as working as a graphic designer, he guided several book and magazine publishers through the transition from conventional to digital design and production. He earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Environmental Studies in Canada, as well as a Masters in Information Science from Otago and a PhD in Media Studies from the University of Auckland.

His research interests include online communities, digital media theory and practice, and soundscape design. His recent publications focus on 3D online communities, podcasting, computer games, and the relationship between image and text. Mark teaches primarily in communication design and new media theory and practice. He is interested in interdisciplinary approaches to teaching and research and he contributes to papers and projects in Planning, Performing Arts, Information Science, and Science Communication.

Current teaching

• Coordinator: DESN 202 – Communications Design
• Coordinator: DESI 325 – Design Project II (2012)
• Coordinator: DESI 436 – Design Collaboration
• Supervisor: DESI 480/490/495 – Research Project

Current postgraduate supervision

• Jinty MacTavish: ‘Using film to build action competence around climate change issues in secondary schools’. MSciComm, co-supervisor.
• Katy Miller: ‘Designing national park experiences’. MDes (ongoing), co-supervisor.
• Grant Baxter: ‘Can the new generation of mobile devices offer anything in NZ's public conservation estate’. MDes (ongoing), co-supervisor.

Past postgraduate supervision

• Paul Le Comte: ‘A New Media Weather Environment’. MCApSc (2007), supervisor.

Research areas

• Virtual Communities
• Communication Design
• Internet and New Media

Recent publications

• McGuire, M. ‘Designing Physical and Virtual Communities’ International Conference on Computer Mediated Social Networking (ICCMSN 2008), University of Otago, 11–13 June 2008. Conference proceedings edited by Maryam Purvis and Tony Savarimuthu and published on CD-ROM. Also forthcoming in ICCMSN 2008 Revised Papers published by Springer-Verlag (Springer LNAI – volume 5322) edited by Maryam Purvis and Tony Savarimuthu
• McGuire, M. ‘Virtual Communities and Podcasting: the emergence and transformation of public electronic space’. In Proceedings of Perth DAC 2007 The 7th International Digital Arts and Culture Conference: The Future of Digital Media Culture. 15–18 September 2007. Perth, Australia. Hutchison, A., Editor. Published by Curtin University of Technology. P. 255–267. ISBN 1 74067 537 1
• McGuire, M. ‘World Wide Soundscapes: Listening to the Local’ (2007). In Proceedings of CADE: Computers in Art and Design Education Conference 12–14 September 2007, Perth, Western Australia. p. 131–136 published online at Also published on CD-ROM (2007) ISBN 1 74067 530 4.
• McGuire, M. ‘Community and Consumption: The Transformation of Social Space Online’ (2007). In Computing in the Humanities Working Papers. The Networked Citizen: New Contributions of the Digital Humanities. COCH/COSH Conference, May 29–31, 2005, University of Western Ontario. Conference Proceedings published 2007 online at http://www2.arts.ubc.ca/chwp/CHC2005/index.htm
• McGuire, M. and Simmons, R. ‘Using Multimedia Technology to Teach Literature’. In Technology in the College Classroom: Humanities. Girod, M. and Steed, J. P. Editors. Stillwater, Oklahoma. New Forums Press, 2007. p. 71–88. (with Rochelle Simmons) ISBN 10: 1-58107-129-9, ISBN 13: 978-1-581071-29-0
• McGuire, M. (2006). ‘New Zealand Communities Online: From Local to National to Global’. In Living Together: Towards Inclusive Communities. Thompson-Fawcett, M., and Freeman, C. Editors. Dunedin, University of Otago Press. 2006 p. 123–134, ISBN: 10: 1 877372 29 3, ISBN: 13: 978 1 877372 29 2
• McGuire, M. ‘Ordered Communities’. M/C Journal 7.6 (2005). 07 Feb. 2005.
• McGuire, M. ‘PlayStation 2: Selling the Third Place’. Fine Art Forum Vol. 17, No. 8. 2003

Membership

• Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ), associate member