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Emma Dorfman
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Dramaturg | Digital Performance Researcher | Writer | Creative Facilitator

PhD'ing @designinf.bsky.social
Goldsmiths MA DWP
NYU Tisch Drama

Books, bubble tea, and being apart together
https://apart-together.com
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erdorfman.bsky.social
✨Snippets from a PhD ✨

#156/? : it is actually digitally site specific performa
📸 6 June 2025 11:34:19

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #university #theatrevsperformance
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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#53/? : Devo Max
📸 7 December 2024 20:??:??

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #glitch #devolution #2023atrilogy
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November 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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#243/? : strikes
📸 1 October 2025 19:45:45

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #university #funding #cuts #ucu
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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#231/? : memorialization
📸 14 September 2025 15:33:54

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #history #archives #publishing
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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#162/? :
📸 12 June 2025 14:28:47

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #nocaptionneeded
November 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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#116/? : university cuts
📸 28 March 2025 11:??:??

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #glitch #universitycuts
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November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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#140/? : 23rd June
📸 15 May 2025 10:43:22

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #dates
November 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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#222/? : Phoenix Arts Club closure
📸 2 September 2025 11:37:09

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #theatre
October 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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#236/? :
📸 19 September 2025 14:18:53

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #nocaptionneeded
October 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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✨New @sgsah.bsky.social Blog Post✨

For my last post as SGSAH Resident Blogger 🥹, I discuss James Marriott's "The dawn of the post-literate society" 📚 🤯 and the complicated, tenuous role researchers 👩‍🏫 play within this landscape.

Read it here ➡️ sgsahblog.com/2025/10/30/w...
What is Academia’s Role in a ‘Post-Literate Society’?
This week, Resident Blogger Emma discusses James Marriott’s “The dawn of the post-literate society” and its implications for the work of academic researchers.
sgsahblog.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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#150/? :
📸 29 May 2025 12:50:05

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #nocaptionneeded
October 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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New post feat. 2 different (!) productions delivered straight to your door from #edfringe and #dublinfringe...

More to come from my personal blog as I wrap up my role
@sgsah.bsky.social!

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Home-Specific Performance: “Deliverance” x “Holdings” — Apart Together
Some musings on two performances delivered to your home, and their conceptions of ‘site’…
apart-together.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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#31/? : Conference of the Absent
📸 11 November 2024 16:??:??

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #glitch #riminiprotokoll
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October 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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#18/? : new deadline for article?
📸 28 October 2024 11:??:??

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #glancebackglitch #publishing
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Tech issues identified on 13 May 2025 means metadata for #1 - 138 are lost to the ether.
October 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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#83/? : CRISP
📸 11 February 2025 10:??:??

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #glancebackglitches #CRISP #sts
. . .

Tech issues identified on 13 May 2025 means metadata for #1 - 138 are lost to the ether.
October 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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#210/? : Matjaz Vidmar the new real
📸 18 August 2025 13:37:06

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #ethics #ai #ethicalai
October 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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#167/? :
📸 20 June 2025 12:44:16
#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #captionthis
October 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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✨New @sgsah.bsky.social Blog Post✨

This week, I discuss artificial intelligence 🤖, changing perceptions of attention 🧐, 'cognitive offloading', and what this all could mean for academic writing and thinking at-large. 🤯🧠

Read the full post here ➡️ sgsahblog.com/2025/10/16/a...
AI, Attention, and Academia
This week, Resident Blogger Emma discusses generative artificial intelligence, ‘cognitive offboarding’, and the implications of this on academic publishing and thinking at large…
sgsahblog.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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✨Snippets from a PhD ✨

#213/? : trauma washing?
📸 22 August 2025 13:32:06

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #reviews
October 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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#202/? : SGSAH Blog
📸 7 August 2025 13:25:32

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #blogger
October 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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#33/? : where are my tabs
📸 13 November 2024 11:??:??

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #glancebackglitches #tabs
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Tech issues identified on 13 May 2025 means metadata for #1 - 138 are lost to the ether.
October 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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#205/? : can't remember anyone's name
📸 11 August 2025 14:53:41

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #names
October 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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#109/? : I check my emails a lot
📸 20 March 2025 10:??:??

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #glancebackglitches #emails
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Tech issues identified on 13 May 2025 means metadata for #1 - 138 are lost to the ether.
October 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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#180/? :
📸 7 July 2025 13:01:36

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #captionthis
October 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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#233/? : number
📸 16 September 2025 13:22:11

#phdlife #sgsah #universityofedinburgh #eca #research #academia #performanceart #random #number #generator
September 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM