Dr Seth Keen

• Ph.D. Communication, RMIT University, 2014 
• MA (by Research), Media Arts, University of Technology, Sydney, 2005

Transdisciplinary collaborations include codesigning image-making frameworks and digital platforms within the areas of disaster resilience, Indigenous self-determination, cultural geography, community services and development aid. 

Selected projects include: 

• Research for the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), to scope the use of photos and videos by Forest Fire and Management Victoria staff to collaboratively share knowledge on planning burning training, operations and community engagement. 
• Researching and codesigning with RMIT Visual Communication design colleagues, UX designers and the Wiradjuri people a digital platform for Indigenous nation building in Australia that includes the use of photos and videos to share knowledge. 
• Consultant work on a University of Melbourne, ARC Discovery project codesigning with a cultural geographer, ethnographic image-making methods to document water narratives in Timor Leste for distribution on an online archive. 
• Working with World Vision Australia and UX designers on the codesign of a digital platform that utilised video to provide donors with information about a development aid program In Bogota, Columbia

• Keen, S. 2018, 'The documentary designer: A list of propositions for
  interactive documentary practice online', in *Digital Media and Documentary*,
  Springer, Switzerland, pp. 49-67 ISBN: 9783319686431
• Akama, Y. Evans, D. Keen, S. McMillan, F. McMillan, M. and West, P. 2017,
  'Designing digital and creative scaffolds to strengthen Indigenous nations:
  being Wiradjuri by practicing sovereignty', in *Digital Creativity*,
  Routledge, United Kingdom, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 58-72 ISSN: 1462-6268
• Akama, Y. Keen, S. and West, P. 2016, 'Speculative design and heterogeneity
  in indigenous nation building', in *Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference
  on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS 2016)*, Association for Computing
  Machinery, New York, United States, pp. 895-899
• Keen, S. 2015, 'Sampling Swallows', MINA International Mobile Innovation
  Screening 2015, New Zealand Film Archive, Wellington, New Zealand
• Keen, S. 2014, 'Dead TV: Cancel Delete', Mobile Innovation Network Aotearoa
  (MINA) - peer review panel, The New Zealand Film Archive, Nga- Taonga Sound
  & Vision, Te Anakura Whitiahua, Wellington, New Zealand
• Miles, A. Proctor, J. O'Donnell, K. Soar, M. Keen, S. and Luers, W. 2013,
  'Quickened - A Video iBook', Axon: Creative Explorations, University of
  Canberra, Canberra, Australia
• Keen, S. 2013, 'Ramblings of a post-industrial media maker', Mobile
  Innovation Network Aotearoa (MINA) - peer review panel, The New Zealand
  Film Archive, Te Anakura Whitiahua, Wellington, New Zealand
• Keen, S. 2010, 'Purrumbete Verandah', The Stony Rises Project, RMIT
  Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
• Palmer, L. and Keen, S. 2010, 'Wai Lia Bere', Community Screening, Darasula
  Community Hall, Darasula Village, Baucau District, East Timor
• Keen, S. Deverell, K. and Wolf, D. 2009, 'Bogota Colombia', Virtual Tour:
  Bogota, Colombia, World Vision Australia, Melbourne, Australia