Biography

David joined Swansea in 2007 as a Lecturer in Media and Communication. Prior to this he undertook research at the University of Sussex where he obtained his doctorate. His research interests focus on media/medium theory, software studies, state-of-the-art technologies, and sociological and philosophical research into technology. He is particularly interested in the methodological and theoretical challenges of digital media and has strong research interests in Heidegger, Kittler, Arendt and Latour.  He is also a member of the Centre for the Study of Politics and Culture (C-SCAP).

Current research

• Theories of digital code/software and their cultural representation.
  
• Data visualisation and financialisation, particularly in relation to intimate media. 
  
• Cultures of financialisation and the representation of finance/markets in popular culture. 
• The computational turn in Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences (Digital Humanities).
  

Selected Recent Publications

                         

• Berry, D. M. (forthcoming) Software Studies: Understanding Code and Software in the Digital Economy. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
  
• Berry, D M. (2008) Copy, Rip, Burn: The Politics of Copyleft and Open Source. London: Pluto Press. [INFO]
  
• Berry, D M. & Moss, G.  (eds.) (2008) Libre Culture. Canada: Pygmalion Books. [PDF]

Papers

• Berry, D. M. (forthcoming) Becoming Algorithmic: Unreadiness-to-Hand and the Computational Image. 
• Berry, D. M. (forthcoming) On Being a Good Stream: Postmodern Fables of Financialization.
• Berry, D M. (2008) The Poverty of Networks. Theory, Culture and Society. Annual 2008. Vol. 25(7–8). pp. 364–372. [PDF]
• Berry, D M. (2008) A Contribution Towards a Grammar of Code. Fibreculture Journal. Issue 13.
• Berry, D M. (2007) A Contribution to a Political Economy of Open Source and Free Culture. In Macmillan, F. (Ed). New Directions in Copyright Law. Volume 4. London: Edward Elgar. pp. 193-223.
• Berry, D M. & Moss, G. (2006) The Politics of the Libre Commons. First Monday. Volume 11, Number 9, September 2006. [HTML]
• Berry, D M.& Moss, Giles (2006) Free and Open-Source Software: Opening and Democratising e-Government's Black Box. Information Polity. Volume 11 (1). pp 21-34. [PDF]

Selected research awards, fellowships, & prizes

• ESRC +3 Doctoral Studentship. 2002-2006, University of Sussex.
• ESRC POST Research Fellow, 2005, UK Parliament.
• Oxford Full Studentship, Oxford Internet Institute, 2004, University of Oxford.

PhD Supervision

• Dr. Berry currently supervises PhD students looking at Heidegger and Technology; Digital Craftsmanship; Authenticity and the Corporation in the Information Age; The Media in DR Congo; and the Media System in Cameroon.