Daniel Cookney

Daniel is an educator at the School of Digital Arts (SODA) at Manchester Metropolitan University. His transdisciplinary research and practice work has explored a number of areas although a notable specialism is identity - particularly as it relates to the music industry. His doctoral thesis focused on the performance of identity (especially through visual representation) plus how consequent narratives are defined in the press.

As a writer, he additionally contributes to a number of print/online publications while also the co-editor of Music/Video: Histories, Aesthetics, Media (Bloomsbury, 2017).