ADJACENT is an online journal of emerging media published by the Interactive Telecommunications Program, or ITP.
ADJACENT is an online journal of emerging media published by the Interactive Telecommunications Program, or ITP.
Its mission is to share research, reflection, observations, and opinions from and for the diverse creators that are exploring the possibilities and directions at the frontiers of media and technology.
Rapid change—whether incremental, sudden, or meteoric—is the air we breathe. Think of all that you take for granted today that hardly existed a decade ago. Imagine what the next decade will bring. ADJACENT is a forum to pause and consider the world we are making. It’s not intended to be a place to show off the latest app/widget/game/device/buzzword tech, but to explore what these new advances reveal about our selves and society, and/or what they might mean.
Emerging media includes expressive technology in programming, video, physical space, music, visual arts, products, entertainment, education, CR, AR, AI…you name it. We feel that emerging media has emerged enough to begin to take it seriously in terms of criticism and research into its effects.
We call the journal ADJACENT because each medium is connected to another, and creators, no matter the medium, are connected to each other, to society, and to the world. We have opportunities and responsibilities. We believe that it’s our adjacencies to diverse media, people, and disciplines that spark creativity. We’re influenced by the term adjacent possible, coined by the biologist Stuart Kaufman to describe how organisms grow and flourish—that is, change—just by existing near entities different from themselves.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Nancy Hechinger
Managing Editors
Alden Jones
Carrie Wang
Editors
Ashley Jane Lewis
Gabriella M Garcia
Lillian Ritchie
Matthew Ross
Mohammad Hafiyyandi
Noah Pivnick
Sam Hains
Art Direction and Design
Dana Elkis
Emily Lin
Ilana Bonder
Web Development
Wenqi Li
Visuals/Illustration Curators
Camilla Padgitt-Coles
Katya Rozanova
Sam Hains
Sofia Suazo
Outreach
Mohammad Hafiyyandi
