Ruohan Tang

About

Dr Ruohan Tang is a Senior Teaching Fellow in Digital Media Practices at the Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. He is the Co-EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) for the Art & Media Technology Department. He is also a researcher at the Global Smart Lab, focusing on digital media practices of computing technology with Artificial Intelligence and Immersive media. Central to his work are critical & creative methods, interdisciplinary investigations, international collaborations, and a commitment to advancing equality, diversity, and inclusion of media representation and practices. He teaches in the MA Digital Media Programme, leading the Critical Media Practice Module. He holds professional certificates in Unity for Artists and also a professional certification in Python Programming. With the Faculty International Colleboration Award, he initiates a COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) project with the Communication University of China, Beijing, on six student collaborative VR/AR projects on the theme of the 'Inclusive Future'. He has been nominated for the Best XR Educator Award of the 2025 Innovate UK Immersive Tech Award.

Work

University of Southampton

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton
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Senior Teaching Fellow

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

You Hu Picture Co., Ltd
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International Production Consultant

China

Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton
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Teaching Fellow

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

University of Southampton
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Seminar Leader and Teaching Assistant

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

InHope Picture Co., Ltd
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International Prodcuer (Remote Part-time)

China

The UK-China Film Collab
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International Documentary Development Specialist (Remote Part-time)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The Media Pioneer
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Postproduction Producer

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Education

The University of Southampton
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

PhD in Film Studies

University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Master of Science in Digital Media Design

University of York
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Master of Arts in Digital Film and Television Production

Beijing Foreign Studies University
China

Bachelor of Art in International Journalism and Communication

Publications

Language, Cultural Identity, and Spirituality —A Case Study of the Representation of Minority Ethnic Subjects in Chinese Ethnographic Documentary

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Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism

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Language, cultural identity, and spirituality —a case study of the representation of minority ethnic subjects in Chinese ethnographic documentary

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Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism

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Portraying disability with trauma: A case study of documentary screenwriting in presenting visually impaired subject

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Journal of Screenwriting

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Portraying disability with trauma: A case study of documentary screenwriting in presenting visually impaired subject

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Journal of Screenwriting

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VR soundscape: narrating genius loci through sonic visualisation of sound gallery

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MeCCSA Creative Pratice Symposium, London, United Kingdom, 27/06/24

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conference-presentation

Beyond first-person narrative —VR documentaries and spatial storytelling

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American Comparative Literature Association, Montreal, Canada, 14/03/24

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conference-presentation

Chinese participatory video: Participatory art in representing living space

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dissertation-thesis

Aural Authenticity and Reality in Soundscape of VR Documentary

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Interactive Film & Media Journal

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Can you believe it? Interactive narrative in VR documentary

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The Writing Platform

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Body schema and embodied cognitive methodology for documentary film

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Beijing International Film Festival, 29th College Student Film Festival 2022 International Young Scholars Conference, Beijing, China, 22/08/22

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conference-presentation

Can AI simplify the workflow of documentary pre-editing?

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ViewFinder

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The mode of silence in cinema

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Beijing International Film Festival, 27th College Student Film Festival 2020 International Young Scholars Conference, Beijing, China, 21/09/20

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conference-presentation

交互式纪录片——对客观历史性存在的表现与消解

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Scholars in 2050 Forum of Communication Studies, Beijing, China, 22/06/20

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conference-presentation

Model construction of the influencing factors and functional mechanisms for the participatory video practice of ethnic minorities in Yunnan province

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Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association Annual Conference 2020, Brighton, United Kingdom, 8/01/20

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conference-presentation

“档案效应”下亚当•柯蒂斯作品“不稳定感知”的批判性话语分析

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The Sixth National Young Scholar Forum of Film Studies, Beijing, China, 14/11/19

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conference-presentation

从1990年到2010年保加利亚电影新浪潮的主题分析

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Movie Literature

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Ruohan Tang