I’m a theory boy at heart, so I’ve done a lot of research in the following areas:
- Radio drama history and theory
- Phenomenology
- Existentialism and its use in writing
- Pedagogy of dramatic writing
- Film theory and language
- Colonialism and theatre
- Narratology and narrative structure
- The intersection of phenomenology and media ecology
- Archives and their relationship to art
- Critical race theory
And, to be honest, lots of other things! Here’s a little bibliography of me:
Book
Soltani, Farokh (2020) Radio/Body: Phenomenology and Dramurgies of Radio. Manchester University Press, Manchester. ISBN 9781526149817
Conference papers
Soltani, Farokh (2019) ‘The Audio-Flaneur: The Cultivation of the Listener-Scholar’. In: TaPPRA 2019, September 3rd – 6th September 2019, Exeter University.
Soltani, Farokh (2018) Radio Listens to Itself: Reason and Resonance in British Radio Dramaturgy. In: Transnational Radio Conference 2018, 13th – 15th July 2018, Monash University, Italy.
Soltani, Farokh (2017) Early Radio Drama and the Quest for Space. In: Sounding Out Space: International Conference, 2nd – 4th November 2017, Dublin, Ireland.
Soltani, Farokh (2017) Radio Learns to Listen: The Spaces and Bodies of Audio Drama in Historical Perspective. In: Headphone Theatre, Podcasts and Radio, 27th June 2017, University of Kent.
PhD Thesis
Soltani, Farokh (2018) Play, Don’t Tell: A Phenomenological Critique of the Semantic Paradigm of British Radio Dramaturgy. Doctoral thesis, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.