Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
I teach in the Humanities and Arts. My current work examines how images and consumer culture structure thought and experience. My interests include the history of philosophy, aesthetics, theories of media, and ethics.
Teaching overview
Tutorial Instructor, University of Western Australia
- Cinema Classics, ENGL2210
- Modernism and the Avant-Garde, ENGL2215
- Ways of Seeing: Themes and Theories in Art, HART1003
- Continental Philosophy: The Origin and Influence of Phenomenology, PHIL3005 (Guest Lecturer & Seminar Co-Coordinator)
- Netflicks: Cinema and Long-form Television, ENGL2401
Unit Coordinator & Lecturer, Murdoch University
- Communication and Persuasion, ART100
- The Power of Perfect Text: Writing for Professional Contexts, ART200
Tutorial Instructor, The University of Notre Dame
- Philosophy of Love & Friendship, CORE2150
Tutorial Instructor, Curtin University
- Social Media, Communities and Networks, NETS2002/5004
Education/Academic qualification
Philosophy, PhD, "Shock, illusion, and the commodification of experience: Walter Benjamin's theory of modernity", The University of Western Australia
2018 → 2023
Award Date: 26 Feb 2024
Cultural Studies & Critical Theory, MA, 'To Win the Energies of Intoxication for the Revolution': Walter Benjamin On Hashish, Media S(t)imulation, and the Dialectics of Psychoactivity, McMaster University
Award Date: 1 Oct 2017
External positions
Curtin University
Murdoch University
University of Notre Dame (Fremantle)
Industry keywords
- Communications
- Social and Welfare Issues
- Digital Health
Research expertise keywords
- Aesthetics & Modernity
- Critical Theory/Frankfurt School
- History of Philosophy
- Phenomenology
- Poststructuralism & Deleuze Studies
- Media Studies & Film
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Research output
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Shock, Illusion, and the Commodification of Experience: Walter Benjamin's Theory of Modernity
Bourland, J. D., 2023, (Unpublished)Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis
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'Empathy with the commodity-soul': Walter Benjamin on the corruption of Husserlian intersubjectivity
Bourland, J., 7 Nov 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference presentation/ephemera › peer-review
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Intersubjectivity and Commodification: Benjamin's Critical Adaptation of Husserlian Empathy
Bourland, J., 24 Nov 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference presentation/ephemera › peer-review
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‘Filling the inner emptiness of the mask’: ethics and performance in the era of simulation
Bourland, J., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Deleuze and the Schizoanalysis of Performance. Koczy, D. (ed.). Bloomsbury, (Schizoanalytic Applications Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter › peer-review
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Walter Benjamin 'On Hashish' and the Psychotropic Refrain
Bourland, J., 23 Jun 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference presentation/ephemera › peer-review