CHAPTER 1
Beatriz Acevedo
Anglia Ruskin University, Lord Ashcroft Building, East Road, Cambridge, Bedfordshire, CB1 8PT, United Kingdom
Keywords art, aesthetics, organizational studies
Beatriz Acevedo is a lecturer in sustainable management at Lord Ashcroft International Business School at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Her research interests concern the intersection between art, aesthetics and organizational studies. She also utilizes 'art' as a way of understanding complex social issues, such as the case of violence, discrimination, leadership, sustainability and conflict.
Memories of Violencia in the work of the Colombian artist Doris Salcedo: A subjective view, Journal of Arts & Communities, 2.2, 153–170.
Sophia Krzys Acord
University of Florida, Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, 200 Walker Hall, PO Box 118030, Gainesville, Florida, 32611, United States of America
Keywords embodied cognition, habitus, music, social interaction, tacit knowledge, humanities, knowledge production, arts, interdisciplinarity
Sophia Krzys Acord has arrived at sociology from a background in theatrical design, musical performance and arts education. Her past research includes an ethnography of Parisian artist-squats and the study of artistic censorship in the United States and the United Kingdom. She received a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Exeter, where her dissertation on exhibition-making practices among curators of contemporary art was awarded an 'Honorable Mention' by the American Sociological Association's annual dissertation prize committee in 2010. Her current work interrogates knowledge production, interdisciplinary collaboration and the impact of digital technologies in the humanities disciplines.
Thinking with art: from situated knowledge to experiential knowing, Journal of Visual Art Practice, 6.2, 125–140.
Clive Adams
Keywords curating, nature
Clive Adams is Director of the Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World. He is a curator with a particular interest in the work of artists which engages with nature. He started his career at the Arnolfini, Bristol in the 1970s, and his exhibitions have covered a period from the eighteenth century to the present day. The most recent are 'The Impossible View?' at The Lowry (winner of the Museums and Heritage Award for the best UK temporary exhibition of 2003) and 'The Art of White' at the Lowry until 17 April 2006.
'Nature and I are Two', Journal of Visual Art Practice, 1.1, 56–.
Julieta Aguilera
University of Plymouth and Adler Planetarium, Planetary Collegium, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA, UK. Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL, 60130 USA
Keywords embodiment,enaction, synthetic experience, virtual reality, augmented reality
Julieta Aguilera is a researcher in interactive and immersive visualization in the Adler's Space Visualization Laboratory. An MFA graduate in Graphic Design and Electronic Visualization from the University of Notre Dame and the University of Illinois at Chicago, respectively, she has taught visual design and immersive environments, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Interactive Arts at the Planetary Collegium Program based in Plymouth, UK. Over the past fifteen years, she has exhibited CAVE-based Virtual Reality artworks and presented papers at both international conferences and art galleries. She collaborates with astronomers, historians and educators in the design and production of immersive interactive pieces for shows and research-oriented exhibitions.
The synthetic experience as an exoskeleton of the mind, Technoetic Arts: A Journal of Speculative Research, 9.2–3, 271–276.
Joe Adu-Agyem
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Department of General Art Studies (Art Education), Faculty of Fine Art, College of Art and Social Sciences, University Post Office Box 50, Kumasi, KNUST, Ghana
Keywords child art, Ghana, creativity, aesthetics, education
Joe Adu-Agyem is Head of Department and Senior Lecturer in the Department of General Art Studies (Art Education), the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). He holds a Ph.D (Documentation), a Masters degree and a postgraduate diploma in Art Education as well as a BA (Art) degree in Sculpture, all from KNUST. He also has a three-year diploma in Art Education (Cape Coast University) and a four-year teachers' certificate A (Kumasi). His research interests include documentation, aesthetics and criticism, research methodology, educational administration/psychology, sculpture, secondary education and fashion design.
Enhancing children's learning: the art perspective, International Journal of Education through Art, 5.2&3, 143–155.
Sean Aita
Keywords theatre, acting, performance
Sean Aita is a community theatre practitioner and academic. He is currently a senior lecturer in acting at the Arts University College at Bournemouth. He is the former head of education and community at the Royal Theatre in Northampton and the artistic director of Forest Forge Theatre Company, developing performance and participatory projects for and with rural communities. As director of Forest Forge, Sean's work was shortlisted for the Stage Awards for Achievement in Regional Theatre in 2008.
An unobscured glow: Towards a definition of Rural Theatre, Journal of Arts & Communities, 2.1, 55–63.
Esra Akcan
University of Illinois, Chicago
Keywords architecture
Esra Akcan is an assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She received her architecture degree from Middle East Technical University and her Ph.D. and postdoctoral degrees from Columbia University in New York. She has taught at Columbia University, Humboldt University, the New School, Pratt Institute and METU. Akcan has received awards and fellowships from the Institute for Advanced Studies in Berlin, the Clark Institute, the Graham Foundation, the Getty Research Institute, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the Mellon Foundation, DAAD, Kinne, and KRESS/ARIT. She is the author of (Land)Fill Istanbul, Çeviride Modern Olan, Architecture in Translation (forthcoming) and Turkey: Modern Architectures in History (with Sibel Bozdogan, forthcoming).
Book Reviews, International Journal of Islamic Architecture, 1.1, 151–168.
Mohammed Al-amri
Sultan Qaboos University, College of Education, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, P.O. Box 32, Code 123
Keywords art studio, art lecturer, art education, higher education, SQU
Mohammed Al-Amri is an assistant professor of Art Education at Sultan Qaboos University. He is a member of the International Advisory Committee for Arts Education, as well as a working group member of the Road Map for Arts Education, UNESCO. He has an MA in Art and Design Education from the University of Warwick and a Ph.D. from the University of Manchester, UK. His research interests are in the art curriculum, programme evaluation, art criticism and creative thinking. He has published articles in both Arabic and English.
Assessment techniques racticed in teaching art at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman, International Journal of Education through Art, 7.3, 267–282.
Khaled Al-Najdi
Keywords constructing, digital software applications, globalization, Islamic aniconism, postmodern allegory
Khaled Al-Najdi is an assistant professor of Communication Design in the Department of Art and Design at Kuwait University. He obtained his Master's degree from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in 1998 and his Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) in 2001. In 2003 he established the Art and Design Program at Kuwait University's College for Women. He currently teaches courses in graphic design history, typography and graphic design studios for undergraduate graphic design majors at Kuwait University. His most recent article is titled 'The history of advertising design in Kuwait – post oil cultural shifts, 1947–1959' for the Journal of Design History, vol. 25 No 1, (2012), pp. 55–87.
Combining a past and present mode: Kuwaiti digitalized canvasses as a method in creative possibilities and pedagogical practice, Journal of Visual Art Practice, 10.3, 245–261.
Jamal Al-Qawasmi
King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals, Department of Architecture, PO Box 312, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Keywords e-studio, digital design, architectural design education, CAAD
Jamal Al-Qawasmi obtained a BSc in Architecture in 1987, MSc in Architecture in 1993, and a Ph.D. in Architecture in 1999 from Texas A&M. Since 1993 he has taught architecture and design computing in several universities and is involved in research and consultation. His experience lies in several fields related to computer applications in architectural education and practice such as programming, drafting and 3D modelling, photo-based 3D modelling, rendering and animation, graphic design and image manipulation, panorama presentations, web development, e-learning, collaborative environments, virtual reality, stereo imaging and virtual reality. His interests include computer-mediated collaborative design, virtual design education and applications of virtual reality in architectural education. He has published numerous articles, is the founding Chair of the Arab Society for Computer Aided Architectural Design (ASCAAD) and has organized five international conferences in the field of computer and information technology applications in architectural design and education.
Digital media in architectural design education: reflections on the e-studio pedagogy, Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education, 4.3, 205–.
Giorgio Alberti
Keywords Eros, HermAfrEros, myths and mythology, archetypes, Carl Gustav Jung
After a Master's degree in Civil Engineering and a Ph.D. in Informatics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (Dr sc. techn. ETHZ) Giorgio Alberti has completed an MBA at the INSEAD in Fontainebleau. After different positions in Management of Multinational Industries and Consulting at international level he is now owner of the AGB Strategy & Management Consulting in Muralto-Locarno (Switzerland).
Amores-Eros and Low Power Society, Technoetic Arts: A Journal of Speculative Research, 4.2, 75–78.
Sandra Alexander
American University in Dubai, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, United Arab Erimates
Keywords Paul Cézanne, phenomenology, sense perception, embodied experience
Sandra Alexander (D.Phil, Oxford) is an independent scholar based in Oxford. In 2002, she successfully completed her thesis focusing on the themes of art, expression and historicity in the work of Merleau-Ponty. More recently, she has taught for Oxford Brookes University, acted as tutor for the Sarah Lawrence Programme based at Wadham College, Oxford. She currently works at the American University in Dubai.
Beyond 'Cézanne's Doubt', Journal of Visual Art Practice, 4.2, 97–110.
Mel Alexenberg
College of Judea and Samaria, 36 Lohamay Hageto Street, Petach Tikvah, 49651, Israel
Keywords auto-ethnography, artographic enquiry, post-digital age realms of learning creativity, ancient schema, Kabbalah
Mel Alexenberg is an artist, educator, writer, and blogger working at the interface between art, science, technology, and culture. His artworks can be seen at www.melalexenberg.com. They explore interrelationships between the post-digital age and Jewish consciousness, space-time systems and electronic technologies, participatory art and community values, high tech and high touch eexperiences responsive art in cyberspace and real space, and blogart and wikiart. His artworks exploring digital technologies and global systems are in the collections of more than forty museums worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Jewish Museum in Prague, and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
Autoethnographic identification of realms of learning for art education in a postdigital age, International Journal of Education through Art, 4.3, 231–246.
Ancient schema and technoetic creativity, Technoetic Arts: A Journal of Speculative Research, 4.1, 3–14.
Hena Ali
Central Saint Martins, Flat 53, Courtside 47–49, Penywern Road, London, SW5 9TU, United Kingdom
Keywords new literacy studies, semiotics, multimodal literacy, visual grammar, allegory
Hena Ali is a Ph.D. student at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London. She is a practice-based graphic designer. Her Ph.D. research is practice-led and concerned with 'graphic communication design', investigating the communicative capacity of vernacular art in indigenous settings. She is exploring Pakistani vernacular visual media within user-centred graphic communication design. Visually, these are immensely vibrant and exotic but are uncharted territory in terms of communication. Hena is investigating sign systems located within indigenous visual media, exploring the influence of content and context on how they are read. Her research suggests graphic design as a paradigm in which indigenous art can be critically located and discussed as communication. The research findings will include a 'graphic communication design' schema of practice to facilitate the design of visual communications targeting low-literacy groups.
Visual reflections: Lollywood billboards, just a commercial medium or an ideological allegorical literacy?, Journal of Writing in Creative Practice, 4.3, 401–426.
Dijana Alic
University of New South Wales
Keywords war and architecture, modern architecture, heritage studies,
Dijana Alic holds a degree in Architecture from the University of Sarajevo and a Ph.D. from the University of New South Wales (UNSW). She is currently a senior lecturer in Design, History and Theory in the Faculty of the Built Environment, UNSW, Sydney, Australia. Her research interest focuses on the relationship between modernity and national expression in architecture, particularly in the context of post-World War II 'Eastern' Europe. Alic's work has been published in international journals such as the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Centropa, Journal of Central European Architecture and Related Arts and Open House International. Alic has participated in numerous national and international conferences.
Book Reviews, International Journal of Islamic Architecture, 1.1, 151–168.
Giovanni Aloi
Roehampton University, Department of Media, Culture & Language, Erasmus House, Roehampton Lane, London, SW15 5PU, United Kingdom
Keywords Vargas, Evaristti, Hirst, Abdessemed
Giovanni Aloi lectures in History of Art and Media Studies at Roehampton University, Queen Mary University of London, The Open University and the Tate Galleries. In 2006, he founded Antennae, the Journal of Nature in Visual Culture of which he currently is Editor in Chief (www.antennae.org.uk). The journal combines a heightened level of academic scrutiny of animals in art, with a less formal and more experimental format designed to appeal to audiences of academics, artists and general public alike. Giovanni Aloi is currently researching the subject of 'animal displays in contemporary art' for his Ph.D. at Goldsmiths, University of London.
The death of the animal, Journal of Visual Art Practice, 9.1, 59–68.
Leila Amaral
Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Post Graduation Program of Religious Studies, Rua Marechal Deodoro, 268, CEP 36013–000, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Keywords anthropology, religion, technology
Leila Amaral has a Ph.D. in Anthropology and is a guest researcher at the Post-Graduation Program of Religious Studies of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
The festive character of cyber art, Technoetic Arts: A Journal of Speculative Research, 8.3, 255–265.
