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Political economy of gender and development in Africa: mapping gaps, conflicts and representation
No full textThis book explores the issues and challenges of gender and development in Africa. The current needs of women in Africa are connected with the possible future emancipation of women from institutions and processes that perpetuate poverty to overcome gendered development processes and patriarchal economic policies at work. The role of legal, political, cultural, religious, and economic institutions in development are examined to highlight marginalisation within uneven development processes embedded with capitalism. Broader development issues, such as property rights, food security, accessibility of resources, and environmental change, are also discussed.
This book aims to reimagine African development from an issue-based perspective that moves beyond gender stereotypes and narrow silo of patriarchal development. The volume is relevant to students and researchers interested in the political economy, development and feminist economics
Leveraging synthetic data to learn video stabilization under adverse conditions
Get PDFStabilization plays a central role in improving the quality of videos. However, current methods perform poorly under adverse conditions. In this paper, we propose a synthetic-aware adverse weather video stabilization algorithm that dispenses real data for training, relying solely on synthetic data. Our approach leverages specially generated synthetic data to avoid the feature extraction issues faced by current methods. To achieve this, we present a novel data generator to produce the required training data with an automatic ground-truth extraction procedure. We also propose a new dataset, VSAC105Real, and compare our method to five recent video stabilization algorithms using two benchmarks. Our method generalizes well on real-world videos across all weather conditions and does not require large-scale synthetic training data. Implementations for our proposed video stabilization algorithm, generator, and datasets are available at https://github.com/A-Kerim/SyntheticData4VideoStabilization_WACV_2024
Working with dementia: applying creative education to interdisciplinary and cross-organisational practice
No full textThis chapter considers the relationship between creative business education with interdisciplinary practice, which is presented in the form of two studies. The objective of these projects is to develop digital health applications for people living with dementia. To achieve these ends, the author, co-researchers and co-designers needed to address a disparate range of questions and challenges. The themes discussed in this chapter reflect on issues in health and ageing, including the efficacy of the proposed solutions; practical requirements in the development of appropriate digital technologies; and questions of intersectionality in ageism, diversity and digital inclusion. It might appear that the relationship to creative business education is tenuous in this context, but it is quite the contrary
Business models of contemporary art galleries and art fair influence: a thematic synthesis of the literature
No full text"Business Models of Contemporary Art Galleries and Art Fair Influence" disentangles main features and dynamics of both artistic and commercial practices of art galleries, and highlights the interplay with the increasing phenomenon of art fairs and the implications for the overall contemporary art system
The Mushrooms of Plato’s Cave
No full textIn this artistic project I adopted an interdisciplinary approach to eco-feminism, politics of care, and drawing to create a visual counternarrative of Plato’s Myth of the Cave. In my narrative composed by twenty images the protagonist of my redesigned myth instead of leaving the material world represented by the cave as in Plato’s myth, creates a deeper connection with it by understanding its underground life populated by fungi. By using imagination, watercolours, and digital painting I created a visual description where the protagonist of my transformed Plato’s myth discovers a way to relate to her material world that challenges traditional western anthropocentric approach to reality. This project has been exhibited at China Museum of Art in Shanghai (December 2nd, 2023 - February 25th, 2024) and Coffee Craft Café in Beijing (4th-February 28th, 2024)
Being seen: impression management and (in)visibility in the online classroom
Get PDFThis chapter uses Goffman's (1990 [1959]) concepts of impression management, front stage and back stage, to explore some of the challenges presented when teaching and learning online. In particular, the chapter considers the issues of performance, and the collapsing of front stage and back stage when working online and from home. Reflecting on my own experiences during the pandemic, and drawing on qualitative comments from undergraduate students gathered during the national lockdown, the chapter considers students' reluctance to turn their cameras on, and how staff looked to manage their impressions in the online space. The chapter concludes by considering the role audience perceptions play concerning visibility and an individual's willingness to be seen, and it questions whether students' unfamiliarity with each other an important element in their decision to keep their cameras off
El arte contemporáneo después del capitalismo. De utopías y distopías en la India neoliberal: la primera bienal de Kochi
No full textEssay written in English and translated for publication in Spanish
Introduction and co-convenor
Get PDFThe conference took place in Zagreb (Croatia) at Nikola Tesla Technical Museum in partnership with the Institute of Art History and Art Pavilion.
The other partners for the 4th edition of Fast Forward conference are Tbilisi Photo Festival, University for the Creative Arts (UCA) and London College of Communication (LCC) at University of the Arts London (UAL). This international conference was aligned with an exhibition at Art Pavilion, curated by Sandra Križić Roban, that explored the histories of the practices of female photographers in the region. The conference was supported by University for the Creative Arts.
The theme for the 4th conference and co-convened by Professor Anna Fox (UCA) and Maria Kapajeva (UCA, EKA), Professor Val Williams (LCC/UAL), Nestan Nijaradze (Tbilisi Photo Festival) and Dr. Sandra Križić Roban (Institute of Art History) is “Women, Photography, Conflict”. The conference will explore the ways that women photographers have worked in countries affected by conflict and will generate new knowledge within this under researched area.
As the violation of women’s rights is one of the prominent aspects dominating conflict zones, this theme resonates with many realities encountered by women across the region, including South Causasian and Balkan countries. Over the years women photographers have been active in documenting violations of human rights, have advocated for women and initiated real changes in conflict or post conflict territories. Yet, within the contemporary historiography of photography, their contributions are frequently omitted. Discussion of conflict photography almost always revolves around high action war photography and is heavily dominated by a traditional male perspective.
The 4th conference will explore various questions including:
>> How do women photographers (re)shape our understanding of conflict?
>> To what extent does gender influence photography practice which deals with conflict and its aftermath?
>> How can we adjust photographic history, to encompass non-Western work by women photographers?
>> In which ways have women’s photographic documentation of human rights violations contributed to social justice
UCARO: designing a repository for arts research
Get PDFLightening talk presenting the newly relaunched UCARO in 2022, and the key changes that have been made to store, share, and showcase arts research at UCA.
Recognition is growing of the value of open research in democratising knowledge and creating a fast-moving, productive and collaborative research culture. The University of Sheffield’s OpenFest provides an opportunity to explore issues around open research, share experiences and consider how open research can be applied in your discipline
UCARO: designing a repository for arts research
Get PDFPresenting the newly relaunched UCARO in 2022, and the key changes that have been made to store, share, and showcase arts research at UCA.
The conference will be of interest to Librarians and Research Support staff responsible for showcasing creative practice research via institutional repositories and submission of this research to the REF. It may also be of interest to research leads in creative departments.
The conference was organised and co-hosted by Bath Spa University and Loughborough University
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