who's who in research visuAl Arts - Intellect

Margarete Jahrmann
University of Arts Zurich,
Department of Design,
Ausstellungsstrasse 60, 8005 Zurich,
Switzerland
Keywords arts research, science
critic, game culture, ludic interfaces,
player consciousness, Internet of
things
Alison James
London College of Fashion -
University of the Arts London, 20
John Princes St, London, W1G 0BJ,
United Kingdom
Keywords emotions, progress files,
key skills, writing, narrative
Margarete Jahrmann is an artist, doctor of Philosophy, and Professor
for Game Design at the University of Arts Zurich. In Vienna at the
University of Arts die Angewandte Vienna she is lecturer in media arts
and individual project leader of the European Union funded
Humanities Research project on creative FLOW and 'Prosumer'
cultures (subproject of TEF- Technology, Exchange and Flow) with the
aim of an international exhibition in 2012 in Vienna on Pervasive
Prosumer Plays. As an internationally renowned artist she exhibited
and presented her work worldwide, as for example in 2010 at Wits
Academy, Johannesburg, South Africa, FACT Centre Liverpool, Space
Invaders, at Digital Arts weeks Xian, China; in the Netherlands Media
Arts Institute NIMK, Amsterdam. A selection of further shows include
2009 Tales of Play, Alta Tecnología Andina Lima and Enter_Act,
Kunstmuseum Aaros, 2008 Arco/ Laboral Gijon, SESC/ File Sau
Paolo, 2007 DIGRA Tokyo.
› Morales du Joujou: Ludic wonder objects, Technoetic Arts: A Journal of
Speculative Research, 6.2, 149-162.
Alison James is currently Learning and Teaching Coordinator at the
Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College, where her
responsibilities include supporting curriculum innovation, staff
development in teaching and learning, learning support and English
language provision. She is involved in several nationally funded
projects on improving provision for disabled students, supporting parttime
tutors in art and design and writing practices. She has previously
coordinated a four-year TLTP3 project. She is a member of the art and
design reference group of the ADC LTSN. Her research interests are
auto/biography and narratives of learning.
› Autobiography and narrative in personal development planning in the
creative arts, Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education, 3.2, 103-
118.
› Reflection revisited: perceptions of reflective practice in fashion learning and
teaching, Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education, 5.3, 179-196.
› Reflections on emotional journeys: a new perspective for reading fashion
students' PPD statements, Art, Design & Communication in Higher
Education, 6.3, 209-219.
David E. James Professor David E. James is on the faculty of the School of Cinematic