who's who in research visuAl Arts - Intellect

René Stettler
New Gallery Lucerne and the Swiss
Biennial on Science, Technics and
Aesthetics, PO Box 3501, Postfach
3501, 6002 Lucerne, Switzerland
Keywords communication problems,
implicit assumptions, conceptions of
reality, extended science ontology,
semiotics
Mary Stewart
Instituto Cervantes, c/o 3 Place
Aubert, Candiac, PQ, J5R 5R2,
Canada
Keywords artful visual analysis,
qualitative research methods, artbased
research, phenomenology and
design
Don Stewart
Griffith University, School of Public
Health, Logan campus,
Meadowbrook, QLD 4131, Australia
Keywords choral singing,
psychological, well-being, cross-
René Stettler is a cultural researcher with many years of international
experience. He is the founder of the New Gallery Lucerne (1987) and
the Swiss Biennial on Science, Technics and Aesthetics (1994). Both
institutions are supported by the City of Lucerne and the
Regionalkonferenz Kultur Region Luzern (RKK), the Swiss National
Science Foundation, and private donors. Major topics such as Brain–
Mind–Culture (1995), Liquid Visions (1997), Frontier Communication:
Human Beings, Apes, Whales, Electronic Networks (1999), The
Enigma of Consciousness (2001), Consciousness and Teleportation
(2005), and Consciousness and Quantumcomputers (2007) have been
discussed a the Swiss Biennial by internationally acclaimed speakers
such as the British mathematician Roger Penrose, the Austrian
quantum physicist Anton Zeilinger and the German chaos theorist Otto
E. Rössler. Together with Otto E. Rösser Stettler co-authored
Interventionen: Vertikale und horizontale Grenzüberschreitungen
(1997).
› Mind, matter, and quantum mechanics: towards a new conceptual theoretical
framework, Technoetic Arts: A Journal of Speculative Research, 3.2, 125-.
› Reframing semiotic telematic knowledge spaces, and the anthropological
challenge to designing interhuman relations, Technoetic Arts: A Journal of
Speculative Research, 6.2, 163-170.
Two of Mary Stewart’s interests are qualitative research methodology
and literacy education. She is passionate about exploring alternative
ways to analyse data, particularly through the use of arts-based and
narrative methods. Her recent work has focused on poetry, collage and
the role of collaboration in research groups. She is presently teaching
and researching literacy education in an urban high school.
› Understanding the value of artistic tools such as visual concept maps in
design and education research, Art, Design & Communication in Higher
Education, 3.3, 141-148.
Donald Stewart is Professor of Health Promotion, School of Public
Health, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. His research expertise
lies with health promotion, mental health, health and ageing and public
health services. He teaches on a wide range or subjects including:
health promotion, health and ageing, health research methodology,
music (singing and dance), management culture and change and the
prevention of HIV/AIDS using multi-strategy interventions.