Jane Simon
Lecturer
Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studi
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
Dr Jane Simon researches and teaches in visual cultural studies, film studies and photography. Jane has published articles on amateur and experimental film, photography, artist's books and modes of writing about visual culture. Jane also specialises in photographic media and artists' books. Her artists' books are in international public collections including Manchester Metropolitan University's Special Collections Library and University of West England's Centre for Fine Print Research. Jane completed her PhD in the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney in 2007 and in 2010 Jane was a Visiting Leverhulme Trust Research Fellow in the European Centre for Photographic Research at the University of Wales, UK. From 2013-2016 Jane was Co-Editor of the journal Somatechnics, published by Edinburgh University Press.
Research Interest
Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies
Publications
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Ordinary things, domestic space and photography: Takashi yasumura's interiors Simon, J. 1 Jan 2015 Occupation: Ruin, Repudiation, Revolution: Constructed Space Conceptualized. Churchill, L. & Smith, D. (eds.). Farnham, UK: Ashgate Publishing, p. 83-98 16 p.
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‘Diagnosing’ academic literacy needs in higher education: deploying the ethical resources of disability studies to interrogate information sharing in educational transitions Matthews, N., Simon, J. & Kelly, E. 2 Jul 2016 In : Pedagogy, Culture and Society. 24, 3, p. 445-457 13 p.
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Documenting the domestic: Chantal Akerman's experimental autobiography as archive Simon, J. 2017 In : Australian Feminist Studies. 32, 91-92, p. 150-170 21 p.
