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Dr. Denise Whitehouse |
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Senior Lecturer, DSC |
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BA Hons, Art History., 1980, Latrobe University
MA, Art History., 1984, Latrobe University
PhD, Visual Arts., 1999, Monash University
Dr Denise Whitehouse is Senior Lecturer, Design, Society and Culture, and a member of the Design History and Theory Research Cluster. A design historian and educator she is actively engaged in building a critical discourse about the history of Australian design as a practice and mode of cultural production, through publication, public lectures, forums and criticism.
Her essay, ‘The State of Design History as a Discipline’ features in D. Brody and H. Clark (eds.) 2009 Design Studies; A Reader, Berg, New York. Publications since 2000 can be accessed at:
http://researchbank.swinburne.edu.au/vital/access/Person/Whitehouse,Denise
Denise is well published in academic and professional journals, contributing regularly for Curve magazine, and has a public profile as a forum facilitator and design commentator. Denise has also been instrumental in developing award winning design history programs.
She is the Chief Investigator in the ARC linkage project “The School: designing a dynamic venue for the new knowledge environment” (2008-2010). This project investigates the design of innovative, 21st century school, learning environments and pedagogical change. See:
http://www.research.swinburne.edu.au/researchers/bulletin/2007/november/newsletter_112.html