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Centre for Design and Creative Industries - Research Groups

• Birmingham Design Research Group
• Jewellery Research Group
• Visual Communication Research Group
• Architecture Research Group

Contact

• Darren.Newbury@bcu.ac.uk

Visual Communication Research Group

Group Coordinator: Prof. Andrew Kulman

Members:
John Barrett, Ravi Deepres, Robert Gibb, John Hodgett, Dr. Jiehong Jiang, Prof. Andrew Kulman, Dr. Darren Newbury, Dr. Andy Saxon, Daniel Whistler

Students:
Clive Colledge, Philip Harris, Li-Chiou Chen, Noorhayati Saad, Feng Su, Zhengmin Hu

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The Visual Communication Research Group supports staff specialising in range of areas including: photography, illustration, film, performance, digital media and cross-cultural studies of visual communication. It is the aim of the group to investigate and contribute to current developments in visual communication through both theoretical research and visual practice.

The group hosts a number of funded research projects, and has a range of international collaborations. The research activities within the group include:

• Practical visual outcomes in the form of exhibitions, installations, and films
• Contributions to the debate around practice-led research in art and design
• Exploration of the links between performance, moving image and new media technologies
• Critical studies of contemporary visual culture with an international comparative dimension
• International conference presentations, journal papers and editing, including the editorship of the international journal Visual Studies

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