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Dr. Nobumasa Kiyonaga is Professor of Art Theory in the Faculty of Art of the University of East Asia in Shimonoseki, Japan. Following a degree in Social Studies for School Education, Art Education and Art Science at the University of Yamaguchi and Hiroshima University, Dr. Kiyonaga completed his doctorate under the supervision of Wolfgang Legler in the Department of Educational Science at the University of Hamburg in 2007 with his thesis on "Alfred Lichtwark: Art Education as Cultural Politics" (Munich, Kopaed Publishers, 2008). He has worked at the University of East Asia since 2011. His research focuses on the areas of the development of discourse on Aesthetic Education, or Art Education, Cultural Education in Contemporary Germany and the History of Art and Cultural Politics in the German Empire.
Bernadette Van Haute was Professor of Art History in the Department of Art and Music at the University of South Africa (retired in 2022). She studied Ethnic Art in Belgium and wrote her Master's dissertation on selected art of Central Africa. Her Doctoral thesis focused on a monograph and catalogue raisonné of the Flemish artist David III Ryckaert (2000, Brepols). Van Haute also published a book on 17th century Flemish paintings in public collections in South Africa (2006, Unisa Press). Her research interests include the representation of Africa in the art of the 17th-century Netherlands; African modernism and contemporary art in Africa.
Ernst Wagner, wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Akademie für Bildende Künste in München, Projekt BKKB: Bildkompetenz in der Kulturellen Bildung: "Was ist und wie fördert man Bildkompetenz?" Entwicklung eines Messinstruments und Untersuchung der Unterrichtsqualität.
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Ana Mae Barbosa, is a full professor at Universidade de São Paulo and Anhembi Morumbi, Emeritus Professor UFPE. Taught at Yale University and The Ohio State University. Visiting scholar at the University of Central England, the University of Texas and Columbia University. Received the National Prize of Scientific Merit (MCT2004) and the National of Cultural Merit (2015) Brazil; The Edwin Ziegfield Award,USA; The Herbert Read International Award; the Achievement Award for Contribution and Leadership in Art Education in the United States; Jabuti for the best book (2016), Itaú Cultural 30 years (2017) among others. She wrote 22 books on Art and Art Education.
Xiaoling Dong is a lecturer in art history at the School of Humanities of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China, and an art education consultant at Yizhong Art School in Northeast China. Her main research directions are: history of modern and contemporary Chinese art, exchanges between Chinese and Western art from the 17th to the 19th century, and history of Chinese art education. She was a member of Shenyang's research team "Research on the Integrated Development of Culture, Business and Tourism", and published many academic papers in Chinese academic journals. She participated in public welfare activities such as public lectures on art history or the design of books for blind children at Shenyang Blind Children's School. Currently she lives and works in Munich and Shenyang.
Gopal Jayaraman is Regional Director of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Puducherry, Government of India. He holds a DLitt et Phil degree in Art History from the University of South Africa and has organised seminars, workshops, conferences, exhibitions and public talks in addition to presenting a number of research articles. Jayaraman is an art educator, conservator, researcher and visual artist who has held many solo exhibitions of magical realistic paintings depicting nature and the spiritual essence of South Africa, Asia and European countries. He is well-versed in the fine arts, including conservation, video and photography, computer graphics, teacher education and museology.
Richard M. Kabiito is Lecturer in the Department of Visual Communication, Design and Multimedia at Makerere University, Uganda. He received his PhD in Art and Design from Aalto University. His research focused on Meaning Making in Visual Culture among the Ganda people of Central Uganda. He has over 25 years of teaching experience at university at both local and international level. He teaches art history, drawing and photography. His practice entails design projects and art exhibitions regionally and locally. He has worked on research projects in the areas of art and culture, art and meaning, online technologies and how these can be used as educational resources. He is currently working on online projects in collaborative art practices, contemporary art debates about Ugandan art and what this means for art education in Uganda.
Hyangmi Kim is Professor of Art Education in the Graduate School of Education at the Sookmyung Women's University in Seoul, South Korea. She completed her doctorate at the University of Hiroshima in 1995 with her thesis on "Establishment and Development of Art Education in Modern Korea: Focusing on Art Textbooks and Educational System Background". She has worked at the Sookmyung Women's University since 2010. She is the president of the Society for Art Education of Korea. Her research focuses on the areas of discourse on Art and Cultural Education and the History of Art Education.
Dr. Nobumasa Kiyonaga is Professor of Art Theory in the Faculty of Art of the University of East Asia in Shimonoseki, Japan. Following a degree in Social Studies for School Education, Art Education and Art Science at the University of Yamaguchi and Hiroshima University, Dr. Kiyonaga completed his doctorate under the supervision of Wolfgang Legler in the Department of Educational Science at the University of Hamburg in 2007 with his thesis on "Alfred Lichtwark: Art Education as Cultural Politics" (Munich, Kopaed Publishers, 2008). He has worked at the University of East Asia since 2011. His research focuses on the areas of the development of discourse on Aesthetic Education, or Art Education, Cultural Education in Contemporary Germany and the History of Art and Cultural Politics in the German Empire.
Jenni Lauwrens is Associate Professor in the School of the Arts: Visual Arts at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. In her Masters dissertation she explored the relationship between art history and visual culture studies and in her PhD she analysed audiences' embodied engagement with art. Her current research focuses on sensory-based approaches to art and visual culture. In 2022 she edited "Embodiment and the Arts: Views from South Africa" (PULP). At present she is co-editor of the journal Image & Text.
Odun Orimolade, PhD, is a multidisciplinary artist and academic who explores trans-disciplinary approaches in research, and collaborations. Orimolade lectures in the Fine Art Department, Yaba College of Technology. She has served as coordinator for the UNESCO/UNEVOC center for research and sustainable development, sub-dean of the School of Art, Design, and Printing, and curator of the Yusuf Grillo Gallery. She currently serves as curatorial director of the Yaba Art Museum. Orimolade is a Research Fellow at the College of Human Sciences, University of South Africa. Her interests include practice approaches, creative engagement, navigation influences, and participatory practices as intervention in spaces.
Azar Emami Pari is a researcher and writer from Iran, currently based in Munich. After doing her BA in Carpet Studies at the University of Birjand, she did an MA in Philosophy of Art at Tehran University of Art. She worked at Bayaz School in Tehran which focuses on the connection of historical Persian arts and crafts to contemporary art. She taught on the aesthetics of carpet design. Her latest research was on the colorology of Persian carpets. As an author, she works along with the Exploring Visual Cultures (EVC) project.
Bernadette Van Haute was Professor of Art History in the Department of Art and Music at the University of South Africa (retired in 2022). She studied Ethnic Art in Belgium and wrote her Master's dissertation on selected art of Central Africa. Her Doctoral thesis focused on a monograph and catalogue raisonné of the Flemish artist David III Ryckaert (2000, Brepols). Van Haute also published a book on 17th century Flemish paintings in public collections in South Africa (2006, Unisa Press). Her research interests include the representation of Africa in the art of the 17th-century Netherlands; African modernism and contemporary art in Africa.
Ernst Wagner, wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Akademie für Bildende Künste in München, Projekt BKKB: Bildkompetenz in der Kulturellen Bildung: "Was ist und wie fördert man Bildkompetenz?" Entwicklung eines Messinstruments und Untersuchung der Unterrichtsqualität.
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