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Denise Thwaites is a creative practitioner and theorist specialising in contemporary digital arts. Her transdisciplinary research (re)configures text and image to examine contemporary networked life, as it implicates digital, financial, and medical systems.
Denise is Assistant Professor in Digital Arts and Humanities and convener of the Masters in Creative and Cultural Futures at the University of Canberra. Over the past twelve years, Denise has developed and taught courses at The University of New South Wales, The National Art School, Sydney, The University of Wollongong and University of Canberra. She has led and co-led curatorial projects for MoneyLab (Institute of Network Cultures, Amstrdam), This Is Not Art Festival (Newcastle), New Beginnings Refugee Culture and Arts Festival (Sydney), Firstdraft (Sydney) and Next Wave Festival (Melbourne). She previously held the position of Associate Director at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, having also worked at the Australia Council for the Arts and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
In 2014, Denise was awarded her PhD through The University of New South Wales (Australia) and l’Université Paris 8 (France). She now supervises PhD students exploring theoretical, creative and practice-led approaches to examining the relationship between culture, technology, economy and social change.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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DCPC: Operational and pilot research support for the Digital Commons Policy Council
O'Neil, M., Braybrooke, K., Broca, S., Daly, A., de Blanc, M., Rikap, C., Thwaites, D. & Zacchiroli, S.
1/11/22 → 31/10/24
Project: Research
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Creative Recovery and Resilience Forum
Hope, C., Thwaites, D. & Mckenzie, V.
1/07/21 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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Creative Recovery and Resilience Artist Residencies - Cross Sector, Digital Technology and Innovation
Thwaites, D., Hinton, S., Hope, C. & Mckenzie, V.
1/07/21 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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ACT Creative Industries Research
Bainbridge, J., Webb, J., Hope, C., Thwaites, D., Ennis Butler, B., Mckenzie, V., Tanton, R., Dare, L., Pearson, L., Vidyattama, Y., Cassidy, S. & LEE, J. Y.
24/06/21 → 23/06/22
Project: Research
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Economythologies – MoneyLab#X
Thwaites, D., Mauro-Flude, N., Pailthorpe, B., Ilyas, S., Sluis, K. & Rossiter, N.
14/09/20 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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Digital Dreams: Speculative Futures for Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, and the Human Brain
Herrington, J. & Thwaites, D., 4 May 2023, Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence: The Fusion of Advanced Technologies. Geroimenko, V., Edmonds, E., Vear, C., Brown, P., Bryan-Kinns, N., England, D., Ferguson, S., Birkbeck, B. F., Hugill, A., Lambert, N., Lowgren, J., Do, E. Y-L., Clark, S., Zagalo, N. & Rauterberg, M. (eds.). Switzerland: Springer, p. 47 60 p. (Springer Series on Cultural Computing).Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
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One Life Only: After Paul Yore and Catherine Malabou
Thwaites, D., 25 Feb 2023, Melbourne : Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.Research output: Textual Creative Works › Poem/s
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Gathering | Cultural Creatives on Ngunnawal Country: Creative Recovery and Resilience Forum
Keed, C., South, B., Brown, T., Hope, C., Morecombe, K., Mckenzie, V. & Thwaites, D., 7 Aug 2022Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
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Keeping It Real: Creative Recovery and Resilience Forum
Mckenzie, V., Morecombe, K., Hope, C., Penkethman, S. & Thwaites, D., 4 Jun 2022Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
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Report on the production of digital commons and on the conditions of the organisation and action of the Digital Commons Policy Council
O'Neil, M. (ed.) & Thwaites, D. (ed.), 1 Dec 2022, Canberra: News and Media Research Centre. 44 p.Research output: Book/Report › Reports
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TEDx Canberra Adventure: Festival of Creativity-an exploration of creativity in business with workshops and talks
Michael Socolow (Speaker), Fanke Peng (Speaker), Chris Huet (Speaker), Denise Thwaites (Speaker), Louise Curham (Speaker), James Evans (Speaker), Amannda Huot (Speaker), Kerstin Oberprieler (Speaker), Marianne Boruch (Speaker), Pauline Griffiths (Speaker) & Arran McKenna (Speaker)
8 Apr 2019 → 11 Apr 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk