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Denise Thwaites is a curator, writer and researcher specialising in contemporary cultural economies. Her transdisciplinary research (re)configures text and image to examine contemporary networked life, as it implicates technological, ecological and affective systems.
Denise is Senior Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Arts and convener of the Masters in Creative Industries 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), Artspace Ideas Platform (Sydney), 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. Her creative and writing has been featured in Cordite Poetry Review, Meniscus Literary Journal, Writing in the Expanded Field, Runway Journal of Experimental Art, Performance Paradigm, Artlink, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art, Culture, Theory and Critique and Derrida Today.
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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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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DCPC: Operational and pilot research support for the Digital Commons Policy Council
O'NEIL, M. (CI), Braybrooke, K. (CoI), Broca, S. (CoI), Daly, A. (CoI), de Blanc, M. (CoI), Rikap, C. (CoI), THWAITES, D. (CoI) & Zacchiroli, S. (CoI)
1/11/22 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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2023 ACT Play Symposium - Winter Innovation Festival
HOPE, C. (CI), WEBB, J. (CoI), THWAITES, D. (CoI) & HINTON, E. (CoI)
18/07/23 → 16/08/23
Project: Research
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Uncharted Territory 2023 - Robotic Art and HRI Project
HERATH, D. (CI), Busby Grant, J. (CoI) & THWAITES, D. (CoI)
4/07/23 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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ACT Play Symposium 2023 SLA
HOPE, C. (CI), WEBB, J. (CoI), THWAITES, D. (CoI) & HINTON, E. (CoI)
19/05/23 → 18/09/23
Project: Research
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Alternative Economies of Heritage: Sustainable, anticolonial and creative approaches to cultural inheritance
THWAITES, D., TURNER, B. & IRELAND, T., 25 Feb 2025, London: Routledge. 275 p.Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book › peer-review
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Loving Work: Surviving, Gathering and Dreaming for Indigenous Futures
Wyss, T.-C. & THWAITES, D., 25 Feb 2025, Alternative Economies of Heritage: Sustainable, Anti-Colonial and Creative Approaches to Cultural Inheritance. Thwaites, D., Turner, B. & Ireland, T. (eds.). 1 ed. United Kingdom: Routledge, p. 248-260 13 p.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
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Transformative Heritage Economies: Reimagining Cultural Value, Exchange and Inheritance
THWAITES, D., TURNER, B. & IRELAND, T., 25 Feb 2025, Alternative Economies of Heritage: Sustainable, Anti Colonial and Creative Approaches to Cultural Inheritance. Thwaites, D., Turner, B. & Ireland, T. (eds.). 1 ed. United Kingdom: Routledge, p. 3-14 11 p.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
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Corps célestes/êtres terrestres
Thwaites, D., De Barros, M., Pailthorpe, B. (Performer), Bouvier, A. (Performer), Charlier, L. (Performer), Bureaud, A., Duviquet, N. (Performer), Gloerich, I. (Performer), Molenda, A. (Performer), Behrouzni, G. (Performer), Juganaikloo, V.-K. (Performer), Morin, E. (Performer) & OJ, J. (Performer), 11 Apr 2024Translated title of the contribution :Celestial Bodies/Terrestrial Beings Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
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Harmless Fun
THWAITES, D., 19 Sept 2024, Canberra Contemporary Art Space.Research output: Textual Creative Works › Exhibition catalogue/Exhibition catalogue entry/Art reviews
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TEDx Canberra Adventure: Festival of Creativity-an exploration of creativity in business with workshops and talks
Socolow, M. (Speaker), Peng, F. (Speaker), Huet, C. (Speaker), Thwaites, D. (Speaker), Curham, L. (Speaker), Evans , J. (Speaker), Huot, A. (Speaker), Oberprieler, K. (Speaker), Boruch, M. (Speaker), Griffiths, P. (Speaker) & McKenna, A. (Speaker)
8 Apr 2019 → 11 Apr 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk