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Jen Webb is Distinguished Professor of Creative Practice at the University of Canberra, and Dean, Graduate Researh Office. She was the inaugural director of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, and remains a core member of that Centre.
Her main research interest is the relationship between what Pierre Bourdieu termed 'the field of cultural production'—the broad sphere of creative practice—and the social domain, including the political and sociocultural, the practical and the economic, the local and the global. Her current major projects investigate aspects of creativity, and creative production, and the creative producer, and she has been supported in this by several ARC Discovery projects, the most recent of which is So what do you do? Graduates in the Creative and Cultural Industries (DP160101440).
Academics working in the creative field typically have their own creative practice, and Jen's works include lyric and prose poetry, short fictions, and artist books. She is the holder of the inaugural ACT Poet of the Year Award, as well as many other literary awards. She is also the ACT editor for the Australian Book Review's States of Poetry mini-anthologies (2015–2017), chair of the NSW Premier's Literary Award (Kenneth Slessor Award for Poetry), and co-editor for the Australasian Association of Writing Program's literary journal, Meniscus.
Jen's recent works include the scholarly volumes Researching Creative Writing (Frontinus, 2015), Art and Human Rights: Contemporary Asian Contexts (with Caroline Turner; Manchester UP, 2016); and the Oxford University Press bibliography entry for Pierre Bourdieu (2017). Her recent volumes of poetry include Stolen Stories, Borrowed Lines (Mark Time Press, 2015), Sentences from the Archive (Recent Work Press, 2016), and Moving Targets (RWP 2018). She produced all the photographs for a collaborative poetry/photography volume, with Paul Hetherington: Watching the World (Blemish Books, 2015). With Paul Hetherington, she is also editor of the bilingual (Chinese/Australian) anthology of poetry, Open Windonws: Contemporary Australian Poetry (Shanghai: Shanghai Joint Publishing Company, 2016); and of the academic journal Axon: Creative Explorations.
Education/Academic qualification
Master, Queensland University of Technology
Award Date: 23 Jul 2014
PhD, University of Technology Sydney
Award Date: 29 Sep 2008
PhD, Central Queensland University
Award Date: 27 Jun 1998
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Projects
Australian Writing Programs Network (AWPN)
Webb, J., Battye, G., Brien, D. L. & Bruns, A.
Australian Learning and Teaching Council
10/11/06 → …
Project: Other
So what do you do?: tracking creative graduate outcomes in Australia's Creative and Cultural Industries, with comparison to the UK
Webb, J., Brook, S., Comunian, R., Corcoran, J., LEWIS, P. & faggian, A.
31/03/16 → 31/12/18
Project: Other
Working the Field: Creative Graduates in Australia and China-via Monash
Webb, J., Brook, S. & Shillian, S.
5/02/15 → 5/02/18
Project: Other
Understanding Creative Excellence: a case study in poetry
Webb, J., Biggs, M., Brophy, K. & Magee, P.
1/01/13 → 31/12/16
Project: Other
Examination of Doctoral Degrees in Creative Arts: process, practice and standards
Australian Learning and Teaching Council
13/12/10 → 30/06/12
Project: Other
Research Output
Between the forest and the sea
Webb, J. & Melrose, A., Apr 2020, 3 p. USA and online : Dispatches from the Poetry Wars.Research output: Textual Creative Works › Other contribution
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Going Melancholia [and] Too Much Still
Webb, J., Apr 2020, 2 p. Australia : The Australiasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP).Research output: Textual Creative Works › Other contribution
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Let the writing be of words: From writing stories to writing materials
Webb, J., May 2020, Writing in Practice, 6, p. 6-12 7 p.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Bulletin › Article
Open Access
The passage of time
Webb, J., 2020, 1 p. Canberra : Recent Work Press.Research output: Textual Creative Works › Poem/s
"Accounting for Creative Arts Research"
Gibson, R. & Webb, J., 7 Jun 2019, NiTRO, p. 1-5 5 p.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Bulletin › Article
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Activities
TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Courses (Journal)
Jen Webb (Editor), , Julia Prendergast (Editor), & Shane Strange (Editor)
Apr 2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
Between the Lines
Jen WEBB (Organiser), , Jordan WILLIAMS (Organiser), & Patrick MULLINS (Organiser)
Feb 2019 → Dec 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
Meniscus (Journal)
Jen WEBB (Member of editorial board), , Paul HETHERINGTON (Member of editorial board), , Paul MUNDEN (Member of editorial board), & Gail Pittaway (Member of editorial board)
Jan 2019 → Dec 2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
Axon: Creative Explorations (Journal)
Jen WEBB (Editor in chief), & Paul HETHERINGTON (Editor in chief)
Jan 2019 → Dec 2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
Review of Higher Degrees by Research
Jen WEBB (Participant)
16 Oct 2018 → 23 Nov 2018
Activity: Expert Advice and Other › Expert Review