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- Arnolfini Gallery
- Bristol Museums
- Galleries & Archives
- RWA
- Watershed: Spike Island
- Encounters Film Festival
- National Museum Wales
- Cardiff.
- Gloucester Cathedral
- Nature in Art
- Hauser and Wirth Somerset
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- Qualifications:Ph.D.
- Position:Associate Head of Department (Design)
- Department:Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries, and Education (ACE)
- Telephone:+4411732 84746
- Email:Matthew.Partington@uwe.ac.uk
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About me
I am the Associate Head of Department (Design) in the School of Art and Design. I am mainly based at Bower Ashton City Campus and lead on postgradaute taught provision in the department. I was programme manager for the MA/MFA in Curating from 2014-2021. I am also V&A Visiting Fellow http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/r/research-department/
My other academic interests include applied arts and crafts history; using video as an oral history research methodology and research ethics in the arts.
Area of expertise
I was Chair of the Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education Research Ethics Committee from 2007-2015.
I teach visual culture in the Department of Creative Industries, mainly tutoring essays and dissertations.
I am a member of the Museums and Galleries History Group and the Museums Association.
- I am a founding member of the ‘Interpreting Ceramics’ Journal.
- My Ph.D. was in the field of Design History and looked at the design and social history of London coffee bars during the 1950s.
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