School of Communication and Creative Arts

A/Prof. Estelle Josephine Barrett
Position	Deputy Head of School CCA
Email	estelle.barrett@deakin.edu.au
Area	School of Communication & Creative Arts
Phone	+61 3 925 17331
Campus	Burwood
Location	Warrnambool
Role and profile	Estelle teaches Art Theory and Media and Communication at Burwood. She taught Communications and Cultural Studies In Western Australia for many years before completing a Ph.D. entitled Art and Subjectivity. She is an art writer, reviewer and curator and is also interested in fiction writing.
Teaching responsibilities	Art Theory and Media and Communication
Research interests	Psychoanalysis, Feminist theory and practice, notions of embodiment tacit or non-discursive domains of meaning, the role of affect in creative practices and word/image relationships. These interests have informed more recent publications on practice-led research.
Current research projects	Currently investigating embodiment, aesthetics and materiality in meaning-making and the production of knowledge. Is completing a book on Julia Kristeva and the relevance of her work for the production and reception of art, Kristeva Reframed, IB Tauris , London and New York , (forthcoming 2009) Co editing a book, Barrett , E and Bolt, B. Barrett E. and Bolt, B. (contracted) Carnal Knowledge: Towards a “New Materialism” in the Arts, I.B. Tauris, London and New York (forthcoming 2009)
Service to the University, discipline or community	Associate Head of School of Communication and Creative Arts 2003 - 2004 and July 2005 - December 2006 Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery Advisory Committee 2001-2004 Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery Acquisition Committee 2001-2004
Awards	1993 Australian Postgraduate Research Award (3.5Yrs)
Qualifications	Academic: Ph.D. (Communications) Murdoch University, awarded 1997 Bachelor of Arts Honours (First Class) Murdoch University, awarded 1991 Bachelor of Arts (English and Literature) University of Western Australia, awarded in 1984. Diploma of Teaching (with distinction) WACAE (now Edith Cowan University), awarded 1978 Other /Professional: Certificate Leading Into the Future, People First International at Deakin University awarded 2002. Certificate Foundation Tutor, Murdoch University awarded 1993 Certificate In Literacy Program Management, Central Metropolitan TAFE WA, awarded 1991
Memberships	International Advisory Board Material Thinking Auckland University of Technology Editorial Board, Creative Approaches to Research RMIT Publishing
Research link	View Deakin associated research data

A/Prof. Estelle Josephine Barrett