Research interests
theories of place/ space; the role of sound in placemaking; performance poetry; music, sound art and poetry collaborations
Teaching interests
Literary theory; Cuturla theory; Creativity; Fiction writing; Poetry;
Units taught
Fiction writing
Poetry writing
Theorising Creativity
Creativity and Dangerous Ideas
Short Stories: Readers and Writers
Creative Nonfiction
Editing collaborations: Producing an anthology
Conferences
Aug 2014: Symposium presentation of ‘Parody and Reverberation: An invitation to the spaces of sound, Deakin Prime, City campus, Bourke St, Melbourne.
‘Conversation in an air raid shelter’ (with music & soundscape by Tom Kazas):
“The Twenty-first Century – The event, the subject, the artwork”, 2012 Double Dialogues, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, 23/9/2012.
‘Something like an Emergency’ (with music & soundscape by Tom Kazas): “The Hunger Artist: Food and the Arts”, 2010 Double Dialogues Conference, Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Toronto, Toronto, 20/8/10.
‘Each doppelganger love’ (with live improvisation on accordion and mey by Phil Carroll) “Hidden Stories”, 2009 Double Dialogues Conference, Victorian College of the Arts, Faculty of the VCA and Music, University of Melbourne, Southbank, 11/12/09.
‘Stuck inside a mobile’ (with recorded improvisation on ney by Phil Carroll): “Lies – A Conference on Art”, 2007 Double Dialogues Conference, Raffles Tradewinds Hotel and Convention Centre, Suva, Fiji, 5/7/07.
‘Sleepwalking into the Mirror’ (with guitar improvisation by Tony Pain & artwork by Elizabeth McQueen), “Art/Pain II: Anatomy and Poetics”, 2004 Double Dialogues Conference, University of Melbourne, 9/10/04.
Awards
Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching 2010
2001 Verandah Literary Award (fiction)
2001 DUSA Literary Award (fiction)
2001 Community Writing prize, 16th Judah Waten National Story Writing competition
Publications
Reverberation and the parodic: an invitation to the spaces of sound
J Scicluna
(2015), Vol. 19, pp. 1-13, Text, [Canberra, A.C.T.], C1
J Scicluna, T Kazas
(2013), Vol. 16, pp. 1-1, Double dialogues, Melbourne, Vic., C1
Plotting the field: art as problem-solving
A McCulloch, J Scicluna
(2013), pp. 1-1, In/Stead, Melbourne, Vic., C1
Under the forest and Ladyswamp ( a radio play and a sonic poem)
P Van Der Werf, J Scicluna, T Kazas
(2013), Canterbury, Vic., J1-1
J Scicluna, T Kazas
(2012), pp. 136-150, Food and appetites : the hunger artist and the arts, Newcastle, England, B1
J Scicluna
(2010), pp. 1-1, Double dialogues : In/Stead, Canterbury, Vic., J3-1
J Scicluna
(2008), pp. 1-1, Double dialogues : In/Stead, Canterbury, Vic., J2-1
Sleepwalking into the mirror : panic and the thin skin of a writer
J Scicluna
(2005), pp. 1-1, Double dialogues : In/Stead, Canterbury, Vic., J2
Funded Projects at Deakin
No Funded Projects at Deakin found
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report