Biography
I am a researcher, educator, creative writer, project collaborator and public intellectual.
My PhD from the University of Melbourne (1995) elaborated on the work of Julia Kristeva and I have a Master of Arts (Creative Writing) from Edith Cowan University (1999).
I took up an ongoing position at Griffith University in 2000, where I also completed a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (2001). In 1997, I worked for one year at the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China.
In 2009 I came to Deakin University.
I conduct research within and across traditional and non-traditional domains and I have a special interest in debates concerning the PhD of the Future.
Read more on Patrick's profileBiography summary
Researcher
Educator
Creative Writer
Project Collaborator
Public Intellectual
Research interests
Architecture
Creative Writing
Place
Practice-Led Research
Affiliations
The Institute of Postcolonial Studies
Australasian Corrections Education Association (ACEA)
Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP)
Australian Society of Authors (ASA) (Full Member)
Literature and its Readers Discipline Research Cluster
Creative Writing Discipline Research Cluster
HOME Research Hub
Deakin Motion Lab (People and Objects)
Teaching interests
Creative Writing
Scriptwriting
Research Communication
Higher Degree Research Supervision
Knowledge areas
Creative Writing
Scriptwriting
The Short Story
Place and Space
Architecture
Practice-Led Research
The Future of the PhD
Expertise
- Literature
- Literature & creative writing
Research groups
Literature and its Readers Discipline Research Cluster
Creative Writing Discipline Research Cluster
HOME Research Hub
Deakin Motion Lab (People and Objects)
Publications
Patrick West
(2023), Vol. XIV, pp. 112-120, Prosopisia: A Venture of A.R.A.W.LII… — An International Journal of Poetry & Creative Writing, Ajmer-305004, India, JO3
Patrick West, Luke Jackson
(2022), pp. 159-175, Screening the Gothic in Australia and New Zealand: Contemporary Antipodean Film and Television, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, B1
Dark practices of writing: disuniting intuition from the unknown as "free range possibility"
Oscar Davis, Patrick West
(2022), Vol. 26, pp. 1-20, TEXT: Journal of writing and writing courses, Brisbane, Qld., C1
Thom Gunn's "The Annihilation of Nothing" and the negative capability of dream poetry
Patrick West
(2020), Vol. 23, pp. 1-1, M/C journal, Brisbane, Qld., C1
Patrick West
(2020), Vol. 24, pp. 1-21, TEXT: journal of writing and writing courses, Gold Coast, Qld., C1
Patrick West
(2020), Vol. 10, pp. 1-20, Axon: creative explorations, Canberra, A.C.T., C1
Patrick West, Cher Coad
(2020), Vol. 23, pp. 0-0, M/C Journal, Brisbane, Qld, C1
Anindita Banerjee, Shaun McLeod, Gretel Taylor, Patrick West
(2020), Vol. 10, pp. 1-33, Landscapes: the journal of the International Centre for Landscapes and Language, Mount Lawley, W. A., C1
Patrick West
(2020), Vol. 24, pp. 1-25, Text : the journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs, Gold Coast, Qld., JO3
Patrick West
(2020), Vol. 10, pp. 1-11, Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language: Landscapes: ‘The Idea of North’, Perth, W.A., JO3
Regionalism, well-being, and domestic violence in Tony Birch's "the red house"
Patrick West
(2019), Vol. 22, M/C journal, Kelvin Grove, Qld., C1
'Practice-led research: wandering from 'Nhill' to 'Nil' to '36.3328°S, 141.6503°E'
Patrick West
(2019), Vol. 13, pp. 1-24, Bukker Tillibul: the online journal of writing and practice-led research, Melbourne, Vic., C1
Sand Castles are Immaculate Childhood; Or, Form Ever Follows Function
Patrick West, Patrick West
(2019), Vol. 23, pp. 1-3, TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Courses, Brisbane, Qld., J3
An Aura Nothing Out of the Ordinary
Patrick West
(2019), Vol. 13, pp. 92-104, Prosopisia: An International Journal of Poetry & Creative Writing, Ajmer, India, J2
P West
(2017), Vol. 21, pp. 0-0, Text: Journal of writing and writing courses, Canberra, A.C.T., C1
P West
(2017), Vol. 20, pp. 1-1, M/C Journal, Brisbane, QLD, C1
P West
(2017), pp. 61-61, Landmarks : microfiction and prose poems, Strawberry Hills, N.S.W., J2
P West
(2016), Vol. 19, pp. 1-1, M/C Journal, Australia, C1
C Perazzo, P West
(2015), pp. 1-15, Axon: creative explorations, Canberra, A.C.T., C1
P West, B Warren
(2015), Vol. 1, pp. 156-184, Green humanities, Norfolk, Va., C1
Democratic corporealities of love : the architectural cinema and eroticized publics of Pauline Kael
P West
(2015), Vol. 35, pp. 47-55, Post Script, Jacksonville, Fla., C1-1
Writing "nhill" : the short story as still life
Patrick West
(2014), pp. 154-162, Cracking the spine : ten short Australian stories and how they were written, Strawberry Hills, N. S. W., B1
Writing and the 'moved' subject: or, how black comes from blue but is more than the blue
P West, C Coad
(2014), pp. 69-81, Creative manoeuvres: writing, making, being, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Eng., B1-1
P West
(2014), Vol. Special Issue: Taste and, and in, writing and publishing, pp. 1-10, Text, Gold Coast, Qld., C1
P West
(2014), Vol. 17, pp. 1-5, M/C journal, Brisbane, Qld., C1
Whose hometown? Reception of Bruce Springsteen as an index of Australian national identities
B Warren, P West
(2014), Vol. 1, pp. 74-95, BOSS: the biannual online-journal of Springsteen studies, Charlottesville, Va., C1
P West
(2014), pp. 145-153, Cracking the spine : ten short Australian stories and how they were written, Strawberry Hills, NSW, J1
P West, C Coad
(2013), pp. 1-14, Axon: creative explorations: contemporary creativity, poetry, images and design, Canberra, ACT, C1
Drawing the line: Chinese calligraphy, cultural materialisms and the "remixing of remix'
P West, C Coad
(2013), Vol. 16, pp. 1-6, M/C Journal, Brisbane, Qld., C1
P West, B Warren
(2013), Vol. 5, pp. 1-15, Landscapes: the journal of the international centre for landscape and language, Perth, WA, C1
P West
(2013), Vol. 4, pp. 1-15, Journal of Postcolonial Cultures and Societies, Celina, Ohio, C1
Souvenirs of the senses: collaborative and cross-artform makings
P West, J Keane, V Jeremijenko, B Yyellard
(2013), Proceedings of the 18th conference of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs, Canberra, A. C. T., E1
Words and things: souvenirs of over-site/over-sight for place-making
J Keane, P West, V Jeremijenko
(2013), pp. 1-12, Proceedings of the 18th Australasian Association of Writing Programs Conference; 2013, Canbera, ACT, E1
Material writing: Towards hybrid-making
J Keane, P West, V Jeremijenko
(2013), Proceedings of the 18th conference of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs, Canbera, A.C.T., E1
Zones of practice : embodiment and creative arts research
R Drummond, J Keane, P West
(2012), Vol. 15, pp. 1-1, M/C Journal, Brisbane, Qld., C1
P West, B Warren
(2012), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Social Science Methodology, Sydney, N. S. W., E1
Sisters of the sun
P West, S Wilmot
(2012), Melbourne, Vic, J1
D Armstrong, P Carter, R Drummond, D Joseph, J Keane, B Warren, P West, C Williams, S Wilmot
(2011), Warrnambool, Vic., J2
P West
(2010), pp. 1-12, Double dialogues, Canterbury, Vic., C1
'Fell away towards the river. . . .'
P West
(2010), Vol. 1, pp. 101-104, Journal of postcolonial cultures and societies, Delray Beach, Fla., J2
Snowed under by tropical thoughts of snow
P West
(2010), Vol. 7, pp. 5-6, Paperplates : a magazine for fifty readers, Toronto, Canada, J2
Visiting possum brings tidings of joy
P West
(2010), pp. 153-154, Page seventeen, Knoxfield, Vic., J2
Un-disciplined creatures : animal and human 'becomings' in CSI Miami
P West
(2009), pp. 136-149, Of mice and men : animals in human culture, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, B1
The city of our times : space, identity, and the body in CSI : Miami
P West
(2009), pp. 111-131, The CSI effect : television, crime, and governance, Lanham, Md., B1-1
"A world the shape of an eye": Gerald Murnane's The Plains and Benedictus de Spinoza
P West
(2008), pp. 69-78, Fact & fiction : readings in Australian literature, New Delhi, India, B1-1
P West
(2008), Vol. 26, pp. 73-94, Journal of New Zealand literature, Wellington, N.Z., C1-1
The arts of gain : usury and substance in Elizabeth Jolley's The Newspaper of Claremont Street
P West
(2008), Vol. 22, pp. 65-70, Antipodes, Brooklyn, N.Y., C1-1
Abject jurisdictions : CSI: Miami, globalisation and the body politic
P West
(2008), Vol. 3, pp. 60-75, Critical studies in television : scholarly studies in small screen fictions, Manchester, England, C1-1
Natural history (world-swimming)
P West
(2008), pp. 33-38, The best Australian stories 2008, Melbourne, Vic., J2
Horatio Caine's sunglasses and the criminalist viewer : looking and being looked at
P West
(2007), pp. 140-152, Reading CSI : crime tv under the microscope, London, England, B1-1
Recorded-voice formative assessment for creative writing students : a case study
P West
(2007), pp. 1-12, Segue : a journal of the arts, writing on writing, Middletown, Oh., C1-1
Selling the script! The pedagogy of film co-production scriptwriting
P West, C Coad
(2007), pp. 1-8, Segue : a journal of the arts, writing on writing, Middletown, Oh., C1-1
Is near to . . . and is . . . distant from : exegetical manoeuvres in Janet Frame's The Carpathians
P West
(2007), AAWP 2007 : and is papers: proceedings of the 12th conference of the AAWP, Canberra, A.C.T., E1-1
Abjection as 'singular politics' in Janet Frame's The Carpathians
P West
(2006), Vol. 9, M/C journal, Brisbane, Qld., C1-1
Convergence potentials of collaboration and adaptation : a case study in progress
P West
(2006), Vol. 9, M/C journal, Brisbane, Qld., C1-1
creativity.com : Aladdin's cave or pandora's box?
B Isakhan, J Nelson, P West
(2006), Vol. 9, pp. 1-1, M/C : a journal of media and culture, Brisbane, Qld., C1-1
Abjection and midwifery : towards a revision of Julia Kristeva's theory of the maternal
P West
(2005), Vol. 3, pp. 1-14, Verb, Bethlehem, Pa., C1-1
Australian Regional Place and Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Language
Patrick West
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New Materialism, Objects, Architecture
Patrick West
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Funded Projects at Deakin
Other Public Sector Funding
Dancing Between Two Worlds. Citizenship, Well-being and Place: Diasporic Indian Creativity and Australian Identity
Dr Shaun McLeod, A/Prof Patrick West, Dr Simon Wilmot
Wyndham Community Cultural Foundation Limited
- 2019: $5,000
Dancing Between Two Worlds
Dr Shaun McLeod, Dr Gretel Taylor, A/Prof Patrick West, Mrs Anindita Banerjee
Multicultural Festivals and Events Program
- 2019: $1,540
Supervisions
Oscar Davis
Thesis entitled: (Not) In Here: Logocentrism and Undecidability in Creative Arts Research
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Monika Schott
Thesis entitled: A New Understanding Of Abject Communities Through Sewerage Ghost Towns
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Rebecca Carver
Thesis entitled: The Influence of Adversity on the Narrative Construction of Identity
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Cathryn Louise Perazzo
Thesis entitled: Surface Tension: Writing Politics and the Politics of Writing
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Liam Guilar
Thesis entitled: Anhaga: An exploration in poetry of narrative, memory and identity
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Janice McClennan
Thesis entitled: Creative and literary responses to australian middle-class experiences of financial upheaval
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Valerie Jeremijenko
Thesis entitled: A Sibling Romance: The Sound of Romance Reimagined
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Bryan Ott
Thesis entitled: They Sound Human: Crafting Post-Feminist Women in Contemporary Western/Horror
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Joshua Mark Baird
Thesis entitled: The projection of the son: unreliable narration and masculinity
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Elvis Richardson
Thesis entitled: Identity and recognition in the collecting based practices of Elvis Richardson
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Rhett Davis
Thesis entitled: Disruption and purpose in experimental fiction and digital storytelling
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Kristin Henry
Thesis entitled: Clans and Tribes: attachment networks of older Australian women
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Hayley Elliott-Ryan
Thesis entitled: What Writing Wants: Repurposing Bricolage, Waste, and Desire in Creative Practice
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Simon Jeffrey Wilmot
Thesis entitled: Between Home and Away: Documentary Filmmaking as a Placemaking Practice
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Robyn Fuerst
Thesis entitled: Trauma, Memory and Secrets of Holocaust Survivors and the Second Generation. The Australian Context.
Master of Arts, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Rod Jones
Thesis entitled: Rod Jones: The Practice of Fiction
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Gregory Day
Thesis entitled: The Ocean Last Night - an Exegesis & Creative Artefact
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Debra Wain
Thesis entitled: Keepers of Culture: Women, Food and Writing
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Angelina Mirabito
Thesis entitled: What Reading and Writing Trauma Fiction Illuminate about Post-Traumatic Growth.
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Scott Michael Pearce
Thesis entitled: Hegemonic Masculinity in Transition The Frontier Myth in Australian Westerns
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Kaya Tatjana Barry
Thesis entitled: Creativity in-transit: material ideals and spatial negotiations
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Daniel Tom Baker
Thesis entitled: Exploring the fantastic: new critical frameworks in an evolving genre
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts