Lecturer and Head of Video and Photography
Qualifications
Research interests
Biography
I am an academic, researcher, photographer, and video producer with over 30 years of experience in multimedia communication, video production, and documentary photography. My work is rooted in a documentary-style approach with a strong focus on cultural research. Current research as Work in Progress: (1) Storytelling for value transmission, Book chapter Manchester University Press. Navigating Authenticity through Cultural and Ethical Challenges: The ǂ Khomani San’s Cultural Revival within the Spirit of Being Bushman. (2) To explore the interplay between time, materiality and identity in fashion by incorporating experimental photographic processes and design elements. (3) Frames of Time; Exploring Personal Narratives Through 35mm Black-and-White Film (4) Political Narratives in Graffiti on the Lennon Wall – Prague.
Selected Projects and Academic Contributions: 2025 - AMPS Teaching and Learning Conference Prague - Innovative Pedagogies in Art and Design: Exploring Kallitype Photographic Printing as a Creative Problem-Solving Tool through ǂKhomani San Bushmen Portraits. 2025 – DEFSA Conference: From Observation to Interaction: Exploring the Impact of Lived Experiences in Design and Cultural Identity. 2024 – Named After Nelson: Exhibition at the Nelson Mandela Foundation (in collaboration with Loughborough University, UK – Graphic Heritage Project). 2024 SAPHE Conference – Improving Food Security through Vertical Food Towers: Engaging students in sustainable practices. 2022 – Blood, Culture, Origin – Practice-Based Research Exhibition (Khomani San Bushmen visual Ethnography). 2021 – Presenter at Asian Conference on Cultural Studies 2020 – Presenter at Ethnography Symposium, University of Liverpool, UK (online).
Lecturer and Head of Video and Photography
Qualifications
Research interests
Biography
I am an academic, researcher, photographer, and video producer with over 30 years of experience in multimedia communication, video production, and documentary photography. My work is rooted in a documentary-style approach with a strong focus on cultural research. Current research as Work in Progress: (1) Storytelling for value transmission, Book chapter Manchester University Press. Navigating Authenticity through Cultural and Ethical Challenges: The ǂ Khomani San’s Cultural Revival within the Spirit of Being Bushman. (2) To explore the interplay between time, materiality and identity in fashion by incorporating experimental photographic processes and design elements. (3) Frames of Time; Exploring Personal Narratives Through 35mm Black-and-White Film (4) Political Narratives in Graffiti on the Lennon Wall – Prague.
Selected Projects and Academic Contributions: 2025 - AMPS Teaching and Learning Conference Prague - Innovative Pedagogies in Art and Design: Exploring Kallitype Photographic Printing as a Creative Problem-Solving Tool through ǂKhomani San Bushmen Portraits. 2025 – DEFSA Conference: From Observation to Interaction: Exploring the Impact of Lived Experiences in Design and Cultural Identity. 2024 – Named After Nelson: Exhibition at the Nelson Mandela Foundation (in collaboration with Loughborough University, UK – Graphic Heritage Project). 2024 SAPHE Conference – Improving Food Security through Vertical Food Towers: Engaging students in sustainable practices. 2022 – Blood, Culture, Origin – Practice-Based Research Exhibition (Khomani San Bushmen visual Ethnography). 2021 – Presenter at Asian Conference on Cultural Studies 2020 – Presenter at Ethnography Symposium, University of Liverpool, UK (online).
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Formed by the strategic evolution of The IIE's Varsity College, IIE MSA, Vega and
the School of Hospitality and Service Management, uniting under the Emeris name.
Emeris is an educational brand of The Independent Institute of Education (Pty) Ltd which is registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training as a private higher education institution under the Higher Education Act, 1997 (reg. no. 2007/HE07/002). Company registration number: 1987/004754/07. View certificate here.
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