Dr. Susan Close
Associate Professor, Department of Interior Design
407C Architecture 2 Building
t 204.474.7183
f 204.474.7532
closes@cc.umanitoba.ca
Education
B.F.A. University of Saskatchewan
M.A. Carleton University, Ottawa
Ph.D. University of Amsterdam
Professional Memberships
CAA (College Art Association)
CARFAC (Canadian Artists Representation)
AAH (Association of Art Historians, U.K.)
IDEC (Interior Design Educators Council)
Current Research Interests
Issues of Representation, Gender, Visual Culture and Critical Theory
Gender, Space and Photography: Reading the interiors of Clementina Hawarden
Susan Close is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Architecture and a Senior Fellow at St. John’s College, both at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. Close’s book Framing Identity: Social Practice of Photography in Canada (1880-1920) (Arbeiter Ring Publishing 2007) addressed how Canadian women at the turn of the twentieth century used photography as a social practice to establish identity. Close’s study takes into account key concepts and practices drawn from cultural analysis and issues related to identity, gender, post-colonialism, tourism and travel as a way to analyze her subject matter. This book is based on the dissertation in defence of her Ph.D. that was presented to the Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis, University of Amsterdam in 2005. In 2009, Close was awarded a UM/Social Science and Humanities Research Grant to study gendered space in the work of the British Victorian photographer, Lady Clementina Hawarden (1822-1865).
Recent publications include: “The Camera and the Contact Zone: Re-envisioning the Representation of Aboriginal Women in the Canadian North.” In Transculturation in British Art, 1770-1930, edited by Julie Codell, Farnham, Surrey, UK: Ashgate Publishers, 2012; “Photography and Design Culture: Reading Photographs by Alain Paiement and Richard Holden.” In Eighty-Eight: Mieke Bal PhDs 1983-2011, edited by Murat Aydemir and Esther Peeren, Amsterdam: ASCA Press, 2011; “Gender, Space and Photography: Reading the interiors of Clementina Hawarden.” Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal, Common Ground Publishers, Chicago Illinois, 2011. A forthcoming chapter is: “Gendered Space and the photographic interiors of a Victorian Lady.” In Meanings of Design: Social, Cultural and Philosophical Essays about People, Spaces and Interior Environments, edited by Tiiu Poldma, New York: Fairchild Books, 2012. Close is also a photographer with work held in national and international collections. Her current teaching includes interdisciplinary courses on photography and theory.
407C Architecture 2 Building
t 204.474.7183
f 204.474.7532
closes@cc.umanitoba.ca
Education
B.F.A. University of Saskatchewan
M.A. Carleton University, Ottawa
Ph.D. University of Amsterdam
Professional Memberships
CAA (College Art Association)
CARFAC (Canadian Artists Representation)
AAH (Association of Art Historians, U.K.)
IDEC (Interior Design Educators Council)
Current Research Interests
Issues of Representation, Gender, Visual Culture and Critical Theory
Gender, Space and Photography: Reading the interiors of Clementina Hawarden
Susan Close is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Architecture and a Senior Fellow at St. John’s College, both at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. Close’s book Framing Identity: Social Practice of Photography in Canada (1880-1920) (Arbeiter Ring Publishing 2007) addressed how Canadian women at the turn of the twentieth century used photography as a social practice to establish identity. Close’s study takes into account key concepts and practices drawn from cultural analysis and issues related to identity, gender, post-colonialism, tourism and travel as a way to analyze her subject matter. This book is based on the dissertation in defence of her Ph.D. that was presented to the Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis, University of Amsterdam in 2005. In 2009, Close was awarded a UM/Social Science and Humanities Research Grant to study gendered space in the work of the British Victorian photographer, Lady Clementina Hawarden (1822-1865).
Recent publications include: “The Camera and the Contact Zone: Re-envisioning the Representation of Aboriginal Women in the Canadian North.” In Transculturation in British Art, 1770-1930, edited by Julie Codell, Farnham, Surrey, UK: Ashgate Publishers, 2012; “Photography and Design Culture: Reading Photographs by Alain Paiement and Richard Holden.” In Eighty-Eight: Mieke Bal PhDs 1983-2011, edited by Murat Aydemir and Esther Peeren, Amsterdam: ASCA Press, 2011; “Gender, Space and Photography: Reading the interiors of Clementina Hawarden.” Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal, Common Ground Publishers, Chicago Illinois, 2011. A forthcoming chapter is: “Gendered Space and the photographic interiors of a Victorian Lady.” In Meanings of Design: Social, Cultural and Philosophical Essays about People, Spaces and Interior Environments, edited by Tiiu Poldma, New York: Fairchild Books, 2012. Close is also a photographer with work held in national and international collections. Her current teaching includes interdisciplinary courses on photography and theory.
Revised January, 2012
Close’s book Framing Identity: Social Practice of Photography in Canada (1880-1920)
(Arbeiter Ring Publishing 2007)