Doctor Hart Cohen
DIRECTOR, RESEARCH & HDR,
Dean's Unit - School of Humanities & Comm Arts
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,
Communications (SoHCA)
Personal
Qualifications
- PhD McGill University (Canada)
- MA McGill University (Canada)
- BA McGill University (Canada)
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Dean's Unit - School of Humanities & Comm Arts
- Communications (SoHCA)
Contact
| Email: | H.Cohen@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 5153 5153 |
| Mobile: | 0418654434 0418654434 |
| Location: | BB.G.32 Penrith (Werrington South)BB.G.32 Penrith (Werrington South) |
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Biography
Dr Hart Cohen is Associate Professor in Media Arts in the School of Communication Arts at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. He is Associate Head of School responsible for Research and Postgraduate Studies. Dr Cohen is a member of the Centre for Cultural Research and supervises a number of MA (research), DCA and PhD students. He has published widely in the field of visual anthropology, communications and film studies. Dr Cohen directed two Australian Research Council Projects related to the Strehlow Collection held at the Strehlow Research Centre in Alice Springs. The current project is an online database documentary related to TGH Strehlow?s memoir, Journey to Horseshoe Bend. Two films have been made in relation to these projects: Mr. Strehlow?s Films (SBSi 2001) and Cantata Journey (ABC TV 2006). He co-edited a special issue of Media International Australia on the theme of Digital Anthropology (MIA 116 August 2005). Dr Cohen is co-author of Screen Media Arts: An Introduction to Concepts and Practices for Oxford University Press (2009) and founding editor of the Global Media Journal (Australian Edition).
This information has been contributed by Doctor Cohen.
Publications
Books
- Cohen, H., Salazar, J. and Barkat, I. (2008), 'Screen Media Arts: An introduction to concepts and practices', : Oxford University Press 9780195562446.
Chapters in Books
- Cohen, H. (2013), 'Culture, Nation and Technology: Immersive Media and the Saudi Arabia Pavilion', Shanghai Expo: An International Forum on the Future of Cities, Routledge 9780415524629.
- Cohen, H., Morley, R., Dallow, P. and Kaufmann, L. (2010), 'Database Narratives: Conceptualising Digital Heitage Databases in Remote Aboriginal Communities', Information Visualization, IEEE computer society, Conference Publishing Services (CPS) 9780769541655.
- Cohen, H. (2007), 'Early Ethnogaphic Film and Documentary: Points of Contact', Memories of the Origins of Ethnographic Film, Peter Lang Europaischer Verlag der Wissenschaften 9783631507353.
- Cohen, H. (2006), 'Repertoire, Landscape and Memory: Schultz' and Williams Journey to Horsehsoe Bend Cantata', Intercultural Music: Creation and Interpretation, Australian Music Centre 9780909168605.
- Cohen, H. (2003), 'Moral Copyright: indigenous people and contemporary film', Image Ethics in the Digital Age, University of Minnesota Press 0816638241.
- Cohen, H. (2001), 'The filmworks of TGh Strehlow: Commodities of the sacred', Compr(om)ising post/colonialism(s), Dangaroo Press 0864186460.
- Cohen, H. (2001), 'Subjectivities: media consumption and the dynamics of cultural/political change', Mapping Globalisation, Southbound Press .
Journal Articles
- Cohen, H. (2012), 'Database Documentary: From Authorship to Authoring in Remediated/Remixed Documentary', Culture Unbound, 20.
- Cohen, H. (2012), 'From social media to social energy (evepyeia): the idea of the 'social' in 'social media'', Global Media Journal: Australia Edition, .
- Cohen, H. (2012), 'Database documentary : from authorship to authoring in remediated/remixed documentary', Culture Unbound, 20.
- Cohen, H. (2012), 'From social media to social energy (evepyeia) : the idea of the 'social' in 'social media'', Global Media Journal: Australia Edition, .
- Cohen, H. (2010), 'Knowledge and A Scholarship of Creativity', IM Interactive Media, 8.
- Cohen, H. (2005), 'The Visual Mediation of a Complex Narrative: TGH Strehlow's Journey to Horseshoe Bend', Media Interantional Australia, 16.
- Cohen, H. (2004), 'Trust Me - I'm an Editor', Metro, 5.
Conference Papers
- Porter, G., Cohen, H. and Whitfield, D. (2009), 'The Influence of Image Perspective on Facial Morphology Comparison and Photoanthropometric Analysis in Facial Identification from Photographs', 19th International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences, Melbourne.
Other Publications
- 2001, 'Mr Strehlow's Films', Recorded Work
- 2006, 'Cantata Journey', Published Work
Research
Current Projects
| Title: | Residents' Voices: Advantage, Disadvantage, Community and Place |
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| Years: | 2010-12-01 - 2014-05-31 |
| ID: | P00017822 |
| UWS Researchers: | Michael Darcy and Hart Cohen |
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| Title: | The Passion, Power, and Politics of Aboriginal Art: Established Artists and Emerging NSW Women Artists' Perceptions and Representational Bias in Collections |
| Years: | 2011-01-01 - 2013-06-30 |
| ID: | P00018907 |
| UWS Researchers: | Rhonda Craven, Michael Atherton and Hart Cohen |
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| Title: | Digital Archives, Datadiversity and Discoverability: The Strehlow Collection as Knowledge Resource for Remote Indigenous Communities |
| Years: | 2012-01-24 - 2015-01-23 |
| ID: | P00019985 |
| UWS Researchers: | Hart Cohen, Rachel Morley and Juan Francisco Salazar |
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Previous Projects
| Title: | The filmworks of THG Strehlow: Interpretation, documentation and re-organisation of the filmworks held at the Strehlow Research Centre |
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| Years: | 1999-01-01 - 2001-12-31 |
| ID: | P0009634 |
| UWS Researchers: | Hart Cohen |
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| Title: | Re-Imagining TGH Strehlow's Memoir, Journey to Horseshoe Bend |
| Years: | 2003-05-20 - 2004-04-30 |
| ID: | P0013660 |
| UWS Researchers: | Hart Cohen |
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| Title: | Visiting Fellow - Adrian Herring - Media Production |
| Years: | 1999-09-13 - 2000-12-31 |
| ID: | P0013118 |
| UWS Researchers: | Hart Cohen |
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| Title: | Re-imagining TGH Strehlow's 'Journey to Horseshoe Bend' |
| Years: | 2004-06-22 - 2005-09-01 |
| ID: | P0010792 |
| UWS Researchers: | Hart Cohen |
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| Title: | The visual mediation of a complex narrative: TGH Strehlow's Journey to Horseshoe Bend |
| Years: | 2005-04-04 - 2008-06-30 |
| ID: | P0012624 |
| UWS Researchers: | Hart Cohen and Peter Dallow |
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| Title: | Mr Strehlow's Films |
| Years: | 2000-06-26 - 2001-04-30 |
| ID: | P0012746 |
| UWS Researchers: | Hart Cohen |
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| Title: | The ethnography of indigenous communication: The case of Carl Strehlow's Aranda and Loritja word lists |
| Years: | 2004-02-16 - 2006-05-31 |
| ID: | P0011630 |
| UWS Researchers: | Hart Cohen and Sidney Newton |
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| Title: | Digital Refuge: Urban Narrative Strategies and Sustainable Media in Western Sydney |
| Years: | 2007-11-02 - 2009-03-02 |
| ID: | P0015723 |
| UWS Researchers: | Juan Francisco Salazar, Hart Cohen and Antonio Castillo |
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| Title: | Royalties Mr Strehlow's Films |
| Years: | 2002-01-01 - 2007-10-18 |
| ID: | P0014306 |
| UWS Researchers: | Hart Cohen |
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| Title: | Australian Canadian Studies Journal |
| Years: | 1997-05-01 - 2002-12-31 |
| ID: | P0013308 |
| UWS Researchers: | Hart Cohen |
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Supervision
Doctor Cohen is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects
Current Supervision
| Title: | Framing Terrorism in Indonesia: A Case Study of Islamic Magazines in Indonesia |
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| Title: | Ethnography of Early Sydney Punk Culture |
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| Title: | Television without Frontiers: A Comparative Study of Television Downloading Practices in Australia and Brazil |
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