Laura U. Marks

This article is about the media scholar. For the activist, see Laura Marks.

Laura U. Marks is a philosopher and scholar of new media and film.[1] She is the Grant Strate University Professor at Simon Fraser University (SFU).[2] Previously, she was the Dana Wosk University Professor of Art and Cultural Studies at SFU.[3] Among her theoretical contributions is the concept of haptic visuality, according to which a spectator's contact with media is conceived of as touching, as opposed to seeing.[4] Marks is also a curator, and has developed exhibitions of Arab cinema.[5]

Publications

  • Marks, Laura U. (2000). The Skin of the Film: Intercultural Cinema, Embodiment, and the Senses. Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-2358-3. OCLC 41273008.[6]
  • Marks, Laura U. (2002). Touch: Sensuous Theory and Multisensory Media. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 0-8166-3888-8. OCLC 49626366.[7][8]
  • Marks, Laura U. (2010). Enfoldment and Unfinity: An Islamic Genealogy of New Media Art. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-01421-2. OCLC 458583162.[9]
  • Marks, Laura U. (2015). Hanan al-Cinema: Affections for the Moving Image. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-33107-4. OCLC 922529462.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Laura Marks, 2010". Department of Art, Northwestern University. 2010.
  2. ^ "Curriculum Vitae". Simon Fraser University.
  3. ^ "Dr. Laura U. Marks". ISEA International. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  4. ^ Forbes, Angus (August 11, 2006). "Haptic Visuality". Department of English, University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  5. ^ "Arab Glitch: A Film Series". University of Rochester. March 4, 2014.
  6. ^ Martin-Jones, D. (December 2002). "The Skin of the Film: Intercultural Cinema, Embodiment and the Senses". Screen. 43 (4): 442–446. doi:10.1093/screen/43.4.442.
  7. ^ Barlow, Melinda (October 2004). "Review of Touch: Sensuous Theory and Muitisensory Media". Canadian Journal of Film Studies. 12 (2): 126–129. doi:10.3138/cjfs.12.2.126. ISSN 0847-5911.
  8. ^ Gauthier, Sean (2006). "Review of Touch". Canadian Journal of Communication. 61.
  9. ^ Osborn, J.R. (November 2011). "Review of Enfoldment and Infinity". Design and Culture. 3 (3): 409–411. doi:10.2752/175470811X13071166525775. ISSN 1754-7075. S2CID 144635329.
  10. ^ Roman, Mathilde (May 20, 2017). "Laura U. Marks, Hanan al-Cinema: Affections for the Moving Image". Critique d'art (in French). doi:10.4000/critiquedart.21285. ISSN 1246-8258.
  11. ^ Valassopoulos, Anastasia (May 2017). "Review of Hanan al-Cinema". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 49 (2): 355–357. doi:10.1017/S0020743817000198. ISSN 0020-7438. S2CID 164476377.


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