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FRANCESCO LAPENTA
PhD
Assistant Professor
in Visual Culture and New Media
Dept. of Communication, Business and Information Technologies (CBIT),
RUC, Denmark.
Ph: +45-6166071 Fax: +45-46743075
E-mail: visualsociology@gmail.com Web: www.visual-studies.eu Skype:
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Education and Research
Coordinates:
Elected member of the Executive Board of the International Visual
Sociology Association (IVSA), 2008.
Lecturer in Visual Sociology at the University of Copenhagen, Department
of Film and Media Studies. Copenhagen, Denmark 2004-2007.
PhD in Sociology held at the Goldsmith's College, University of
London in joint supervision with the London School of Economics,
University of London, Departments of Sociology. The research has
been awarded a three years research grant from the E.S.R.C. (Economic
and Social Research Council) [Sept.2000-Aug..2004].
M.Phil in Sociology, Goldsmiths College, University of London. 2001
Student's Tutor, Goldsmiths College, University of London. 2000-2002
MA (Sociology), Methods Training Program for Research Students,
'Concepts and Methods of Qualitative and Quantitative Research',
Goldsmith's College. 1999-2000
Master's Degree in Sociology, Universita' degli studi di Bologna,
Facolta' di Scienze Politiche, Italy, 1997. Master's thesis in Sociology
of Mass Communication and Visual Sociology entitled "Communicative
Codes and Images of everyday life".
Host of the conference "Public Views of the Private, Private
Views of the Public" IVSA 2007 international
conference, New York University, New York 2007.
Forthcoming article. 'Photo-elicitation and Visual Verbal Hybridisation:
Exploring the Theoretical Tenets" in Sage Handbook of Visual
Research Methods.
Paper entitled 'Visual Verbal Hybridisation: Exploring the Theoretical
Tenets' presented at the conference Eyes on the City, 2006 Conference
of the International Visual Sociology Association, University of
Urbino, Italy, 2006.
"The Image as a Form of Communication and Sociological Data:
Photography, Photo-elicitation and the
Sociological Analysis of the Interpretation of the Images'. PhD
Thesis published in July 2004 by the University of London.
Invited Lecture, 'Postcards from Mars. An Exploration of the New
Landscapes in the Technologies of the
Image.' Department of Media and Communication, Roskilde University,
Roskilde, Danmark. March 2004
Review of the Book 'In Altre Parole', by P. Faccioli and D. Harper,
Franco Angeli, Milano 2002', Visual
Studies, Vol 17, Number 2, 2002, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group,
London.
Appointed Chairman at the conference 'Visualizing Community, State
and Nation: Images of Power & Social Bond'. University of Media
and Communication, Athens, Greece. Santorini Island, 2002.
Paper entitled 'Photo-Elicitation: Exploring the Theoretical Tenets'
presented at the conference 'Boundaries,
Bytes and Ballyhoo: Sociology, New media, and Public Information',
School of Journalism and Mass
Communication, Minneapolis, University of Minnesota, 2001.
Paper entitled 'Global/Local Images of the European Identity: a
Proposal' presented at the I.V.S.A. international conference, Wheaton
College, Portland, Maine, 2000.
Paper entitled 'The image as a Form of Communication and Sociological
Data' presented at the annual
conference of the I.V.S.A., University of Antwerp, Belgium, 1999.
Article entitled 'The Image as a Form of Communication and Sociological
Data' published in 'Current Research in Sociology' N. 8 1999 University
of London, UK.
Host of the conference "New Media and Democracy: An Open Discussion
on the Global and Local Effects of New Information Technologies"
held at the University of Copenhagen, 2005
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