Dr Alejandra Rodriguez-Remedi

Biography

Alejandra Rodríguez-Remedi trained as a teacher and educational researcher at the University of Concepción and went on to complete a PhD at Gray's School of Art. Her current research focuses on arts-based approaches to petroculture and the poetics of filmmaker Raúl Ruiz.

Research Overview

• Arts-based approaches to petroculture.
• The poetics of filmmaker Raúl Ruiz.
• Film and exile.
• Film and dream.

Current Research

Reflecting Oil: Arts-Based Research on Oil Transitionings (University of Applied Arts Vienna/Austrian Science Fund, 2019-24).

Creative Approaches to the Energy Crisis (University of Aberdeen, 2023-24).

Past Research

Curricular innovation and educational reform in Chile (Universidad de Concepción/FONDECYT, 1998-2002).

The arts as means of cultural integration: A Chilean case study (The Robert Gordon University/ORS, 2002-2007).

Knowledge Exchange

Q&A Masterclass with Mania Akbari (GWW Centre/Aberdeen City Council, 10 February 2020).

Reflecting Oil Colloquium panel discussion (University of Applied Arts Vienna/Austrian Science Fund, 9 June 2022).

Funding and Grants

• Premio Universidad de Concepción, 1998.
• Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme (ORS) scholarship, 2002.
• Robert Gordon University Research Development Initiative (RDI) studentship, 2002.
• Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS) postgraduate conference bursary, 2004.
• Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS) postgraduate travel grant, 2004.
• Gray's Aberdeen Visual Artists Award (GAVAA), 2008.
• Austrian Science Fund's Programme for Arts-Based Research (PEEK), 2018.
• Internal Funding to Pump-Prime Research and Research Networks, 2023.

Teaching Responsibilities

Courses taught previously:

• FS40JA - The Shoot: Filming Drama (2009)
• FS5008 - Documentary and Visual Practice 1 (2009)
• FS2506/FS2507 - Cinema and Revolution/Visualising Revolution (2015-21 & 2023 as course coordinator)
• FS2003/FS2007 - Cinema and Modernity/Visualising Modernity (2015-20, & 2021-2 as course coordinator)
• FS30/40GG - Trapped on Film: The Hero and the Captivity Narrative (2018, & 2019 as course coordinator)
• FS35/45FD - Cinematic Cities (2019-21)
• FS5902 - Dissertation in Film and Visual Culture (2019-20 & 2023)
• FS5022 - Research Methods in Film and Visual Culture (2019 & 2021-2)
• FS1508 - Introduction to Film and the Cinematic Experience (2020-3)
• FS35/4509 - Film and Dream (2020 as course coordinator)
• FS4002/FS4506 - Dissertation in Film and Visual Culture (2020-3)
• FS5527 - Projects in Film and Visual Culture (2020 & 2023)
• EL5914 - Dissertation in Cultural and Creative Communication (2020-1)

Non-course Teaching Responsibilities

• Translation support and tutorial assistance for Prof. Raúl Ruiz (2007-9)
• Seminar tutor, FS35IB - On Documentary: history, theory and practice (3 March 2015)
• Undergraduate Open Day (5 October 2019)
• Moderation, FS30/40GB - Panoptic Digital Culture (2019)
• Moderation, FS35/45ZF - Images Adequate to Our Predicament: Art for the Anthropocene (2020)
• Video caption editor, FS2007, FS2507, FS35/45FD and FS5022 (2021)
• Moderation, FS5032 - Work-Based Placement in FVC (2022)
• PGT and UG personal tutor (2023)
• Offer Holder Day (26 April 2023)
• Internal Teaching Review (ITR) Pedagogic Partnership session (10 November 2023)