Dr Alejandra Rodriguez-Remedi

Dr Alejandra Rodriguez-Remedi
Dr Alejandra Rodriguez-Remedi
Dr Alejandra Rodriguez-Remedi

MEd, PgCert, PhD

Lecturer

Accepting PhDs

About
Email Address
alejandra.rodriguez@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address
F09 Old Brewery
Old Aberdeen Campus
High Street
AB24 3UB

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School/Department
School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture

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.

Qualifications

  • PhD Arts 
    2007 - The Robert Gordon University 
  • PgCert Research Methods 
    2004 - The Robert Gordon University 
  • MEd Education 
    2002 - Universidad de Concepción 
  • Licentiate (equivalent of BEd) Education 
    1998 - Universidad de Concepción 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

George Washington Wilson Centre for Art and Visual Culture

LLMVC Cluster C

LLMVC Peer Support Research Group 4 (Environmental Group)

External Memberships

Reflecting Oil: Arts-Based Research on Oil Transitionings (2019-24)

New Social Art School (2005-10)

Research

Research Overview

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

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Film and Visual Culture.


Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

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Film and Visual Culture

Accepting PhDs

Research Specialisms

  • Film Studies
  • Cinematics
  • Cultural Studies
  • Environmentalism
  • Latin American Society and Culture Studies

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

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

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 (2023) and UG (2023-4) personal tutor
  • Offer Holder Day (26 April 2023)
  • Internal Teaching Review (ITR) Pedagogic Partnership session (10 November 2023)
  • Jan Komasa masterclass and Corpus Christi screening (1 March 2024)