The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Emma's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
About Emma
Dr Emma Whittaker lectures in design, arts and media, history, theory and practice. As the Creative Industries Research Fellow for the EDRF Low Carbon Devon project at University of Plymouth (2020-2023) she researched and supported Devon’s creative and cultural sector. She instigated the Green Maker Initiative, hosted by MAKE Southwest, and edited The Green Maker Initiative Book (2023), supported by the Crafts Council. She co-designed the Creative Commissions Programme with the PCC Green Minds project, supporting creatives to work in the field of nature connectedness. As co-investigator with Dr David Sergeant of the AHRC Net Zero Visions project she commissioned artists, designers and game makers to create works that respond to visualising net zero, and co-edited The Net Zero Visions Book (2022).Whittaker is a designer maker working with ethically sourced gemstones and recycled metals, www.expandedskies.co.uk. Her research includes ethics and sustainability in the craft sector, the philosophies and practices of expanded narrative, experience, and perception. Her academic writing, published by Oxford University Press, University of Nebraska Press and Palgrave Macmillan, covers topics including, aesthetics, ambient literature, narrative complexity, sound design for narrative worlds, pilgrimage routes and traditional knowledge and engagement with the Earth.
As a creative producer, her work in narrative and world-making integrates disciplines, including sound, mixed reality, XR, printing, drawing and performance. Collaborative projects include the smartphone apps: 'Immersive Explorations' (2018), 'The Cartographer's Confession' (2017) - Winner of the New Media Writing Prize 2017, 'Journeyer's Guidebook' (2016) at Jubilee Library Brighton, 'The Lost Index: NATMUS' (2015), at The National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, 'The Lost Index, No.2: The Turning' (2014) at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, nominated for a Media Innovation Award, 'LociOscope, The Letters' (2014) at Dartington Hall Gardens, Devon and 'The Lost Index, No.1: Landscape with Figures' (2013), at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery.
Teaching
Dr Emma Whittaker lectures in arts, media, and design. Her research informs teaching in practice, history, theory, critical thinking and knowledge exchange/working with creative industries and communities.BA Graphic Design (Dissertation supervision)Previous teaching:
BA Media Arts/Creative Media (Dissertation supervision, Independent Practice and Media and Mass Communication modules)
Previous teaching - various institutions:
BA Experimental Music (Spatial Sound Design)
FdA Creative Digital Media (Module leader for Approaching Texts, Negotiated Research and Work-based Learning)
BA and FDA Multi-Media (Module Leader for Critical and Cultural Studies and Professional Development)
BA Fine Art & HND Fine Art (Module Leader for Contextual Studies) Teaching Qualifications and Awards:
P.G.C.E Art and Design in Further and Higher Education (2000)
University of Plymouth Teaching Fellowship (2011-12)
HELP CETL Teaching Fellowship (2010-11)
