Eliana Penedos-Santiago

Biography

Integrated member at ID+ Research Institute for Design, Media and Culture, LUME Unexpected Media Lab, collaborating as a researcher within national and international funded projects, including Wisdom Transfer (WT), Afro-Ibero-America Masks, and Stories from Both Sides.

She did her Post-PhD at the Faculty of Fine Arts University of Porto - FBAUP working on “The School of Carlos Ramos - A Decade of Invisible Stories at ESBAP: 1957 to ‘67”, which aimed to recover, understand, and inscribe the historical circumstances behind the establishment of the "School of Porto" as well as the pedagogical methodologies and practices resulting from this chain of thought.

Eliana took her PhD at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Valencia, Spain, focusing research on the field of Social Sciences with an emphasis on Digital Media, Local Memories, Portuguese Design Heritage, Design Education, Women Designers and Online Education.

She has also contributed to the coordination and curatorship of seminars, academic workshops, pedagogical projects and exhibitions and is the hair of several scientific conferences and forums, namely DIGICOM (The 5th International Conference on Design & Digital Communication) and The PhD Design Research Annual Forum at the University of Porto and the University of Aveiro.

Since 2005, Eliana has been Professor of Design for BA and MA courses on Design Labs, Motion Graphics, Web Design and Video, Web History & Culture, Illustration & Digital Animation and Design for Health and Wellbeing.

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