Culture

Our academics work to enrich creativity, innovation, commemoration, memorialisation, revitalisation in a global context.

Land2 art and research through landscape and place

The creative practice-led research network LAND2, "land squared", is a national network of artist/lecturers and research students with an interest in landscape/place-oriented art practice. The network is funded entirely by the constituent members of institutions and individuals in Land2 research networks members, with a central hosting for Land2 at Leeds University. Members of the network share common interests in how art can engage with the possibilities of landscape / place research as it is understood today, while also recognizing the contested nature of both these terms.

Other research in the culture theme 

Dr Kevin Almond examines fashion design and has a range of outputs examining fashion and the self.

Professor Richard Blackburn has a body of work on traditional dyes and historic dyeing techniques.

Dr Alice Dallabona has a body of work on high fashion, focussing on the notion of Italianicity and luxury.

Dr Eunsuk Hur has worked on Korean Textiles, and has a number of papers in this area.

Dr Andrea Thoma's research explores art practice and notions of place, manifested through a number of exhibitions and publications.

Dr Tang Tang investigates how arts can address societal challenges through research, analysis, synthesis and policy development.