Laura U. Marks

This article is about the media scholar. For the activist, see Laura Marks.

Laura U. Marks is a philosopher and scholar of new media and film. ^[1] She is the Grant Strate University Professor at Simon Fraser University (SFU). ^[2] Previously, she was the Dana Wosk University Professor of Art and Cultural Studies at SFU. ^[3] Among her theoretical contributions is the concept of haptic visuality, according to which a spectator's contact with media is conceived of as touching, as opposed to seeing. ^[4] Marks is also a curator, and has developed exhibitions of Arab cinema. ^[5]

Publications

• Marks, Laura U. (2000). The Skin of the Film: Intercultural Cinema, Embodiment, and the Senses. Duke University Press. ISBN   0-8223-2358-3. OCLC   41273008. ^[6]
• Marks, Laura U. (2002). Touch: Sensuous Theory and Multisensory Media. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN   0-8166-3888-8. OCLC   49626366. ^{[7] [8]}
• Marks, Laura U. (2010). Enfoldment and Unfinity: An Islamic Genealogy of New Media Art. MIT Press. ISBN   978-0-262-01421-2. OCLC   458583162. ^[9]
• Marks, Laura U. (2015). Hanan al-Cinema: Affections for the Moving Image. MIT Press. ISBN   978-0-262-33107-4. OCLC   922529462. ^{[10] [11]}
• Marks, Laura U. (2024). The Fold: From Your Body to the Cosmos. Duke University Press ISBN   978-1-4780-3011-9

References

1. "Laura Marks, 2010". Department of Art, Northwestern University. 2010.
2. "Curriculum Vitae". Simon Fraser University.
3. "Dr. Laura U. Marks". ISEA International . Retrieved October 8, 2020.
4. Forbes, Angus (August 11, 2006). "Haptic Visuality". Department of English, University of California, Santa Barbara . Retrieved October 8, 2020.
5. "Arab Glitch: A Film Series". University of Rochester. March 4, 2014.
6. Martin-Jones, D. (December 2002). "The Skin of the Film: Intercultural Cinema, Embodiment and the Senses". Screen. 43 (4): 442–446. doi:10.1093/screen/43.4.442.
7. Barlow, Melinda (October 2004). "Review of Touch: Sensuous Theory and Muitisensory Media". Canadian Journal of Film Studies. 12 (2): 126–129. doi:10.3138/cjfs.12.2.126. ISSN   0847-5911.
8. Gauthier, Sean (2006). "Review of Touch". Canadian Journal of Communication . 61.
9. Osborn, J.R. (November 2011). "Review of Enfoldment and Infinity". Design and Culture. 3 (3): 409–411. doi:10.2752/175470811X13071166525775. ISSN   1754-7075. S2CID   144635329.
10. Roman, Mathilde (May 20, 2017). "Laura U. Marks, Hanan al-Cinema: Affections for the Moving Image". Critique d'art (in French). doi: 10.4000/critiquedart.21285 . ISSN   1246-8258.
11. Valassopoulos, Anastasia (May 2017). "Review of Hanan al-Cinema". International Journal of Middle East Studies . 49 (2): 355–357. doi:10.1017/S0020743817000198. ISSN   0020-7438. S2CID   164476377.

External links

• Profile at Simon Fraser University