Space, Place and Object (SPO) is an inclusive and creative research cluster based on a shared interest in the perception, experience, creation and interpretation of the worlds we create. The diverse meanings that are associated with spaces and objects represent a rich field of inquiry, whether those spaces and objects are imagined, virtual or physical. How are designed spaces, objects and representations created, what values do they manifest, how are they engaged with, and how do they change over time? The SPO research cluster engages in this inquiry through a range of conventional and practice-based research methods.

Full members:

Prof Stephen Frith (Chair)
Assoc Prof Dianne Firth
Assoc Prof Carlos Alberto Montaña Hoyos
Assoc Prof Gevork Hartoonian
Assoc Prof Eugenie Keefer-Bell

Associate members:

Ms Ann Cleary
Ms Anita Fitton
Mr Chris Hardy
Ms Fanny Lemaitre
Mr Eddi Pianca
Ms Mary-Jane Taylor
Mr Stephen Trathen
Mr Gowrie Waterhouse

Research Themes

Theme 1 2010 SPACE, place, object

Theme 2 2011 PLACE, object, space

Theme 3 2012 OBJECT, space place