Overview
Profile summary
Role
BA Fine Art Senior Lecturer
Researcher for medical humanities strand within the school of Art, Design and Architecture (as part of PhD research project)Qualifications
2019 PDAP, Teaching and Learning
2012 MA Fine Art, University of Plymouth
2005 Foundation Diploma Art and Design (distinction)
2002 MSc Change Agent Skills and Strategies, University of Surrey
1987 BA Geography, University of Portsmouth
Professional membership
Associate Fellow Higher Education Academy
Teaching interests
Teaching interests
Karen teaches on the BA Fine Art programme.
Her expertise in teaching focusses on body as site, from both an anthropological lens and an autoethnographic subjective lens, she is well versed in mental health artistic strategies. Her practice specialism is sound, video, and analogue film installation, live art and socially engaged art practice.
Karen leads a selection of stage 2 and stage 3 BA Fine art modules, and is stage 3 lead..
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development 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. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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The search for perfection: Challenging the alchemy of white gold
Abadie, K., 10 Nov 2025Research output: Practice research and digital outputs › Exhibition
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Two-ing: Practising the in-between of collaborative artistic labour
Abadie, K., 2025, (In preparation)Research output: Other contribution
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Regeneration: A Collaborative Writing, Making, and Moving Inquiry
Dunlop, M., Mendus, A., Price, M., Abadie, K., Brown, L., Laidler, C., Liebmann, M., Malthouse, M. & Mendus, G., 29 Nov 2024, In: Qualitative Inquiry.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Resonating Bodies
Abadie, K. & Rosser, L., 19 Jan 2024Research output: Practice research and digital outputs › Exhibition
Theses
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Humanity Undone, A practice led enquiry into self-injury
Abadie, K. (Author), Parker, K. (Director of Studies (First Supervisor)), Baugh, T. (Other Supervisor) & Lawson-Smith, M. (Other Supervisor), 2023Student thesis: PhD
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