Overview
Profile summary
Lana is a PhD candidate and an Associate Lecturer at the University of Plymouth teaching on the undergraduate course BA/BSc Digital Media Design. The role consists of delivering lectures and workshops across a variety of modules and providing tutorial sessions to help improve student’s work.
Her PhD research builds on previous experience gained during master’s studies. The topic is around building digital archives and exploring the relationship between digital photographs, family heritage and the environment. The idea is to gain this knowledge by working closely with the community, through workshops and collaborations with museums.
Lana has also recently started working as a research assistant on projects around modern methods of construction for community building; mostly focusing on heritage and community aspects of the project.
Teaching interests
Lana's interdisciplinary practice focuses mainly on creative coding and creating interactive interfaces, but also includes working with Arduino, creating projection mapping and VR/AR projects.
Module lead:
- DAT443 Creative Coding
- DAT505 Creative Coding module at i-DAT’s partner universities, Nanjing University of Arts, in Nanjing, China
Part of module team:
- DAT443 Creative Coding
- DAT444 Digital Making module
- DAT551 Programming Audio Visual Experiences
- DAT553 Experimental Media Lab
- DAT601 Realtime
- ADA600 Dissertation - supervision
- DAT667/8 Final Year Project - supervision
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):
Research Interests
- Digital Making
- Photography
- Heritage
- Archives