Emanuela Marchetti

Background

About Emanuela Marchetti

Education I gained Ph.D. degree from Aalborg University, Denmark, where I have worked with the department of Learning and Philosophy and with the department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology. Research and Teaching I am passionate and experienced in conducting research inquiries with Participatory Design methods, in cooperation with public as well as private organisations. I am engaged in investigating technologies in relation to people, innovation processes, learning and other skilled practices, from a broader sociocultural perspectives. My ambition is to conduct research at an international level that has theoretical, practical, and methodological outcomes. I am also a dedicated teacher, who is able to engage in a dialogue with her students. I have gained good teaching experience supervising and teaching courses at different levels, mostly within design and digital media related subjects. Research Interests: anthropological research through design, to investigate social interaction mediated through material objects, learning, play and learning, everyday skilled practice in museums and other contexts. Methods and Theories: Design anthropology, user-centred/participatory design methods, interaction design, material culture studies, e-learning, play and playful learning in different contexts, organizational studies, qualitative and quantitative methods. Art On the side I have started to work as an artist and freelance illustrator, I contributed to a few publications in Denmark for Dansk Sang, Ugla, and for private commissions as well as a couple of books and portraits in Italy. It was so exciting that I am hungry for more illustration work, so I am open for commissions :) Subjects: Surrealistic art, anthropomorphic nature illustration, botanical subjects, realistic or surrealistic food illustration, urban sketching. I am working to improve my portrait technique and practising 2D digital animation. Techniques: Pencil drawing and sketching, watercolor painting, ink-fine liners, and digital drawing-illustration with Photoshop and Krita (PC) and with Autodesk Sketchbook pro on Samsung Galaxy Tab.