Paul Carter (academic)
Encyclopedia
Professor Paul Carter is an historian, writer, philosopher and artist who is currently Chair in Creative Place Research at Deakin University
, Director of Deakin Creative and Deputy Director of the Centre for Memory, Imagination and Invention.
He has authored a number of books mainly concerned with Australian history, Australian places and their identity. He has been involved with the design of some notable contemporary public spaces in Australia. In collaboration with Lab Architecture Studio
he conceived and developed the design for the 'Nearamnew', the elaborate surface treatment of the public plaza at Federation Square
in Melbourne
. In addition to Nearamnew, his most notable public artworks include Named In The Margin (Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney, 1990) and Relay (Sydney 2000 Olympics, with Ruark Lewis)
Deakin University
Deakin University is an Australian public university with nearly 40,000 higher education students in 2010. It receives more than A$600 million in operating revenue annually, and controls more than A$1.3 billion in assets. It received more than A$35 million in research income in 2009 and had 835...
, Director of Deakin Creative and Deputy Director of the Centre for Memory, Imagination and Invention.
He has authored a number of books mainly concerned with Australian history, Australian places and their identity. He has been involved with the design of some notable contemporary public spaces in Australia. In collaboration with Lab Architecture Studio
Lab Architecture Studio
LAB Architecture Studio is a firm of architects and urban designers based in Melbourne, Australia with international offices in London and Beijing. LAB architecture studio is a practice pursuing the formulation of original, challenging contemporary building projects...
he conceived and developed the design for the 'Nearamnew', the elaborate surface treatment of the public plaza at Federation Square
Federation Square
Federation Square is a civic centre and cultural precinct in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
. In addition to Nearamnew, his most notable public artworks include Named In The Margin (Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney, 1990) and Relay (Sydney 2000 Olympics, with Ruark Lewis)
Selected publications
- Carter, P (1987) The road to Botany Bay : an essay in spatial history, London ; Boston : Faber and Faber (ISBN 0571145515) & (ISBN 0571152414 (pbk.))
- Carter, P (1992) Living in a new country : history, travelling and language, London : Faber (ISBN 057116329)
- Carter, P (1996) The lie of the land, London ; Boston : Faber and Faber (ISBN 0571141013)
- Carter, P (1996) The calling to come, Sydney : Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (ISBN 073105007X)
- Carter, P (2002) Repressed spaces : the poetics of agoraphobia, London : Reaktion (ISBN 1861891288)
- Carter, P (2004) Material thinking : the theory and practice of creative research, Carlton, Vic : Melbourne University Publishing (ISBN 052285124X)
- Carter, P (2005) Mythform : the making of Nearamnew at Federation Square, Carlton, Vic. : Miegunyah Press (ISBN 0522851053)
- Carter, P (2006) Parrot. London: Reaktion Books.
- Carter, P (2009) Dark writing : geography, performance, design, Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press (ISBN 9780824832469)
- Carter, P (2010) Ground truthing : explorations in a creative region, Crawley, WA : University of Western Australia Press (ISBN 9781742580708)