Davina Jackson Explained

Davina Gainor Jackson is a Sydney based international writer and editor of books and websites promoting satellite technologies for urban development and recording pan-Pacific architectural and maritime history. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Society of New South Wales.

Biography

Jackson is from New Zealand[1] and received her undergraduate degree in 1971 after studying political history and economics at Auckland University in 1973. In 1997 she was awarded a University of New South Wales M.Arch degree in architectural history and theory with a thesis that examined the internet-era implications for pre-internet theories about the history and future of domestic living and architecture.[2] Jackson earned her Ph.D. by publications from the University of Kent School of Architecture in 2017.[3]

Jackson was the editor of Architecture Australia from 1993 until 2000.[4] From 2002-2005, Jackson chaired the Venice Architecture Biennale Task Force, which sought funding from the Australian council to support the participation of Australians in the Venice Biennale.[5] In 2005 she was named an associate professor at the University of New South Wales.[6]

Jackson is known for her work on architecture in Australia, knowledge she conveys through a series of books on architecture and through directing annual city light festivals in Sydney (Vivid Sydney/Smart Light Sydney 2009) and Singapore (iLight Marina Bay 2010, 2012).[7] Her books on architecture have been reviewed by multiple publications.[8] [9]

Selected publications

Awards and honors

In 2007 Jackson was named a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[10] In 2016 she was named an honorary life member of the International Society for Digital Earth,[11] and in 2018 she was named an honorary academic by Kent School of Architecture at the University of Kent. In 2020 she was named a fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales (2020).[12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Lacey . Stephen . 23 October 2004 . Two of us; Chris Johnson & Davina Jackson . 18 . Sydney Morning Herald . ProQuest.
  2. A home: another revolution in architecture's theory of the house . 1997 . English . Davina . Jackson. 222288250.
  3. Web site: Kent School of Architecture welcomes Dr Davina Jackson as first Honorary Academic – Kent School of Architecture and Planning . 11 December 2018 . 2022-03-28 . en-US.
  4. Web site: 1 September 2004 . The editors . 2022-03-29 . ArchitectureAU . en.
  5. News: Susskind . Anne . 19 August 2004 . Conspicuous absence; Architecture . 8 . Sydney Morning Herald . ProQuest.
  6. Web site: Davina Jackson - Routledge & CRC Press Author Profile . 2022-03-29 . www.routledge.com.
  7. Junqueira . Mariana . 2018 . Review of Superlux: Smart Light Art, Design and Architecture for Cities . Journal of Architectural and Planning Research . 35 . 4 . 358–360 . 26893779 . 0738-0895.
  8. News: Willis . Julie . March 12, 2022 . The building of Australia as we know it. . The Age (Melbourne, Australia) . Gale OneFile.
  9. Web site: Turner . Brook . 2000-06-10 . A dearth in Venice . 2022-03-29 . Australian Financial Review . en.
  10. Sale . James . Pascoe . Michael W . Foster . Joan . 2007 . RSA Fellows' letters . RSA Journal . 154 . 5532 . 14–15 . 41352011 . 0958-0433.
  11. Web site: ISDE Award - International Society for Digital Earth . 2022-03-28 . www.digitalearth-isde.org.
  12. Web site: Fellows of the Royal Society of NSW (J) . 2022-03-28 . www.royalsoc.org.au.

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