Tami Sutcliffe
University of North Texas
Center for Educational Gaming in
the Humanities
Websites:
http://www.informationart.org/
InformationArt.org/home.html
http://bikechic.wordpress.com/
http://homepages.waymark.net/
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Email:
TSutcliffe@cc.admin.unt.edu
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Tami Sutcliffe is an information scientist interested in the ethnography
of aesthetic knowledge. She is working on a PhD project considering
visual images used in science which are not generally defined as fine
art (DNA trees, crystal diagrams, sonar charts) and attempting to
decipher what happens when these images begin to acquire aesthetic value
outside of their specific scientific community. In particular, this
project analyzes the qualitative aspects of the process of online
scientific information becoming fine art: when does this redefinition
occur? What are the distinctive components of art and information in
these cases? What is the history of purely informational images
acquiring aesthetic value?
Ms. Sutcliffe holds a Masters of Information Science degree, in addition
to a Masters of Arts [Art History] degree. She presented her thesis
"Gender and Communication Styles on the World Wide Web" at the American
Library Association National Conference. As co-author, she presented
"Determining Place Regulations on the Internet" during the 2007 Southern
States Communication Association Convention.
Currently a Web designer with the Center for Educational Gaming in the
Humanities at the University of North Texas, Sutcliffe's professional
roles have included knowledge management analyst, Web content author,
reference librarian, and research director. Ms. Sutcliffe established
InformationArt.org, a consulting firm specializing in online
instructional design and maintains an active blog related to the process
of researching information art.
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