THINKING THROUGH DRAWING: PRACTICE INTO KNOWLEDGE

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biographies

resent a deferred encounter with an irretrievable
moment?


Barbara Tversky studied cognitive psychol-
ogy at University of Michigan and has held posi-
tions at Hebrew University, Stanford University,
and now Columbia Teachers College. One focus
of her research has been on visuospatial thinking,
memory, and language, with broad applications
including visual communication, diagrammatic
reasoning, gesture, sketching, embodied and situ-
ated cognition, interface design, creativity, and
education. She has enjoyed collaborations across
diverse disciplines and diverse countries.


Jennifer Wright is currently a PhD student
at the University of the Arts London, where she is
researching into drawing and medical practice. Her
director of studies is Professor Stephen Scrivener
and her second supervisor Professor Deanna Peth-
erbridge. Her research examines the haptic nature
of drawing and surgery and is being developed as
a tool to support medical students motor skill per-
formance. The research work involves collaborative
practise with surgeons, to this end Jenny has worked
closely with Mr Neil Shah consultant maxillofa-
cial surgeon at Barts Hospital London, who acts as
one of her supervisors, and also with Miss Narciss
Okhravi and Mr Ananth Viswanathan consultant
ophthalmologists at Moorfields Hospital London.
She is also working with students and researchers
at Kings College London with the hapTEL virtual
learning system. She is currently the honorary artist
at Moorfields Hospital London and has been a visit-
ing examiner on the Anatomy for Artists course at
University College London.

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