The Vietnam Workshop for the In The Mood Project will be facilitated by Andrew Stiff and Dr. Catherine Earl.
Andrew Stiff. Image: RMIT University.
Andrew Stiff
Andrew Stiff is a lecturer in the School of Communication & Design at RMIT Vietnam. He’s practice focuses on experimental filmmaking processes that explore the space between urban inhabitance and the built environment. Through his studies of urban spaces, he shines a spotlight on the impact of Vietnamese culture on the development of the dense and tight urban spaces of Saigon. The films capture the creation of space through the values of family and community and offer an insight into how cities can develop resilience through the pressure’s urban migration and modernisation.
Catherine Earl. Image: RMIT University.
Catherine Earl
Dr. Catherine Earl is a Lecturer in Communication and lead of the Cities and Urbanism research cluster in the School of Communication at RMIT Vietnam. She is a First Year Higher Education (FYHE) specialist and holds teaching awards for team teaching and programs that enhance learning. Catherine is a social anthropologist, policy analyst and community educator. Her research interests include sensory studies, experimental ethnographic writing, rise of middle classes, changing nature of work and welfare, mega-urban mobilities, and gender and social change in contemporary Vietnam and Australia. Catherine aims to translate research into practice and policy, especially concerning higher education and gender equity.