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Jennifer Fisher

Jennifer Fisher

Media & Culture
DepartmentVisual Art & Art History (York)
Areas of Expertisecontemporary art; curatorial practice; display culture; the aesthetics of the non-visual senses

Jennifer Fisher is an art historian, critic and curator specializing in contemporary art and cultural studies. Her research focuses on display practices and the aesthetics of the non-visual senses. In 2012 she co-founded the Journal of Curatorial Studies, where she is editor, publishing three issues a year. She also co-edited a special issue of Senses and Society on “Sensory Aesthetics” (2012) and Public on “Civic Spectacle” (2012). Her writings have been featured in anthologies such as The Ashgate Research Companion to Paranormal Culture (2013), The Senses in Performance (2006) and Caught in the Act (2005), and journals such as Art Journal, Border/Lines, C magazine, n-paradoxa and Visual Communication. She is the editor of the anthology Technologies of Intuition (2006).