Olívia Marques da Silva
Integrated Member of uniMAD
Bio
Olívia Marques Da Silva (b.Porto,Portugal, 1962)
PhD in Photography at the Derby University of Art & Design,United Kingdom (Ph.D,
Mphil/Ph.D/MA). Received a Scholarship from Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (FCG)
and Portuguese Photography Center(CPF). She associates academic activity with
artistic expression as a photographer, participating in several individual and
collective exhibitions. Collaborator in several publications on the theme of
Visual Anthropology and Documentary Photography. Her connection to the
Polytechnic of Porto began in 1992, where she was diretor of the Department of
Visual Arts at the School of Music and Performing Arts (ESMAE). She coordinated
and was the creator of, the Masters in Audiovisual Communication and her
specialist áreas of teaching include: Photography and Audiovisual Cinema, and
also Audiovisual Production and Direction. She was President of the
Technical-Scientific Council at ESMAE. As a member of uniMAD/ESMAD and IF-UP,
she collaborates with the following research centres: GEV-Santiago de Compostela
University (Spain) CCRE – FAUP Scientific Board da Sophia Journal, Scopio
Publisher and Associate Author, eCPR – European Center for Photographic Research
at South Wales University. She is currently a member of the General Council of
P.Porto (CG-IPP), a member of the Management Council of P.Porto, and for the
last seven years, has been Presidente of the School of Media Arts and Design
(ESMAD/P.Porto ).
Research interests
- Photography