Elena Stylianou
Biographic Data
| ID | 793092 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elena Stylianou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elena |
| FAMILY NAME | Stylianou |
| SIGNATURE | STYLIANOU E |
| AFFILIATIONS | European University Cyprus |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6157-8266 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Liquid Landscapes
Through a decolonial lens, and using Cyprus as a case study, the paper examines how contemporary photography and artistic practices can play a pivotal role in re-making islands by reclaiming alternative local perspectives. In doing so, such practices challenge existing hierarchies of meaning, unsettle dominant historic narratives and representations, and reassess meaning from within . The work of Cyprus-born and -based photographer Stelios Kallin…
Bridging STEAM and Cultural Heritage Through Inclusive Inquiry
This study presents a professional development (PD) program designed within the “SciArt—Promoting 21st-century skills through an inclusive STEAM approach to Cultural Heritage” project, which aims to prepare teachers to implement an inclusive, inquiry-based STEAM approach in their classrooms. The approach, developed collaboratively by academics from the arts, sciences, and cultural sectors across Cyprus, Greece, and Portugal, integrates archaeomet…
The child in death and the death of a child
The prevalence and use of emerging technologies in STEAM education
After the agreement
After the agreement: contemporary photography in Northern Ireland." Visual Studies, 34(3), pp. 304–305
Affect and trauma in museums
This paper examines the exhibition of everyday war-related objects as ‘real things’ in museums. Specifically, it focuses on the bombed car that the artist Jeremy Deller used for his project It is What it Is: Conversations about Iraq – exhibited in various art museums in the US, then as a travelling show, and finally in the Imperial War Museum in London and Manchester. It also discusses the Alfred Rosenberg Diary, a permanent exhibit at the US Hol…
Miniature Landscapes
This visual essay examines Sharqi, a collection of 27 polaroid photographs that are the result of Nicos Philippou’s decade-long photographic and theoretical investigation of Cypriot topography. The essay explores the ways in which Sharqi challenges existing photographic representations of Cyprus, produced mainly in the early-to-mid twentieth century by photographers, by travellers and by the state itself, while raising relevant questions about ho…
Artists’ Photographic Reflections
This paper examines how artists employ photography to investigate and challenge the museum. It makes particular reference to the work of three women artists: Louise Lawler, Sophie Calle and Diane Neumaier. Their work is discussed with reference to the concept of the fictional and the ways in which photography can function as a frame within which museum hegemony, the viewing experience and art’s commodification are questioned. Finally, digital pho…
Bastard culture! How user participation transforms cultural production
by Mirko Tobias Schafer Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2011, 256 pages ISBN: 978-9-0896-4256-1 (paperback) Price €32.50 Reviewed by Elena Stylianou, European University Cyprus The idea of
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Affect and trauma in museums
This paper examines the exhibition of everyday war-related objects as ‘real things’ in museums. Specifically, it focuses on the bombed car that the artist Jeremy Deller used for his project It is What it Is: Conversations about Iraq – exhibited in various art museums in the US, then as a travelling show, and finally in the Imperial War Museum in London and Manchester. It also discusses the Alfred Rosenberg Diary, a permanent exhibit at the US Hol…
Parallel texts
Bastard culture! How user participation transforms cultural production
by Mirko Tobias Schafer Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2011, 256 pages ISBN: 978-9-0896-4256-1 (paperback) Price €32.50 Reviewed by Elena Stylianou, European University Cyprus The idea of
Artists’ Photographic Reflections
This paper examines how artists employ photography to investigate and challenge the museum. It makes particular reference to the work of three women artists: Louise Lawler, Sophie Calle and Diane Neumaier. Their work is discussed with reference to the concept of the fictional and the ways in which photography can function as a frame within which museum hegemony, the viewing experience and art’s commodification are questioned. Finally, digital pho…
Miniature Landscapes
This visual essay examines Sharqi, a collection of 27 polaroid photographs that are the result of Nicos Philippou’s decade-long photographic and theoretical investigation of Cypriot topography. The essay explores the ways in which Sharqi challenges existing photographic representations of Cyprus, produced mainly in the early-to-mid twentieth century by photographers, by travellers and by the state itself, while raising relevant questions about ho…
After the agreement
After the agreement: contemporary photography in Northern Ireland." Visual Studies, 34(3), pp. 304–305
Affect and trauma in museums
This paper examines the exhibition of everyday war-related objects as ‘real things’ in museums. Specifically, it focuses on the bombed car that the artist Jeremy Deller used for his project It is What it Is: Conversations about Iraq – exhibited in various art museums in the US, then as a travelling show, and finally in the Imperial War Museum in London and Manchester. It also discusses the Alfred Rosenberg Diary, a permanent exhibit at the US Hol…
The prevalence and use of emerging technologies in STEAM education
Bridging STEAM and Cultural Heritage Through Inclusive Inquiry
This study presents a professional development (PD) program designed within the “SciArt—Promoting 21st-century skills through an inclusive STEAM approach to Cultural Heritage” project, which aims to prepare teachers to implement an inclusive, inquiry-based STEAM approach in their classrooms. The approach, developed collaboratively by academics from the arts, sciences, and cultural sectors across Cyprus, Greece, and Portugal, integrates archaeomet…
The child in death and the death of a child
Liquid Landscapes
Through a decolonial lens, and using Cyprus as a case study, the paper examines how contemporary photography and artistic practices can play a pivotal role in re-making islands by reclaiming alternative local perspectives. In doing so, such practices challenge existing hierarchies of meaning, unsettle dominant historic narratives and representations, and reassess meaning from within . The work of Cyprus-born and -based photographer Stelios Kallin…
Art (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Visual arts (5 works) · Photography (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Photography and Visual Culture (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)