Barbara Jenkins, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research

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Latest funding

Biomapping: mobile experiments in self-computation and spatial aesthetics
SSHRC · 2008 · Co-investigator
$158,084
Finding order in beauty and sense of place with wearable computing
SSHRC · 2007 · Co-investigator
$30,000

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Biomapping: mobile experiments in self-computation and spatial aesthetics

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008Research/Creation Grants in Fine Arts

Principal investigators: Gardner, Paula M.

Keywords: mobile experience; relational aesthetics; participatory art; ethnographic research; cybernetic culture

$158,084

Finding order in beauty and sense of place with wearable computing

Co-investigatorSSHRC2007Image, Text, Sounds and Technology

Principal investigators: Zelek, John S.

Keywords: sense of place; wearable computing; computer vision; physiological sensors; mapping; nature of order; beauty

$30,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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