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Personal profile
Dr. Scott McMaster is a Newfoundland born artist, educator, and newly appointed Assistant Professor of Visual Arts in the Department of Cultural and Creative Arts the Education University of Hong Kong. Dr. McMaster successfully completed his Elliot Eisner Award Winning PhD in Art Education at Concordia University, Montreal.
His current research involved crowdsourcing drawings from around the world to explore globalization through the lens of popular visual culture. His photos explore abstract landscapes of waste and follow the de-evolution of man-made materials, playing upon viewer’s notions of narrative and traditional beauty: www.UntitledArtist.com
EDUCATION
Doctorate of Philosophy: Art Education. Awarded 2016
Concordia University of Montreal, Canada
Master of Education: Information Technology. Awarded 2010
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Bachelor of Fine Arts ‘Visual’: Photography/Multimedia. Awarded 2000
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College of Fine Arts (MUN), Canada
Research interests
Photography
Visual Culture
Visual Literacy
Sensory Studies
Visual Arts
Visual Methodologies
Cultural Studies
East-West Studies
Globalization
The Internet of Things
Crowdsourcing
Teaching Interests
Photography
Visual Culture
Visual Literacy
Sensory Studies
Visual Arts
Visual Methodologies
Critical Thinking
Art Education
Cultural Studies
External Appointments
Communications Coordinator, International Visual Literacy association
2015-present
Course developer, University of the West Indies, Barbados
2014-2015 (MSc Developing Instructional Design)
Instructor, Concordia University, Montreal Canada
2014 (Light Based Media)
Part time faculty, Cape Breton University, Nova Scotia
2013 (application of learning theory in multimedia design/ designing web based learning/ integration of instructional design and information technology)
Instructor, Concordia University, Montreal Canada
2013 (Light Based Media)
Senior full-time lecturer, Kyungnam institute of technology, Busan South Korea
2008-2010 (Department of Education & Tourism)
Full-time Lecturer, Dong Eui University, Busan South Korea
2004-2007 (Department of General Education)
Professional information
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Projects
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No Heritage Found on the Map: The Vanishing Villages of Hong Kong
01/01/20 → 30/06/23
Project: Research project
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No heritage found on map: The vanishing villages of Hong Kong
MCMASTER, S., Jul 2021.Research output: Contribution to conference › Papers
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The vanishing villages of Hong Kong: A visual cultural pilot study
MCMASTER, S., Jul 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Papers
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2017 Elliot Eisner Award invited paper: Crowdsourcing global culture: Visual representation in the age of information
MCMASTER, S., 2018, In: Visual Arts Research. 44, 2, p. 53-66Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Truth in photography: How I learned to stop worrying and press the shutter
MCMASTER, S., 2017, In: The International Journal of the Image. 8, 2, p. 77-98Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Crowdsourced representation: People's drawings of culture in a globalized world
MCMASTER, S., Sept 2016, Emergent art education: Next directions in Canadian research. SHIELDS, A. & EMME, M. J. (eds.). Victoria, BC.: The Canadian Society for Education through Art, p. 48-58Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapters
Prizes
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Elliot Eisner Doctoral Research Award in Art Education
MCMASTER, Scott (Recipient), 27 Mar 2017
Prize: Prizes / Awards