Paul Carter (academic)

Professor Paul Carter (born 1951, Oxford, England) is an historian, writer, philosopher and artist who is currently Chair in Creative Place Research at Deakin University, Director of Deakin Creative and Deputy Director of the Centre for Memory, Imagination and Invention.

He has authored a number of books mainly concerned with Australian history, Australian places and their identity. He has been involved with the design of some notable contemporary public spaces in Australia. In collaboration with Lab Architecture Studio he conceived and developed the design for the 'Nearamnew', the elaborate surface treatment of the public plaza at Federation Square in Melbourne. In addition to Nearamnew, his most notable public artworks include Named In The Margin (Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney, 1990) and Relay (Sydney 2000 Olympics, with Ruark Lewis)

References

• Paul Carter profile at Deakin University's School of Communication and Creative Arts web site
• Deakin Creative web site
• Figures of Speech, Paul Carter on 'Mythform' on ABC radio

Selected publications

• Carter, P (1987) The road to Botany Bay : an essay in spatial history, London ; Boston : Faber and Faber (ISBN 0571145515) & (ISBN 0571152414 (pbk.))
• Carter, P (1992) Living in a new country : history, travelling and language, London : Faber (ISBN 057116329)
• Carter, P (1996) The lie of the land, London ; Boston : Faber and Faber (ISBN 0571141013)
• Carter, P (1996) The calling to come, Sydney : Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (ISBN 073105007X)
• Carter, P (2002) Repressed spaces : the poetics of agoraphobia, London : Reaktion (ISBN 1861891288)
• Carter, P (2004) Material thinking : the theory and practice of creative research, Carlton, Vic : Melbourne University Publishing (ISBN 052285124X)
• Carter, P (2005) Mythform : the making of Nearamnew at Federation Square, Carlton, Vic. : Miegunyah Press (ISBN 0522851053)
• Carter, P (2006) Parrot. London: Reaktion Books.
• Carter, P (2009) Dark writing : geography, performance, design, Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press (ISBN 9780824832469)
• Carter, P (2010) Ground truthing : explorations in a creative region, Crawley, WA : University of Western Australia Press (ISBN 9781742580708)

External links

• Paul Carter's staff webpage on the Deakin University website
• Paul Carter biographical entry at the Australian Sound Design Project
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