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Writer and editor

Davina Gainor Jackson is a Sydney based international writer and editor of books and websites promoting satellite technologies for urban development and recording pan-Pacific architectural and maritime history. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Society of New South Wales.

Biography

Jackson is from New Zealand and received her undergraduate degree in 1971 after studying political history and economics at Auckland University in 1973. In 1997 she was awarded a University of New South Wales M.Arch degree in architectural history and theory with a thesis that examined the internet-era implications for pre-internet theories about the history and future of domestic living and architecture. Jackson earned her Ph.D. by publications from the University of Kent School of Architecture in 2017.

Jackson was the editor of Architecture Australia from 1993 until 2000. From 2002-2005, Jackson chaired the Venice Architecture Biennale Task Force, which sought funding from the Australian council to support the participation of Australians in the Venice Biennale. In 2005 she was named an associate professor at the University of New South Wales.

Jackson is known for her work on architecture in Australia, knowledge she conveys through a series of books on architecture and through directing annual city light festivals in Sydney (Vivid Sydney/Smart Light Sydney 2009) and Singapore (iLight Marina Bay 2010, 2012). Her books on architecture have been reviewed by multiple publications.

Selected publications

Awards and honors

In 2007 Jackson was named a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 2016 she was named an honorary life member of the International Society for Digital Earth, and in 2018 she was named an honorary academic by Kent School of Architecture at the University of Kent. In 2020 she was named a fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales (2020).

References

  1. Lacey, Stephen (23 October 2004). "Two of us; Chris Johnson & Davina Jackson". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 18 – via ProQuest.
  2. Jackson, Davina (1997). A home: another revolution in architecture's theory of the house (Thesis). OCLC 222288250.
  3. ^ "Kent School of Architecture welcomes Dr Davina Jackson as first Honorary Academic – Kent School of Architecture and Planning". 11 December 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  4. ^ "The editors". ArchitectureAU. 1 September 2004. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  5. Susskind, Anne (19 August 2004). "Conspicuous absence; Architecture". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 8 – via ProQuest.
  6. "Davina Jackson - Routledge & CRC Press Author Profile". www.routledge.com. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  7. Junqueira, Mariana (2018). "Review of Superlux: Smart Light Art, Design and Architecture for Cities". Journal of Architectural and Planning Research. 35 (4): 358–360. ISSN 0738-0895. JSTOR 26893779.
  8. Willis, Julie (12 March 2022). "The building of Australia as we know it". The Age (Melbourne, Australia) – via Gale OneFile.
  9. Turner, Brook (10 June 2000). "A dearth in Venice". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  10. Sale, James; Pascoe, Michael W; Foster, Joan (2007). "RSA Fellows' letters". RSA Journal. 154 (5532): 14–15. ISSN 0958-0433. JSTOR 41352011.
  11. "ISDE Award - International Society for Digital Earth". www.digitalearth-isde.org. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  12. "Fellows of the Royal Society of NSW (J)". www.royalsoc.org.au. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

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