Twelve Women In Academia
A celebration of women working in higher education
In celebration of women working in higher education, 黄金城集团大学的12位女学者受邀参加了一系列的肖像摄影.
每位学者都被要求选择一件与之合影的物体, 这要么代表了他们工作的一个方面，要么在他们的职业生涯中有一些个人意义. Some of the women are leading research in the most competitive areas; others are just starting on their journeys.
灵感来自17世纪荷兰艺术家伦勃朗静止而阴沉的画作, 美术摄影师阿尼拉小姐创作了一系列肖像，以微妙而有趣的方式捕捉了这些女性的生活和工作.
这些肖像不仅展示了黄金城集团的女性学者为全球知识做出贡献的丰富学科, but also reveal their personal motivations.
黄金城集团希望展览的结果是迫使观众停下来，吸收和反思.
这次展览现在被永久安置在黄金城集团大学图书馆的一楼, 还在议会大厦的上层候车厅展出了一周.
Professor Bugewa Apampa
Director of Pharmacy
School of Life Sciences
“Being a pharmacist is more than learning about drugs; interaction with patients is just as important. 你必须致力于照顾那些需要药物治疗的人. 你需要意识到你可能对那些身体不适或有长期健康问题的人产生的影响. That’s how I am and it’s what I encourage my students to be.”
Dr Kate Howland
Lecturer in Interaction Design
School of Engineering and Informatics
“我还记得小时候写第一个程序时的那种神奇感觉, and earned a Brownie badge for computing. That sense of excitement and possibility has never left me. 当人们获得理解技术的知识和能够创造性地使用技术的工具时，技术才能真正赋予人们力量.”
Dr Eleftheria Lekakis
Lecturer in Media and Communication
School of Media, Film and Music
“我想让学生们明白关注新闻的重要性, to know what’s going on in the world. 让我担心的是，年轻人经常宣称他们厌恶政治. 媒体需要具有批判性和参与性，但也要平等和具有代表性.”
Professor Gail Davey
Professor of Global Health Epidemiology
布赖顿 and Sussex Medical School
“十字架, given to me when my son was born, 是一个埃塞俄比亚正统十字架，并将我在那个国家的时光与我最深层的动机联系起来, which is my Christian faith. The cross is a bit like a key, 所以这也代表了我作为一名科学家，有一个难得的机会来了解足结节病, the mysterious disease I study.”
Dr Michelle Lefevre
Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Care
School of Education and Social Work
“我教我的学生，好玩和创造力是与人交往的一种方式, of finding a way into their lives. 我的第一个学位是音乐，我发表的第一篇学术论文是关于音乐如何有助于儿童的社会工作. 我明白了社会工作者发挥创造力的重要性. It breaks down barriers. 如果你既谦逊又顽皮，这会鼓励别人对你更开放.”
Pamela Kea博士
Senior Lecturer in Anthropology
School of Global Studies
“对我来说，相机是我作为人类学家所做的一种象征. It is about capturing people’s lives in a changing present. I associate it with a sense of adventure and travel. 但我也感兴趣的是，人们如何用照片来呈现一个理想化的自己和他们想象中的未来. I’m interested in what they choose to hide.”
Dr Sara Jane Bailes
Reader in Theatre and Performance Studies
School of English
“This worn copy of Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days, 一个女人长达一个半小时的独白被埋在沙子里，直到她的腰，然后她的脖子, 是我当戏剧学生时在剧中表演的那个吗. 贝克特所有的戏剧都是关于坚持下去的决心, the will to go on, 面对生活的根本无意义和荒谬. 我是一个绝对的乐观主义者，但也是一个现实主义者，这在很大程度上反映了我的观点. 我发现贝克特的作品既具有哲学上的挑战性，又令人欣慰.”
Dr Kamala Dawar
Lecturer in Commercial Law
School of Law, Politics and Sociology
“I like the idea of some kind of justice system, particularly at an international level, to provide a moral framework. 人们现在已经(而且必须)对法律制定过程更加感兴趣和参与. They demand debate and transparency and, 在我的国际贸易法和发展政策领域, 这是至关重要的.”
Dr Lily Asquith
Dorothy Hodgkin Royal Society Fellow
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
“当我了解到黄金城集团体内有超新星的残留物——黄金城集团血液中的铁来自一颗巨星的死亡——我感到非常不知所措. It put everything into perspective. As a physicist, I am driven to try to solve puzzles, while at the same time always looking at the bigger picture.”
Professor Vinita Damodaran
Professor of South Asian History
School of History, Art History and Philosophy
“These palm leaf manuscripts, given to me by a relative ten years ago, 来自我的家乡印度南部地区，并包含有关植物和植物药物的知识. 我正在研究这些土著和殖民档案，因为环境和气候变化将像火车一样冲击黄金城集团. 黄金城集团需要了解过去人们是如何在这些环境中生活的，才能找到摆脱这场危机的方法.”
露西·贝茨博士
Daphne Jackson 研究 Fellow
School of Psychology
“I couldn’t do my job without binoculars. We only want to be observers but having the binoculars makes it feel much more intimate; we can get much more detailed information whilst not intruding on the animals. These binoculars were my uncle’s and then my father’s. 我有一些新的，更轻的，但我喜欢与这些家庭联系在一起.”
