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Senior Lecturer

Dr Michael Garbutt

Arts,Design & Architecture
School of Art & Design

I am a writer, artist, documentary maker and experience designer with qualifications in architecture, literature, and discourse analysis. My main focus of research is currently in aesthetic experience in museums, galleries, natural and urban environments. 
Phone
+61 2 8936 0774
E-mail
m.garbutt@unsw.edu.au
  • Books | 2006
    Garbutt MD; Finch S; Grealy J; Nay R; Pretty L; Thomas E, 2006, Stocktake of Continence and Dementia Workforce Curricula, Education and Training Project Final Report, Original, Australian Government, Canberra
  • Book Chapters | 2018
    Garbutt M; Roenpagel N, 2018, 'Closed Eyes, Open Eyes, Mindful Eyes: Reflections on Contemplative Practice, Co-Editing, and Course Design', in Garbutt M; Roenpagel N (ed.), The Mindful Eye: Contemplative Pedagogies in Visual Arts Education, Common Ground Research Networks, Champaign IL, USA, http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/978-1-61229-987-7/CGP
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Garbutt M; Roenpagel N, 2018, 'Developing a Mindful Eye', in Garbutt M; Roenpagel N (ed.), The mindful eye: Contemplative pedagogies in visual arts education, Common Ground Research Networks, Champaign IL, USA, http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/978-1-61229-987-7/CGP
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Garbutt M, 2018, 'The Art of Anchoring: Towards a Practice of Sitting-as-art,', in Snepvangers K; Davis S (ed.), Embodied and Walking Pedagogies Engaging the Visual Domain, Common Ground Research Networks, Champaign IL, USA, pp. 79 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/978-1-86335-132-4/CGP
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Mifsud N; Mannion D; Garbutt M; Spehar B, 2018, 'Decoding Visual Exploration in Static and Dynamic Visual Images', in Rourke A; Spehar B (ed.), PEDAGOGIES FOR THE VISUAL IN INNOVATIVE LEARNING, Common Ground Research Networks, Champaign, IL, pp. 5 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/978-1-86335-108-9/CGP
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Garbutt M; Spehar B, 2014, 'The Wanton Chase: Using Eye Tracking to Test Theories of Pictorial Composition in Landscape Painting', in Rourke, A; Rees V (ed.), Researching the Visual: Demystifying "The Picture That's Worth a Thousand Words", edn. 1, Common Ground Publishing, Champaign IL, USA, pp. 32 - 56, http://theimage.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.290/prod.2
  • Edited Books | 2018
    Garbutt M; Roenpagel N, (ed.), 2018, The mindful eye: Contemplative pedagogies in visual arts education. Common Ground Networks. Champaign, IL. (edited book), Common Ground Research Networks, Champaign IL, USA, http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/978-1-61229-987-7/CGP.
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Ashrafi S; Garbutt M; Kapalova A, 2023, 'Beyond the Art Museum: A Phenomenological-Hermeneutic Account of Everyday Aesthetics', Journal of Aesthetic Education, 57, pp. 54 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/15437809.57.2.04
    Journal articles | 2020
    Estrada-Gonzalez V; East S; Garbutt M; Spehar B, 2020, 'Viewing Art in Different Contexts', Frontiers in Psychology, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00569
    Journal articles | 2020
    Garbutt M; East S; Spehar B; Estrada-Gonzalez V; Carson-Ewart B; Touma J, 2020, 'The Embodied Gaze: Exploring Applications for Mobile Eye Tracking in the Art Museum', Visitor Studies, 23, pp. 82 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10645578.2020.1750271
    Journal articles | 2018
    Garbutt MD; Ashrafi S, 2018, 'Looking at Looking: Two Applications of a Hermeneutic Phenomenological Analysis of Head-mounted Eye-tracking Data in Gallery Visitation', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14434318.2017.1451203
    Journal articles | 2015
    Garbutt MD; Silvera-Tawil D, 2015, 'The far side of the uncanny valley: 'Healthy persons', androids, and radical uncertainty', Proceedings of the 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
  • Creative Works (non-textual) | 2022
    Garbutt M, 2022, Views from the Road: Naryn to Tash-Rabat in 50 Google Streetview Images, Imagined Futures: Transit Corridors in High Mountain Asia, Kyrgyz State History Museum, Ala Too Square, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 23 March 2022 - 12 April 2022, at: https://ucentralasia.org/publications/2023/january/chhu-exhibition-catalogue
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Garbutt M; Roenpagel N, 2020, 'Phosphene Expressionism', in Colless E (ed.), Sydney, presented at Dark Eden: The Sixth International Conference on Transdisciplinary Imaging at the Intersections between Art, Science and Culture., Sydney, 06 November 2020 - 08 November 2020, https://figshare.com/authors/Dark_Eden_Transdisciplinary_Imaging_Conference_2020/11303379
    Conference Abstracts | 2019
    Estrada-Gonzalez V; Spehar B; Garbutt M; East S, 2019, 'Salience: A Comparative Study of the Experience of Visual Art in the Laboratory and the Art Museum', in I-PERCEPTION, SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, Vol. 10, pp. 172 - 173, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000490535400329&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Theses / Dissertations | 2019
    Field S, 2019, The DRAWN ABSENCE: An Embodied Spectatorial Encounter with the Post-dramatic Scenographic Drawing
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2019
    Garbutt M; Roenpagel N; Lam A, 2019, The Mindful Eye, www.mindful-eye.com, Editor(s): Garbutt M, audio, Published: 01 February 2019, Duration: 00:22:00, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works, http://www.mindful-eye.com/
    Creative Works (non-textual) | 2017
    Garbutt M, 2017, Beneath the Dirt, Beneath the Dirt, Dekalb Gallery, The Pratt Institute, 300 Willoughby Avenue Brooklyn, New York, NY., 06 November 2017 - 21 November 2017, medium: Photography, at: https://ccpd.pratt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Beneath-The-Dirt-Press-Release.pdf
    Creative Works (non-textual) | 2017
    Garbutt MD, 2017, Sitting the City, Sitting the City/The Big Anxiety, Sydney Opera House Monumental Steps, 15 October 2017 - 15 October 2017, at: https://www.thebiganxiety.org/events/sitting-the-city/
    Creative Works (non-textual) | 2017
    Garbutt MD, 2017, Thirty-Seven Views of Fuji, Thirty-Seven Views of Fuji, Japan Foundation, Sydney, 20 January 2017 - 18 February 2017, medium: print/photography, video, at: https://jpf.org.au/events/thirty-seven-views-of-fuji/
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Garbutt MD; Silvera-Tawil D, 2015, 'The far side of the uncanny valley: ‘healthy persons’, androids, and radical uncertainty.', in 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), (pp. 740-745)., 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Kobe, Japan, presented at 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Kobe, Japan, 31 August 2015 - 04 September 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2015.7333567
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2015
    Gregory TW; Garbutt M, 2015, Next, Post-Sex Sex, UNSW Galleries, Sydney, Editor(s): gregory T; lorange A, video, web cam, computers, internet connection, Published: 01 May 2015, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works, https://www.artdesign.unsw.edu.au/unsw-galleries/first-friday-post-sex-sex
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    Garbutt MD, 2013, 'Eye-Tracked: the use of mobile eye tracking technologies to challenge dominant ocular regimes and introduce alternatives to students of art, design and media.', presented at Changing Boundaries: Mindfulness, Spirituality and Education, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, 04 July 2013 - 05 July 2013
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2009
    Garbutt MD, 2009, Advance Care Planning, Video, Published: 2009, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2009
    Garbutt MD, 2009, Aged Care Channel, Video, Published: 2009, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2009
    Garbutt MD, 2009, Clincial Skills: Urinary catheters, Video, Published: 2009, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2009
    Garbutt MD, 2009, Infection Control: Influenza Outbreak, Video, Published: 2009, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2009
    Garbutt MD, 2009, Secret Men`s Business: Men in Aged Care, Video, Published: 2009, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2009
    Garbutt MD, 2009, Teamwork: Situational leadership, Video, Published: 2009, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2009
    Garbutt MD, 2009, The Ageing Process: Physiological Changes, Video, Published: 2009, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2009
    Garbutt MD, 2009, Writer, Director, Presenter, Health Television Network, Sydney Australia, Editor(s): Aged Care Channel , Video, Published: 2009, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2007
    Garbutt MD; Chiarelly P, 2007, Urinary Continence Management, Video, Published: 2007, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works
    Conference Papers | 2007
    Garbutt MD, 2007, 'That`s So Not Cool: introducing students to Elder Design.', in ConnecED 2007 International Conference on Design Education, Sydney, University of New South Wales, presented at ConnectED 2007 International Conference on Design Education, Sydney, 09 July 2007 - 12 July 2007
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2006
    Garbutt MD; Chandler M, 2006, Sexuality and the Older Person, Video, Published: 2006, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2006
    Garbutt MD; Grealy J, 2006, Falls Prevention, Video, Published: 2006, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2006
    Garbutt MD; Griffiths R, 2006, Diabetes, Video, Published: 2006, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2006
    Garbutt MD; Hunter S, 2006, Aged Care Channel, Video, Published: 2006, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2006
    Garbutt MD; Mansfield D, 2006, Promoting Sleep, Video, Published: 2006, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2006
    Garbutt MD; McAnally L, 2006, Caring for a Resident with Parkinson`s Disease, Video, Published: 2006, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works
    Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2006
    Garbutt MD; McDonald T, 2006, Dealing with Complaints, Video, Published: 2006, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works
  • Media | 2021
    Garbutt M; Via R, 2021, Red Onion Randy,

 I am currently working on an collaborative project with colleagues at the University of Central Asia to document and record residents' experience of everyday aesthetics in the village of Dobolu, Kyrgyzstan.

I am an organiser of the annual Nomad Arts Festival in Naryn Kyrgyzstan and run regular Playful Eye sessions through the Playful Eye Projec.