Dr. Rusaila Bazlamit
Details
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College: School of Design
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Department: School of Design
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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rusaila.bazlamit@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0002-5399-0437
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Collaborative projects
- Industry Projects
- Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
- Membership of an advisory committee
About
Dr Rusaila Bazlamit is a lecturer and researcher mainly in design and digital media. She has been lecturing in areas of architecture, design, digital and interactive media, media and communication in Jordan and Australia. Currently, she is a lecturer in digital design at RMIT University, Australia. Her research interests are in using digital and interactive media to create meaningful spatial and virtual experiences. She is interested in design activism and how design can improve and impact our lives socially, culturally, and personally. She is also interested in the exploration and experimentation with game design technologies beyond the gaming industry and the use of XR technologies to create mediated spatial experiences in the built environment. She is also interested and work around themes of media culture and representations of disfranchised and under-represented people. She applies this interdisciplinary knowledge to her pedagogical practice to create and foster more inclusive spaces for people of marginalized backgrounds.
Rusaila is also a digital designer and experimental artist. She has her own creative practice called “Lab Tajribi |Experimental Expressions” (www.lab- tajribi.com/). As part of her practice, she worked on several projects which include interactive installations, utilization of game technology, graphic design, video editing and web design. Her practice employs experimentation, with different tools, media, and modes of expression. Extending from her practice-led research, she is interested in design activism, digital heritage, affective immersiveness, experiential spaces in the built environment, new museology, and politics of representations specially in digital and social media. Additionally, Rusaila is part of the Eleven Collective, which is a collective of Muslim Australian contemporary art practitioners.
Research fields
- 430204 Digital heritage
- 3605 Screen and digital media
- 460708 Virtual and mixed reality
- 460706 Serious games
- 430202 Critical heritage, museum and archive studies
Academic positions
- Subject Coordinator | Teaching Associate
- University of Melbourne
- School of Media and Communication
- Melbourne, Australia
- 18 Feb 2022 – 11 Feb 2024
- Sessional Academic
- University of Melbourne
- School of Media and Cultures
- Melbourne, Australia
- 19 Jul 2020 – 31 Dec 2021
- Sessional Academic
- Curtin University
- The School of Design and the Built Environment
- Perth, Australia
- 6 Aug 2018 – 31 May 2019
- Sessional Academic
- Curtin University
- The School of Design and Art
- Perth, Australia
- 7 Jul 2014 – 31 Dec 2014
- Lecturer
- German Jordanian University
- The School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Amman, Jordan
- 8 Sep 2008 – 17 Jan 2011
- Lecturer
- University of Jordan
- The Faculty of Arts and Design
- Amman, Jordan
- 11 Sep 2006 – 5 Sep 2008
- Teaching Assistant
- University of Jordan
- The Faculty of Arts and Design
- Amman, Jordan
- 6 Sep 2004 – 31 Aug 2005
Non-academic positions
- Art Curator
- Casula Powerhouse Art Centre
- Sydney, Australia
- 14 Mar 2011 – 20 Aug 2012
Teaching interests
- Lecturer (2024- ongoing)
The School of Design, RMIT, Australia
Courses: Media Cultures, Data Imaginaries: Collaboration with ACMI.
- Subject Coordinator (2022- 2024)
The School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Course: Understanding Media and Communications. This is a postgraduate course.
Minor thesis supervision since August 2023.
- Casual Academic (2021)
The School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Course: Visual Communication and Digital Media.
- Sessional Academic (2018-2019)
The School of Design and the Built Environment, OUA, Curtin University, Australia
Course: Digital Design Process.
- Sessional Academic (2014)
The School of Design and Art, Curtin University, Australia
Courses: Animation Design Introduction, Internet Interactivity Design, Universal Design Principles.
- Full-Time Lecturer (2008 – 2011)
The School of Architecture and Built Environment, the German Jordanian University, Jordan.
Courses: Basics of Design 1, Technical Graphics 1, Interior Architecture Design 1, Interior Construction Works 1, Communications Theory, Multimedia and Web, Web Design and Multimedia software, Media Theory, Experimental Short Films, Photography.
- Full-Time Lecturer (2006 – 2008)
The Faculty of Arts and Design, Jordan University, Jordan
Courses: 2D Design, 3D Design, Media Technology, Webpage Design, Computer Design 1, Computer Design 2, Digital Art and Installation. And the supervision of Honours projects.
- Teaching Assistant (2004 – 2005)
The Faculty of Arts and Design, Jordan University, Jordan.
Courses: 2D Design, 3D Design, Webpage Design, Computer Design.
Supervision
- Graduation projects in Design, Faculty of Arts and Design, Jordan University, (2006- 2009).
- Minor Thesis in Media and Communications, School of Communication and Culture, The Univeristy of Melbourne (2023- ongoing)
Research interests
Design activism, digital heritage, affective expereinces, immersive technology, gaming technology, politics and ethics of representation, media cultures, media theories.
