AMBER PATTERSON-OOI

cultural anthropologist

E: [email protected]
M: +995 551 532 546

About

I am an early career researcher whose transition into anthropology and social inquiry was preceded by a dynamic career in theatre, cultural events, and fine arts management.My research interests include material culture; urbanism and built environment; the sonic and acoustemology; interiority; embodiment; mobility and movement.I hold a Bachelor of Arts (Anthropology), a Post Graduate Diploma in Production (Cultural Event Management), and a Master of Arts by Research (Anthropology).Currently I am Principal Researcher at Wei Yap Architects where I collaborate with the architectural design team on cultural considerations during the Design Development phase.

research

PhD project: "Aqueous Terrains: Hydro-social Narratives of Contemporary Water Architecture."Through long-term ethnographic fieldwork across Australian and European water-centric housing developments, my research will examine how domestic architectures mediate human-water relationships and how both individual and communal acts of placemaking at the confluence of land and water are produced, sustained, and narrativised.