Dr Marcelo Schellini
Academic History
Ph.D. in Visual Arts from the University of Sao Paulo, master’s degree in Visual Culture Studies from the University of Barcelona
Position
Lecturer, Department of Media and Communication
Contact Details
Email: marcelo.schellini@curtin.edu.my
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelo-schellini-119593131/
Personal Website: http://www.marceloschellini.com/
Research Profile
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&authuser=1&hl=en&user=2PfnFNwAAAAJ&authuser=1
ORCID: 0000-0003-0350-5381
Scopus ID: 58538018800
Researcher ID (Web of Science): ID I-5161-2018
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marcelo-Schellini
Research Interests
Photography, Fine Art, Visual Anthropology, Visual Culture Studies
Research Cluster
- Media, Communication, and Creative Arts Research Cluster
- Borneo, Indigenous and Cultural Studies Research Cluster
Short Biography
Marcelo Schellini is an artist and assistant professor of screen studies at Curtin University, Malaysia. His research and visual practice explore relationships between identity, photography, political imagination, and other aspects of photographic ubiquity in everyday life. He holds a PhD in Visual Poetics from the University of Sao Paulo, and a Master’s Degree in Visual Culture Studies from the University of Barcelona. He is an associate fellow at the Center of Conservation for Sustainable Ethnic Heritage, Museum of Malacca, Malaysia.
Professional Experience
2020 – 2023 School of Design V-SIGN VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (India), Professor
2020 The Education University of Hong Kong, External Reviewer for Non-Traditional Research
2019 Faculty of Media and Communication UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ASIA (Kyrgyzstan), Photography Course Developer.
2019 Faculty of Media and Communication UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ASIA (Kyrgyzstan), Visiting Professor in Adobe Programs Skill
2017 – 2019 King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital KKESH (Saudi Arabia),
Graphics Designer and Senior Photographer.
2017 – 2013 Lab of Image, Sound and Anthropology UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO (Brazil), Lecturer and Teaching Assistant in Photography.
2006 – 2009 Catania Cultural Center (Italy), Lecturer in Photography and Arts.
2004 Ochil Tower Special Needs School (UK), Special Needs Art Educator
Publications/Patents
Journal
Schellni, M., & Eskinazi, L. V. (2024). The World as Image and the Image of the World: Photographing Google Street View. ARS (São Paulo), 22(50). DOI: https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2178-0447.ars.2024.221298
Schellini, M. (2024). Sonâmbulo (Sleepwalker): notes on a gesture in the shadows and the photographs of André Leite Coelho. GIS-Gesto, Imagem e Som-Revista de Antropologia, 9(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-3123.gis.2024.209366
Schellini, M. (2024). The photographic social experience of Rohingya youngsters of Cox’s Bazar: an interview with Ro Yassin Abdumonab. Visual Ethnography, 12(2). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12835/ve2023.2-131
Schellini, M., BenGhida, S., Ghida, D. B., & Assumpção, F. R. (2023). Academic Philistinism? The Challenges of Contemporary Artistic Research Inside Academia: Semi-structured Interviews with Visual Art Students in Brazil. Arte, Individuo y Sociedad, 35 (3), 1081-1099. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/aris.86280
Schellini, M., & Rahimi, A. (2022). Color application in vernacular architecture in Southern India: An Intangible cultural phenomenon. Global Journal of Design Art and Education, 12(1), 19-33. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18844/gjae.v12i1.6837
Schellini, M. (2022). Ensaio visual. Almanaque de Filosofia e Arte, 110. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9772.i16p110-125
Schellini, M. (2021). The Peacock Junction. GIS-Gesto, Imagem e Som-Revista em Antropologia, 6 (1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-3123.gis.2021.178043
Schellini, M. (2020). Lockdown – Photo Essay. Revista Têmpera, 8, 156-162.
Schellini, M. (2017). UMM al-DUNYA Mãe do Mundo. GIS-Gesto, Imagem e Som Revista em Antropologia, 2(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-3123.gis.2017.128973
Schellini, M. (2015). Ars Gráfica. ARS (São Paulo), 13, 153-168. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2178-0447.ars.2015.105529
Book
Schellini, M. (2019). Presto. IMS.
Schellini, M. A. (2017). 17 janela 18 corredor (Doctoral dissertation, Universidade de São Paulo).
Chapter
Schellini, M. (2023). Indian Quarantine Tales. In Silva, N. D. S., Machado, F. V., Joseph, H., & Grunvald, V. (Eds.), *Imaginação político-viral: os primeiros meses da pandemia* (Vol. 1, pp. 77-96). Rede Unida.
Schellini, M. A., & Albé, A. P. (Year). Paisagem. In Paisagem (pp. 30). Piscina Pública Publisher.
Other publications
Schellini, M. A., & Adamou, N. (2017). *Masalik (Roads)* [Film]. LISA (Laboratory of Image and Sound in Anthropology), University of Sao Paulo.
Research Grants and Consultancy Projects
Salary award
CAPES. Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (BR)
Keynote/ Invited Speaker
21.10.22 Palar, appunti visivi sugli elementi sociale dell’acqua. Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy
22.09.22 Digital Curation: Emerging Opportunities of Collaboration for Computational Intelligence Researchers. IEEE, Malabar Subsection, India
11.08.22 Digital Curation: Emerging Opportunities of Collaboration for Computational Intelligence Researchers. IEEE, ICICICT-2022 Conference, India
19.05.22 Unfolding the Photographic Research Project Tarikh al-Brasil. MIS, Prosa de Tripé. Brazil
08.04.21 Image – Miragem. O livro como lugar entre o documento e a ficção. Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
HDR Supervision
- Paradoxical inclusion of India’s marginalized community people in Tamil Cinema
- Critical evaluation of contemporary Interactive art practices in India 1990-2022
- Factors to make films on traditional values accepted and success among Generation Z
- Visual Communication in Kashmir: Folk, Virtual Art and New Media.
