Research output per year
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Assistant professor, head of programme
Research activity per year
I am a graphic designer and a text artist, Assistant Professor, and the head of Visual Communication Design MA and BA programmes.
My ongoing practice based doctoral thesis examines the material aspects of language, the situated knowledge of a text designer, and the politics of legibility. The methodical part of the thesis is Epägenesis : Katalogi, a catalogue/publication of visual and conceptual writing.
At the heart of my interests in design practice & research & education is expanding the limits of established graphic and communication design. I search for a space for a contemporary academic and critical practice within that field. I am specifically interested in language and typography, publication as art/design practice, and positioning communication design in relation to new materiality, contemporaneity, public sociology, critical pedagogy, and intersectional feminism.
Master of Arts (Art and Design), Taideteollinen korkeakoulu
Award Date: 14 Jun 2007
Research output: Artistic and non-textual form › Design › Art in coproduction
Research output: Artistic and non-textual form › Design › Art in coproduction › peer-review
Research output: Artistic and non-textual form › Literature › Art in coproduction
Research output: Artistic and non-textual form › Artefact › Art in coproduction › peer-review
Research output: Artistic and non-textual form › Exhibition › Art in coproduction › peer-review
Karhumaa, Arja (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Invitation or ranking in competition
Karhumaa, Arja (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Invitation or ranking in competition
Karhumaa, Arja (Recipient), 3 Dec 2019
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Karhumaa, Arja (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Karhumaa, Arja (Supervisor) & Aliina Kauranne (Student prize recipient), 11 Apr 2019
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Arja Karhumaa (Examiner)
Activity: Examination types › Statement of assessment of other positions
Arja Karhumaa (Member)
Activity: Membership types › Membership of a competition jury
Arja Karhumaa (Host)
Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting a visitor
Arja Karhumaa (Member)
Activity: Membership types › Membership of a competition jury
Arja Karhumaa (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participant of a conference, workshop, session or tutorial
15/02/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
02/12/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance