Karin Hansson

Karin Margareta Kjellsdotter Hansson (1967, Gothenburg) is a Swedish artist and researcher.

Life

Hansson was born in 1967 in Gothenburg, Sweden.[1][2] She graduated in 1994 from the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm.[3][4]

Hansson is a researcher at the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences at Stockholm University.[5]

In her research practice she combine a critical perspective with applied design research, where the design process can be seen as a method to explore social processes in detail rather than solving a specific problem.[6]

Career

Hansson is one of the Swedish pioneers in political art and new media.[3][7] In her work as an artist and art curator she has given the development of the IT sector a critical artistic comment. Karin Hansson founded the artists' group Association for Temporary Art [a: t] together with Åsa Andersson Broms, Nils Claesson, Astrid Trotzig, and Josefin Ericsson.[8][9]

References
  1. Christian Gram; Per Rasmussen; Søren Duus Østergaard (5 May 2015). History of Nordic Computing 4: 4th IFIP WG 9.7 Conference, HiNC 4, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 13-15, 2014, Revised Selected Papers. Springer. pp. 84–. ISBN 978-3-319-17145-6.
  2. "Karin Hannson". Temporaryart.org. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  3. Bydler, Charlotte (2003). Markerat kroppslig: om fysiska möten med digital konst.Från modernism till samtidskonst. S. 129-154
  4. Jansson, Mathias (2004) ”Konstnärerna och internet” [The Artists and Internet], Konstperspektiv (2)04. Available on Internet: http://www.konstperspektiv.nu
  5. Hansson, Karin (2015). Accommodating differences: Power, belonging, and representation online. PhD thesis at Stockholm University, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences.
  6. "Karin Hansson".
  7. Orrghen, A. (2015). ICT in Art in Sweden 1993–2011: Tool, Medium and Theme (pp. 78–89). Springer International Publishing. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17145-6_9
  8. Love Ekenberg; et al. (18 January 2017). Deliberation, Representation, Equity: Research Approaches, Tools and Algorithms for Participatory Processes. Open Book Publishers. pp. 55–. ISBN 978-1-78374-306-3.
  9. Sara Arrhenius; Daniel Birnbaum; John Peter Nilsson (1999). Like virginity, once lost: five views of Nordic art now. Propexus.


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