Fields of Research (FoR)

• Art Theory and Criticism not elsewhere classified ( 190199 )
  
• Visual Arts and Crafts not elsewhere classified ( 190599 )
  
• Visual Arts not elsewhere classified ( 360699 )
  
• Art History ( 360199 )
  
• Art History ( 360100 )
  
• Visual Arts ( 360600 )
  

Research interests
Modern art, Australian art, contemporary art, art history, German Idealism, Continental philosophy and aesthetic theory. In particular, I am interested in the relationship between art and life.

Publications in ePrints

Coleman, Ellie and Scollen, RebeccaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6205-8919 and Batorowicz, BeataORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4915-8357 and Akenson, DavidORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0634-2672 (2021) Artistic Freedom or Animal Cruelty? Contemporary Visual Art Practice That Involves Live and Deceased Animals. Animals, 11:812. pp. 1-14. ISSN 2076-2615

Hickey, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9862-6444 and Davis, Samantha and Farmer, Will and Dawidowicz, Julianna and Moloney, ClintORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2520-1506 and Lamont-Mills, AndreaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9109-3462 and Carniel, JessORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7462-0972 and Pillay, YosheenORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5428-952X and Akenson, DavidORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0634-2672 and Bromdal, AnnetteORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1307-1794 and Gehrmann, RichardORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0287-5532 and Mills, Dean and Kolbe-Alexander, TracyORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5025-3204 and Machin, TanyaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4358-2149 and Reich, SuzanneORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1291-3336 and Southey, KimORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6852-1529 and Crowley-Cyr, LyndaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9954-9540 and Watanabe, Taiji and Davenport, Josh and King, Helena and Williams, Lucy and Timmins, Kurt and Thompson, Michael and Eacersall, DouglasORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2674-1240 and Maxwell, JacintaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0296-0027 (2021) Beyond criticism of ethics review boards: strategies for engaging research communities and enhancing ethical review processes. Journal of Academic Ethics. ISSN 1570-1727

Akenson, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0634-2672 (2014) Dan Elborne's brutal beauty. Ceramics Art and Perception, 24 (95). pp. 36-39. ISSN 1035-1841

Akenson, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0634-2672 (2013) Curiouser and curiouser: studio research at the University of Southern Queensland. Other monograph. Octivium Press , Brisbane, Queensland. [Report]

Research supervisor in the area of:

• Art Theory and Criticism not elsewhere classified ( 190199 )
  
• Visual Arts and Crafts not elsewhere classified ( 190599 )
  
• Visual Arts not elsewhere classified ( 360699 )
  
• Art History ( 360199 )
  
• Art History ( 360100 )
  
• Visual Arts ( 360600 )