Kerstin Hacker

Kerstin graduated from FAMU, University of the Applied Arts in Prague, Czech Republic in 1993. Her degree show series 'Maternity Ward' was awarded Female Photojournalist of the Year (Germany). She was awarded the Alexia Foundation Student Award (US) in 1995 for her MA series Einsame Heimat / Osaměli ve Vlasti.

In 2009, she received funding from British Council Educational Partnership in Africa Grant and in 2017 won the Best Paper Award at the Bridging Gaps: National Identity in Persona, Branding, and Activism Conference in Perth, Australia.

She is currently completing her practice-based PhD 'Shooting in Africa: (Re)negotiating Zambia's Colonial Library Through Photographic Practice', which explores how the un-learning of established documentary photographic practices can dismantle an imagined visual familiarity with the African continent and can overcome the perceived 'otherness' of its citizens.

Research interests
Visual Self-Governance
Photographic narration of self in low income countries
North-South artistic collaborations
Photographic Practice-Based Research
Collaborative and decolonising research methods and methodologies
Decolonising art and design curricula
Diversifying and expanding the visual library