Dean Golja

Teaching has been a constant part of Golja’s practice and another place where his research is tested. For him, if a proposition cannot be made clear to a student, the proposition itself may need further thought.

At Deakin University, he teaches across the photography major, including:

• ACI102 Digital Photography

• ACI202 Advanced Digital Studio

• ACI203 Darkroom Practices

He has also held a long and substantial role at a specialist tertiary college, where his work extended well beyond the classroom:

•          Extensive teaching across photography, moving image, montage, design history, visual culture and critical thinking.

•          Curriculum development, designing and renewing units and course structures to align creative practice with industry and academic standards.

•          Academic coordination, overseeing teaching teams, course delivery, assessment and student progression.

Across both settings, he brings students into professional exhibition structures. He approaches teaching as a reciprocal practice in which research, making, teaching and public encounter each modify the others.