Laura U. Marks is a philosopher and scholar of new media and film. ^[1] She is the Grant Strate University Professor at Simon Fraser University (SFU). ^[2] Previously, she was the Dana Wosk University Professor of Art and Cultural Studies at SFU. ^[3] Among her theoretical contributions is the concept of haptic visuality, according to which a spectator's contact with media is conceived of as touching, as opposed to seeing. ^[4] Marks is also a curator, and has developed exhibitions of Arab cinema. ^[5]

Publications

• Marks, Laura U. (2000). The Skin of the Film: Intercultural Cinema, Embodiment, and the Senses. Duke University Press. ISBN  0-8223-2358-3. OCLC  41273008. ^[6]
• Marks, Laura U. (2002). Touch: Sensuous Theory and Multisensory Media. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN  0-8166-3888-8. OCLC  49626366. ^{[7] [8]}
• Marks, Laura U. (2010). Enfoldment and Unfinity: An Islamic Genealogy of New Media Art. MIT Press. ISBN  978-0-262-01421-2. OCLC  458583162. ^[9]
• Marks, Laura U. (2015). Hanan al-Cinema: Affections for the Moving Image. MIT Press. ISBN  978-0-262-33107-4. OCLC  922529462. ^{[10] [11]}

References

External links

• Profile at Simon Fraser University