Martin Zebracki
(1984) holds an honours BSc degree (Cum
Laude) and an MSc degree by Research (Summa Cum Laude) in Human Geography and
Urban and Regional Planning, which he obtained from Utrecht University in 2005
and 2007, respectively. In 2006, Zebracki attended graduate research courses in
geography and art history at the University of Florida. He was teaching
assistant in Human Geography at Utrecht University and in Social Statistics at
the University of Florida. From 2007 through 2011, Zebracki conducted PhD
research on the interrelationships between art, public space and people at Utrecht University. During this research, he supervised the
theses of various honours Bachelor and MasterŐs students, in whom he
endeavoured to instil enthusiasm for conducting multidisciplinary research. In
2007-2011, Zebracki also gave diverse courses and lectures at Utrecht
University and the international Utrecht Summer School. Moreover, he has
contributed to several international conferences in terms of presentations and
special sessions. Zebracki is currently lecturer and researcher in the Cultural
Geography Group at Wageningen University and academic adviser at University
College Utrecht, an international honours college. He holds several academic
reviewing and editing positions and has published sundry academic and
professional articles in the field of cultural geography. His current research interests revolve around space
and place, public art, representation, identity, power, gender, sexuality, and
embodiment.
Contact: martin AT zebracki . com
International
academic peer-reviewed publications
Zebracki, M.
(2012), Engaging geographies of public art: Indwellers, the 'Butt Plug Gnome'
and their locale. Social and Cultural Geography, forthcoming
Zebracki, M.
(2011), Beyond public artopia: Public art as perceived
by its publics. GeoJournal, doi: 10.1007/s10708-011-9440-8
Zebracki, M.
(2011), Does cultural policy matter in public-art production? The Netherlands
and Flanders compared, 1945-present. Environment and Planning A 43(12), pp.
2953-2970
Zebracki, M., R.
van der Vaart & I. van Aalst (2010), Deconstructing public artopia:
Situating public-art claims within practice. Geoforum 41(5), pp. 786-795
Professional
publications
Zebracki, M. &
E. Maliepaard (2012), Amsterdam Gay Capital af
[Amsterdam Gay Capital back to square one]. Geografie 21(1), pp. 24-25
Zebracki, M.
(2011), Het grenzeloze land van Reynaerde [The boundless country of [the Fox]
Reynaert]. Geografie 20(2), pp. 30-33
Zebracki, M.
(2011), Naar een geografie van de queer [Towards a queer geography]. Geografie
20(4), pp. 36-39
Zebracki, M. (2010), Geografie en kunst. Entropa: Provocerende kunstgeografie [Geography and
art. Entropa: Provocative art geography]. Geografie 19(3), pp. 26-28
Zebracki, M.
(2009), Non-representatieve theorie: Belichaamde geografie‘n
[Nonrepresentational theory: Embodied geographies]. Agora, 25(5), pp. 36-37
Zebracki, M. &
Y. Rijpers (2008), Kunst met sociaal engagement [Art with social engagement].
Agora 24(1), pp. 8-11
Wevers, M., Y.
Rijpers & M. Zebracki (2008), De stad als
kunstlandschap [The city as artscape]. Agora 24(1), pp. 4-7
Zebracki, M. (2006), Proeftuin voor Europa. Baarle kampt met botsende wetgeving
[Experimental plot for Europe. Baarle labours under conflicting legislation].
Geografie 15(9), pp. 20-23
Conference
contributions
Zebracki, M.
(2012), Convenor of three special sessions on Spacing the arts: Exploring
Geographies of Public Art from Within. Annual Meeting of the Association of
American Geographers, New York, February 24-28
Zebracki, M.
(2012), Engaging geographies of public art: The case of Paul McCarthy's 'Butt
Plug Gnome' in Rotterdam. Annual Meeting of the Association of American
Geographers, New York, February 24-28
Zebracki, M.
(2010), Public art as perceived by its publics. Spaces and Flows: An
International Conference on Urban and ExtraUrban Studies, University of
California, Los Angeles, December 4-5
Zebracki, M.
(2009), Policies and practices of public art in Western Europe: does
institutional context matter? Annual Meeting of the Association of American
Geographers, Las Vegas, March 22-27
Zebracki, M.
(2008), Public-art rhetoric in question. Annual Meeting of the Association of
American Geographers, Boston, April 15-19
Zebracki, M. (2007), Art and urban sphere in dialogue. World Congress of the International
Federation for Housing and Planning, Copenhagen, September 22-26