Goodnow, Katherine and Ana Luisa Sánchez Laws. (forthcoming 2012). Aboriginal, Indigenous and 'ethnic' representations in Panama City and Sydney. In Witcomb, A and K Message (Eds). 2012. Museum Theory: an expanded field. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. Accepted.
Sánchez Laws, Ana Luisa (forthcoming 2011). Changes in the representation of contemporary indigenous groups in Panamanian museums. In Clegg, Margaret and Rebecca Redfern (Eds.) 'Global Perspectives: understanding the shared humanity of our ancestors'. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
Sánchez Laws, Ana Luisa (2010). "Social Network Sites (SNS) and Digital Culture: Developing the Online Strategy of the Panama Viejo Museum." Book Chapter. IN Miltiadis Lytras, Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos, Ernesto Damiani and Lily Diaz Eds. Digital Culture and E-Tourism: Technologies, Applications and Management Approaches. IGI Global.
Articles:
Sanchez Laws, Ana Luisa (forthcoming 2012). Edutangible: Developing Multitouch Interfaces for the Communication of Collections at the Panama Viejo Monumental Complex. Inclusive Museum Conference. Accepted.
Sanchez Laws, Ana Luisa (2010). Digital storytelling as an emergent documentary form. Seminar.net. International Journal of Media, Technology and Lifelong Learning. In press.
Sanchez Laws, Ana Luisa. (2007). Angie against the world, a computer game about post conflict memory. Perth: Digital Arts and Culture Conference Proceedings.
Invited papers & presentations:
Sanchez Laws, Ana Luisa (2010). Social Media for Libraries, Archives and Museums. Guest lectures. Bergen: Hordaland Fylkeskommune.
Sanchez Laws, Ana Luisa. (2009). Social Media, Museums and Trust. Museums in Dialogue Seminar. Bergen: University of Bergen. Seminar webpage
Sanchez Laws, Ana Luisa. (2009). Trusting Wikipedia. Wikipedia Academy Seminar. Bergen: Gamle Bergen Museum. Video
Sanchez Laws, Ana Luisa. (2009). Networked Portraitture (practical digital art project presentation). The Network as Space and Medium for Collaborative Art Practice. Bergen: University of Bergen. Seminar website
Sanchez Laws, Ana Luisa. (2009). Social Media, Marketing and Branding for Hordaland Libraries. Fylkeskommune konferanse for idrett og kultur. Bergen: Hordaland fylkeskommune.
Sanchez Laws, Ana Luisa (2009). The Performance of Transnational Belonging (2009). Opening speech for Farhad Kalantary's show at Stiftelsen 3.14 art gallery, Bergen.
Sanchez Laws, Ana Luisa (2008). Creating a game about the invasion of Panama. Paper presentation. NaMU, Making National Museums Conference Series. Leicester: University of Leicester. Conference website
Sanchez Laws, Ana Luisa (2006). Panamanian Documentaries and the 1989 Invasion. Talk. Bremen: Cornelius Hertz Gallery.
Sanchez Laws, Ana Luisa (2006). Angie against the world, a serious game. Games, New Media and Democracy Seminar, Bergen: University of Bergen.
Grants & Awards
Cultural interfaces to environmental data. Questacon.
Publication Support Grant. Panamanian Museums and Historical Memory. Reworking of PhD thesis into book form. Funding: Norwegian Research Fund (NFR).
Project funding. EDU-TANGIBLE, Development of tangible interfaces at the Panama Viejo Museum and Monumental Complex, 2010-2011. Funding: SENACYT, National Secretariat for Science and Technology (SENACYT), Panama.
Seminar organization & course leadership
2010
Organizer, “Documentary Editing: Power and Responsibility”, guest lecture about documentary, social media, and citizen journalism by Laura Fong, documentarist and editor, Berlin. Infomedia UiB.
Course Leader, “En smak av sosiale medier” course for the ABM institutions in Hordaland. Hordaland Fylkeskommune.Seminar blog
2009
Organizer, “Museums in Dialogue: Engaging Social Media” Seminar, Museums and Cultural Dissemination Research Group. Infomedia UiB.
Artwork
2009
Invited video artist, “Navigator”. Presented at the “Indomitable Women” Show at the Barcelona Biennial Festival.
Selected Artist and Special Mention, Angie contra el mundo (videogame v1.0), Inquieta Imagen, Museum of Art and Design, Costa Rica.
2004
Broadcast of “Angie contra el mundo” (video version). SERTV, Panama National Television Service.
Screening, “Un cuarto de corto”. Cinepolis Movie Halls, Costa Rica.
Screening, “La Pecera” (short film). Bergen International Film Festival, BIFF.
Selected video, Fist prize (shared), Angie contra el mundo (video version). Transformarte Festival, Argentina.
Selected video, Special Jury Mention, Angie contra el mundo. 13 Costa Rican Film Festival.
Selected video, Best videocreation, visual and sound proposal, Un cuarto de corto, Carrito's Way and Un día desvestido. “240” Young Filmmakers Show, Costa Rica.
2003
Broadcast of “Ana sin el mar”,”Carrito's Way”, “Fábula alemana en rojo” (short films), and “El océano en nuestras mentes” (documentary). Costa Rican National TV.
Selected short film, The second set of keys. Oberhausen Short Film Festival, Germany.
Selected short film, Un cuarto de corto. Bilbao Film Festival, Spain.
Selected video, Best photo and soundtrack, Fábula Alemana en Rojo (short film). 12 Costa Rican Film Festival.
Selected video, Un día desvestido (short film). Arte sobre el Cuerpo, Centro Cultural Español, Costa Rica.
2002
Selected video, Best Opera Prima, editing and photo, Ana sin el mar, (short film). 11 Costa Rican Film Festival.
Web
2010
Developer, Norsk medietidskrift peer-review system.
Interface Developer, “Illegale Aviser”, database for increasing accessibility to illegal newspapers circulating during WWII in Norway. NORDIKI, Infomedia UiB and Universitetsbiblioteket UiB. http://ub.uib.no/avdeling/spes/illegaleaviser/
Co-Creator (directing, editing), “Our Own Story”, an online documentary about the memories of the 1989 invasion of Panama, in collaboration with La Pecera, Costa Rica.
Internship at Panama Viejo Museum, development of social media tools and online catalogue. Patronato Panama Viejo and Infomedia UiB.
2009
Organizer, “Museums in Dialogue: Engaging Social Media” Seminar, Museums and Cultural Dissemination Research Group. Infomedia UiB.
Developer, Tvertek Lab Online Information System – tlab.uib.no, website for the Tverrfaglig Teknologi Forskning Gruppe, Infomedia UiB.
Developer, Museumstudies.uib.no, website for the Museums and Diversity Series and Museums and Cultural Dissemiantion Research Group, UiB.
Creator, “Angie Contra el Mundo” online game about the 1989 Panama invasion, PhD Research. Infomedia UiB. http://www.ciudadpanama.org.
Most work in the showcase with LA PECERA, Clea Eppelin and Ernesto Jara Vargas. Except Memorias del hijo del viejo: Sound design - direct sound. Directed by Enrique Castro Rios.