J.P. Odoch Pido. P.O. Box GPO, Nairobi, Kenya Phones: or Address

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1 J.P. Odoch Pido P.O. Box GPO, Nairobi, Kenya Phones: or Address Personal Details Citizenship: Ugandan Languages: English, Acholi, and Kiswahili Additional skill: Computer literate, Microsoft Office Education PhD University of Nairobi, 2005 Thesis Title: Design and Use of Posters in the Control of AIDS in Kenya Master of Arts, University of Nairobi, 1986 Thesis Tide: Packaging and Design in Kenya Diploma in Industrial Design School of Industrial Design (Eindhoven, Netherlands) 1973 Bachelor Arts in Design, 1971 University of Nairobi Research and Professional Directions Design for Development Indigenous African design concepts in radically changing environments Design in Health Education The role of graphics, colour, language and culture in health communication Low-Tech Product Design Employment History present

2 Department of Design, University of Nairobi, Senior Lecturer Chair Initiatives as Chairman and Senior Lecturer 1. Took a leading role in developing the course leading to M.A in Design (UON) 2. Helped to link design education with Jua Kali Sector and NGO activities in Kenya 2.1 Design Interventions in 2001 and 2002 with Terra Nuova in Nairobi 2.2 Design Workshop in 2002 with Action AID in Mombasa 3. Organized seminars and exhibitions within and outside the Department of Design 3.1 Two academic seminars for development of papers for publication 3.2 Several MA students' seminars for research and thesis development 3.3 Aspects Two Exhibition in 2002, featuring works of academics 4. Sourcing Design Awards for the best design students 5. Attracting local and international design competitions for students 5.1 Standing Commission for Human Rights, 5.2 Bison of South Africa 5.3 Davis Shirtlift of Nairobi Kenya 6. Initiating South to South Links with Mozambique 7. Formation of Design Society of Kenya (DeSK), a professional organization 8. Establishment of Network of African Designers 9. Strengthening links with universities within and outside East Africa 9.1 School of Fine and Industrial Arts, Makerere University, Uganda 9.2 University of Art and Design in Helsinki, Finland 9.3 School of Fine Art, University of Kentucky, USA 9.4 School of Architecture and Industrial Design, University of Lund, Sweden 9.5 Design Schools Associated with South Africa Bureau of Standards Printpak, Nairobi - Graphic Designer Consulting and Part Time Work Africom Membership and participation in activity planning Chair of Education Board for BuruBuru Institute of Fine Art,

3 2005 Academic Director for School for International Training (intercultural experiential learning program) School for International Training Semester Abroad Program, lecturing and advisement 2003 Consultancy with Actionaid on Product Design SOS Kinderdorf International in an anti HIV/AIDS and pro-orphan care intervention among Maasai in Kajiado and Narok Districts, field team leader National Examinations Council, Kenya, Setting exams 1996-present Kenya Institute of Education (KIE), Curriculum Development Development of Education Resource Materials (KIE) 1975-present Consultancy in Graphic, Exhibition and Product Design Private craft production work Photographs in several group shows and exhibitions Publications 2002 Mismatch in Design 'Education, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, online 2001 Nakedness in East African Aesthetics in East Africa in Transition, Judith M. Bahemuka, Joseph L. Brocklington, eds, Action Publishers, Nairobi 2001 Design and the African Cultural Identity in Design for Development Report 2001, ICSID, Design for Development Initiative, Durban 2000 Personhood and Art: Social Change and Commentary Among the Acoli in I. Karp and D. Masol< eds, African Philosophy As Cultural Inquiry, Indiana University Press, Bloomington 1998 Cultural Factors Contradicting Behavior Modification Messages, 2nd National HIV/AIDS/STI; Conference, National AIDS and STI Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Mbagath October The Biography ofokotp'bitek, in C. Brian Cox ed., African Writers, Charles Scribner's Soi New York 1995 Fat of the Land: The Problems of Design Education for Small Business Development, In Design Education and Small Business Development, February 1995, Peninsula Technikon Proceedings, Design Institute and South Africa Bureau of Standards, Cape Town 1995a Don't Blame the Sky: The Problems of Design and Design Education, in Design Education for Developing Countries, 28 June- 1 July 1993, Proceedings, Design Institute and South Africa Bureau of Standards, Durban

4 1995b The Problems of Defining African Design, Design Review, U.K Aesthetic Persuasion: The Role of the Military in Restructuring Acholi Art, African Studies Association Annual Meeting November 6-9, Baltimore 1986 Traditional Products and Cultural Identity (Conference Proceedings) Powai, India 1986 Graphic Design for Development: The Case of Road Safety, UNESCO /ICOGRAD A, (Conference Proceedings) Nairobi Kenya Articles Submitted for Publication 2003 It Takes One to Toy Toy: Oneness in East African Aesthetic Expression, Network of African Designers 2002 Odoch Pido JP and Donna K Pido, If Laivino Dead: An Aesthetic Discourse, University of Nairobi-Great Lakes Colleges Association, Nairobi Papers Presented 2001 On Being African by Design, Indiana University, Bloomington 1996 The Hare and The Beetle, Annual Okot p'bitek Festival, Egerton University, Njoro 1993 Odoch Pido JP, Obwaka E, Jenniskens F, Temmerman M, Ndinya-Achola J, Mohammed-Ali F, User Hostility in Health Care Delivery Systems in Kenya, Internatinal Conference on HIV/AIDS, Berlin 1992 Which Way Design, Egerton University, Okot p'bitek Arts Festival, Njoro 1991 The Effects of Advertising on African Culture, Egerton University, Okot p'bitek Arts Festival, Njoro 1990 What Did Okot Say, What Did He Mean, Egerton University, Okot p'bitek Arts Festival, Njoro 1989 The Role of Oral Art in Art Education, Kenya Institute of Education, Nairobi Professional Memberships International Society for Educators in Art Design Society of Kenya, Patron and founding member International Council of Societies of Industrial Design

5 References, writing sample and portfolio on request