Dr. Tegan Bristow

Dr. Tegan Bristow is Fak’ugesi Principal Researcher & Senior Lecturer at the Wits School of the Arts – with a specialisation on African Art, Culture and Technology. Bristow additionally acts as Editor in Chief and Digital Editor of the Ellipses Journal for Creative Research.  Bristow directed the Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival from 2016 to 2020 and now works closely between Fak’ugesi Festival, Tshimologong Innovation Precinct and the Wits School of Arts developing research on the Digital Creative Industries in Africa. In this work Bristow is currently (2021 – 2022) working in partnership with GIZ to map and develop the intermediary landscape of the digital cultural industry in Africa.

In 2021 Bristow won the National Science and Technology Forum Award for Sustainable Development in the Creative Industries for her work in co-founding and developing the Fak’ugesi Festival.