Acrophony: a history of A A Message research seminar by Peter Jones This seminar focuses on a practice based Communication Design research project that curates and uses artifacts from the British Museum to present “a history of A”, from early pictograms to the Roman capital A. The content, message and prototypes for the project are… Continue reading 24 November 2016: Message seminar on Communication Design
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Call for Papers: “Beyond Words”, an arts, education & health conference (March 2017)
Beyond Words: Privileging the Unspoken in Arts and Communities in a Posthuman World 14th March 2017 Plymouth University, UK A posthuman world opens up the possibilities of being and belonging. This exciting international, multi-disciplinary conference focuses on how communication happens beyond words, how the arts use the unspoken, and how those who face problems communicating… Continue reading Call for Papers: “Beyond Words”, an arts, education & health conference (March 2017)
Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University
The following research events are taking place in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities this week. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. Artist Talk by Jessie Brennan: “If This Were To Be Lost: art, activism, and the politics of regeneration”. 4pm on 15th November 2016 in Lecture Theatre 1, Roland Levinsky Building.… Continue reading Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University
22 November 2016: Workshop on Using Social Media to Promote Your Research
22nd November at 11am in Babbage Building, BGB 415 Social Media Manger, Russ Taylor, will be holding a workshop for Arts and Humanities post graduate students and staff on how to promote your research on social media. This session will include an overview of the main social media accounts (including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram), the tools… Continue reading 22 November 2016: Workshop on Using Social Media to Promote Your Research
9 November 2016: Seminar on Performance, Ethics & Audience Anxiety
Please join us for the next PEP Talk (as part of the seminar series of the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University): “Bordering on anxiety: on the politics and ethics of unsettling the audience” By Patrick Duggan (University of Surrey) Wednesday, 9th November 2016, 4.30 – 6.00pm Roland Levinsky Building room 207, Plymouth University Through recourse to… Continue reading 9 November 2016: Seminar on Performance, Ethics & Audience Anxiety
Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University
The following research events are taking place in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities this week. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. Artist talk by Lynn Lu on “Empathy and the Collective Body in Performance Art”. 4pm on 8th November 2016 in Jill Craigie Lecture Theatre, Roland Levinsky Building. Open to the Public. Presidential… Continue reading Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University
1 December 2016: Workshop with Dr Sam Willis – Working with TV and Media
The Arts Institute and Graduate School at Plymouth University are delighted to invite postgraduate research students and staff at the University to a TV and Media workshop by historian, archaeologist and broadcaster Dr Sam Willis. In this workshop, Sam will look at the ways in which researchers work with TV and the media. The workshop will take place on… Continue reading 1 December 2016: Workshop with Dr Sam Willis – Working with TV and Media
23 November 2016: How to Develop a Slow Thinking Lab for Connecting People
‘Slow Thinking Lab for Connecting People’ a presentation by Prof Jaana Erkkilä-Hill (University of Lapland) 10am on 23rd November 2016 in Rolle 207, Plymouth University The idea of the Slow Thinking Lab emerged from the frustration that is felt all over the academic world: “produce more in a shorter period of time”. The same phenomena… Continue reading 23 November 2016: How to Develop a Slow Thinking Lab for Connecting People
2 November 2016: Artistic Research seminar on Memory, Touch, Play and Drawing
ARC (Artistic Research Cluster) Seminar 2nd November 2016: 4.30 – 6.00 pm in Scott 102, Plymouth University Presentations by Tabatha Andrews and Dr Gemma Anderson Tabatha Andrews: “Memory, Touch and Play” Tabatha Andrews will discuss The Dispensary, a new work made for Alzheimers and Dementia Patients at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. The Dispensary is… Continue reading 2 November 2016: Artistic Research seminar on Memory, Touch, Play and Drawing
Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University
The following arts & humanities research events are taking place this week. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. At Plymouth University: MIA (Moving Image Arts) Seminar: 4pm on 1st November 2016 in Jill Craigie Cinema, Roland Levinsky Building (RLB) Artist Talk Series: Abigail Reynolds (“Folding Time and Space”). 4pm on 1st November in RLB… Continue reading Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University