25 January 2017: Seminar on Performance, Anthropology & Martial Arts

By Shi Deru (a.k.a. Shawn Xiangyang Liu), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45725217

Please join us for the first PEP Talk of 2017 the seminar series of the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University:  The Anthropology of Performance in Martial Arts Studies Presented by Dr D.S. Farrer  Wednesday, 25th January 2017, 4.30 – 6.00pm in Roland Levinsky Building room RLB306, Plymouth University  The development of a new academic field… Continue reading 25 January 2017: Seminar on Performance, Anthropology & Martial Arts

Feature: “Artistic thinking, walking and silence for well-being”

Jaana Erkkilä: Karusellista karanneet VI carborundum/ets.akv.

BY JAANA ERKKILÄ-HILL A well-known story tells about three wise men who followed a star and left their valuable presents to a newborn baby somewhere in the Middle East over two thousand years ago. It is a strange story about looking for meaning and value in something that is unknown; a story about following your… Continue reading Feature: “Artistic thinking, walking and silence for well-being”

23 November 2016: How to Develop a Slow Thinking Lab for Connecting People

Slow Thinking Lab, University of Lapland

‘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