CORKSCREW: SPRING 2017
Show and Tell
Hosted by Bruno Roubicek, artist and Birkbeck PhD student, show and tell sessions invite practice-based research students to present work in progress. It’s an opportunity to share your emerging practice and receive feedback in a supportive environment. Sessions through the year will consider how practice and scholarship can work together to generate insight and understanding. What is “doing knowledge” and how can practice be made evident to examiners?
On Monday 27 February, 2-5pm, join us for the spring Show and Tell session. Alongside presentations, we will discuss Sophie Hope’s article ‘Bursting paradigms: a colour wheel of practice-research’, Cultural Trends, 25, 2 (2016), 74-86 (NB. Senate House Library membership needed for access via this link).
Show and Tell takes place in G10, School of Arts. The summer date will be announced later in the year.
RSVP to Bruno here.
The Particularities of Conference Presentation
On Friday 3 March, 9.30am-12.30pm, join us for a 3-hour workshop that offers training in delivering conference presentations effectively.
Conference presentation is an essential aspect of the working life of a professional researcher. Yet doctoral students often acquire skills in this area somewhat unevenly, learning through trial and error. This workshop approaches the conference presentation as a moment of public performance. It asks: what are the formal features of an effective presentation? What techniques can a presenter use to communicate with his or her audience – whether in the context of scholarly conferences, public lectures, or arts venues? This workshop is run in collaboration with artists from Haranczak-Navarre Performance Projects.
Participating students can then either attend or present research on collaborative practices at Twofold: the Particularities of Working in Pairs (Friday 3 & Saturday 4 March 2017) – a symposium that explores the duet as a mode of collaboration across the disciplines. See the foot of this email for the CFP – deadline Friday 27 January.
The Particularities of Conference Presentation is supported by the CHASE Cohort Development Fund. Places are free but limited to 20 – booking is essential.