Writing Joyishly (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Bell, R., Rintoul, J., Johnson, C., Miles, R., Lockheart, J., & Lee, J. (2024, April). Writing Joyishly. Presented at Workshop for the Association for Art History Conference 2024, University of Bristol

Workshop for the Association for Art History Conference 2024 University of Bristol, 3-5 April 2024 Session Convenors: Rebecca Bell, UWE Bristol; Clare Johnson, UWE Bristol; Rachael Miles, UWE Bristol; Jenny Rintoul, UWE Bristol; Joanne Lee, Sheff... Read More about Writing Joyishly.

A 'language of the body': Weightlifting and (reptilian) rhythms of regulation (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Hughes, K. (2024, March). A 'language of the body': Weightlifting and (reptilian) rhythms of regulation. Paper presented at 2024 International Symposium on Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry, Online

This audio-visual presentation recontextualizes postmodern ‘punk’ feminist writer Kathy Acker’s essay ‘Against Ordinary Language: The Language of the Body’ (1993) as a critical experimental work of narrative autoethnography. It will be proposed that... Read More about A 'language of the body': Weightlifting and (reptilian) rhythms of regulation.

Space to think critically: Pedagogies of Joy and Critical & Contextual Studies (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Rintoul, J. (2023, November). Space to think critically: Pedagogies of Joy and Critical & Contextual Studies. Paper presented at Teaching Beyond the Curriculum (Session: Critical Speculations of Art School Education), Glasgow School of Art, UK; Louisiana State University, USA; Wenzhou-Kean University, China

Critical and Contextual Studies (CCS) alludes to a curricula space commonly associated with writing, ‘theory’ and critical thinking in the Art School. Models of CCS differ from institution to institution; while some appear isolated from the studio, o... Read More about Space to think critically: Pedagogies of Joy and Critical & Contextual Studies.

Is collaboration and co-creation an illusionary practice? (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Francis, P. (2023, June). Is collaboration and co-creation an illusionary practice?. Paper presented at Oral History Society Making Histories Together Conference 2023, Nottingham

In 2020, documentary filmmaker Reece Auguiste and his colleagues speculated that ‘[c]o-creation functions as a utopian idea that may never be fully actualized.’ Co-creation and collaboration are concepts that dissemble the power and control intrinsic... Read More about Is collaboration and co-creation an illusionary practice?.

Writing practices, socialisation and subject cultures: Visual culture pedagogies (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Rintoul, J. (2023, June). Writing practices, socialisation and subject cultures: Visual culture pedagogies. Paper presented at On Not Knowing: How Artists Teach, The Glasgow School of Art

The social and historical construction of Visual Culture is entangled in a false theory/practice binary that presents writing as cerebral and formulaic. Through this construction, writing is often conflated with an essay assessment and a transmission... Read More about Writing practices, socialisation and subject cultures: Visual culture pedagogies.

When I Dare to be Powerful International Conference (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Francis, P. (2023, April). When I Dare to be Powerful International Conference. Presented at When I Dare To Be Powerful International Conference, Nottingham and also onnline

Centred on voice as a lens through which we conceive of a social alterity that undermines current ideological dominance, 'When I Dare To Be Powerful International Conference' would like to invite proposals from academics, practitioners and activists... Read More about When I Dare to be Powerful International Conference.

Reflections on anti-racism and memorialisation from South West UK (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2022, December). Reflections on anti-racism and memorialisation from South West UK. Presented at OHCHR in-person consultations: Advancing racial justice and equality for Africans and people of African descent in Europe, UN House, Boulevard du Régent 37-40, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium

Sobers spoke at a roundtable discussion with 20 human rights advocates from across Europe, at the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR), Brussels. Sobers talked about the King Leopold II statue in Brussels, and points of... Read More about Reflections on anti-racism and memorialisation from South West UK.

Re-visioning cultural, historical and gendered aspects of Nottingham's past and present (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Francis, P. (2022, June). Re-visioning cultural, historical and gendered aspects of Nottingham's past and present. Paper presented at Arts and Humanities Research Conference, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham