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Collaboration in Artists' books (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2010, December). Collaboration in Artists' books. Presented at “With a little help from our friends”: Collaboration and art libraries, Westminster Reference Library

Presentation given at “With a little help from our friends”: Collaboration and art libraries at Westminster Reference Library, December 2010 Libraries are increasingly looking beyond their doors to engage with outside partners in projects and eve... Read More about Collaboration in Artists' books.

Plastic bodies: Beings-not-of-the-world (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Franklin, A. (2010, November). Plastic bodies: Beings-not-of-the-world. Paper presented at II International Conference: The Texts of the Body - Generating Bodies: Discursive Sexed Productions, Barcelona, Spain

Employing a Heideggerian phenomenology of Being, this paper will argue that toys such as Bratz dolls, Barbie, and Disney Princesses contribute to an environment that fosters an ‘unnatural’ relationship between pre-adults and their ‘bodily nature’; ar... Read More about Plastic bodies: Beings-not-of-the-world.

Roundtable discussion at Cornerhouse, Manchester (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Chan, F., Crilly, S., Dundjerovic, A., Harbord, J., Lowe, V., & Lloyd, W. (2010, November). Roundtable discussion at Cornerhouse, Manchester. Presented at Roundtable Discussion, Cornerhouse, Manchester

This roundtable discussion co-organised by Dr. Felicia Chan (The University of Manchester) and Cornerhouse brings together Dr. Janet Harbord (Reader in Film & Screen Media, Queen Mary, University of London), Dr. Vicky Lowe (Lecturer in Drama & Screen... Read More about Roundtable discussion at Cornerhouse, Manchester.

Ceramics as show – site specific ceramics in 1950s London coffee bars (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Partington, M. (2010, September). Ceramics as show – site specific ceramics in 1950s London coffee bars. Paper presented at Ceramics on Show: Public and Private Displays, Victoria and Albert Museum, Lecture Theatre

This paper discusses the phenomenon of the London coffee bars of the 1950s from the point of view of the ceramics which were made for them by a small group of potters – primarily Margret Hine, William Newland and Nicholas Vergette. Whilst little if... Read More about Ceramics as show – site specific ceramics in 1950s London coffee bars.

Socially engaged arts practice in the current economic climate (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2010, September). Socially engaged arts practice in the current economic climate. Paper presented at Demanding Conversations, Knowle West Media Centre, Bristol

Demanding Conversations was a conference that took place at Knowle West Media Centre, Bristol on 22nd and 23rd September 2010. The conference involved practitioners, artists, policy makers, and commentators in debate about socially engaged arts pract... Read More about Socially engaged arts practice in the current economic climate.

From typeface to interface: A case study in persuasion (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Hawkins, B., Anderton, R., & Davies, C. (2010, September). From typeface to interface: A case study in persuasion. Paper presented at International conference on Designs for e-learning in Art and Design, Savannah College of Art and Design

As an institution with a clear policy to embrace the benefits of e-learning techniques and technology the School of Creative Arts (SCA), a faculty of The University of the West of England faces the challenge of persuading practitioners of studio base... Read More about From typeface to interface: A case study in persuasion.

Chairs for Paying attention: digital media cultures and generational responsibility (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Crogan, P., & Dovey, J. (2010, September). Chairs for Paying attention: digital media cultures and generational responsibility

This conference was funded by the European Science Foundation and took place in September 6-9, 2010 in Linkoping, Sweden. It was co-convened by Jonathan Dovey and Patrick Crogan of UWE's Digital Cultures Research Centre. Keynote speakers were Bernard... Read More about Chairs for Paying attention: digital media cultures and generational responsibility.

What do radical feminist art films look like? Desire and duration in Sam Taylor-Wood’s David (2004) (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Johnson, C. (2010, September). What do radical feminist art films look like? Desire and duration in Sam Taylor-Wood’s David (2004). Paper presented at Radical British Screens, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

British feminist art practice has a rich heritage of radical filmmaking, which has contributed to an understanding of radical feminist practice as subversive and oppositional. Crucial as these strategies are, the grounds upon which they were founded... Read More about What do radical feminist art films look like? Desire and duration in Sam Taylor-Wood’s David (2004).

Be-Bratz.com: Beings-not-of-the-world (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Franklin, A. (2010, July). Be-Bratz.com: Beings-not-of-the-world. Paper presented at Theorising the Popular, Liverpool, UK

This paper will explore the impact of a gendered ‘thing’ – the Bratz doll - on the postmodern, post-industrial individual’s relationship with their ‘bodily nature’. It will argue, employing a Heideggerian phenomenology of Being, that this relationshi... Read More about Be-Bratz.com: Beings-not-of-the-world.

Oral history and research ethics in the creative arts and higher education (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Partington, M. (2010, July). Oral history and research ethics in the creative arts and higher education. Paper presented at ‘[Record] [Create]: Oral History in Art, Craft, and Design’, Oral History Society Annual Conference, V&A Museum, (Sackler Centre)

My paper looks at the ethical issues which arise out of human participant research in the visual arts, with particular reference to oral history interviewing. All higher education research which deals with human participants now has to undergo varyi... Read More about Oral history and research ethics in the creative arts and higher education.

Can British ceramics education survive? (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Partington, M. (2010, March). Can British ceramics education survive?. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Philadelphia Convention Centre, Philadelphia, USA

A discussion of the rapid reduction in undergraduate ceramics courses in the United Kingdom and its potential impact on the landscape of international ceramics. In the UK we are experiencing a significant shift in the landscape of ceramics educat... Read More about Can British ceramics education survive?.

Transliteracy and polyphonic narrative: a case study (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Aston, J. (2010, February). Transliteracy and polyphonic narrative: a case study. Paper presented at Transliteracy Conference, Phoenix Square Digital Media Centre, Leicester, UK

This paper will look at the role of transliteracy in the creation of a series of texts relating to a long-term ethnographic study of displacement in the Sudan/Ethiopian borderlands. It will draw on a rich audiovisual archive recorded by the anthropol... Read More about Transliteracy and polyphonic narrative: a case study.

Spatial montage and the enchantment of everyday life: towards the development of fluid interfaces for interactive documentary (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Aston, J. (2010, January). Spatial montage and the enchantment of everyday life: towards the development of fluid interfaces for interactive documentary. Paper presented at Documentary Now! 2010, Birkbeck College, London

Building on Lev Manovich’s ideas about spatial montage and interactive cinema, this paper will provide examples of the author’s approach to interactive documentary based on an ongoing collaboration between the author and the anthropologist, Wendy Jam... Read More about Spatial montage and the enchantment of everyday life: towards the development of fluid interfaces for interactive documentary.