15 Aug 2013
Monday 4 July 2011 09:30-17:30
Location: Sallis Benney Theatre, Grand Parade
Following on from the success of last year’s research festival, Provocations II will centre around the work of early career researchers within the Faculty of Arts. The day will consist of a number of challenging and thought provoking short presentations which will be followed by open discussions with the audience. This event is open to all members of staff including academics, administrators and technicians.
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Tilo Amhoff, Kate Cheyne, Rob Greens, Ewan Kirkland, Thor Magnusson, Vicky Margree, Kirsty McDougall, Sally Miller, Gareth Neal, Ben Sweeting, Gilly Smith, and Claire Wintle.
If you would like to book a place please email Madi Meadows (3720/m.j.meadows@brighton.ac.uk).
9.30am-10.00am Welcome drinks in the cafeteria
10.00am-10.15am Introduction from Professor Jonathan Woodham
10.15am-11.15am Session 1: Chaired by Frank Gray
Kirsty McDougall
Textile Design
Title: A Case Study for Innovation in Contemporary Tweed
Gareth Neal
Design and Craft
Dr Claire Wintle
History of Art and Design
Title: The Commonwealth Institute and Decolonisation: are museums and exhibition spaces microcosms of political encounters?
11.15am-11.30am Panel and audience discussion
11.30am-11.45am Break for tea and coffee
11.45am-12.45 pm Session 2: Chair by Dr Joan Farrer
Rob Greens
Media
Title: Screenwriter as Auteur?
Dr Thor Magnusson
Sound Art
Title: The Whistling Weavrs: Musical Robots on the Blogosphere
Ben Sweeting
Architecture
Title: Architecture and Machines
12.45pm-1.00pm Panel and audience discussion
1.00pm-2.00pm Lunch, to be served in the cafeteria
2.00pm-3.00pm Session 3: Chaired by Professor Susannah Hagan
Dr Ewan Kirkland
Film and Screen Studies
Title: Little Big Planet, Videogames, and Colonialism
Sally Miller
Media
Title: History, Memory and Zombies After 9/11
Kate Cheyne
Design
Title: Fabrikate
3.00pm-3.15pm Panel and audience discussion
3.15pm-3.30pm Break for tea and coffee
3.30pm-4.30pm Session 4: Chaired by Dr Mark Devenney
Gilly Smith
Media
Title: The Write Rhythm
Vicky Margree
Humanities
Title: Feminist Gothic at the Fin de Siecle
Tilo Amhoff
Architecture
Title: A Plan for the Factory, Scientific Management and Modern Architecture
4.30pm-4.45pm Panel and audience discussion
4.45pm-5.00pm Round up of the day
5.00pm-6.00pm Drinks in the bar
Download the abstracts for Provocations II as a pdf
