TECHNE Congress Negotiating the Threshold: Borders, Boundaries and Doorways in Arts and Humanities Research
4th Jul 2017 10:00am - 5th Jul 2017 5:00pm
PROGRAMME: Negotiating the Threshold: Borders, Boundaries and Doorways in Arts and Humanities Research
As funding bodies become increasingly focused on the value of research that is collaborative, interdisciplinary and socially relevant, today’s Arts and Humanities researchers face the challenge of actively pursuing projects that take them beyond the confines of their own discipline. In the process of going beyond, we cross thresholds that mark the borders between spaces. This movement beyond may take place on different levels: movement beyond one’s discipline into another; movement beyond academia into community; movement beyond socially accepted norms into new norms; movement beyond personal reflection into action. Movement beyond and into therefore demands that we make sense of what we are doing when we make the move. What precisely are the thresholds that we cross? What is their impact on us and on others before, after and as we move?
The aim of this summer’s TECHNE Congress is to engage with the fundamental challenge of how we, as Arts and Humanities researchers, make sense of the movement beyond – how we negotiate the threshold between spaces. The Congress will provide various spaces for conversations around the themes of borders, boundaries and doorways to encourage creative reflection on how we negotiate these thresholds. We will explore these themes from perspectives including the role of Arts and Humanities in today’s world; strategies for crossing borders and boundaries in the real world and in academia; the impact on identity when negotiating thresholds and when making the return; the breaking down of borders between human and non-human health; and the relationship between physical space and social interaction.
An important element of the Congress will be the programme structure over the two days, in which delegates will move from spaces for large, interactive group sessions to spaces for personal reflection and small group conversations. We hope this flow from one space to another will stimulate creative engagement around the themes that will help us all to make better sense of the thresholds we cross in our research.
Non-TECHNE but AHRC funded students are welcome to attend the 2 days but we cannot provide overnight accommodation. Please register on Eventbrite selecting the Non-TECHNE AHRC Funded student option.
TECHNE Student Congress Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th July 2017 at the University of Surrey
The Congress will provide various spaces for conversations around the themes of borders, boundaries and doorways to encourage creative reflection on how we negotiate these thresholds in Arts and Humanities research. We will explore these themes from perspectives including the role of Arts and Humanities in today’s world; strategies for crossing borders and boundaries in the real world and in academia; the impact on identity when negotiating thresholds and when making the return; the breaking down of borders between human and non-human health; and the relationship between physical space and social interaction.
There is a great line up of Keynote lectures, Panel sessions, talks, walks and workshops along with notable speakers such as Kim Knott, Jacky Malton, Deborah Jermyn and Monica Ali to name a few.
Overnight accommodation for the 4th July is arranged at Travelodge, Guildford.
Attendance at the Congress for AHRC funded students is mandatory. We hope that Associates will also be able to attend and will keep costs for them to a minimum.
Please refer to the full Programme with the details and timings of the individual sessions before booking on to the sessions on Eventbrite.
Please check your availability and commitments before signing up to this event. Booking and then cancelling may deny opportunities to others and also wastes money, food and other resources.