autumn schools 2009

supporting multiple modes of cultural research: critical, practical and historical

 

 

Building upon the popular pilot project IMMA Summer School (September 2009) we are developing a programme of intensive autumn schools for 2010 which include:

 

 

the practical matter of cultural history [15-18/9/10]

 

This autumn school introduces research approaches to cultural history. This four day programme of seminars, lectures and workshops is co-organised with the UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland and provides researchers with an introduction to methods and concepts for the study of materiality in cultural history through a combination of theoretical overviews and case study treatments of key examples from diverse cultural historical practices. Key concepts introduced will include: cultural historiography; materiality; material culture; discourse; the 'everyday' and 'history from below'. The School provides an opportunity to discuss the methods and concepts available within the study of material culture while also considering the broader challenges of critical interdisciplinary historical work.

 

See full programme here.

 

outline programme

 

Wednesday [15/9/2010]
What is cultural history? (Dr. Marc Caball & Dr. Mick Wilson)
What is material culture? (Dr. Lisa Godson)
What is cultural studies? (Martin McCabe)

 

Thursday [16/9/2010]
Materialising Public and Private Spaces (Dr. Mick Wilson)
Destination Remembrance: Place, Visibility and the Performance of Collective Memory (Niamh Ann Kelly)
Museum, History, Modernity (Dr. Francis Halsall)

 

Friday [17/9/2010]
Religion and Material Culture (Dr. Lisa Godson)
Cultural History & Media Archaeology (Martin McCabe)

 

Saturday [18/9/2010]
Closing Event: What Matters?
A Public Symposium on Cultural History.
with Prof. Esther Leslie and Dr. Ben Highmore

 

Download a pdf of the programme here. (A more detailed document will be posted here shortly.) We are accepting expressions of interest in participation from PhD researchers, advanced masters students and intending doctoral researchers. Participation is restricted to 12 places. There is no fee attached. Participation is free however places will be allocated based on a review of expressions of interest. These should include: (i) a CV and (ii) a clear statement of reasons for wishing to participate in the programme (max. 400 words). Please email mick.wilson(at)gradcam.ie

This programme is especially designed for early stage researchers and will provide a key support for examining methodological and conceptual issues in the organization of a cultural historical research project. It will be of relevance also to many researchers working in the broad areas of cultural studies, cultural criticism, intellectual history, history of ideas, archival studies, heritage and cultural policy. We especially welcome participation from researchers examining aspects of performance, media, technology, art, popular culture, the everyday, design, urbanism and architecture who have an interest in exploring the material and historical dimensions of these practices and domains.

 

network cultures [3-4/10/10]

 

This two day programme will introduce competing approaches to questions of cultural practice and digital networking and will provide early stage researchers with an opportunity to look at competing accounts of the significance of networked cultures with particular reference to the organisation of cultural work and the emergence of new formations of co-production, participation, fan-cultures and dissent.

The programme will be posted here shortly. In the meantime we are accepting expressions of interest in participation from PhD researchers, advanced masters students and intending doctoral researchers. Participation is restricted to 12 places. There is no fee attached. Participation is free however places will be allocated based on a review of expressions of interest. These should include: (i) a CV and (ii) a clear statement of reasons for wishing to participate in the programme (max. 400 words). Please email mick.wilson(at)gradcam.ie

 

the question of culture #2 [26-29/10/10]

 

Building directly upon the pilot IMMA summer school in 2009, this second outing of the unique interdisciplinary school in creative practice and art research will provide artists and creative practitioners with an opportunity to examine a series of completed doctoral projects in close detail. The School will also consider some of the specific methodological challenges presented to art practices developed within formal research projects. The relationship between formal arts resaerch and the broader domain of contemporary art will also be examined from a number of competing perspectives. A unique feature of this School will be the use of recently completed doctoral projects as a basis for considering the methodological choices that arts researchers face by introducing practical creative work into the formal research settings of higher education.

The programme will be posted here shortly. In the meantime we are accepting expressions of interest in participation from PhD researchers, advanced masters students and intending doctoral researchers. Participation is restricted to 12 places. There is no fee attached. Participation is free however places will be allocated based on a review of expressions of interest. These should include: (i) a CV and (ii) a clear statement of reasons for wishing to participate in the programme (max. 400 words). Please email mick.wilson(at)gradcam.ie

 

european art research network, manifesta 8, murcia [2-6/12/10]

 

This Winter School in Fine Art Research will take place as part of Manifesta 8 in Muircia, Spain. It is co-developed by the European Art Research Network. Programme and participation information posted shortly.

 

For additional information on the collaborating institutions consult www.dit.ie, www.ncad.ie, www.iadt.ie and www.ulster.ac.uk.