Partly Writing 3: Expanded Literacies and Writing Arts.
February 28th-29th 2004. Centre for Cultural Poetics, University of
Southampton.
In keeping with the premise of the Partly Writing seminars this event will
address questions of writing and public space in the context of a
discussion-led weekend. We have been inviting practitioners and academics
from a range of fields to participate as contributors. We have a few places
left for those of you who would like to take part and could contribute to
the discussions through their own work/research.
Partly Writing 3 specifically addresses the question of literacy: as
cultural competency, as a social currency, as a form of knowledge, as a
process of artistic translation. We are interested in examining how
contemporary writing arts allow for an expansion of our understanding of
literacy and the ways in which it both reflects and produces political,
philosophical, technological and social change.
We are asking all participants: ëHow (and what) does art teach us to read?í
Issues and questions to be addressed over the weekend include:
What forms of literacy are being produced by new and emergent forms of arts
production?
How is the relationship between textual and visual culture now to be
understood?
How do issues of difficulty, of access, and of resistance continue to
inform the production and maintenance of literariness?
How is literacy engaged with the other social practices that inform the
thinking and making of work (publishing, editing, collaboration, curation
etc)?
In what ways do forms of knowledge inscribed in the body inform the role
and nature of literacy?
Should you wish to take part and contribute, please contact
Nicky Marsh at [log in to unmask] or Caroline Bergvall [log in to unmask]
Details about the previous 2 Partly Writing seminars can be found at
http://www.dartington.ac.uk/partlywriting
Partly Writing 3 is co-organised by Nicky Marsh, Southampton University and
Caroline Bergvall, Dartington College of Arts.
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