We are pleased to announce the programme for Monsoon [+ other] Grounds, the
third and final symposium that Monsoon Assemblages will convene before its
final conference in 2021. Monsoon [+ other] Grounds will take place in
M416, University of Westminster Marylebone Campus, 35 Marylebone Road,
London NW1 5LS on 21 and 22 March 2019.

The programme is as follows:

*Thursday 21 March*

15.30     *Registration / tea*
15.45     *Welcome* by Simon Joss, University of Glasgow

16.00 – 17.00 *Exhibition walk-about *led by John Cook
Exhibitors: Alexandra Arenes , Matt Barlow , Blue Temple, Hari Byles,
Corinna Dean (presented by Duarte Santo), DS18 students, Tumpa Fellows,
MONASS, Ben Pollock

17.00 – 18.00 *[multi]grounds*
Chair: Ed Wall, University of Greenwich
Lindsay Bremner, MONASS: On sediment as method
Ifor Duncan, Goldsmiths College: Sedimentary Witness

18.30 – 20.00  *Keynote Lecture                *
Chair: Lindsay Bremner
Tim Ingold, University of Aberdeen, introduced by Beth Cullen

*Friday 22 March *

09.45     *Registration / coffee*
10.00     *Welcome + introduction *by Lindsay Bremner

10.15 – 11.30 *[over]ground matters*
Chair: Godofredo Pereira, Royal College of Art
Alexandra Arenes, University of Manchester: Mapping the Critical Zones
Christina Geros, MONASS: Here be Dragons
Avi Varma, Goldsmiths College: Unjust Intonations

11.30 – 11.45* Tea*

11.45 – 13.00 *[inter]ground matters*
Chair: Kirsten Hastrup, University of Copenhagen
Owain Jones, Bath Spa University: Monsoon + Tide
Jonathan Cane, University of the Witwatersrand: Permeability, Ocean,
Concrete

13.00 – 14.00 *Lunch*
*Convivial grounds*

14.00 – 15.00 *[under]ground matters *
Chair: Tim Waterman, The Bartlett UCL
Anthony Powis, MONASS: Materiality of Groundwater: Leaking, Seeping,
Swelling, Cracking
Matt Barlow, University of Adelaide: Floating (under) ground

15:00 – 16:00 *[in]ground matters*
Chair: Alfredo Ramirez Galindo, AA
Eric Guibert, University of Westminster: Architectural Soils
Harshavardhan Bhat, MONASS: About a Monsoon Forest

16.00 – 16.15 *Tea*

16.15 – 17.30* [with]ground matters: *
Chair: Radha D’Souza, University of Westminster
Naiza Khan, Goldsmiths College: Sticky Rice and Other Stories
Beth Cullen, MONASS: Brick
Labib Hossain, Cornell University: Wetness and the City: A Critical Reading
of the Dry and Permanent Ground Through the Practice of Muslin Weaving in
Bengal

17.30 – 17.45 *Closing Remarks *by David Chandler, University of Westminster

17.45 -19.00 *Drinks*

The event is free, but please register on Eventbright her
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/monsoon-other-grounds-symposium-tickets-53177045976?aff=ebdshpsearchautocomplete>e
:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/monsoon-other-grounds-symposium-tickets-53177045976

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