This is difficult to frame, because am I a researcher or an arts practitioner. In fact I like to think I am a performing artist, for aren't we all? Autism before they took the R out of it would be my theme :) I'd certainly like to keep my eye on this. Research Ethics is a particularly strong interest currently. Larry > -----Original Message----- > From: The Disability-Research Discussion List [mailto:DISABILITY- > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hannah Macpherson > Sent: 07 January 2011 10:21 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Disability ethics and aesthetics research network > > Dear list members, > > I am pleased to announce the launch of a 'Disability, Ethics and Aesthetics Research > Group' hosted by the University of Brighton. The group consists of researchers and > practitioners from a range of disciplines interested in ethics and aesthetics as they > might apply to and stem from our own and others embodiments and impairments. > > If you are a researcher and/or arts practitioner interested in this group and would like to > be a member and hear about forthcoming events (including a seminar in June this year) > then please email Hannah Macpherson on [log in to unmask] > Please state your area of interest/ expertise and whether you would like your name to > appear on the group webpage. > > Themes the group seek to address include; > > Embodiment and embodied ethics > > Disability aesthetics > > Disability and performance > > The concept of disability > > Disability, participatory practice and research ethics > > Disability, architectural design and public space > > Questions regarding the value placed on certain lives > > > > http://artsresearch.brighton.ac.uk/research/centre/CAPPE-centre-for-applied- > philosophy-politics-and-ethics/research/disability-ethics-and-aesthetics > > This group is co-ordinated by Dr Hannah Macpherson. Please email her on > [log in to unmask] if you are interested in participating in future events. Hannah is > currently developing research on the ethics and aesthetics of outdoor live performance > with an interest in work being produced as part of the Cultural Olympiad for London > 2012. > > ________________End of message________________ > > This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies > at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). > Enquiries about list administration should be sent to disability-research- > [log in to unmask] > > Archives and tools are located at: > www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html > You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page. ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.