Dear colleagues, Please see below information about a forthcoming 'work-in-progress' conference for PgR candidates at Middlesex University. You are most welcome to attend and please feel free to pass this invitation on to any MA / PhD candidates you think may benefit from coming along. very best Vida Midgelow Prof, Dance and Choreographic Practices Middlesex University *WORK : PLAY* 5th annual ‘work-in-progress’ postgraduate research conference Convened by the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries *TUESDAY 11th April, 2017* * 9.30 - 6.00 * Starting in G230, Grove Building, Middlesex University Please find below the schedule for this annual faculty PgR conference. The ‘Work : Play’ conference encourages the use of alternative presentation formats and the sharing of practice based research across the arts. This supportive 'work-in-progress' event is an opportunity to engage in debate with a cross-disciplinary group of researchers as they test out new ideas and practices. You are warmly invited to attend. *The full schedule is as follows * *WORK : PLAY * 5th annual ‘work-in-progress’ postgraduate research conference Tue 11th April, 2017, Grove Building, Middlesex University 9:30 Welcome (G230) 9:45 Vron Harris (G230)* - Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses* 10:15 Helen Kindred (G230)* - KnowingUnknowing and improvised movement practices* 10:45 Pete Gomes (G230)* - KnowingUnknowing: reflections on developing an improvising camera practice* 11:15 Steve Fossey (Grove Building, Atrim Café)* - Host* *11:45-12:00 Coffee Break * 12:00 Jameson Dryburgh (G230)* - Unsettling materials: Experiences of learning through taught sequences as a process of disruption in the dance technique class.* 12:30 Zita Baracsi (G230)* - Possible contribution to the awareness of threshold experiences of underachieving students by Socially Engaged Environmental Art’s ‘group flow’* *13:00-13:45 Lunch (bring your own) *+ Pune Parsafar film showing (G230)* - Women in life and struggle* 13:45 Sharon Reshef Armony (Grove Studio 1)* - The creation of meaning in ScreenStage performance explored through practice* 14:15 Elina Moriya (Grove Studio 2)* - At Home* (working title) 15:45 Simon Limbrick (Grove Studio 4) * - Performance: Where ?* *16:15-16:30 Coffee Break* 16:30 Lotti Nichol (Grove Studio 3)* - BodyScreening* 17:30 Closing Plenary Discussion *18:00 onwards Dinner and Drinks at the Greyhound, Hendon * *(NB. schedule subject to alteration)* *If you have any questions please contact [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> * *Attendence is free and there is no need to book. We look forward to welcoming you to 'Work : Play'. * Best from the conference conveners Elina Moriya (PhD Candidate Fine Art) Pete Gomes (PhD Candidate Media and Performance) Vida Midgelow (Professor, Dance and Choreographic Practices) -- Vida L Midgelow PhD Prof, Dance and Choreographic Practices Director of Research Degrees Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries Middlesex University, The Burroughs, Hendon, London NW4 4BT, UK. Co-Editor, Choreographic Practices PI, Artistic Doctorates in Europe: Third Cycle Provision in Dance and Performance (Erasmus+) Led co-ordinator, Transdisciplinary Improvisation Network Co-Director, Choreographic Lab [log in to unmask] http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=170/ -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------