Event: GeoHumanities in Practice: Discussing doing the work, developing the thesis and beyond- 9th June, Bedford Square, London

Are you a PhD student, masters or early career scholar bringing together creative practice and work on topics of place, space, landscape, mobility, the city?

GeoHumanities in Practice: Discussing doing the work, developing the thesis and beyond

9th June 10.00am- 6 pm 11 Bedford Square London

GeoHumanities names an increasingly common intersection of the practice and scholarship of the arts and humanities with geographical scholarship and practice on topics such as environment, landscape, place, identity, mobility and so on. A growing amount of such work is being undertaken through practice-based or practice-led PhDs, often but not always based in Geography departments. This day-long workshop provides an opportunity for those working on practice-led or practice-based PhDs on geographical topics from a range of backgrounds to meet and discuss the challenges and benefits of these ways of working.

Through practical workshops, panels and informal discussion it will focus in particular on:

1)    Discussing the form of a GeoHumanities practice-based/led work

2)    Offering the chance to share work with peers

3)    Discussions of the form of the thesis and the examination process

4)   Sharing challenges and issues around practice-based/led research

5)   Concerns around CV building and career development for practice-based scholars

6)    Developing an early career network of those working on topics related to geographic themes

 

The event is free to attend but places are limited, there are also some travel bursaries to apply for for those coming from outside London.

Through a series of key-notes, panel discussions, creative workshops and ‘crit’ sessions this event will respond to these concerns.

The day will unfold as follows:

Coffee and registration from 9.30 am

10.00- 10.30          Opening remarks and ice-breaker

10.30- 11.45 am     Writing-Practice relationships in the GeoHumanities

Panel discussion on developing practice-based thesis formats and vivas in the GeoHumanities. Panelists include Cecilie Sachs- Olsen (RHUL); Karen McCarthy-Woolf (RHUL) and Heather McLean (Glasgow)

11.45- 1.30pm        GeoHumanities in Practice- addressing challenges activity- led by Jen Bagelman (Exeter)

1.30– 2.15 pm        Lunch (provided)

2.15- 3.45 pm       Work and issue sharing session 

Modelled on art school ‘crits’ rather than formal conference presentations, attendees can choose to present their work informally, and potentially raising particular challenges they would like to discuss to a small audience of ‘critical friends’.  Attendees can also choose to discuss /raise particular challenges they would like to get feedback on from the small audience of critical friend geographers and practitioners

4.00- 5.30 pm        Panel on what next….

A panel discussion will bring together practitioner-academics who have balanced practice within their academic portfolio and who have experience supervising, examining and doing practice-based / led research. Panelists include: Neal White (Westminster); Jen Harvie (QMUL)  and Iain Biggs (Dundee).

For further information and to register interest please email geohumanities@rhul.ac.uk with the following details by 5th June.

1) Name and affiliation (if any)

2) A short description of your interests/sample of your practice

3) If you would like to discuss your work during the crit session, please send over  either a few sentences or key words about your topic and the challenges you would like to brainstorm with the group. We will endeavour to enable as many people to present as wish too.

4) Funding:  TECHNE students can apply for travel from their ad-hoc allowance. For non-TECHNE students limited travel bursaries are available to contribute to travel costs. If you wish to be considered for a travel bursary please send us details of any current funding you receive,  and costings for your attendance on the day.

This event is organised in collaboration with Royal Holloway Centre for the GeoHumanities, AHRC Creating Earth Futures project, and AHRC TECHNE doctoral Training Centre.