Temporal Connections
Research Student Conference and Exhibition
University for the Creative Arts – to be held at Farnham Maltings
Conference date: 27 March 2018
Exhibition date: 24 – 29 March 2018 (Private View 27 March 2018)
The theme of the conference is Temporal Connections, exploring the relationships between culture and time through our practice. The aim is to create a discussion around the different issues and aspects of research currently undertaken by PhD students at UCA.
One of the most fundamental traits of human communication is the ability to express time (Klein and Pi, 2009:1), but time is not a uniform notion. There are different concepts of time in physics, biology, psychology, anthropology and philosophy. The way we think about and experience time is shaped by genetics and our social and cultural experiences.
Temporal connections link our distant past, our nostalgia for the present and our fear or anticipation of the future. Critically engaging with history, memory, culture, tradition and modernity post-graduate students from UCA create synergies between our conscious and unconscious perceptions of time.
Proposals are invited which address but are not limited to the following themes:
• The relationship between culture and time and cultural attitudes to time.
• The synergy between memory and history.
• Our perception of time through engagement with tradition and modernity.
The conference will explore contemporary doctoral research and will provide students with an opportunity to establish a dialogue that critically reflects upon current research in art and design. By bringing together the varied methodological approaches, practices and theoretical positions that characterise postgraduate research, the conference aims to be a space to engage with peers about the nature of new knowledge.
There will be an evening reception in the exhibition space following the conference.
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Conference – Call for Papers (open to UCA and CREST member institutions) Research students are invited to submit a title and 200-word abstract outlining a 20 minute presentation on an aspect of their research, which relates to the theme of the conference. |
Klein, W and Pi, L (2009) ‘Introduction’ In: Klein, W and Pi, L (ed.) The Expression of Time. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter pp. 1-4
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Please also supply at least one JPEG image of your work (minimum 300 dpi) which may be used in the conference publicity material. Deadline for abstracts: Midnight 1st December 2017 |
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Research Student Exhibition (open to UCA students only) UCA Research students are also invited to submit work relating to their current research to be included in the associated exhibition at the Farnham Maltings. Students should submit a brief proposal of up to 200 words and up to three JPEG images (minimum 300 dpi) to describe the work to be exhibited. Students must set-up their own work on the 23rd March or arrange for someone to set-up on their behalf and must collect work between 5pm and 9pm on 29th March. Deadline for exhibition proposals: Midnight 1st December 2017 |
All submissions and enquires to the Research Office at:
roffice@ucreative.ac.uk with the subject heading ‘Research Student Conference’ and your name (i.e. Research Student Conference – J. Smith)
For any enquiries regarding your submission please contact Sian Jones at 01252 892853 or Mary O’Hagan at 01252 892922
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