Day Two Programme – Friday 9th December
Please note: the conference programme is subject to change at any point before or during the conference itself.
9:00 – 9:20 Welcome Announcements
Overview from Conference Lead Milly Mulcahey regarding conference layout, programme and commitment to accessibility.
Comments by Direct Kate Lacey and new Deputy Director John Drever.
9:20 – 9:45 Work in Progress
Chair: Milly Mulcahey, Center for Indigenous and Settler Colonial Studies, Kent University
Angela Uhthoff: “Digital Art and it’s Creators in Cuba: Identity, Cultural Change and Conceptualization of Revolution”
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Bio: Angela is a Mexican social anthropologist and she also does visual arts. She has a MA in Latin American Studies and a MA in Arts Creation. She has worked as a history teacher, as a painting teacher, and as a Research assistant, and she has done fieldwork in México and Bolivia.
Eliane Correa “Whose tango? – An overview of the (p)layers of appropriation in the tango spaces of Buenos Aires”
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My PhD research is on music tourism and tourism music in Latin America, with a specific focus on Havana and Buenos Aires. I will present on tango tourism and imagery in Buenos Aires and the social cleansing resulting from government policy around promotion of tango in the tourism industry.
Bio: I am a Latinx pianist, composer, producer and ethnomusicologist. I’m one of the key players in the London Latin scene and I tour with Hans Zimmer and other big film music productions. I’m in my MPhil year of a CHASE-funded Music/Social Anthropology PhD at SOAS. My research focuses on tropes of authenticity in music tourism in Latin America, with specific focus on Havana and Buenos Aires. My aim is to generate an anthropological toolbox that might help policymakers in Latin America develop more self-sovereign, decolonised and culturally sustainable initiatives.
9:50 – 10:50am Room One: Practitioner-Researcher
Chair Mark Parker
9:50 – 10:50am Room Two: Exploring Normality and Transformation in Historic Texts
Chair Jessica Coulson
11:00 – 12:00pm Wellbeing Session
Room One: Yoga – Embrace the True Self | Hypnosis – Become Who You Are
led by Cass XuXin
“…Hypnosis is the art of presenting ideas directly to the receptive unconscious mind…” This session, delivered by Cass XuXin, combines ancient practice YogaNidrã and modern science based Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherapy, MesmeRest, delivering a Therapeutic Deep Relaxation, bringing IMMEDIATE physical and emotional benefits, melting away stress, fear, pain and anxiety.
Room Two: Collage Poetry led by Hanna Randall
No art skills or creativity required! In this session, you will be introduced to word-image collage poetry with examples of artists who use the medium and some warm-up exercises to settle into the creative moment. You will then make your own word-image collage poem in response to a guided prompt. There will be the opportunity at the end of the session to share your artwork with the group, though this is entirely optional. This session is intended to help you to get into meditative flow and state of creative self-expression by engaging with word-image practice and accessible collaging techniques.
In preparation for the session, please gather collaging materials such as newspapers, flyers, magazines, glue, scissors etc.
If you would prefer to work digitally and have access to photoshop or Adobe Express, you are welcome to do so! Universities often grant students free access to the adobe package. Make sure you have downloaded the app and are at least a bit familiar with the tools before the session starts.
Room Three: Growing A Way to Wellbeing
Host: Harry Salisbury – Climate Justice Network
In this engaging session, Emily and Debi from the Kent Community Oasis Garden will talk about the value of community gardening, both to your mental wellbeing and to the planet. Learn more about their sustainable practices and the value of volunteering and getting into nature, as they introduce you to the garden – its vegetable patches, ponds and even the house plant hospital. At the end, you’ll have a chance to ask questions and find out how to get involved.
12:00 – 12:50 LUNCH
12:50 – 1:50pm Room One: Placements
In this session hear from CHASE attendees who reflect on their placement experiences and share opportunities and advice for your placement.
Session Lead: Hanna, the CHASE Knowledge Exchange Hub officer
Lucy Splarn, reflections from my Horrible Histories Placement.
Lesley Carvello, reflections from my Parisian Placement at The Sorbonne.
Nikolaus, reflections from my placement at the June Givanni Pan African Cinema Archive (JGPACA) and current placement opportunities open for CHASE students.
12:50 – 1:50pm Room Two: CHASE Research Networks – Introduction and Panel Discussion
Session Lead: Sandy
Join this session to learn about CHASE Research Networks, the student-led CHASE-funded organisations building community around interdisciplinary research methods, sites of activism, and researcher well-being and advocacy. Hear from the Digital Studies Collective (DiSCo), the Practice as Research Network, Diversity Network, the Climate Justice Network and the Medical Humanities Network followed by a panel discussion with network representatives. Find out how you can benefit by joining a preexisting network, and discover the best ways to start your own.
2:00 – 3:30pm Training Sessions
Room One: Mapping your Research Landscape – Natalie James
In order to build a long-term sustainable research career it is important to have a clear understanding of your research field and how you and your research fit within it. With a well-developed strategic awareness of how your research fits within the ‘research landscape’ you will be in the best position to make decisions about how to build your profile within a dynamic research environment. In this interactive workshop we will explore tools and approaches to assist in strategic awareness and planning for your research.
Room Two: Introduction to Knowledge Exchange and Research Impact (& KEH Events Jury)
This session is for research students who would like to understand more about knowledge exchange (KE) in practice and what knowledge exchange activities look like across different research specialisms. It would also appeal to those who would like to help shape and be part of the discourse around the upcoming CHASE KEH ‘Knowledge Exchange in Practice’ events series.
Knowledge exchange includes any activity that involves/facilitates sharing ideas between academic/higher education (HE) settings and external or non-HE organisations. Therefore, knowledge exchange provides the opportunity to work with people whose approach may differ from your own; whether this be methodological, professional, or otherwise. By sharing research and ideas, scholars and industries benefit from a greater range of expertise and have a greater impact on society. For researchers, this may involve gaining valuable professional development/skills from industry, or enlisting specialist outside expertise to assist with a research problem.
The session will begin with a small panel of KE specialists from CHASE member institutions who will briefly discuss their institution’s approach to KE and what KE activities look like across research specialisms. After the panel discussion, Hanna, the CHASE Knowledge Exchange Hub officer, will announce and detail the first two events in the upcoming CHASE KEH ‘Knowledge Exchange in Practice’ series. Attendees will then move to break-out rooms for a workshop/jury session to create and discuss ideas for further future events in the series that might benefit the cohort. This is an opportunity to really shape the sorts of events that you would like to attend and learn from.
3:35 – 4:00pm Closing Remarks and Thank yous
Closing remarks and distribution of feedback forms by Chase Conference Lead and Management