The Seminar II: Preparation of the Thesis\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/i><\/b>(Spring 2014)<\/p>\n
Seminar II places attention upon the task of writing a thesis and, for practice-based researchers, examines approaches to art practice. The subtitle of this module, \u2018Preparation of the Thesis\u2019, refers to a range of practices, including reading, writing, critical thinking, fieldwork and art practice, that need to cohere in order to produce high-quality, original research. Weekly set readings and interventions prompt debate in key areas of interest relevant to the devising and development of doctoral research in the arts.<\/p>\n
Schedule & Readings 2014<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Wednesday 26 February (12-2pm) <\/p>\n Wednesday 12 March (1-3pm) Wednesday 19 March (1-3pm) | Easter Break |\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Wednesday 14 May Wednesday 21 May Wednesday 4 June<\/strong> The Seminar II: Preparation of the Thesis\u00a0(Spring 2014) Seminar II places attention upon the task of writing a thesis and, for practice-based researchers, examines approaches to art practice. The subtitle of this module, \u2018Preparation of the Thesis\u2019, refers to a range of practices, including reading, writing, critical thinking, fieldwork and art practice, that need to … Continue reading “The Seminar II”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93777,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1884","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93777"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1884"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1884\/revisions\/2393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsapgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong><\/strong>Session 1: Units of Analysis
\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/span>Based on some short extracts, but also your own research and what you think constitutes ‘analysis’ in your work, this session will consider the different kinds of analysis we engage in and what similarities and differences exist across subject areas.
\n<\/em>Set Reading
\n<\/span>(1) Lynch, K. (1960)\u00a0The Image of the City. MIT Press, pp.46-49.
\n<\/em>(2) L\u00e9vi-Strauss, C. (2001) ‘Structure’ in C.Counsell and L.Wolf (ed.)\u00a0Performance Analysis<\/em>. Routledge, pp.17-24.
\n(3) Rose, G. (2012)\u00a0Visual Methodologies, 3rd ed. Sage, pp.19-21.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Session 2: Planning Projects<\/span>
\n<\/strong>This session will\u00a0discuss the practicalities of planning \u00a0projects that either connect with or underpin your PhD research. The session will\u00a0explain\u00a0about accessing Faculty resources and funds (with reference to Health & Safety and Ethics approval), and will also provide a forum to discuss how we might\u00a0collaborate to gain wider exposure \u00a0and experience with research events and\u00a0initiatives.
\n<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Session 3: Designerly Ways of Knowing<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Sciences and the Arts (or Humanities) have long been\u00a0referred to as the ‘Two Cultures’ of education and research. But what about a ‘third culture’: Design? This seminar invites discussion around ideas of ‘designerly ways of knowing’, based on two specific articles by Nigel Cross.
\n<\/em>Set Reading<\/span>
\n(1) Cross, N. (1982) ‘Designerly Ways of Knowing’,<\/em>\u00a0Design Studies<\/em>, Vol. 3, No. 4,\u00a0pp.221-227.
\n(2)\u00a0Cross, N. (2001) ‘Designerly Ways of Knowing: Design Discipline Versus Design Science’,<\/em>\u00a0Design Issues<\/em>, Vol. 17, No. 3,\u00a0pp.49-55.
\nSee also: BBC Radio 4, Life Scientific<\/em>,interview with\u00a0Professor Mark Miodownik from UCL, and one of the founders of the\u00a0Materials Library:\u00a0http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b03xdmz8
\n<\/a>See post-session blog-post: <\/strong>Designerly Ways of Knowing<\/a>
\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWednesday 26 March (12-2pm) NB. Highfield Campus<\/span>
\nUoS Event: Computationally Intensive Imaging Art Exhibition<\/span>
\n<\/strong>As part of Interdisciplinary Research Week 2014 at the University of Southampton:
\n<\/em>“The ability to exploit data processing\/mining, visualisation, inverse modelling, large scale computation and best practice in data handling produces fundamental challenges in the information available, making computation a core element of virtually all major imaging developments. Southampton is well placed in supporting this reality of contemporary imaging. Commonality is identifiable across the Southampton activities in terms of both their computationally intensive nature and their interdisciplinarity. This exhibition will showcase some of the amazing 2D and 3D images used in research by members of the Computationally Intensive Imaging USRG who will also be on hand to explain the techniques used in creating these images”
\nNB. Places limited:<\/strong>\u00a0BOOKING REQUIRED
\n<\/a><\/strong>Venue: Observatory, Level 7, Building 85, Highfield Campus Time: 12:00 \u2013 14:00<\/p>\n
\nWednesday 30 April
\nSession 4: Against What? Screenings, Seminar + Picnic
\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/strong>“Filmmaker, artist and writer Harun Farocki is among a number of European auteur filmmakers who explore the limits of representation in so-called \u2018essay films\u2019. He once stated that his films were made \u2018against the cinema and against the television\u2019. [\u2026] Farocki employs found footage and sequences that foreground the discrepancy between television style \u2018official\u2019 history, and real-life events.” (Tate). This seminar will begin at 12pm with an occasion to view some of Farocki’s video works, followed by discussion of two set texts about visual critique.\u00a0Please feel free to bring lunch with you so we can share a picnic as well as the films!
\n<\/em>Set Reading
\n<\/span>(1) Brenez, N (2010) ‘Harun Farocki ad the Romantic Genesis of the Principle of Visual Critique’\u00a0in Eshun, K. & Ehmann, A. (eds.)\u00a0Harun Farocki: Against What? Against Whom?\u00a0<\/em>Walther K\u00f6nig, pp.
\n(2) Ranci\u00e8re, J. (2011) ‘The Intolerable Image’ in\u00a0The Emancipated Spectator<\/em>.\u00a0Verso, pp.83-105.
\nSee also:\u00a0Harun Farocki: Talking Art<\/a>\u00a0(Tate) |\u00a0Video Data Bank<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0http:\/\/www.farocki-film.de<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWednesday 7 May
\n<\/strong>Session 5: What the Thesis Looks Like
\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/strong>Dr Rima\u00a0Chahrour\u00a0recenlty completed her PhD with us at Winchester School of Art. In this seminar she will offer her insights into the nature, scope and\u00a0practicalities of the practice-based thesis.
\n<\/em><\/em>(See Rima’s blog post about her research:\u00a0<\/em>Your Mother is a Doll<\/a>)
\nSet Reading
\n<\/span>Katy Macleod and Lin Holdridge (2005) ‘The enactment of thinking: the creative practice Ph.D’ in\u00a0Journal of Visual Art Practice<\/em>, Vol 4, No.2-3, pp.197-207.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Session 6: Museum Values
\n<\/strong><\/span>‘Museums have several functions as custodians of heritage and culture, disseminators of knowledge about heritage and as places that attract tourists as well as local residents.’ This seminar will be consider the function and management of the museum. Given the wide range of cultural contexts associated with current postgraduate research at WSA the seminar will also provide an opportunity to discuss the broader politics of display and cultural identity.
\nSet Reading
\n<\/span>(1) Thu Thi Trinh & Chris Ryan (2013) ‘Museums, exhibits and visitor satisfaction: a study of the Cham Museum, Danang, Vietnam’, Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change<\/em>, 11:4, 239-263.
\n(2)\u00a0Sue M. Davies et al. (2013) ‘The museum values framework: a framework for understanding organisational culture in museums’,\u00a0Museum Management and Curatorship<\/em>,\u00a0Vol. 28, No. 4, 345-361.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>ALL DAY EVENT : Looking at Images (Workshop 1)
\n<\/span><\/strong>AHRC-funded Event. Booking Required. More Details…<\/a><\/p>\n
\nSession 7: Of Performance and Performativity\u2026<\/strong><\/span>
\nIdeas about ‘performance’ crop up in a number of our discussions. The idea of eventfulness and different kinds of temporarily and ephemerality are potentially issues that arise in your work. Also, crucially, social and political questions concerning presentation and representation (not least of issues relating to gender) are central to much of our work. This week’s seminar will look at a very well known and important text by Judith Butler on ‘performativity’, along with a few other different examples of what we mean by performance.
\nSet Reading
\n<\/span>(1) Judith Butler, ‘Performative Acts and Gender Constitution’,\u00a0Theatre Journal<\/em>, 40, No.4, 1988, 519-31.
\n(2) Emilyn Claid, ‘Setting the Scene’, from\u00a0Yes? No! Maybe<\/em>\u2026<\/i> Routledge, 2006.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"