Closing Keynote at LCC’s Teaching and Learning Conference. 01.05.2019.
Rhizomatic Collaborative Assemblages (Swirling the Atmosphere)
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THE KING OF POP(ULAR) CULTURE; DR MARK INGHAM – CHLOÉ GRIFFIN
THE KING OF POP(ULAR) CULTURE; DR MARK INGHAM – CHLOÉ GRIFFIN
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Lingering Spaces: A Drifting Walking Tour of some of LCC’s Learning Landscapes | UAL
Lingering Spaces: A Drifting Walking Tour of some of LCC’s Learning Landscapes
Event date
14 March 2019 (4pm to 5pm)
Location
London College of Communication
Status
Open
Contact
events@lcc.arts.ac.ukThursday 14 March 2019
4 – 6pm
Lower Gallery
London College of Communication
Elephant & Castle, London, SE1 6SB.
Free and open to all UAL Staff/Students
Book your place here.Mark Ingham, Reader in Critical and Nomadic Pedagogies and Paul Myers, LCC’s Director of Change Management will take you on a walking tour of some of the new and innovative learning spaces that have been created at LCC over the last couple of years.
Paul, from his research into learning spaces, will discuss what the characteristics of the pedagogical spaces needed by the college are, as well as the use of neighbourhoods to help support teaching and learning.
Mark will introduce his research into liminal learning spaces, such as the corners, edges, and informal spaces of and between neighbourhoods. Mark will ask the question: ‘how can we prevent ‘learning-loss’ when we design a space ‘pedagogically’, as much as we do when designing spaces for minimum ‘heat loss’?’
Research Fortnight is our annual celebration of research across UAL. This year’s programme at LCC dives deep into the creative work of staff and students. It features events and exhibitions exploring themes of conflict, reconciliation, displacement, refugee experience, and social justice.
Central to research in our schools of Screen, Design, and Media is a commitment to socially-engaged practice, visible in our teaching and accessible to our students.
Join us as we examine contemporary cultural politics through creative practice.
4 – 15 March 2019.
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The Theory and Practice of ‘Theory and Practice’ in Art and Design HE
17 May 2017
9.30am to 4.30pm
Location:
Red Room
Chelsea College of Arts John Islip Street
SW1P 4JU
Event Status:
Open
Event Contact:
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Overview
This teaching platform will look beyond the simple binaries between theory and practice and put into focus the evolving pedagogical relationships between these two different yet intertwined disciplines. It seeks to be inclusive of current theories and practices that relate theory and practice. It aims to question contemporary theories and practices, which support ‘theory and practice’ in Art and Design undergraduate courses in the UK. The conference will consider the long and complex history of the ways in which theory and practice has been taught on arts undergraduate courses in the UK. From the Coldstream Reports in 1969/70 with the introduction of Art History and Complementary studies on an undergraduate degree in Art and Design and the subsequent developments in Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, Complimentary and Contextual Studies. As Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1990 p2) argues, “Since practice is an irreducible theoretical moment, no practice takes place without presupposing itself as a example of a more or less powerful theory,” then can we now see the possibility of there being no difference between theory and practice being the future of the pedagogies of theory and practice in UK undergraduate courses? The conference will reflect on how different writing practices support the relationships between theory and practice in contemporary Arts education. As this education, now contextualised within the massification of the University sector, involves preparing students for the world beyond university, we ask how can these writing practices support this preparation? What will I learn? Themes covered by the day will include: writing practices; the possibilities of being no difference between theory and practice; the future of the relationships between theory and practice in UK undergraduate courses; curriculum models and pedagogies that most effectively support the integration of theory and practice. Who should attend? Spivak, G. C., Harasym, S. (ed) (1990) The Post-Colonial Critic: Interviews, Strategies, Dialogues. Routledge. New York & London Draft Programme (subject to change)
Speaker Biographies Craig Burston is Course Leader on BA (Hons) Graphic and Media Design at London College of Communication. His teaching emphasis focuses on the practical testing and application of semiotic theory, the interplay between analogue and digital media and the impact of new technologies upon aesthetics. Craig’s ongoing practice based research explores the relationship between iconic representation, memory and communication and has manifested itself through a range of output including audio-visual collaborations, gallery installations, research seminars and comic strips. With photographer and digital media artist Richard Tomlinson, Craig is also the co-founder of skip-rat designs, latterly skipratmedia. Twitter: @skipratmedia Katharine Dwyer spent a decade working in a corporate environment before returning to study Fine Art at UAL. Katharine completed her Master of Fine Art (MFA) at Wimbledon College of Arts in 2016. Her art pratice explores languages of authority, both personal and institutional, which are used to manufacture consent in the modern workplace. Twitter @tumble33 Dr. Mark Ingham is the Contextual and Theoretical Studies Coordinator at London College of Communication. Mark is a fine artist who uses old SLR film cameras and LED lights to create multiple slide projectors in large scale art installations. His art and design research includes, relationships between autobiographical memory and photography, Gilles Deleuze’s and Felix Guattari’s ideas of ‘Becoming Rhizomatic’. His pedagogical research into the relationships between theory and practice and their roles in art and design disciplines has made him acutely aware of the importance of an holistic approach to teaching. He used his knowledge of making and doing skills, including design and multimedia software, in combination with his practical and theoretical knowledge to give students a full and rounded educational experience. Twitter: @malarkeypalaver Dr Julia Lockheart is the director of the Writing-PAD project and co-editor, with Professor John Wood, of the Journal of Writing in Creative Practice. She has studied both Fine Art and TESOL to MA level and is also qualified to teach adults with SpLDs (Dyslexia). Julia has a PhD in Design from Goldsmiths, University of London. Her research focussed on developing tools for co-writing in design teams. She has presented and published both nationally and internationally. Twitter: @jollyjewels Prof Susan Orr is Dean: Learning, Teaching and Enhancement at University of the Arts London. Susan has written extensively on the subject of art and design assessment and her more recent work explores various aspects of art and design pedagogy in higher education. Susan is editor for the journal Art, Design and Communication in Higher Education, and on the editorial board of three further journals. Susan is on the Executive of CHEAD (Council for Higher Education in Art and Design) and GLAD (Group for Learning in Art and Design). In 2010, Susan was awarded a Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellowship. This was awarded in recognition of her teaching, leadership, research and contribution to art and design HE pedagogy. Twitter: @Susan_K_Orr Carlotta Solari is multidisciplinary designer and artist, and Michel Erler is a designer and researcher. Both are recent graduates from BA (Hons) Interaction Design Arts at London College of Communication (UAL). Twitter @SolariTotti @MichelErler David Webster is Associate Dean: Learning, Teaching and Enhancement for Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges at University of the Arts London. Teaching Platform Series For more information about Teaching and Learning at UAL visit the Exchange website. To subscribe to our mailing list for more details about these and other events, please email teachingexchange@arts.ac.uk, or follow us on Twitter @UALTLE. |
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