Release!
2 September 2008
Graduate Student Conference
Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London
The aim of this student conference is to bring together Masters students of the fields related to ‘culture’ in order to improve awareness of the postgraduate research done at Goldsmiths and to instigate future collaborations. It is also an opportunity to share our own exciting research and writing and to give constructive feedback and input.
Release! is our annual MA students conference: a moment of friendly and relaxing interactivity, where we all can present a brief paper (15-20 minutes) to our colleagues. And nonetheless, it is an opportunity to have fun together and to celebrate the end of our Masters’ Programmes.
To release refers in this case to the act of unbinding or undoing – not as a denial of the path followed for nearly twelve months but as a turning point: the momentum of the flow of the activity is no longer inwards, but becomes released outwards; the solitude of reading, researching and writing is then replaced by the joy of sharing and questioning, not only our work when facing the other, but also the work of our peers.
Being released can be a physical activity of freeing from confinement, obligation or even pain. It can also be taken as a device put into place to unfasten a mechanism. Release! gives then the opportunity to exercise together the celebration of an activity that has reached its end in order to be replaced by other activity.
We invite postgraduate students from the fields of Cultural Studies, Visual Culture, Media & Communication, Anthropology, and Sociology to come together for a day of releasing activities. This is the Release! of our papers and our Release! party!
We will be organizing multiple panels of three-five people, put together based on areas of similarity. Term papers are welcome, as are 'chapters' of dissertations –whatever work you have that you would like to share and get comment on. The requirements are minimal: a 50-100 word abstract of what you propose to talk about by July 21st. We will have a screen at our disposal. If you require particular AV equipment, please inform us in advance. Other technical requirements will also be considered.
Email abstracts, and any inquiries, to release.ccsgold@googlegmail.com
Everyone is invited to attend, participate and discuss about the latest outcomes of cultural research at Goldsmiths. The website for the conference can now be found here: http://releaseconference.blogspot.com
Release! is our annual MA students conference: a moment of friendly and relaxing interactivity, where we all can present a brief paper (15-20 minutes) to our colleagues. And nonetheless, it is an opportunity to have fun together and to celebrate the end of our Masters’ Programmes.
To release refers in this case to the act of unbinding or undoing – not as a denial of the path followed for nearly twelve months but as a turning point: the momentum of the flow of the activity is no longer inwards, but becomes released outwards; the solitude of reading, researching and writing is then replaced by the joy of sharing and questioning, not only our work when facing the other, but also the work of our peers.
Being released can be a physical activity of freeing from confinement, obligation or even pain. It can also be taken as a device put into place to unfasten a mechanism. Release! gives then the opportunity to exercise together the celebration of an activity that has reached its end in order to be replaced by other activity.
We invite postgraduate students from the fields of Cultural Studies, Visual Culture, Media & Communication, Anthropology, and Sociology to come together for a day of releasing activities. This is the Release! of our papers and our Release! party!
We will be organizing multiple panels of three-five people, put together based on areas of similarity. Term papers are welcome, as are 'chapters' of dissertations –whatever work you have that you would like to share and get comment on. The requirements are minimal: a 50-100 word abstract of what you propose to talk about by July 21st. We will have a screen at our disposal. If you require particular AV equipment, please inform us in advance. Other technical requirements will also be considered.
Email abstracts, and any inquiries, to release.ccsgold@googlegmail.com
Everyone is invited to attend, participate and discuss about the latest outcomes of cultural research at Goldsmiths. The website for the conference can now be found here: http://releaseconference.blogspot.com
