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The Joy of Collections and a Small Ethical Quandary- Shelley Farrar
I am currently finalising the logistics of my next data collection session and I have been musing on the distinct privilege we have as postgraduate researchers in our ability to access many incredible collections and archives. Getting to see the behind-the-scenes work...
The Visual And The Verbal by Alison Clarke
Click here to go to the films of the students’ presentations'Interdisciplinarity' seems to be somewhat of a buzzword in academia at the moment, appearing prominently as part of collaborative projects and research proposals. But to what extent can we actually apply...
The Visual and the Verbal by Kimberley Braxton
Click here to go to the films of the students’ presentationsAs an old Lancaster student any excuse to return is grabbed with both hands. Furthermore, I require manuscript training as part of my thesis so the day sounded ideal. We were all instantly made to feel...
The Visual And The Verbal by Anna Burton
Click here to go to the films of the students’ presentations'The Visual and the Verbal’: Ruskin and Chateau Blonay.Anna BurtonUniversity of LiverpoolChateau Blonay, near Vevay, Switzerland, 12th August 1846. This drawing was placed in front of me at ‘The Visual and...
Hats, Hearts and Hat-tricks: NWCDTP Knowledge Exchange Day 19 May 2015
NW Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership Day of Exchange Between the DTP’s cultural partners and students 19 May 2015Brief Context:Impact has become an important criterion in evaluating research work and is measured by the research’s heartbeat, amplification or...
Meet The Neighbours! (NWCDTP ‘Meet The Cultural Partners’ Day) Pete Kalu
Did you ever move into a new neighbourhood as a kid? Remember how all the local kids came out of their houses, sat on their walls, folded their arms and, well, checked you out? -What you got?- they’d be suggesting. Then you maybe bust a new dance move, or wore some...
The Email Dilemma (Shelley Farrar)
This month I have learnt that I am terribly impatient. I have been waiting for writing feedback, data catalogues to choose the best museum material, responses from curators, details of the long awaited departmental building move and the looming decision of an...
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night*
Watching on television a group of people in grief at the death of a relative after some bombing, some atrocity or even some accident, those sudden 3 second shots have always for me suggested a spontaneous expression of grief. So the idea of the performance of emotion...
The Lecturing Learning Curve (Shelley Farrar)
Looking back at the last term, I consider my increasing participation in departmental teaching to be a small achievement. I had already gained experience in human osteology lab demonstrations but guiding a small group of second year undergraduates through their lab...
Dreaming Up Ideas
I've always felt the best ideas come to me when I'm not formally paying attention to the problem: they sneak in when my guard's down and declare themselves, usually at night, when I am in a certain mood. I've often wondered whether there could be a way of noticing...