The surface studies network was launched by a series of events in Lancaster in May 2013:
- an international interdisciplinary seminar on Theorising Surfaces (24 May)
- an international art exhibition, Surfaces in the Making (23 May - 1 June)
- a workshop with Lancaster academics working on surfaces (23 May)
These events were funded by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the Department of English and Creative Writing and the Department of Sociology, Lancaster University.
For details of future events see the Blog page.
- an international interdisciplinary seminar on Theorising Surfaces (24 May)
- an international art exhibition, Surfaces in the Making (23 May - 1 June)
- a workshop with Lancaster academics working on surfaces (23 May)
These events were funded by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the Department of English and Creative Writing and the Department of Sociology, Lancaster University.
For details of future events see the Blog page.
Theorising Surfaces: An Interdisciplinary Seminar
24 May 2013, The Storey Creative Industries Centre, Lancaster
The seminar brought together international academics and artists and aimed to initiate a network of scholars working in ‘surface studies’ and to establish a set of comparative theoretical co-ordinates for this emerging field.
Speakers:
- Patricia Cahill (English, Emory University, USA) ‘Surface impressions: Skin terrors and textures in early modern moor plays’
- Sarah Casey (Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts, Lancaster University) On Murmurs
- Tim Ingold (Anthropology, University of Aberdeen) ‘Beyond superficiality and depth: Surfaces and the interstices of things’
- Celia Lury (Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, University of Warwick) ‘Interface methods and folded surfaces’
- Daniel Rozin (ITP, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University) On Mirror No.12 and other works
- Jen Southern (Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts, Lancaster University) On Running Stitch and other works
- Kathryn Yusoff (Geography, Queen Mary's, University of London) ‘Subterranean surfaces in the Anthropocene’
24 May 2013, The Storey Creative Industries Centre, Lancaster
The seminar brought together international academics and artists and aimed to initiate a network of scholars working in ‘surface studies’ and to establish a set of comparative theoretical co-ordinates for this emerging field.
Speakers:
- Patricia Cahill (English, Emory University, USA) ‘Surface impressions: Skin terrors and textures in early modern moor plays’
- Sarah Casey (Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts, Lancaster University) On Murmurs
- Tim Ingold (Anthropology, University of Aberdeen) ‘Beyond superficiality and depth: Surfaces and the interstices of things’
- Celia Lury (Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, University of Warwick) ‘Interface methods and folded surfaces’
- Daniel Rozin (ITP, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University) On Mirror No.12 and other works
- Jen Southern (Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts, Lancaster University) On Running Stitch and other works
- Kathryn Yusoff (Geography, Queen Mary's, University of London) ‘Subterranean surfaces in the Anthropocene’
Surfaces in the Making Art Exhibition
23 May - 1 June 2013, The Storey Creative Industries Centre, Lancaster, UK
This international art exhibition explored ways in which different surfaces are made and engaged with via works on digital media and interactivity, drawing and materiality, walking and landscape, and mobility, mapping and digital technologies.
23 May - 1 June 2013, The Storey Creative Industries Centre, Lancaster, UK
This international art exhibition explored ways in which different surfaces are made and engaged with via works on digital media and interactivity, drawing and materiality, walking and landscape, and mobility, mapping and digital technologies.
Theorising Surfaces Workshop
Thursday 23rd May 2013, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Lancaster University
Speakers included:
- Ian Gregory (History) 'Mapping the earth’s surfaces'
- Christopher Donaldson (History) ‘"Over sands to the lakes": surfaces in literary and regional studies'
- Oscar Javier Maldonado Castañeda (Sociology) 'The map, the land and the skin: vaccines and stories about healthcare in Colombia'
- Angela Loxham (Sociology) 'Clothing, the skin and liberal governance'
- Lauren Eaves (English and Creative Writing) 'Embodying reading'
- Liz Oakley-Brown (English and Creative Writing) 'Screening affect and Shakespearean "skinema"'
- Alison Findlay (English and Creative Writing) 'The deep value of surfaces'
- Jo Carruthers (English and Creative Writing)
- Rebecca Coleman (Sociology) 'Bringing the image to life: screens and the coordination of the social'
- Charalampia Kerasidou (Sociology) 'Theorising distant interfaces'
Thursday 23rd May 2013, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Lancaster University
Speakers included:
- Ian Gregory (History) 'Mapping the earth’s surfaces'
- Christopher Donaldson (History) ‘"Over sands to the lakes": surfaces in literary and regional studies'
- Oscar Javier Maldonado Castañeda (Sociology) 'The map, the land and the skin: vaccines and stories about healthcare in Colombia'
- Angela Loxham (Sociology) 'Clothing, the skin and liberal governance'
- Lauren Eaves (English and Creative Writing) 'Embodying reading'
- Liz Oakley-Brown (English and Creative Writing) 'Screening affect and Shakespearean "skinema"'
- Alison Findlay (English and Creative Writing) 'The deep value of surfaces'
- Jo Carruthers (English and Creative Writing)
- Rebecca Coleman (Sociology) 'Bringing the image to life: screens and the coordination of the social'
- Charalampia Kerasidou (Sociology) 'Theorising distant interfaces'
