26 and 27 February 2009

 Institute of Historical Research, University of London

This two day conference has been organised as part of the Collaborative Research Training Scheme, Student Led Initiative

Discussion Topics

Public debate: Collaborative Research: New Knowledge and New Challenges 

The public debate will take the discussion beyond the specific CDA funding scheme to reflect more generally upon inter-disciplinary and inter-institutional research collaboration. It will contextualise the work of the CDA scheme and encourage reflection upon the broader implications and potentiality of collaborative research.

Confirmed speakers are:

• Professor Nigel Llewellyn, Head of Research at the Tate
• Professor Sara Arber, Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey.
• Professor Christopher Breward, Acting Head of Research, V&A
• Professor Shearer West, Director of Research, Arts and Humanities Research Council

Plenary Session: Collaborative Research - Expectations, Processes and Outcomes

Following on from the theoretical reflection on day one and teh 'CDA Approaches' conference held in November 2008 in London, the speakers will explore methodological and practical questions that arose in their own collaborations and refer them to the expectations of, and the relationship between, institutions and people involved.

The speakers are:

• Ben Cranfield, CDA student, London Consortium/ICA
• Anna Harding, CEO SPACE
• Alicial Miller, CDA student, Lonodn Consortium/SPACE

The Future of Collaborative Research at the Arts and Humanities Research Council

Robert Keegan, Programme Manager, Arts and Humanities Research Council will present.

Parallel Sessions

• Design as Cultural Practice
• Studying the Built Environment
• The Reserach Process
• Performing and Representing the City
• Critical Approaches to Archives
• Collecting and Documenting Art and Art Practice
• Understanding and Representing Colonial History
• Archaeological Methodology

Further information

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