Events

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Events 2010-11 coming soon!

Past Events

CULTUREWORKS-IN-PROGRESS

Cultureworks is pleased to announce presentations of recipients of seed grant funding as part of the current Works-in-Progress series. The purpose of the broader Works-in-Progress series is to provide a forum for faculty to present their work in progress to a small, interdisciplinary audience.
Location: University Club.

Fall 2009

Tuesday November 3, 2009 at 11:30 am

Rosemary Polegato (Commerce, Ron Joyce Centre for Business Studies)
Questioning Convention: Writing Case Studies for Arts Organizations

Tuesday, November 17, at 11:30 am

Chris Down (Fine Arts)
Escaping Landscaping

Winter 2010

Monday January 11 at 11:30 am

Dr. Marilyn Walker (Anthropology) and artist Linda Dornan
An intermedia, intercultural exploration of a sacred site in the Maritimes

Amanda Dawn Christie (Fine Arts)
Marshland Radio Plumbing Project: Electroacoustic and Oral History Aspect

Dr. Jennifer Harris (English)
Tracing the Black Presence in Westmorland County, New Brunswick

Marking Time and Making Space: Developing a Research Nexus in Creativity and the Management of Cultural Resources

January 16-17, 2009

A two-day symposium to launch the program brought together members of the university, with selected guests from local communities and cultural organizations, to discuss the objectives and purpose of the grant, to obtain input into how the proposed program might function, and to lay the groundwork for the rest of the three-year grant, including the seed grants and potential longer term funding. The event was facilitated by Dawn Arnold, Chair / Présidente of Festival Frye Festival, and featured panel presentations from representatives of external organizations and faculty members, in addition to smaller group discussions.

Download the report and discussion paper from the symposium.

(howwhatwhenwherewhy) culture works creative practice annd research roundtables

May 21-22, 2009

In May of 2009, Cultureworks presented two roundtable forums on emerging intersections in the research, creative investigation, and management of cultural resources. The roundtables provided an opportunity for faculty and community members to explore their common interests in the emerging practice of culture, as well as possible partnerships for further activity in the future. In conversation with invited speakers and panelists, these sessions offered the opportunity to discuss, develop and hone ideas and concepts as we considered points of convergence as well as directions in relation to developing research trends and new grounds of creative and critical expertise.

The roundtables introduced faculty research and creative projects in conversation with the perspectives of visiting speakers who offered starting points for discussion of the nature, effects, and potential of culture, and the relationship between cultural form and inquiry. As host to an evolving range of research practices, alliances and projects, Cultureworks will reflect diverse interdisciplinary networks within and beyond the university. The exchange of ideas probed the intersection of research and creative practice and how they might inform each other and the forging of new frameworks and models of investigation.

Creative and Critical Research: Directions and Convergences

Thursday May 21, 2009

Guest presenters: Christine Macy, John Murchie, Darrell Varga + faculty/community
Participants: Helen Pridmore, Adriana Kuiper, Robert Lapp, Peter Brown, Ian Crutchley, Janine Rogers, Thaddeus Holownia

Practicing Culture: Bridging Creative, Critical and Management Dimensions of Culture and Heritage

Friday May 22, 2009

Guest presenters: Kate Davis, Andrew Hunter and faculty/community
Participants: Rosemary Polegato, Chris Down, Alex Fancy, Dominic Watson Wall, Paul Bogaard, Bruce Robertson, John Murchie, Amanda Dawn Christie

Summary notes and audio copies of the presentations are now available, here.

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Mount Allison University
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Sackville, New Brunswick Canada E4L 1C9