Migratory Practices: exchanges between anthropology, art, craft and design
Manchester Metropolitan University
Programme Last Updated 31st August 2006
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| Tuesday 5th September | |
|---|---|
| 9.30 | Registration/tea and coffee |
| 10.00 | Welcome Address |
| 10.15 | Keynote Speeches The Craft of Anthropology Exhibiting Africa: some thoughts about pots |
| 12.15 | Lunch |
| 1.30 | Session 1 Extending the debate
Discussant: Sharon Macdonald, University of Manchester Developing a 21st century art collection in a global context Ethnographic methods in art, craft and design: beneficial appropriation
or corporate exploitation? |
| 2.30 | Discussion |
| 3.00 | Coffee |
| 3.15 | Session 2 Fieldworks
Discussant: Judith Palmer, Manchester Metropolitan University Field Notes Compared: Scientific and Artistic Practice Alternative Forms of Theory: Drawing as Understanding My Fieldwork in a glass-case |
| 4.45 | Discussion |
| 5.15 | Drinks reception |
| 6.30 | Red Calico and Beginnings Roy Villevoye |
| Wednesday September 6th | |
| 9.00 | Session 3 Making and ethnography
Discussant: Jane Webb, Manchester Metropolitan University Identity and Culture: the pottery making culture of Kwanyama women A Thread, a Line, a Fabric The practice of stitch as movement |
| 10.30 | Discussion |
| 11.15 | Coffee |
| 11.30 | Session 4 Ethics
Discussant: Jeremy Theophilus, A Fine Line/HAT Beyond the Seas: the effects of dislocation on material culture and craft practice Listening and talking back: inter-cultural collaboration in ‘Weaving the Murray’ |
| 12.30 | Discussion |
| 1.15 | Lunch |
| 2.15 | Session 5 Crossing borders
Discussant: Rupert Cox, University of Manchester Can Anthropologists talk about beauty? Absence and Imagination |
| 3.15 | Discussion |
| 3.45 | Coffee |
| 4.00 | Plenary |
| 5.00 | Close |
