Evolution House, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
Organisers: Jen Southern (Lancaster), Michelle Bastian (Edinburgh) and Alex Buchanan (Liverpool)
Confirmed Speakers include: Professor Rachel Thomson (Sussex), Professor Chris Speed (Edinburgh), Dr Jennifer Whillans (Manchester), Dr Helen Holmes (Sheffield), Dr James Ash (Northumbria), Martin Green ( Lancaster).
Time is a perennial issue in arts, humanities and social sciences research, which is paradoxically both one of the most obvious and one of the most obscure facets of everyday life. This workshop complements current interest in exploring the temporality of methods, by exploring what methods might be available for understanding and/or discovering different perceptions of time.
Organised by Jen Southern from Catalyst at Lancaster University, the event will showcase innovative creative methods for recognising and articulating the often implicit conceptualisations and experiences of time that are at work in social life. How might interaction designers approach the question of time, for example? What happens when people make their own clocks? How might we find time in the archives? Do time-allocation studies really allow us to understand how people are thinking about time? How far do particular metaphors for time actually travel?
The aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers who are grappling with questions of time and methodology to discuss tactics and approaches that might travel across disciplinary boundaries. It forms part of our Sustaining Time project, which is exploring whether perceptions of time might be transformed as part of building alternative economic models, and will include a presentation on the issues that have arisen in the project so far.
Format of the workshop
In order to explore the breadth of approaches, and support new collaborations, the workshop will include a variety of session formats. The focus will be on shared discussion, with relatively short presentations aimed at opening up questions for the group to then explore in more depth. We'll post more details, including the programme, closer to the event.
How to register
Please note that there are limited places available. The workshop has been generously supported by the AHRC as part of their Care for the Future theme and so there are no workshop fees.
Contact
Please contact Jen Southern (j.a.southern@lancaster.ac.uk) for more details.
