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RESEARCH GROUPS BY COMMENCEMENT YEAR
Each class is automatically enrolled in a cluster. These groups work as support groups and meet monthly for exchange and information sharing about the milestones and processes as you navigate your first year in the program. Sometimes, they evolve into mutual accountability sessions and study groups and provide opportunities to present material for feedback and rehearse. Each group is different. We have international groups still meeting online monthly for a decade or more, additionally rotating hosting the group in their city or participating elsewhere in residencies, panels, activism, publications, exhibitions, etc., annually.
These Research Cluster sessions can be in any format (i.e., presenting research, virtual studio visits, critiques, deep reading sessions, discussion with guests, etc) - whatever furthers your research. Designating a moderator and note-taker is encouraged. These groups are PgR-led to foster sustainable research practices, and groups extend well beyond your PgR tenure.
Additionally, we hope these groups will spawn new initiatives, i.e., panels, exhibitions, reading or writing groups, writing retreats, online publications, screenings, discussion groups, listening sessions, rehearsal sessions, etc. Investing in your research group will lead to long-term support to sustain you in your praxis long after your tenure in the programme. You will have a shared history with a group of researchers who can provide unique insights and connections as you continue to exhibit, perform, produce, and publish together and apart.
You can start your own Research Cluster or send an email of interest to the chair of an existing Cluster. Here are past Research Clusters to give you an idea. You may join as many groups as you like, space permitting.
Please notify our Project Coordinater a week prior to the next Digest with the title, times and descriptions or ask questions so we can post your groups next meeting and invite new members.
To give you an idea, please see TI 3.0 research clusters below.
EXAMPLES:
RESEARCH/DISCUSSION CLUSTERS
Connect with our Project Coordinator to invite a guest to a Cluster session.
EMBODIED PRACTICE: PRESENCE, MINDFULNESS + MOVEMENT
1ST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH @ 5:30PM UTC (ZOOM LINK)
LED BY: NKECHI NJAKA
PHEI PHEI OON
SOPHIA EMIGH WRIGHT
ANNE LIVINGSTON
HADAR COHEN
HEIDI STRAUSS
EVE CHARTRAND
WANDERINGS, CO-MINGLINGS AND THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE SENSIBLE
1ST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH @19:00 UTC (ZOOM LINK)
LED BY: EVE CHARTRAND
NANCY MESSEGEE
ALDEN JONES
TINE FRICH MOLLER
RENEE BROWN
ANNE SOPHIE LORANGE
CARRIE NEAL
VANESSA LUSTIG
FILM OF AND AS RADICAL LANDSCAPE
A SCREENING AND DISCUSSION SERIES EXPLORING WORK ON BORDERS, MIGRATION, CARCERAL LANDSCAPES AND INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE FROM GLOBAL GAZES.
3RD MONDAY OF THE MONTH @ 14:00 UTC (ZOOM LINK)
LED BY: ERIN WILKERSON
KAREN AMI
SOPHIA EMIGH
KAHLIL I. PEDIZISAI
RENE MEYER-GRIMBERG
ALEXA DE FERRANTI
AGING: TIME, MEMORY, BODY
2ND MONDAY OF THE MONTH @ 16:00 UTC (ZOOM LINK)
LED BY: NANCY MESSEGEE
MARIE FRANCE FORCIER
EVE CHARTRAND
ANNE SOPHIE LORANGE
KAREN AMI
SOPHIA WRIGHT EMIGH
RENE MEYER-GRIMBERG
TRANSLATION: FROM BODY TO WORDS
2ND MONDAY OF THE MONTH @ 17:00 UTC (ZOOM LINK)
LED BY: NANCY MESSEGEE
KAREN AMI
MARIE FRANCE FORCIER
EVE CHARTRAND
TINE FRICH MOLLER
ANNE SOPHIE LORANGE
NKECHI NJAKA
SOPHIA WRIGHT EMIGH
ARTISTIC CITIZENSHIP: THE ENTANGLEMENT BETWEEN ARTISTIC PRACTICE AND SOCIAL, CIVIC, POLITICAL, AND ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
3RD FRIDAY OF THE MONTH @16:00 UTC (ZOOM LINK)
LED BY: ANDREW FREIBAND
ERIN WILKERSON
JAKE TKACZYK
TINE FRICH MOLLER
KAREN AMI
MARIE FRANCE FORCIER
NANCY MESSEGEE
EVE CHARTRAND
KAHLIL I. PEDIZISAI
RENE MEYER-GRIMBERG
VANESSA LUSTIG
ALEXA DE FERRANTI
HEIDI STRAUSS
COMMUNITY/PROCESS CLUSTERS
CROSS-COHORT RESOURCE SHARING SESSION
UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION THROUGHOUT THE DOCTORAL JOURNEY, THIS INFORMAL MONTHLY CLUSTER AIMS TO PROVIDE A WELCOMING SPACE FOR STUDENTS ACROSS ALL COHORTS TO GATHER, CONNECT, AND SHARE RESOURCES.
1ST MONDAY OF THE MONTH @ 13:00 UTC (GOOGLE MEET LINK)
LED BY: SARAH AYERS
THE ASIA COLLECTIVE
A SALON FOR RESEARCH AND PRACTICE AIMED FOR THOSE LIVING AND WORKING IN ASIA TIME ZONES, OR IN THE CREATION OF ASIA-CENTERED WORK
3RD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH @ 16:00 UTC
LED BY: ERIN WILKERSON
HE JIN JANG
FRED HAN
KIM ROBERTSON
STUDIO VISITS AND PRESENTATIONS
A MONTHLY OPPORTUNITY FOR RESEARCHERS AT ALL STAGES TO PRESENT THEIR STUDIO AND THEIR OWN ARTISTIC PRODUCTION. PRESENTATIONS SHOULD LAST MAX. 20 MINUTES EACH AND GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR Q&A. THE MAXIMUM DURATION OF THE SESSION SHOULD BE ONE AND A HALF HOURS.
1ST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH @ 10:00 UTC
LED BY: SABIANA PAOLI
JUST WRITE (TOGETHER)
IN THIS GROUP WE WILL SET ASIDE TIME TO JUST WRITE TOGETHER IN A FOCUSED AND SUPPORTIVE WRITING SPACE. BRING ANY PROJECT YOU ARE WORKING ON, IN ANY STAGE, FROM BRAINSTORMING; TO POSTING CREATIVE RESEARCH JOURNALS OR READING DIARIES; TO DRAFTING OR EDITING STAGES OF YOUR DOCTORAL RESEARCH PROJECT TEXTS, FROM THE PROGRAMME APPROVAL TO THE DISSERTATION. WE WILL SPEND THE FIRST 20 OR SO MINUTES DISCUSSING ANY WRITING ISSUES THAT ARISE AND SOURCING SUGGESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS FROM THE GROUP. THE REMAINDER OF THE TIME WILL BE SPENT WRITING SIDE BY VIRTUAL SIDE. STAY THE WHOLE TIME OR POP IN AND COMMIT TO A HALF HOUR OF CONCENTRATED WRITING.
9.18, 9.25, 10.09, 10.23, 11.06, 11.20, 12.04, 12.18 @ 15:00 - 17:00 UTC (ZOOM LINK)
LED BY: ALI WILLIAMS
PERFORMANCE MO/CO/CKTAIL/TEA HOUR
2ND FRIDAY OF THE MONTH @ 17:00 UTC (ZOOM LINK)
LED BY: RENE MEYER-GRIMBERG & JAKE TKACZYZ
EVE CHARTRAND
HEIDI STRAUSS
RENEE BROWN
