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HYBRID: Material Selves: Gender, Health and Performance
15 June 2022鈥�16 June 2022, 9:30 am鈥�7:00 pm
This Symposium seeks to insert embodied modes of knowledge production offered by theatre and performance into theoretical understandings of gender and health
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Leah Sidi and Ver贸nica Rodr铆guez
Location
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IAS Common GroundG11, Ground Floor, South Wing, Wilkins Building,UCL, Gower St, LondonWC1E 6BT
At the heart of performance is a conception of life as materially embodied and enacted - a conception that it shares with both the health humanities and feminist approaches to selfhood. Introducing performance as a third term in this discussion, this Symposium seeks to insert embodied modes of knowledge production offered by theatre and performance into theoretical understandings of gender and health. It asks:
- How does attention to physical space, matter, rhythm and temporality in performance contribute to our understanding of gender and health?
- How have the legacies of feminist and queer performance generated new understanding of health and the body?听
- How do feminist performance practices overlap with crip/disabled performances?
碍别测苍辞迟别蝉:听听(University of Warwick) and听听(Central School of Speech and Drama)
Conference organisers:听Leah Sidi听(UCL) and听听(Buckinghamshire New University)
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To make this event as accessible as possible, the conference will be a hybrid in-person and online event. It will take place in a wheelchair accessible venue, with regular breaks. The online stream will have live captioning.听听Please ensure you register for the correct ticket, either 'in-person' or 'online' attendance:听
Registration will be at 9.30 am on Wednesday 15th, for a 10am start. The zoom link will open at 9.50am on both days. On Wednesday you are welcome to join us for self-funded dinner at a local pub after the conference. If you would like to join, please email genderhealthperformance@gmail.com so we can make sure to accommodate you. 听Please also note that it will be unusually warm (for London) this week. Water will be available, but you may also wish to bring your own water bottle.听
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Information for in person participants听
Registration will be at 9.30am on Wednesday 15th June. Keynotes on Wednesday and Thursday will be at 10am.听The best way to get to the Common Ground is to enter UCL campus at Torrington Place. Continue through to enter the building at the South Junction. Go up the stairs or lift to the ground floor, and follow signs to the Common Ground/conference.听
Information for online participants听
Online participants should join via zoom using the details below:听
Meeting ID: 913 5386 2701听
Passcode: 436305听
Please email enquiries听to:听genderhealthperformance@gmail.com
Hosted by the听Centre for Health Humanities听and funded by the听Institute for Advanced Studies Octagon Grant fund
Main image听credit:听Rita Levi-Montalcini:听Wellcome Collection