Visual Intersections VII Summer School

Visual Intersections VI (2023) summer school

Interpreting and (re-)imagining folk tales, oral traditions and narratives of curated objects

***Calling all doctoral students and early career researchers working with visual data and materials!***

The Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC) at Durham University presents our seventh Visual Intersections Summer School The event will be held in-person at Durham University in Durham (UK) from July 17th-19th 2023. This year, our  programme will focus on visual interpretations and (re)adaptations of folk and oral traditions, narratives around museum collections and artefacts, and uses of modern technologies in museum interpretation.

This Summer School is free to attend for all PGRs and ECRs, and is part of an ongoing series of events in which scholars from a diverse range of fields gather to discuss and celebrate innovative work and research in Visual Culture.  If you use visual methods, study visual materials or use visual storytelling techniques in your research, this is for you!  Some assistance with travel and accommodation costs is available for speakers.

There will be opportunities to participate in interactive panels and keynotes, visits to cultural sites around County Durham including tours and interactive workshops, and opportunities for discussion and networking throughout the three-day programme.

To sign up please register with this link: https://forms.office.com/e/AnhmKBDEjv  

College accommodation is available at £52.50 per person, per night (Collingwood college, single ensuite room with breakfast).

Book a room using this link: Accommodation-Visual Intersections 2023

Schedule

Day 1 | Monday 17th July, 2023 – Birley Room, Hatfield College, Durham

9:30-10:00 Registration

10:00-10:15 Opening Remarks

10:15-12:00 Panel: Visual Narratives, Practices & Production

12:00-13:00 Lunch Break

13:00-14:00 Keynote Talk: Paolo Fortis

14:00-14:15 Break

14:15-15:15 Panel: Technologies & Museology

15:15-15:30 Walk to Palace Green, Durham

15:30-17:00 Workshop Sessions, Palace Green Archives & Durham University’s Contemporary Art Collections

Day 2 | Tuesday 18th July, 2023 – The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle

9:30-10:30 Coach transfer to the Bowes Museum from Durham

10:30-11:00 Talk: The Bowes Museum

11:00-12:00 Self-Guided Group Tour of the Bowes Museum

12:00-13:15 Lunch Break

13:15-14:30 Continued Group Tour of the Bowes Museum

14:30-16:00 Option to Explore Barnard Castle

16:00-16:30 Keynote Talk: The Bowes Museum Curatorial Team

16:30-17:00 Depart from the Bowes Museum to Durham

Day 3 | Wednesday 19th July, 2023 – Birley Room, Hatfield College, Durham

9:00-9:15 Refreshments

9:15-10:15 Panel: Visual Narratives in the 19th and 20th Centuries

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-12:00 Panel: (Re) Adaptations of Folklore

12:00-12:45 Lunch Break

12:45-13:30 Panel: Collections, Locations & Interpretations

13:30-14:30 Keynote Talk: Laura Sillars

14:30 Wrap up reflections, and closing Remarks with coffee/cake

15:00 Departures