TAPRA PG Symposium: Up Close and Personal

TaPRA PGR

Up close and personal: Exploring the relationship between the researcher and their subject

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

The Postgraduate representatives at TaPRA (Theatre &amp; Performance Research Association) invite you to this year&#x27;s in-person all-day Symposium.It is usual to begin a research presentation by positioning yourself alongside your subject, but often these moments are brief and quickly eclipsed by the topic under discussion. For our first in-person postgraduate symposium since 2019, we would like to invite you to join us for a series of panels and discussions that place this moment of context positioning at the centre of the discussion of emergent research in theatre and performance.How is your research shaped by you, the researcher? How does ‘who you are’ wrap around your research?What was the spark that ignited your research project? How is this shaping the contribution you want to make to your discipline or areas of focus?Whether the act of ‘becoming’ happens through writing, through arts practice, through data-gathering or engaging with the work of others, what we research undoubtedly has something to reveal about our values and responsibilities. Former PhD student Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain suggests that “you want to be sufficiently in love with your theme to have the will to complete it” (Russell 2008). The ‘love’ for your theme, territory or topic might have arrived in a different form – you may have been spurred to investigate something through anger, frustration, or a sense of injustice, or it may have been a love story in the truest sense. Throughout this all-day event, we will be sharing more about these points of departure, the underlying intrigue and moments of curiosity that underpin your research and to take a moment to acknowledge each of our contributions as both unique in terms of individual stance, and as part of a wider network that connects a new generation of thinkers in theatre and performing arts. Many of our number will have conducted most of their research presentation encounters in isolation and/or online, which makes our 2023 in-person event special. Participants and attendees will have the opportunity to network, enter in discussion and open debates, share and reflect on their work (and themselves within their work) within a supportive and friendly environment of peers. There will also be a workshop for attendees, with a title to be confirmed.The symposium is free to attend and open to all postgraduates and early career researchers, based anywhere in the world. Please note that you do not have to be a member of TaPRA to attend. SCHEDULE:9.30am – 10.00am: Registration/Coffee10.00am - 10.15am: PG Reps Welcome10.25am - 11.40am: Parallel Panels AInsider/OutsiderFriends &amp; Strangers11.50am – 1.00pm: Parallel Panels BWays of ThinkingUndisciplined Journeys1.00pm – 1.45pm: Lunch1.45pm – 3.00pm: Aerial sharing and Flash Talks3.10pm – 4.25pm: Parallel Panels CIntercultural ResearcherTaking Care4.35pm – 5.30pm: Discussion/Panel: Reflections on Post-PhD Journeys

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