IN-PERSON TrAIN Open Lecture - Dr. Ashok Mathur and Dr. Ayumi Goto (OCAD)

Chelsea Lecture Theatre, Chelsea College of Arts, 16 John Islip St, London SW1P 4JU

This two-part lecture will be delivered by Dr. Ayumi Goto and Dr. Ashok Mathur (OCAD University), as part of their residency at Chelsea College, inaugurating an ongoing faculty exchange between the two universities. Dr. Goto will deliver a talk on “not belonging,” an investigation of diasporic practice and a refutation of the externally-imposed insistence that we all need to find a place (nation, community, race) to belong. What do we share across spaces of not belonging? Dr. Mathur will deliver a talk addressing cultural knowledge and its operations through love, trauma, and violence, focussing on recuperative measures that might allow for transformational intergenerational knowledge. Both papers will be published as separate monographs as part of the Perin Panthaky International Lecture series.

Ashok Mathur, Vice-President Research Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, OCAD University, Toronto is a South Asian (Indo-Canadian) cultural organiser, writer and visual artist. Previously Canada Research Chair in Cultural and Artistic Inquiry, he also directed the Centre for Innovation in Culture and the Arts in Canada (CiCAC).

Ayumi Goto is a performance apprentice, based in Toronto, traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Huron-Wendat, Anishinaabe, and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nations. As diasporic-Japanese, she at times draws upon her cultural heritage and language to creatively reconsider sentiments surrounding national culturalism, migrations, activist strategies, and land-human relations. She is currently post-Doctoral Fellow at OCAD University, Toronto.

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About the Perin Pankathy Lecture series

The Perin Panthaky International Lecture series is dedicated to promoting critical insights on creativity and social practice. Perin Mathur (née Panthaky) was a dynamic thinker, artist, nurse, and advocate for equity. As an immigrant to Canada, born to Parsi/Zarathustrian parents in India, she was a lifelong supporter for the rights of girls and women and others who were disenfranchised from participating fully in their original or adopted homelands. The lecture and publication series will transform international scholarship into unique published monographs as a permanent record of creative enterprise and strategic development in the arenas of social engagement.

Images © Ashok Mathur

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About UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. Our graduates go on to work in and shape the creative industries worldwide. UAL is ranked second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings by Subject ®.

The University has a world-class reputation and is made up of 6 equally renowned Colleges and 5 institutes: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion, Wimbledon College of Arts, AKO Storytelling Institute, UAL Creative Computing Institute, UAL Decolonising Arts Institute and UAL Fashion, Textiles and Technology Institute. arts.ac.uk

Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges of Arts

Part of University of the Arts London (UAL), Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges of Arts are 3 Colleges with international reputations for producing world-leading graduates in the fields of art, design and performance. Camberwell focuses on driving social impact through art and design, Chelsea explores global, cultural, political and social issues through creative practice, and Wimbledon is dedicated to stage and screen performance and trains students to become innovative performers and experimental designers.