Last Thursday I went along to the City Arts Centre in Edinburgh to check out the SGSAH Meet the Host event, and to learn more about some of the opportunities available in this year’s Doctoral Internship/Artist-in-Residence programme. The event was great overall, and very busy. The City Arts Centre was an excellent venue – plenty … Continue reading SGSAH Meet the Host Event
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GUEST BLOG: Is post-truth politics a thing?
As part of the SGSAH 'Theories of Knowledge' series, Professor Richard Coyne gave an illuminating talk on knowledge and ignorance in our digital age. He has kindly shared with us a post originally published on his own blog, discussing post-truth politics. The term “post-truth politics” was coined by journalist David Roberts in an article in Grist in 2010. The … Continue reading GUEST BLOG: Is post-truth politics a thing?
Guest Post: Introducing Anna Scott
Anna Scott is the new Knowledge Exchange and Partnerships Manager with the SGSAH and has very kindly written a post detailing more about her role and the upcoming opportunities for researchers across Scotland, which all sound super exciting! I joined the SGSAH team in August from Arts & Business Scotland, where I was Stakeholder Engagement Manager … Continue reading Guest Post: Introducing Anna Scott
Recovering from the 2nd Year Slump
Hello! I'm back from my trip and just about recovered from jet lag - a 19 hour return journey always seems so much shorter when you're excitedly booking a holiday, right? So Shanghai is great! Extremely different from Edinburgh, obviously. Once again, I highly recommend the SGSAH 'Speaking My Language' course if you're interested in … Continue reading Recovering from the 2nd Year Slump
Guest Blogger: Learning to share: research impact, public engagement and the SGSAH Summer Showcase
Lucie Whitmore is just heading into the final year of her SGSAH funded PhD at the University of Glasgow, interpreting women’s experiences of the 1914-1918 war through the clothes they wore. She is a costume intern at the Museum of Edinburgh, and previously worked as a research assistant on a historical embroidery project at Edinburgh … Continue reading Guest Blogger: Learning to share: research impact, public engagement and the SGSAH Summer Showcase
Guest Blogger: Textual Editing: Twenty-First Century Practice
This week our guest post comes from Eleanore Widger, who offers an enlightening insight into her experiences of the Textual Editing Workshops that ran from February to July this year. As Gerald McKeever put it, during the final ‘Textual Editing: Twenty-First Century Practice’ workshop earlier this month, literary critics often forget about the ‘science’ behind the texts … Continue reading Guest Blogger: Textual Editing: Twenty-First Century Practice
GUEST BLOGGER: Walking with the SGSAH: The ‘Thinker’ Hat of Mine (Part two)
This week's guest post comes from Matluba Khan, who discusses her experiences as thinker-in-residence at Deveron Arts, a position funded by the SGSAH. You can find Part 1 of Matluba's story here. On the verge of being overwhelmed writing my PhD thesis, I decided to go for a short writing retreat in Berwick-upon-Tweed. I enjoyed … Continue reading GUEST BLOGGER: Walking with the SGSAH: The ‘Thinker’ Hat of Mine (Part two)
All Change
Well hello! I’m Marianne and I shall be your SGSAH blogger for the next 6 months. To begin with, I thought it might be a good idea to tell you a bit more about myself so you can hopefully relate to the person behind the typeset. As such, I have prepared an informal statement: My … Continue reading All Change
GUEST BLOGGER: SGSAH RESEARCH SHOWCASE 2016—KATIE FORRESTER
Katie Forrester is a third year PhD candidate in the field of design at Edinburgh College of Art, and one of the scholars whose research was featured at the Research Showcase at the SGSAH Summer School 2016. Katie’s practice involves designing handmade picture books based on folklore & symbol by using stencils & manual print methods. On … Continue reading GUEST BLOGGER: SGSAH RESEARCH SHOWCASE 2016—KATIE FORRESTER
GUEST BLOGGER: SGSAH THEORIES OF KNOWLEDGE LECTURE SERIES—DR STEPHEN GREER
Dr Stephen Greer, Lecturer in Theatre Practices at the University of Glasgow, was a featured lecturer for the SGSAH 2016 Theories of Knowledge Lecture Series, speaking on Performance and Performativity. He was gracious enough to provide us with a blog of additional new insights that supplement and expand upon his lecture. Thinking about gender as a performance can draw our attention … Continue reading GUEST BLOGGER: SGSAH THEORIES OF KNOWLEDGE LECTURE SERIES—DR STEPHEN GREER
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