Summary
Care Aesthetics & Moving Bodies (10th July 2024): a participatory workshop exploring how bodies move in and through practices of care both within and outside of healthcare settings.
Wednesday 10th July 2024, St Chad’s College, Durham (in-person only).
This participatory workshop explores how bodies move in and through practices of care both within and outside of healthcare settings, and what a focus on the moving body/moving bodies can reveal in terms of the aesthetics and therapeutic potentials of these practices. Alongside presentations, the day will have opportunities for discussion and movement! It follows on from a keynote presentation by James Thompson on Care, Aesthetics and Movement on Tuesday 9th July (16.00 to 17.30). The full programme for both days is available here.
Care Aesthetics & Moving Bodies is convened by Emily Tupper (Moving Bodies Lab), Fiona Johnstone (Visual and material Lab), and Cassandra Phoenix (Moving Bodies Lab).
Click here to book to attend the workshop on Wednesday 10th July (in-person only). Please note that places are limited.
Programme for Wednesday 10th July
Please note that Kate Maguire-Rosier and Réka Polonyi were originally scheduled to convene a session on “What do artists and healthcare workers have in common?”, but have had to withdraw due to personal circumstances. The organisers are grateful to Jana Melkumova-Reynolds for stepping in at the last minute to facilitate the session “Embodied Theory Lab II: crip time, palliative time”.
| 9.00am | Registration and tea and coffee. |
| 9.30am | Formal introductions and “who is in the room short mingling exercise”. |
| 09.45-10.30am | Care Aesthetics and Movement, James Thompson |
| 10.30-11.30 | Dance in institutional spaces. Presentations by Megan Girdwood, Kélina Gotman, and Mary Coaten. |
| 11.30-1.15 | Embodied Theory Lab II: Crip time, palliative time. Led by Jana Melkumova-Reynolds |
| 1.15 – 2pm | Lunch (hot buffet lunch @Chads) |
| 2pm | Dee Heddon: “The Art of Careful Walking” (presentation) |
| 2.35pm | The Walkbook: Recipes for Walking & Wellbeing (physical activity led by Dee Heddon. |
| 3.30-4pm | Reflections and goodbyes |
