Staff Research Seminar at Farnham Nov 22

Farnham Staff Research Seminars 2006

November 22nd, 13:00-15:00
Room W05

This week will have an especial focus on definitions of research and how research changes in unexpected ways. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussions. All staff, MA and graduate students are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Rosie Gunn, Senior Lecturer in Digital Screen Arts, Farnham
'a life in the day of' - knowledge transfer and/or research

Rosie Gunn will focus on her involvement in the Business Fellowship scheme, how she has benefited from creative opportunities developed, but at the possible expense of achieving her personal targets for research outputs in 05/06. She would like to discuss how the RAE can or should take account of bodies of research work in progress with no final output as yet and also whether outputs that are created as knowledge transfer can be seen as RAE assessable. All emerging researchers are encouraged to attend.


Dr Suzanne Buchan, Reader in Animation Studies, Director, Animation Research Centre
The Challenges of Sabbaticals: Drafting Animation Spectatorship

Recipient of both UCCA and AHRC research leave sabbaticals in 2005-06, Suzanne Buchan will discuss the genesis of her book manuscript on how we as spectators perceive and understand animation film and its relationships to other forms of artistic and aesthetic experience. She will also reveal the pitfalls and breakthroughs of solitude, what can arise when original aims and objectives change over extended research periods, what implications this can have on outcomes expected from funding bodies, and how an articulated journey and methodology can evolve into a puzzling labyrinth of new and unexpected ideas and disseminations.