KFI Labs at St Andrews Autumn 2015
We are holding 4 KFI labs this semester. KFI Labs are linked to the Knowing
from the Inside project at the University of Aberdeen, led by Professor Tim
Ingold. They are practical and experimental sessions in anthropology. They
are open to all MRes and PhD students in the department and to KFI
participants. They are linked to the MRes in Art and Perception, of which they
form a compulsory element.
17th September KFI My Favourite Lab…..
Each participant should bring two items (artifact, image, film clip, video or
quote (or other) to the Lab. The first should be significant or inspirational for
your own research or practice. The second should link to an artist, architect,
filmmaker, poet, musician or scientist whose practice you admire. Both
offerings relate to Jacob von Uexküll’s notion of Umwert, ecological
psychologist James Gibson’s notion of affordances and the ‘creative act’. The
aim of the session is to explore ideas and working strategies in the process of
‘researching’ and ‘making’. Be prepared to talk about each piece for no more
than 3 minutes!
Please contact Stephanie to confirm attendance and request related readings.
Thursday afternoon 2-4, Learning Loft, MUSA, The Scores
8th October KFI Postgrad-led Lab
This lab to be conceived and led by postgrads involved in the KFI Labs in
response to the course, to themes which engage with learning through
practice and to their own interests.
Thursday afternoon 2-4, Learning Loft, MUSA, The Scores
15th October KFI Drawing Lab
“As a supplement to the now commonplace film and photography of Visual
Anthropology, I propose a Graphic Anthropology which offers alternative
means of understanding the social nature of space and materials. The lab will
be a practical primer in orthographic projection (plan, section, elevation) as
well as a discussion of possibilities of drawing for anthropologists and other
researchers.”
Led by Dr Ray Lucas, University of Manchester, Department of Architecture.
Thursday afternoon 2-4.30, Hebdomar’s Room
19th November KFI Contemplation Lab.
Colour and mark making with Jason Pollen from Penland School of Craft and
Dr Emilia Ferraro, Department of Sustainable Development, University of St
Andrews
Thursday afternoon 2-4, Learning Loft, MUSA, The Scores
KFI Project Department of Social Anthropology, University of
Aberdeen
Knowing from the Inside – KFI - is an ERC Funded project based at the
Anthropology Department at the University of Aberdeen. It’s a research
project based on ‘Knowing through doing’. We have an outpost here in St
Andrews with Stephanie Bunn and Emilia Ferraro.
We are holding 4 KFI labs this semester. The Labs are practical, experimental
sessions in anthropology, open to all MRes and PhD students in the
department. They also link to the MRes in Art and Perception, and form a
compulsory element for this module.
The Labs will be held either in the Learning Loft in MUSA (on the Scores) or in
the Hebdomar’s Room (on St Salvators Quad).