Arts and Humanities Futures

Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute

A series of conversations from the Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute, exploring the future of research

Episodes

  1. 05/30/2022

    Arts & Humanities Futures 2.4: Gehan Selim & Haili Ma

    The recent years have brought extraordinary and ongoing challenges to societies and cultures, as well as bringing long-standing crises and predicaments to the foreground in new ways. Each episode of this series of curated conversations brings together University of Leeds researchers from different backgrounds, disciplines and career stages to stimulate conversation about how research communities might respond to these challenges – and about the futures we want to imagine and realise. This episode features a discussion between with Haili Ma (School of Performance and Cultural Industries) and Gehan Selim (School of Civil Engineering). Gehan and Haili’s conversation explores: · Heritage research in the context of digital platforms and participatory research · Building richer narratives in digital heritage by engaging with young people · “Performing heritage” and the opportunities to reach wider audiences outside of traditional theatre · The challenges for research in the Global South, such as power inequalities, and defining ownership of heritage stories This is the final of four conversations in our second series. These are released over April and May 2022 and are available via major podcast platforms as well as in an abridged video form on the LAHRI Website. If you’d like to comment on any of the issues raised on social media, use the hashtag #ArtsAndHumanitiesFutures and follow us on Twitter @LeedsAHRI. Visit our website for more information on the Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute.

  2. 06/09/2021

    Arts and Humanities Futures 4: Helen Graham and Jasjit Singh

    The last year has brought extraordinary challenges to societies and cultures, as well as bringing long-standing crises and predicaments to the foreground in new ways. In this series of five podcast episodes, launched in May 2021, we aim to open up conversations about how arts and humanities research might respond to these challenges – and about the futures we want to see for arts and humanities. Each podcast episode presents a conversation between two University of Leeds researchers or stakeholders, in which they discuss what their area has learned from the events of the last year; what new research questions and methods they see emerging; and what we can do now to create the future we want to see. This fourth conversation brings together Dr Helen Graham, Associate Professor in the School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies (Centre for Critical Studies in Museums, Galleries and Heritage) and Dr Jasjit Singh, Associate Professor in the School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science. This is one of five conversations to be released over May and June 2021, which are available via major podcast platforms. If you’d like to comment on any of the issues raised on social media, use the hashtag #ArtsAndHumanitiesFutures and follow us on Twitter and follow us on Twitter @LeedsAHRI. For more information on the Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute, please visit: https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/leeds-arts-humanities-research-institute.

  3. 05/12/2021

    Arts and Humanities Futures 2: Janet Watson and Dominic Gray

    The last year has brought extraordinary challenges to societies and cultures, as well as bringing long-standing crises and predicaments to the foreground in new ways. In this series of five podcast episodes, launched in May 2021, we aim to open up conversations about how arts and humanities research might respond to these challenges – and about the futures we want to see for arts and humanities. Each podcast episode presents a conversation between two University of Leeds researchers or stakeholders, in which they discuss what their area has learned from the events of the last year; what new research questions and methods they see emerging; and what we can do now to create the future we want to see. This second conversation brings together Janet Watson, Professor in the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies and Co-director of the Centre for Endangered Languages, Cultures and Ecosystems at the University of Leeds, and Dominic Gray, Projects Director at Opera North. Janet and Dominic discuss issues including: the value of collaboration for research and for artistic endeavours; connections between language, poetry, culture, politics and ecology; the use of poetry and song in political movements; the value of improvisation, and of exploring diverse cultural models.  This is one of five conversations to be released over May and June 2021, which are available via major podcast platforms. If you’d like to comment on any of the issues raised on social media, use the hashtag #ArtsAndHumanitiesFutures and follow us on Twitter and follow us on Twitter @LeedsAHRI. For more information on the Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute, please visit: https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/leeds-arts-humanities-research-institute.

  4. 05/05/2021

    Arts and Humanities Futures 1: Emma Tomalin and Nic Salazar

    The last year has brought extraordinary challenges to societies and cultures, as well as bringing long-standing crises and predicaments to the foreground in new ways. In this series of five podcast episodes, launched in May 2021, we aim to open up conversations about how arts and humanities research might respond to these challenges – and about the futures we want to see for arts and humanities. Each podcast episode presents a conversation between two University of Leeds researchers or stakeholders, in which they discuss what their area has learned from the events of the last year; what new research questions and methods they see emerging; and what we can do now to create the future we want to see.  This first conversation brings together University of Leeds colleagues Emma Tomalin, Professor of Religion and Public Life, and Nic Salazar, Associate Professor in Transformational Performance Practices. Emma and Nic discuss issues including: the place and agency of non-human actors in research; the ways in which institutional structures, cultures and processes can constrain the kinds of outputs and impacts that arise from research; and the importance and value of respecting multiple forms of knowledge, which may not fit standard models of academic practice. This is one of five conversations to be released over May and June 2021, which are available via major podcast platforms. If you’d like to comment on any of the issues raised on social media, use the hashtag #ArtsAndHumanitiesFutures and follow us on Twitter and follow us on Twitter @LeedsAHRI. For more information on the Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute, please visit: https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/leeds-arts-humanities-research-institute.

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A series of conversations from the Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute, exploring the future of research