Creative Interactions: Practice-based research – Painting, Puppetry and other Pracademics

Organised by the Open University Creative Interactions Research Group

This is the launch event for the Creative Interactions Research Group. It aims to bring together academics across the Humanities (within the OU and beyond) with creative practitioners from a range of disciplines, to share ideas about how academic ideas can be expressed creatively and to look at cross-overs between academic and practitioner-led ways of thinking and working. We will be showcasing innovative collaborations expressed through (for example), theatre, sound, visual arts, costume design, creative writing, and hearing the experiences of people who have worked in both arenas. We will touch on participatory practice and the ideas of ‘co-research’ which may underpin such projects.

The day will be held in person at Senate House, London. It will be interactive and immersive, and instead of traditional lectures or panel discussions, we will be incorporating mini-performances, demonstrations, and workshops into our programme. The day will also include plenty of free discussion time to allow participants to share ideas, ask questions of each other, and develop their networks.

We welcome participation from academics of all disciplines and from people working in the creative sector, as well as from anyone else interested in the ideas and methodologies of the day.

The event is supported by the OU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and by the School of Advanced Study, London.