Programme

Symposia

Centring Arts Research 2021

10 November 2021
Umeå School of Architecture

UmArts Centring Arts Research Symposium
10 November 2021
Umeå School of Architecture

See below for recordings of all the presentations, and a pdf of the programme.
Reading Group

Mushroom Reading Group

The Matsutake Reading Group took place during 2021 inspired by Anna L. Tsing’s multispecies feminist perspective, reading the world through the matsutake mushroom (Tsing, 2015).
Event

Kitchen Jam Sessions

Anders Lind’s Home Participatory Orchestra, 2021, ran experimental kitchen jam sessions online with new visual musical scores as part of his UmArts Small Visionary Project during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Reading Group

Embroidery Reading Group

The Embroidery Reading and Stitching Group will gather in the new UmArts building in spring 2023, bringing together researchers interested in the relationship between stitching and reading. The embroidery group was initiated by Lena Liljemark and Emma Ewadotter in 2021.
Newer Programme

About the Programme

The UmArts programme aims to strengthen and develop the artistic research environment at Umeå University to address urgent societal and environmental concerns. Interdisciplinary research themes provide starting points for discussion and research, including the Commons, Planetary Care, Nuclear Anthropocene, and Decolonisation. The programme includes a range of research activities including interdisciplinary working groups, symposia, field research reading groups and exhibitions.

 

Themes

DecolonisationNuclear AnthropocenePlanetary CareThe Commons