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ARTS UPDATE 23 February 2018 News UC Arts at the Arts Centre We were thrilled to have Hayden Chisholm and Norman Meehan, both from New Zealand, performing for our first concert of Semester 1. The concert featured a premiere of Norman Meehan’s setting of Denis Glover’s ‘Sings Harry’ poems. The large crowd were delighted with the evening and it was a great way to launch our 2018 concert series

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ARTS  UPDATE

23  February  2018  

News  

UC  Arts  at  the  Arts  Centre    We  were  thrilled  to  have  Hayden  Chisholm  and  Norman  Meehan,  both  from  New  Zealand,  performing  for  our  first  concert  of  Semester  1.  The  concert  featured  a  premiere  of  Norman  Meehan’s  setting  of  Denis  Glover’s  ‘Sings  Harry’  poems.  The  large  crowd  were  delighted  with  the  evening  and  it  was  a  great  way  to  launch  our  2018  concert  series    

 

UC  Music  alumnus  Hugh  Roberts  will  be  performing  in  our  Lunchtime  Concert  on  Friday  at  1.10pm,  which  will  feature  Debussy,  Barber,  Fauré  and  more.  Hugh  will  be  accompanied  by  Iola  Shelley  on  Piano.    Our  2018  Events  Calendar  for  the  School  of  Music  can  be  found  online  at  the  following  link.    The  Arts  Centre  building  has  been  nominated  for  a  Registered  Master  Builders  Award  in  the  commercial  heritage  re-­‐installation  category.  We  have  had  photographers  and  judges  come  through  the  building,  and  are  eagerly  awaiting  to  find  out  the  results!    Visited  the  Teece  Museum  recently?  Don't  forget  to  share  your  thoughts  in  our  survey.  Your  feedback  can  help  us  find  out  more  about  our  community,  and  the  ways  in  which  we  can  improve  our  services.  Alternatively  make  your  way  down  to  the  museum  and  complete  the  survey  in  person.  Participants  will  receive  a  free  pack  of  postcards  illustrated  with  objects  from  our  collection.    Survey  closes  Sunday  25  February:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DDW8HBT  Last  week  we  were  delighted  to  have  Brian  and  Suzanne  Service  come  through  the  building.  The  Services  were  generous  supporters  of  the  refurbishment  of  the  building  and  the  Camerata  Room  is  named  in  honour  of  them.  They  were  joined  by  Graham  and  Rae  Ewing.  Graham  is  a  trustee  of  the  UC  Foundation.  The  entire  party  were  delighted  with  their  tour  and  very  excited  by  the  activities  that  are  being  delivered  on  site.  

 

   

     

Canterbury  School  for  Continental  Philosophy    We  are  delighted  to  start  our  2018  seminar  series  with  a  special  guest  from  Australia/Berlin,  Steve  Corcoran  who  will  be  presenting,  “Philosophy  and  Democracy  in  the  Present”.    The  history  of  emancipatory  politics  has  its  own  autonomous  history  and  this  history  is  one  of  the  reinventions  of  equality—such  is  the  argument  that  both  Rancière  and  Badiou  put  forward.  This  talk  looks  at  their  philosophical  approaches  to  politics  and  how  they  orient  us,  respectively,  in  the  current  divisions  of  the  present  world,  notably  those  covered  over  by  the  word  democracy.  What  is  meant  by  democracy  today?  How  do  Badiou  and  Rancière  help  us  think  its  contradictions  and  displace  it  toward  an  alternative  thought  of  the  possibilities  of  the  present.    Steve  is  a  writer  and  translator  currently  living  in  Berlin.  He  has  edited  and/or  translated  several  works  by  Jacques  Rancière,   including   Dissensus   (Continuum,   2010),   two   works   by   Alain   Badiou,   Polemics   and   Conditions,   and  Alienation  and  Freedom  (Bloomsbury  2017)  by  Frantz  Fanon.    The  seminar  will  be  held  on  Friday  2nd  March  in  Room  210,  Puaka  James  Hight,  11:30-­‐12:30.  Everyone  is  welcome.        Global,  Cultural  and  Language  Studies    Interacting  with  Japanese  students    JAPA325  had  an  intensive  interaction  session  with  16  Japanese  students  from  Hokkai  Gakuen  University  Junior  College.  They  enjoyed  activities  using  both  Japanese  and  English,  and  it  was  a  great  opportunity  for  them  to  get  to  know  UC  students  who  have  a  genuine  interest  in  Japan,  its  culture  and  language.    Professor  Morikoshi  said  that  it  was  one  of  the  highlights  of  their  three-­‐week  stay  in  Christchurch.    

     An  article  about  a  former  JAPA  student  Amy  Vivian-­‐Neal,  former  JAPA  student  has  been  featured  in  the  Japanese  magazine  E-­‐Cube.  She  is  working  as  an  Assistant  Language  Teacher  in  Fukushima  under  the  Japanese  Government’s  Japan  Exchange  and  Teaching  Programme.    http://www.ecube.co.nz/content/1929            Media  and  Communication    The  Department  of  Media  and  Communication  are  delighted  to  introduce  Elizabeth  Macpherson.  With  a  strong  background   in   public   relations,   education   and   research,   Elizabeth   joins   us   from   the   Queensland   University   of  Technology  in  Brisbane  and  will  teach  Advertising  and  Cultural  Consumption  and  Planning  Media  Campaigns.  Of  Christchurch,  Elizabeth  says,  ‘We  are  loving  Christchurch  –  the  people,  the  weather  (although  we  are  constantly  warned   that   it   is   not   always   this  warm),   and   the   natural   landscapes   from   stunning   gardens   and   clear   running  streams,  no  snakes,  bumble  bees  and  tiny  birds,  to  the  distant  or  not  so  distant  mountains  –  I  am  looking  forward  to  seeing  snow  for  the  first  time  on  the  mountain  tops  in  a  few  months’  time.’      UC  Arts  Digital  Lab      UC  Arts  Digital  Lab  launches  QuakeStudies  2.0  The  UC  Arts  Digital  Lab  are  proud  to  announce  the  launch  of  the  new  and  improved  UC  QuakeStudies  earthquake  research  repository  (www.quakestudies.canterbury.ac.nz).        The  project  to  update  the  QuakeStudies  online  platform  was  undertaken  by  the  UC  Arts  Digital  Lab  in  collaboration  with  local  open  source  technologists  Catalyst  IT.  The  new  QuakeStudies  platform,  built  on  the  Islandora  digital  repository  system,  boasts  enhanced  searchability,  improved  document  viewing  tools,  and  a  cleaner,  more  user-­‐friendly  layout  offering  greater  navigability.  A  launch  event  was  held  last  week  in  the  UC  Arts  City  Location,  and  was  attended  by  representatives  of  the  CEISMIC  consortium  from  Christchurch  City  Council,  Canterbury  Museum  and  Christchurch  City  Libraries,  contributors  to  the  archive  such  as  the  All  Right?  campaign,  and  UC  researchers  keen  to  hear  how  the  new  QuakeStudies  can  assist  them  in  their  research.  

The  Arts  Digital  Lab  hopes  researchers  will  find  the  new  platform  easier  to  search  for,  view,  and  download  content  that  is  of  interest  to  them.  Additionally,  much  of  the  content  housed  in  QuakeStudies  has  been  released  under  Creative  Commons  licenses,  making  it  easier  for  researchers  to  reuse  content  in  their  own  work.  Researchers  interested  in  exploring  the  breadth  of  content  in  QuakeStudies  are  encouraged  to  discuss  their  needs  with  Arts  Digital  Lab  staff.    With  around  150,000  items  in  the  repository,  of  which  12,000  are  available  only  to  approved  researchers,  the  Lab  team  can  help  guide  you  to  the  content  that  will  be  most  useful  for  your  research.    

 Photo:    English  department  PhD  student  Sionainn  Byrnes  talks  about  how  she  is  using  QuakeStudies  material  in  her  thesis.  

     English    This  week  Erin  Harrington  spoke  about  abjection  and  the  monstrous-­‐feminine  at  week  five  of  the  Shared  Snood  Project,  a  durational  educational  and  craft-­‐based  performance  work,  facilitated  by  artist  Audrey  Baldwin,  which  invites  the  audience  to  take  part  in  the  making  of  an  art  object  while  developing  a  critical  community  and  a  conscious  space  for  exchanging  ideas  and  experiences.  In  previous  weeks  PhD  candidates  Sionainn  Byrnes  and  Kirsty  Dunn  have  also  contributed  to  these  salon-­‐style  sessions;  Sionainn  talked  about  feminism  and  socialism,  and  Kirsty  spoke  on  Mana  Wāhine  and  the  work  of  female  Māori  writers.  These  events  are  a  great  way  of  connecting  the  work  of  the  University  to  the  broader  community.      Fine  Arts    

A  Gathering  Distrust  OSB  Awardee  Daegan  Wells  

ILAM  CAMPUS  GALLERY,  BLOCK  2,  SoFA,  21  FEBRUARY  -­  22  MARCH  2018  YOU  ARE  WARMLY  INVITED  TO:  

THE  ILAM  CAMPUS  GALLERY  EXHIBITION  OPENING  AT  5PM  TUESDAY  20  FEBRUARY  

FLOOR  TALK  12.30PM  THURSDAY  22  FEBRUARY,  ALL  WELCOME  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Image:    Extract  from  'A  Gathering  Distrust'    In  October  of  1969,  a  group  of  concerned  locals  gathered  together  at  a  house  in  Invercargill,  putting  in  motion  a  plan  to  fight  the  proposed  raising  of  Lake  Manapouri  as  part  of  the  Manapouri  hydropower  project.  The  campaign  launched  by  the  Save  Lake  Manapouri  Committees  throughout  New  Zealand  highlighted  the  power  of  protest  in  influencing  Government  policy  and  has  come  to  symbolise  a  sea  change  in  New  Zealander’s  personal  engagement  with  environmental  policy.  A  Gathering  Distrust  explores  the  state  of  tension  between  the  Save  Lake  Manapouri  supporters,  and  the  National  Government  under  Jack  Marshal  in  the  build-­‐up  to  the  1972  election.  Through  his  archival  and  sculptural  practice,  Daegan  Wells  explores  storytelling  as  a  way  of  illuminating  key  political,  environmental,  social  and  cultural  events  from  our  recent  history.    Wells  centres  his  research  around  the  contested  foreshore  of  the  lake  utilising  video  installation,  and  ceramic  works  formed  from  clay  sourced  from  the  shoreline  of  Lake  Manapouri.        National  Centre  for  Research  on  Europe    Public  Roundtable  Seminar  –  The  EU  Crisis  and  Asia  On  Tuesday  27th  February  the  NCRE  is  hosting  a  public  roundtable  seminar  entitled  The  EU  Crisis  and  Asia.  Director  Martin  Holland  will  chair  this  event  which  will  take  the  form  of  a  debate  involving  a  number  of  senior  Asian  EU  experts  from  around  the  world,  followed  by  an  opportunity  for  discussion.  The  event  will  take  place  over  the  course  of  two  hours  starting  at  9:30am  in  the  John  Britten  Foyer  (NZi3)  and  all  are  invited  to  attend.  We  look  forward  to  welcoming  these  esteemed  academics  to  New  Zealand  so  that  all  in  attendance  can  benefit  from  their  expertise.    Date/Time:  Tuesday  27th  February,  9.30am    Location:  John  Britten  Foyer  All  Welcome  

 2018  Asia-­‐Pacific  EU  Centres  Graduate  Students  Conference  This  week  two  NCRE  PhD  candidates  (Xiyin  Liu  and  Ying  Yuan),  and  Professor  Martin  Holland  attended  the  2018  Asia-­‐Pacific  EU  Centres  Graduate  Students  Conference  and  Roundtable  in  Fukuoka,  Japan.    Xiyin  and  Ying  presented  their  research  to  a  group  of  22  graduates  from  Japan,  China,  Thailand,  Korea  and  New  Zealand.    

   New  Zealand  Centre  for  Human-­Animal  Studies    Erasmus+  Seminar  Friday  2  March,  2-­‐3  pm,  PSYCH  SOCI252  "The  national  socialist  dog?    On  writing  a  political  history  of  animals  in  the  Third  Reich"    Presented  by  Erasmus+  Exchange  Professor  Mieke  Roscher  Director  of  Human-­‐Animal  Studies  (Tier-­‐Mensch-­‐Gesellschaft)  at  Kassel  University,  Germany.      NZCHAS  is  delighted  to  welcome  and  host  Professor  Mieke  Roscher  from  the  Sozial-­‐  und  Kulturgeschichte  Geschichte  der  Mensch-­‐Tier-­‐Beziehungen  (Human-­‐Animal  Studies)  at  Universität  Kassel  in  Deutschland/Germany,  as  a  Research  Fellow  in  the  Centre  during  March  2018.  Professor  Roscher's  visit  is  funded  by  an  EU  Erasmus+  exchange  between  Kassel  and  Canterbury  Universities.      Seminar  Abstract:  Within  the  medial  self-­‐representation  of  the  Third  Reich,  the  topic  of  dogs  serving  the  national  socialist  cause  was  widely  received  and  widely  publicised.  Nevertheless,  it  has  not  gotten  much  attention  from  historians.  Leaving  out  the  role  that  animals,  and  especially  dogs,  played  in  the  societal  makeup,  as  will  be  argued,  however  fails  to  grasp  the  whole  picture  of  the  workings  of  the  Nazi  ideology.  It  was  via  the  real  bodies  of  real  animal  that  ideas  of  folk  community  and  Germanic  endurance  were  transported.  Most  importantly,  animals  were  central  national  socialist’s  arguments  of  racial  politics.  A  political  history  of  animals’  approach,  which  is  introduced  in  this  talk,  helps  to  uncover  the  layers  of  meaning  of  these  racialized  and  Germanized  animals  and  their  importance  for  the  national  socialist  narratives  of  Volk,  blood  and  soil  as  well  as  the  vision  of  a  Great  Germanic  Reich.    

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