Please see below.
All are welcome to this free event.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Determining Creative Practice
A practiced-based research symposium
Wednesday December 2nd 2009
1030-530
University of Bedfordshire
Speakers:
Mike Stubbs, Filmmaker & Director, FACT
Dr Jonathan Lahey Dronsfield, Reader in Theory 
and Philosophy of Art, University of Reading
FREE EVENT
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Still Moving, A CAPTURE commission Joanna Callaghan, 2007
The University of Bedfordshire, University of 
Derby & the Practice Section of MeCCSA present a 
one day practice-based symposium for media practitioners and academics.
In the context of writing, reflecting and 
presenting practice-based research what role do 
notions of determinism play? Are the 
requirements of practice-based research 
over-determined? Is there space to consider the 
concept of pre determination within creative practice?
We welcome presentations of all forms of 
creative work, including films, creative 
writing, performance, sound and new media that address the following themes:
Is the core origin of creativity within the 
individual, society, or something else?
Is the conscious processing of creating work 
just one part of the creative story?
If proposals â??determineâ?? how useful are they 
in a process of creative discovery? What alternative models exist?
If media practice is predetermined, what does 
this say about the product, the practice, and 
the practitioner? How does this relate to 
originality, creativity, and progress?
What is the role of collaboration in questioning 
the self-determination of the artist, or the work of art?
What role does commissioning and pre-production 
play in determining a creative practice?
To what extent do the institutional and 
commercial bodies that enable and fund 
practice-based research encourage the production 
of paratexts which predetermine the nature and 
scope of the practice and the context within which that practice can be 'read'?
Creative presentations of 10 minutes followed by 
10 minutes of theoretical interpretation / reflection are encouraged.
The event is free and includes lunch and refreshments.
Please e-mail proposals of 300 words to both organisers by 2 November 2009.
Joanna Callaghan: (joanna.calllaghan /at/ beds.ac.uk)
Dr Jason Lee:  (j.lee /at/ derby.ac.uk)
Further information:
<http://pbrsymposium.wikidot.com/>http://pbrsymposium.wikidot.com/
This event is funded by the University of 
Bedfordshire, University of Derby and MeCCSA, 
the Media, Communications, and Cultural Studies 
Association.  It follows on from the symposium 
Circularity, Narrative and Aesthetic Translation 
held in April 2009 at the University of Bedfordshire.
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