http://www.gla.ac.uk/ en-us University of Glasgow University of Glasgow no Exploring how ideas of space and location -- whether physical or metaphysical, real or imaginary -- are evolving. Subjects include globalisation, localism, cultural and natural spaces, cultural disapora, immigration, spaces of performance and the space of the body. Conference 24-25th May 2012, in the College of Arts Graduate School, University of Glasgow. Exploring how ideas of space and location -- whether physical or metaphysical, real or imaginary -- are evolving. Subjects include globalisation, localism, cultural and natural spaces, cultural disapora, immigration, spaces of performance and the space of the body. Conference 24-25th May 2012, in the College of Arts Graduate School, University of Glasgow. University of Glasgow 2 University of Glasgow Dr Bashabi Fraser, Edinburgh Napier University, delivered a keynote address at the Spaces of (dis)Location conference. Dr Fraser specialises in postcolonial literature and theory with a particular interest in diasporic themes. Dr Bashabi Fraser, Edinburgh Napier University, delivered a keynote address at the Spaces of (dis)Location conference. Dr Fraser specialises in postcolonial literature and theory with a particular interest in diasporic themes. http://itunesu.gla.ac.uk/podcasts//subjects/arts/philosophy/Dislocation/BFraser.mp3 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:33:00 BST 58:08 3 University of Glasgow Teresa Zackodnik, University of Alberta, Canada, delivered a keynote address at the Spaces of (dis)Location conference. Professor Zackodnick studies many aspects of American Literature including African American literature, Asian American fiction and black feminisms. Teresa Zackodnik, University of Alberta, Canada, delivered a keynote address at the Spaces of (dis)Location conference. Professor Zackodnick studies many aspects of American Literature including African American literature, Asian American fiction and black feminisms. http://itunesu.gla.ac.uk/podcasts//subjects/arts/philosophy/Dislocation/TZackodnik.MP3 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:40:00 BST 28:59 4 University of Glasgow Ryan Lewis, University of Dundee, uses readings of Bergsonian/Deleuzian philosophies of becoming/difference and with a view toward Kandinskian theories of abstraction, presents a conceptual account of art claiming that it is the temporal and qualitative nature of art which is the force of its indefinite and inexhaustible abstraction. Ryan Lewis, University of Dundee, uses readings of Bergsonian/Deleuzian philosophies of becoming/difference and with a view toward Kandinskian theories of abstraction, presents a conceptual account of art claiming that it is the temporal and qualitative nature of art which is the force of its indefinite and inexhaustible abstraction. http://itunesu.gla.ac.uk/podcasts//subjects/arts/philosophy/Dislocation/RLewis.mp3 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:09:00 BST 18:36 5 University of Glasgow Vanja Malloy of the Courthauld Institute of Art, speaking on Understanding the Fourth Dimension: Physical and Imaginary Space in Avant-garde Art at the Spaces of (dis)Location conference organised by Philosophy postgraduates at the University of Glasgow May 2012. Vanja Malloy of the Courthauld Institute of Art, speaking on Understanding the Fourth Dimension: Physical and Imaginary Space in Avant-garde Art at the Spaces of (dis)Location conference organised by Philosophy postgraduates at the University of Glasgow May 2012. http://itunesu.gla.ac.uk/podcasts//subjects/arts/philosophy/Dislocation/VMalloy.mp3 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:40:00 BST 21:59 6 University of Glasgow Maryam Mirsepassi,University of Carleton (Ottawa, Canada), speaking on the metaphorical qualities of imaginary space which opens the door to our human understanding. Maryam Mirsepassi,University of Carleton (Ottawa, Canada), speaking on the metaphorical qualities of imaginary space which opens the door to our human understanding. http://itunesu.gla.ac.uk/podcasts//subjects/arts/philosophy/Dislocation/MMirsepassi.mp3 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:40:00 BST 14:08 7 University of Glasgow Rebecca Birch, Loughborough University, proposes the car as a vessel for a dialogical and site-responsive artwork, in which the work is the act of ‘being with’ another in a shared encounter in space and time. Rebecca Birch, Loughborough University, proposes the car as a vessel for a dialogical and site-responsive artwork, in which the work is the act of ‘being with’ another in a shared encounter in space and time. http://itunesu.gla.ac.uk/podcasts//subjects/arts/philosophy/Dislocation/RBirch.mp3 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:08:00 BST 23:02