The goal of this new series of talks and workshops, organised by Alessia Zinnari, and hosted by the Centre for Comparative Literature and Translation, offered a space for academics, artists and interdisciplinary practitioners to reflect on the role that practice has in shaping research, and vice-versa, and to understand better how artistic production can produce knowledge. 
 
We were delighted to have Professor Minty Donald launch this series with a talk entitled 'Drifting and Guddling: Creative practice as/and research'. In her talk Minty Donald shared and reflected on her work as a practice-based researcher and artist working both within and beyond academic contexts. Minty’s practice-research explores interrelationships between humans and the other-than-human environments that they shape, build and inhabit; environments that also mould and permeate them. 
 
Her practice takes multiple forms, determined by the context in which she is working, but frequently includes performance, sculpture, participatory events and writing. In her practice, she treats other-than-human matter as a collaborator, acknowledging its liveliness and agency, while also recognising the limits and inequalities of human/other-than-human collaboration. Minty regularly works with her (human) collaborator, Nick Millar. 
 
The event was a great success, with many students attending from the Glasgow School of Art, and colleagues from around the university, but also from outside, including various creative industries. We plan to have one or more similar events in the series next year and in future years, building on this very positive launch. 

First published: 4 August 2025

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