Rituals of Culture Event
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An intercultural concert of traditional and new music with guest musicians from
the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, in conjunction with the
BIBAC 2016 International Conference, 30 July – 1 Aug 2016, University
of Cambridge
BIBAC Concert : ‘Rituals of Culture’
Date : Sunday, 31 July 2016
Time : 3.30-4.30 pm
Place : Wolfson Hall, Churchill College
Storey’s Way, CB3 ODS, Cambridge
Tickets : £7
International Women’s Day Intercultural Event
On 9 March, Professor Pam Burnard convened a spectacular showcase of performances as part of the Creativities, Interculturality and Gender (CIG) series she co-ordinates, jointly with the College and the Education Faculty. The evening was a celebration, exploring diverse ways of performing to promote arts-based research.
- Professor Pam Burnard, convenor of the Homerton CreatInG series
Performers were invited to share their insights into the journey to progress equality and social justice through arts-based research, and to experiment with the physical setting of performance, using space, light, sound, and intercultural dialogue. Performances included explorations of the experiences of trafficked women through poetry, a recording of a community poem written by 17-year-old participants in the Fearless Futures programme reflecting upon society’s inequalities, and a piano-flute duet inspired by the rhythms of “landscapes that inspire and shape lives”.
- Homerton’s Charter Choir performing “Let all the world in every corner sing” by Greta Tomlins
The unifying theme of the CIG series has been how discourses of creativity, culture, and gender can connect, and how the roles of these subjects can inform different fields of interest. In earlier events, Hanna McCloskey (Founder and CEO of Fearless Futures) explored tensions in current discussions about gender equality by asking whether we still need ‘1960s tools’ to address the problem in the 21st century, and whether there are alternatives which might accelerate the pace of change. Maria Lusitano Santos addressed how creativity and gender interplay with the emergence of the sharing economy, and the coming together of business, sharing, and social value.
The CIG series will continue until June, culminating in the third international Building Interdisciplinary Bridges Across Cultures (BIBAC) Conference, jointly held by Homerton and Churchill Colleges and the Faculty of Education.
A selection of films were presented at the event, images shown below:
More photos from the event can be viewed here in our gallery.
Seminar Series – Connecting Creatives, Interculturality and Gender through Practice
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