Friday 16th April - What if you can't interview anyone? The central place of analysis: Module Two & Three focus on Zoom

Friday April 16th 2021

Online session with ACI3622 Module Two & Three focus

What if you can’t interview anyone? The central place of analysis.

6pm (time in London) 

These discussion groups are a time to talk across the BAPP learning community and practice speaking to others about your work. You can join the group through the Zoom link on Unihub 

*Please note if you have any specific questions about the course that you need to discuss with your Supervisor you can email them or Skype call your Supervisor (quick questions can just be called in via Skype there is no need for an appointment - we ask you to try to call during your Supervisor's Office Hours if possible - see UniHub for times).

Wednesday 10th March - talking about writing.

Wednesday  March 10th 2021

Wednesday  BAPP discussion group - talking about writing with guest speaker Peter Thomas 

8:15am (time in London)

or

9pm (time in London) 

this is discussion about 'academic writing' with guest speaker Peter Thomas from the Writing Center at Middlesex University. You can join the group through the Zoom link on Unihub.

Tuesday 23rd February - Research terms, what are you doing?: Module Three focus on Zoom

Tuesday February 23rd 2021

Online session with ACI3633 Module Three focus

Research terms – what are you doing?

6pm (time in London) 

These discussion groups are a time to talk across the BAPP learning community and practice speaking to others about your work. You can join the group through the Zoom link on Unihub 

Monday 22nd February - Seeing your Practice and self on Zoom

Monday February 22nd 2021

Online session with ACI 3611 Module One focus

Seeing your Practice and self

6pm (time in London)

These discussion groups are a time to talk across the BAPP learning community and practice speaking to others about your work. You can join the group through the Zoom link on Unihub 

*Please note if you have any specific questions about the course that you need to discuss with your Supervisor you can email them or Skype call your Supervisor (quick questions can just be called in via Skype there is no need for an appointment - we ask you to try to call during your Supervisor's Office Hours if possible - see UniHub for times).

Thursday 18th February - Research as mapping to build understanding: Module Two focus on Zoom

Thursday 18th February 2021

Online session with ACI3622 Module Two focus

Research as mapping to build understanding

6pm (time in London)

These discussion groups are a time to talk across the BAPP learning community and practice speaking to others about your work. You can join the group through the Zoom link on Unihub 

Twilight Wednesday 17th February - discussion group on Zoom

Wednesday February 17th 2021

Wednesday discussion group BAPP all modules

8.15am (time in London)

or 

9pm (time in London) 

These discussion groups are a time to talk across the BAPP learning community and practice speaking to others about your work. You can join the group through the Zoom link on Unihub 

*Please note if you have any specific questions about the course that you need to discuss with your Supervisor you can email them or Skype call your Supervisor (quick questions can just be called in via Skype there is no need for an appointment - we ask you to try to call during your Supervisor's Office Hours if possible - see UniHub for times).

On this course we do qualitative research - thank you.

 Yes, qualitiative research is about the depth and the detail - 

One-to-ones with Adesola this week.

 Hi 

I am not holding any more one-to-one tutorial this week. I am having to cancel them. But I have put a doodle poll on Unihub so you can reschedule for the week beginning February 8th. Please also remember to attend the Zoom inductions on Friday or Saturday. 

Adesola

Strarting and starting back with BAPP

We are excited to be starting back with BAPP after the Winter break. The first week of term is February 8th. We have induction and welcome back Zooms on February 5th & 6th (look on Unihub/BAPP schedule for the link addreses for those). Over the coming weeks (this week or next week) before February 8th  you will recieve a welcome back email from your supervisor and you should also book a one-to-one with them(using the appropriate doodle poll address. 

We are looking forward to a productive, reflective, insightful term ahead.

Monday 30th November - The ways ideas can be communicated; Module Three focus

Monday Nov 30^th  

Online session with ACI3633 Module Three focus

The ways ideas can be communicated.

6pm (time in London)

These discussion group Skypes are a time to talk across the BAPP learning community and practice speaking to others about your work. Please write below to indicate if you will be attending and what you would like to share/talk about. 

*Please note if you have any specific questions about the course that you need to discuss with your Supervisor you can email them or Skype call your Supervisor (quick questions can just be called in via Skype there is no need for an appointment - we ask you to try to call during your Supervisor's Office Hours if possible - see UniHub for times).

Friday 27th November - Practicalities of doing practice-based research: Module Two focus

Friday Nov 27^th 2020

Online session with ACI 3622 Module Two focus 

Practicalities of doing practice-based research.

6pm (time in London)

These discussion group Skypes are a time to talk across the BAPP learning community and practice speaking to others about your work. Please write below to indicate if you will be attending and what you would like to share/talk about. 

*Please note if you have any specific questions about the course that you need to discuss with your Supervisor you can email them or Skype call your Supervisor (quick questions can just be called in via Skype there is no need for an appointment - we ask you to try to call during your Supervisor's Office Hours if possible - see UniHub for times).

Twilights - Wednesday 25th November

Wednesday Nov 25^th 2020

Wednesday discussion group (BAPP all modules)

8.15am (time in London)

or

9pm (time in London)

These discussion group Skypes are a time to talk across the BAPP learning community and practice speaking to others about your work. Please write below to indicate which group time you will attend and what you would like to share/talk about. 

*Please note if you have any specific questions about the course that you need to discuss with your Supervisor you can email them or Skype call your Supervisor (quick questions can just be called in via Skype there is no need for an appointment - we ask you to try to call during your Supervisor's Office Hours if possible - see UniHub for times).

Discussion on interviews, discussion on data!

 On Friday we had a Skype discussion that began with 'data: what if you can not interview anyone?!" The prompt in this discussion is about making sure your data collection is not just about going and asking people to solve the problem of your inquiry for you. The prompt is also Iabout looking at where information you can use to reflect on your inquiry questions, comes from - not necessarily from other people just like you. A strong source of data is from other scholars and artists who have spend many years thinking about issues that resonate with your own inquiry. Usually  looking at existing work is the key to opening-up your own ideas. 

Other points that were made were:

When does data end?  

 

Data has a life of its own – which is why we need a moment when we stop collecting it (!) and turn attention and focus to analysis. 

 

The reflective report in Module Three is about the whole process of the inquiry not just what you now know/think of your inquiry topic. 

 

Take aways: 

Even though topics are different, the learning experience and what people found have become about understanding our own practices. 

 

People attending the conversation will be posting blogs and putting links in the comments below. what do you feel? 

One Dance UK Dance Ambassadors programme and our own MDX Student Voice Leader

At all times, but particularly at this 2020 moment, it important to be a part of the voice of performing artists.  We are currently looking for Student Voice Leaders for the coming year in BAPP. Please contact Helen or myslef or our current Student Vice Leaders. 

There is also this opportunity: Here is information about the One Dance UK programme, past students with BAPP have been successful Dance Ambassadors.  One Dance UK’s Dance Ambassadors are a team of young people aged 18- 25 from across the UK who believe in the power of dance! Ambassadors are passionate young people who would like to advocate for the importance of dance and assist with the delivery of One Dance UK’s activities at a local, regional and national level.

We welcome applications from ALL young people who can contribute positively to the Dance Ambassadors programme around their current commitments. Applicants do not have to be studying or working in dance to be a Dance Ambassador and they can love any style of dance. We welcome applications from ALL young people regardless of background, experience or ability – they simply have to demonstrate a passion for dance. We really want to make sure that our Dance Ambassadors fully represent young dancers, so we are keen to hear from people of varying cultures, religions, genders, sexual orientations and ethnicities and from all parts of the UK! Applications from young people with disabilities are particularly welcome!

Dance Ambassadors will: 

•            Learn about the varied work of One Dance UK and other dance organisations.

•            Develop their potential as a member of the dance sector by learning about the varied roles and careers in and around dance.

•            Gain a wealth of new skills, knowledge and experience and build their CV.

•            Have the opportunity to volunteer at a variety of dance-related events, both with One Dance UK and in partnership with other organisations, developing contacts along the way.

•            Have their say on the future of dance! 

Applications close 7 December 2020 

SEE MORE HERE

APPLY HERE

VIDEOS OF EX AMBASSADORS

Tuesday 17th November - The central place of analysis, synthesis of information through reflection: Module Three focus

Tuesday Nov 17^th 2020

Online session with ACI3633 Module Three focus

The central place of analysis, synthesis of information through reflection.

6pm (time in London)

These discussion group Skypes are a time to talk across the BAPP learning community and practice speaking to others about your work. Please write below to indicate if you will be  attending and what you would like to share/talk about. 

*Please note if you have any specific questions about the course that you need to discuss with your Supervisor you can email them or Skype call your Supervisor (quick questions can just be called in via Skype there is no need for an appointment - we ask you to try to call during your Supervisor's Office Hours if possible - see UniHub for times).

Monday 16th November - Synthesis of information through reflection: Module One focus

Monday Nov 16^th 2020

Online session with ACI 3611 Module One focus

Synthesis of information through reflection.

6pm (time in London) 

These discussion group Skypes are a time to talk across the BAPP learning community and practice speaking to others about your work. Please write below to indicate if you will be attending and what you would like to share/talk about. 

*Please note if you have any specific questions about the course that you need to discuss with your Supervisor you can email them or Skype call your Supervisor (quick questions can just be called in via Skype there is no need for an appointment - we ask you to try to call during your Supervisor's Office Hours if possible - see UniHub for times).

Friday 13th November - What if you can't interview anyone? The central place of analysis: Module Two and Three focus

Friday Nov 13^th 2020

Online session with ACI3622 Module Two & Three focus

What if you can’t interview anyone? the central place of analysis.

6pm (time in London) 

These discussion group Skypes are a time to talk across the BAPP learning community and practice speaking to others about your work. Please write below to indicate if you will be attending and what you would like to share/talk about. 

*Please note if you have any specific questions about the course that you need to discuss with your Supervisor you can email them or Skype call your Supervisor (quick questions can just be called in via Skype there is no need for an appointment - we ask you to try to call during your Supervisor's Office Hours if possible - see UniHub for times).

No Wednesday 4th November - Campus session

We will not be having a campus session this term, due to Covid-19 arrangements. 

Ethical considerations = thinking about the impact of something...

In the PP programmes we separate Ethics into two elements ethical procedures (the things you have to do to comply with different social / personal/ organisational 'rules') and ethical considerations (the thinking and discussions that can lead to those 'rules'). Another way of describing the ethical conversations element is 'the discourses' around a subject. The ethical considerations are the thoughts and 'arguments' about something. Such as the inner discussion you might have as you decide whether or not to do something. I think the film 'The Push' on Netflix is a really good way to start to think about the world of ethics. In it, people seem to lack the habit of using ethical considerations to in order to consider what their actions mean. How we make meaning or link meaning to actions is a part of ethical considerations. 

People seemed to enjoy watching a Netflix show (The Social Dilemma) and then commenting on the topics it raised. What are your thoughts on what ethical considerations are after watching the show. Not comments on your judgement of the decisions made  (!!!) but your thoughts on the act of consideration and how useful it is...

Looking forward to hearing what you feel   

Wednesday 14th Oct - talking about writing workshop

Wednesday  Oct 14^th 2020

Wednesday  BAPP discussion group - talking about writing with guest speaker Peter Thomas 

8:15am (time in London)

or

6pm (time in London) 

this is discussion about 'academic writing' with guest speaker Peter Thomas from the Writing Center at Middlesex University. Please write below to indicate which group time you will attend and what you would like to share/talk about. 

Friday's Skype - researching research

 Our Friday evening Skype discussion with a Module Two focus was interesting. The main point we made was that in Module Two you are learning about research by researching how to research– what are different ways people research? And what ways do you want to adopt when you plan research yourself. Of course, you already research in different ways but maybe you have not called it research. For instance, all those thinking about their practice in Module One are in some ways researching themselves. When you are in a performing arts class (dance, music) as you develop your art form you are researching in terms of trying out shifts in your practice – Theresa talked about this. 

 

Within research the analysis (how you make meaning of information) is key. This is the use of Critical Thinking – not being criticalbeing judgemental or looking for ‘truth’) when you are thinking, but thinking critically (being analytical). For me critical thinking is about asking questions about the things we take for granted, asking about the ‘normal’ things we see. In the paper ‘the right to research’ (2006) Arjun Appaduria writes:

 

‘I maintain that knowledge is both more valuable and more ephemeral due to globalisation, and that it is vital for the exercise of informed citizenship…I …explore the democratisation of the right to research, and the nexus between research and action…

…All human beings are, in this sense, researchers, since all human being make decisions that require them to make systematic forays beyond their current knowledge horizons.’ (Appadurai, 2006, p. 167)

 

People in the skype are carrying on the conversations we had through their blog posts. Please go to the comments below to make a comment yourself. and also find links to people’s posts.

 

 

Appadurai, A. (2006). The Right to Research. Globalisation, Societies and Education 4(2), 167 - 177. doi:10.1080/14767720600750696

First weeks back

It is Friday of the second week back. I am excited to be in a new term. We have added a couple of new ideas: 

The new email for myself and Helen with the 'PPACI' in the address: the idea of this email was so all student emails have their own mail box. I am getting my head around the second email now but it has taken a couple of weeks. I thought all of the emails sent to my new email address were coming to my computer but I have just found they are not all coming! So I am now starting a routine of checking them twice (on my computer and on-line!!). This is annoying because the whole point of the new email address to try to avoid missing emails !! If you have not had a response from me and were expecting one maybe resend. 

The second change seems to be working really well. That is to book tutorials you can go to UniHub programme page > Tutorials folder  and under your Supervisors name is a doodle poll link where you can see openings for tutorial over two week blocks. I will renew my doodle every two weeks across the term. 

It has been great talking to everyone on in the Skype one-to-one welcome (back) tutorials and the first group skypes. There have been some great blog posts starting us off thinking and discussing also. I am looking forward to reading what people are finding, exploring and discovering through your blog posts as the term progresses. 

Adesola

AM skype – Practicing my Practice

 We had a great skype discussion today. We looked at the discussion as a kind of improvisation – working out how to add ideas and recognize points for questions and notice how and when to move the conversation along. This is the skill of debate rather than just a group working towards a consensus. Our goal was to understand something better by sharing ideas, and verbalizing them with others. Everyone contributed to the improvisation and we came across a few interesting ideas and points through the conversation. People are blogging about this and putting the link in the comments below. Please carry the conversation on in the blogs. 

Here are some points I found interesting:

Performance artists are used to getting things done quickly – learn it - perform it-  done!! In this course you are not getting told what to do but how to approach what to do. Although performers are getting told what to do the performance part is also what you do with it. It is quick (you have to learn steps quickly) but them you have to continue to find greater and greater meaning (depth) in the steps the more you perform them so that islike the course – something that builds knowledge the more you practice it . 

 

Questioning to find out more – not to find out answers.

 

We talked about different starting points – 1)  outside (dates and circumstances that make you start), 2) inner personal feeling of beginning something, 3) personal shifts that make you realize you have started. 

 

Looking forward to seeing everyone’s post

 

Tuesday 29th September - Research terms - what are you doing? Module Three focus

Tuesday Sept 29^th 2020

Online session with ACI3633 Module Three focus

Research terms – what are you doing?

6pm (time in London) 

These discussion group Skypes are a time to talk across the BAPP learning community and practice speaking to others about your work. Please write below to indicate if you will be attending and what you would like to share/talk about. 

*Please note if you have any specific questions about the course that you need to discuss with your Supervisor you can email them or Skype call your Supervisor (quick questions can just be called in via Skype there is no need for an appointment - we ask you to try to call during your Supervisor's Office Hours if possible - see UniHub for times).

Monday Sept 28th - Seeing your Practice and self - Module One focus

Monday Sept 28^th 2020

Online session with ACI 3611 Module One focus

Seeing your Practice and self

6pm (time in London)

These discussion group Skypes are a time to talk across the BAPP learning community and practice speaking to others about your work. Please write below to indicate if you will be attending and what you would like to share/talk about. 

*Please note if you have any specific questions about the course that you need to discuss with your Supervisor you can email them or Skype call your Supervisor (quick questions can just be called in via Skype there is no need for an appointment - we ask you to try to call during your Supervisor's Office Hours if possible - see UniHub for times).

Networks of information - social media

We have looked at social media and Web 2.0 in Module one. Over the last ten years since BAPP started in the form it is today social medias and Web 2.0 has changed and developed and created cultures of their own. Back then Alan Durrant and I re-shaped the BAPP course to include Blogging and social media platforms following ideas of Connectivism*.  Connectivism is still at the heart of the course however the implications of the internet are not static and requires continued critical thinking about what knowledge and information manifests as ( and what they do!). I just watched the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma (Director Jeff Orlowski, 2020). It raises interesting questions about the networks we develop around us. Interesting ethical considerations particularly for those reflecting in Module One. 

*Connectivism is a theoretical framework for understanding learning in a digital age. It emphasises how internet technologies such as web browsers, search engines, wikis, online discussion forums, and social networks contributed to new avenues of learning. Technologies have enabled people to learn and share information across the World Wide Web and among themselves in ways that were not possible before the digital age- see the recommended book on our reading lists - Knowing Knowledge by George Siemens

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11464826/ 

What are your thoughts?  - please comment below.

Friday September 25th - Research as mapping: Module Two focus discussion

Friday Sept 25^th 2020

Online session with ACI3622 Module Two focus

Research as mapping to build understanding

6pm (time in London)

These discussion group Skypes are a time to talk across the BAPP learning community and practice speaking to others about your work. Please write below to indicate if you will be attending and what you would like to share/talk about. 

*Please note if you have any specific questions about the course that you need to discuss with your Supervisor you can email them or Skype call your Supervisor (quick questions can just be called in via Skype there is no need for an appointment - we ask you to try to call during your Supervisor's Office Hours if possible - see UniHub for times).

Twilights - Wednesday 23rd Sept. All module discussion group

Wednesday Sept 23^rd 2020

Wednesday discussion group BAPP all modules

8.15am (time in London)

or 

9pm (time in London) 

These discussion group Skypes are a time to talk across the BAPP learning community and practice speaking to others about your work. Please write below to indicate which group time you will attend and what you would like to share/talk about. 

*Please note if you have any specific questions about the course that you need to discuss with your Supervisor you can email them or Skype call your Supervisor (quick questions can just be called in via Skype there is no need for an appointment - we ask you to try to call during your Supervisor's Office Hours if possible - see UniHub for times).

Welcome / Welcome back Skypes

The new terms is starting soon!!
We are having Welcome / Welcome back Skypes
Friday September 11th 3pm and 6pm  (time in London)

Saturday September 12th  3pm and 6pm (time in London)

Comment below to let us know which one you will attending. 

Note we have added two induction times so now there are four. Please indicate which day and time you want to attend. Thank you. 

Welcome and welcome back Sykes September 2020

Great to be starting the new term.


We have welcome / welcome back skypes on
Friday September 11th at 6pm (time in London)

Saturday September 12th 3pm (time in London)

Please comment below to indicate which you will attend.