Not PowerPoint Again! Presenting research on women in popular culture differently

Not PowerPoint Again great success!

2010-07-05T10:02:00.002+01:00

Not PowerPoint Again on Friday 2nd July was a great success. All the presentations were inspiring and innovative, and the final event of the day - the zine workshop for all participants - allowed everyone the chance to think about their research differently and come to some surprising conclusions.

Some feedback from our participants:

"Thank you for such a fantastic, thought-provoking event which has met my expectations, but surprised me in how much it has challenged my thinking."

"I'm going to try the free-form zine approach when thinking about my research in future."

"The fact that some research seemed initially hard to present 'differently' gave me more confidence in presenting my own work differently."

Read more about the day school at Subtext magazine: http://www.subtextmagazine.co.uk/2010/07/04/knicker-bunting-hand-puppets-zine-making-and-roller-derby/

Breaking News... Funded places for CWS students!

2010-06-22T10:58:00.002+01:00

We have just learned that the Centre for Women's Studies is providing funded places for their students to attend the Day School.

CWS students: to register just fill in the registration form on this blog or find one hanging in the common room. No need to attach payment!

If you are a CWS student and you have already paid a fee, please contact Julia Carter for your reimbursement.

Not Powerpoint Again! Programme

2010-06-21T18:15:00.004+01:00

Below is a provisional programme for Friday 2nd July (next week!). Some details may change as the day approaches although the main structure will stay the same.

If you are planning on coming and would like lunch, please don't forget to register- there is still time!

10.15-10.45am Registration with tea and orange juice

10.45-11.00am Welcome and introduction

11.00-12.30pm Act One: The Personal is Political

12.30-1.30pm Lunch and poster browsing

1.30-2.00pm Alternative poster discussions and open mic.

2.00-3.00pm Act Two: Bodies and Identities

3.00-3.30pm Break with tea, coffee and cakes

3.00-5.00pm Act Three: Adventures in Thinking

5.00pm Final thoughts: open discussion

5.30pm Day School closes

Registration!

2010-06-08T12:51:00.002+01:00

As our day school is now less than one month away we really need people who plan to attend to start registering. If you don't register in time you might not get any lunch!

To do so please fill in the form using the link opposite or email notpowerpointagain@yahoo.com to get an attachment. The fee is £10 for unwaged and £20 for waged.

Extended deadline for Call for Papers

2010-04-19T16:39:00.004+01:00

In order to give you all a bit more time to think about how and what you would like to present we have extended the call for papers deadline until Monday 31st May. So get your thinking caps on!

Please send us your proposal or abstract before 31st May.

The new registration date is Friday 18th June so please make sure you've sent in your registration form by then to secure your place.

2010-03-24T19:52:00.000Z

New Date! 2nd July 2010

2010-01-20T09:39:00.003Z

Due to unforeseen circumstances Not PowerPoint Again! has been rescheduled for the 2nd July 2010. The new deadline for submissions is 12th April 2010 and the new deadline for registrations is 7th June 2010.

We really look forward to seeing you!

Registration Form to attend the Day School

2009-12-23T11:56:00.008Z

To attend the Day School please complete and send the registration form by 7th June 2010.

Use the link below to download the registration form.

http://www.ziddu.com/download/8247638/RegistrationformAttendees.doc.html

Day School Prices

2009-12-21T12:01:00.001Z

Students/unwaged £10

Waged £20

Call for Papers and Example Storyboard

2009-12-18T12:54:00.006Z

Not PowerPoint Again! Presenting research on women in popular culture differently.

University of York, 2nd July 2010

Are you bored of the traditional conference paper? Tired of watching a presenter stand and read off a script while pointing to an ill thought-out PowerPoint display? Nervous of presenting in a way that feels alien or doesn’t support your research?

Then come along to our Day School where we are experimenting with different and alternative ways of presenting research.

Our aim for the day is to encourage participants from all disciplines to deliver research in inspiring ways. By thinking of different ways to present our research we can spark new perspectives, imagining different angles and approaches that we may never have considered before. We hope to attract presenters from a range of disciplines and thus intend to question the rigid lines of disciplinary thought that we so often become constrained by. The day school will facilitate this interdisciplinary integration by providing an atmosphere of experimentation and questioning.

We want to encompass presentations from as many disciplines as possible; the topics may include, but are not limited to:

Music
Sporting women
Representations of weddings, marriage and divorce
Women on film and TV
Magazine culture
Books
Gardening
Representations of religion
The Internet

We hope to encourage discussions around how presenting differently may lead to thinking differently about research in academia; how presenting differently helps the researcher and the audience to engage with ‘papers’; and whether experimental presentations really can have a place in traditional academic circles.

As the day is geared to presenting in innovative and engaging ways you may wish to present your paper using, for example: performance art, workshops, short films, live experiments, music, dance or other interactive methods. The design is entirely up to you.

To take part in this Day School please submit a summary of your presentation or a Storyboard (both of which must outline your proposed topic, the mode of your presentation, how long it will take, and what equipment you will need) to notpowerpointagain@yahoo.co.uk by 12th April 2010.

An example storyboard appears below.

We look forward to seeing you there!
Julia Carter and Rosemary Hill
Centre for Women’s Studies
University of York