Description
In his essay ‘Research: The Young’ (1989), Roland Barthes refers to research processes that are based on the unity of their groups of authors, rather than a theme, and he specifically focuses on groups comprised of postgraduate students. The success of a piece of research, he posits, does not lie in its ‘result’ (publication), as is usually believed, but in its reflexive nature. Therefore, the early (more reflexive, perhaps) stages of research are not necessarily less important than the latter stages, its conclusions. To create space for the presentation of young subjects’ initial research means for Barthes to combat repressions and release not only those ‘young presenters’, the authors of the texts, but also their readers, who are similarly caught up in the division of specialized languages. Drawing on Barthes’ ideas, ‘The Young: What Matters?’ constituted a public platform dedicated to critical voices who are at early stages of their research, aiming to facilitate an exchange of thoughts and practices related to performance, performativity, media, and arts and the humanities at large, between international MA students of distinct programmes (ranging from performance studies and performance practice, to critical theory, dramaturgy, philosophy and sociology of arts): University of Antwerp (BE), ArtEZ (NL), University of Giessen (DE), University of Groningen (NL), University of Roehampton (UK) and University of Utrecht (NL). The symposium took place on 6th and 7th February 2015 in Utrecht and was open to the public. It included two keynote lectures, a series of student-led panels followed by responses and Q&A sessions, and a closing roundtable with the participation of members of staff from the institutions involved. Keynote speakers of the event were Prof. Maaike Bleeker (Utrecht University) and Dr. Efrosini Protopapa (University of Roehampton).| Period | 6-Feb-2015 |
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| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Utrecht, NetherlandsShow on map |