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What do Starburst and Beetlejuice have in common?

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  Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice (1988) For people who have never been to an exhibition and wonder why it would be relevant for them, I would ask them… do you like horror films? Seems a bit random I agree. Needle felting artist, Jenny Egerton  selected Catherine Lester’s research in children’s horror films to inspire a piece of art. Perhaps you have watched Coraline (2009) or Frankenweenie (2012) with your kids? Or are a diehard Beetlejuice (1988) fan? 'Beetlejuice,'Beetlejuice…’ I won’t tempt fate. Catherine is in the Department of Film and Television studies at Warwick University. She said, ‘My research investigates the children’s horror film in US cinema from early child-friendly films with frightening elements, such as Snow White (1937), to more recent films like Frankenweenie (2012). Children are traditionally thought of as being innocent, vulnerable and impressionable beings. However, children have been enjoying horror films for decades. I explore how thes...

IATL Strategic Grant

I have been awarded a grant for a project with the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry to begin on completion of my doctorate. This is a highly competative staff fund , for large-scale projects which support the university's teaching and learning strategy. I obtained this grant with the support of Cath Lambert. The title of the project is:   A retrospective study to ascertain the pedagogic benefits of research-led teaching   ‘Bearing witness to marginalised groups’   My research interest The Belgrade Theatre’s ‘bearing witness to marginalised groups’ programme aims to work with young people from diverse backgrounds. Each group works closely with a trained dramaturg e (a crafter of stories for the stage), sharing and shaping experiences into dramatic form. This offers young people an opportunity to reflect, share, rethink, and transform their stories. As post-war Coventry was rebuilt so was a theatre for the community ( t he Belgrade). The Council Statu...

Paid Undergraduate Research Assistant Position

  Job title : Undergraduate research assistant Deadline : 12 noon, 29 th February   This might be the opportunity for you Are you an undergraduate first year student in social sciences or humanities? Would you like research experience on your CV? Do you need paid work experience?   Overview of the project The Belgrade Theatre’s ‘bearing witness to marginalised groups’ programme aimed to work with young people from diverse backgrounds. Each group works closely with a trained dramaturg (a crafter of stories for the stage), sharing and shaping experiences into dramatic form. This project offered young people an opportunity to reflect, share, rethink, and transform their stories. Our project is a retrospective study with previous participants of the ‘bearing witness’ programme from 5 to 10 years later.   Vacancy Type/Job category Undergraduate Research Assistant   Departments Social...

A vignette of IATL, in the dark would (wood) 13th May 2015

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  ‘You remind me,’ said the woman on the other side, ‘of Alice in Wonderland.’ I had left my belongings back in the other world, including my shoes, and crawled through a tunnel of lights into an Aladdin’s cave of pedagogy. There were no giant, talking flowers but there were: mossy pillows to stand on, the smell of purple flowers and rosemary, the feel of marbles and chickpeas scattered in a box; a large hoop skirt to reimagine ones childhood; bubbles, Lego, Play Doh, costumes and more to explore.  I wrote a postcard, to my eight year old self, Believe in your creativity and forge your own path. I felt constrained by the Curriculum as it came into force in the late 1980s. They had asked us to think for ourselves then trained us how to act: realistic, practical, confined by opportunities we did not understand. At home my existence was one of curiosity and imagination that wasn’t valid in the classroom where they recited, ‘learn this, say this, be th...