ReCNTR

Talk: Forensic Landscapes of State Terror, Civil War, and Cartel Violence in Latin America: Transmediality as a Method for Critical Scholarship | 19 April 2023 | 15:00-17:00 | The Hague
2023-04-19 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Schouwburgstraat Building, Schouwburgstraat 2, The Hague, 2511 VA, Netherlands
This lecture will articulate the idea of transmedia practice as a mode of critical inquiry. To do so, Pablo will reflect on his role as artistic director of Forensic Landscapes, an immersive web documentary that explores forensic resistance in Latin America, created along with researcher and filmmaker Anne Huffschmid. Combining elements such as 360º landscapes, essay films, animations, soundscapes and texts, the aesthetic and narrative strategies were implemented not merely to illustrate but expand their research questions. Evoking forensic procedures of body identification and skeletal reconstruction, the lecture will deploy a reflexive archaeology of the project, presenting the design process as a way of generating new insights on the topics of investigation.

Using this example as the main terrain of interrogation, Pablo will take the opportunity to question the logocentric paradigm operating in academic institutions, sharing the belief that transmedia practice can nurture research cultures across the arts, humanities and social sciences. How can we introduce a transmedia approach to the production of knowledge at universities and research centers? What are the main challenges to build such an open, transdisciplinary framework within these institutional contexts? The lecture is open not only to scholars already engaging in transmedia / multi-modal methods, but all scholars in social sciences and humanities interested in the potential of these methods. Details on the presenter, respondent and registration: https://www.recntr.nl/wp-admin/post.php?post=1087&action=edit The room number is: A2.04 in the Schouwburgstraat Building of Leiden University

Talk by Jumana Emil Abboud: Untangling divinations in water | 29 March 2023 | 13:00-15:00 | The Hague [Register to join]
2023-03-29 13:00 - 15:00 | Schouwburgstraat Building, Schouwburgstraat 2, The Hague, 2511 VA, Netherlands
Based between Jerusalem and London, artist Jumana Emil Abboud draws on Palestinian folklore, magic, mythologies, and supernatural elements as a political and imaginary framework to re-appropriate and reinterpret dispossessed landscapes and histories. Her internationally exhibited practice ranges from drawing and video to performance and painting. By placing a strong emphasis on community-driven and participatory aspects, she offers a poetic and collective method of worldbuilding, as well as a means to counter the decades-long erasure of space and memory in Palestine. (Nat Muller)

When and where:
29 March 2023 | 13:00 – 15:00
Room A2.02 | Schouwburgstraat Building | Leiden University
Schouwburgstraat 2, 2511 VA The Hague

Register here : https://www.recntr.nl/2023/03/talk-by-jumana-emil-abboud-untangling-divinations-in-water-29-march-2023-1300-1500-the-hague-register-to-join/

ReCNTR, ArteEast & LIMA present: A Grain of Sand in the Mountain’s Belly | 28 March 2023 | 20:00 | LAB111, Amsterdam
2023-03-28 20:00 - 22:00 | Lab 111, Arie Biemondstraat 111, Amsterdam, 1054 PD, Netherlands
We are delighted to team up once again with LIMA, and this time with ArteEast, for this screening curated by Nat Muller! The programme features several works by Jumana Emil Abboud who is our special guest for the week.
When and where
Date & Time: Tuesday 28 March 2023 | 20:00
Location: LAB 111, Amsterdam (LAB2)
Price: 7,50 euros | students 5,00 euros | Cineville
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The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the artists. The evening will conclude with the opportunity to catch up at LAB111’s cafe in attendance of the curators and the artists.
More on the event: https://www.recntr.nl/2023/03/recntr-arteeast-lima-present-a-grain-of-sand-in-the-mountains-belly-28-march-2023-2000-lab111-amsterdam/

Talk by Sasha Litvintseva and Beny Wagner: My Want of You Partakes of Me| Room A2.01 | Schouwburgstraat Building
2022-11-24 18:00 - 20:00 | Schouwburgstraat Building, Schouwburgstraat 2, The Hague, 2511 VA, Netherlands
In this presentation Sasha Litvintseva and Beny Wagner will discuss their current work in progress My Want of You Partakes of Me, which explores the complexity of incorporation as a physical, perceptual and psychological foundation of being. Drawing on western scientific frameworks, science fiction, colonial histories, poetry and myth, the film weaves together a constantly shapeshifting and open-ended tapestry of attempts to understand how organisms broadly, and human animals more specifically, are both continuous with and separate from their surroundings.

When and where:
24 November 2022 | 18:00 – 20:00
Room A2.01 | Schouwburgstraat Building | Leiden University
Schouwburgstraat 2, 2511 VA The Hague

ReCNTR & LIMA Present: Sasha Litvintseva & Beny Wagner| LAB111, Amsterdam (LAB2)
2022-11-23 20:00 - 23:30 | Lab 111, Arie Biemondstraat 111, Amsterdam, 1054 PD, Netherlands
We are delighted to team up with the new filmclub Canal++ and LIMA for the screening of Constant by Beny Wagner and Sasha Litvintseva next to works from the LIMA collection! The selected screenings will reflect on the theme of (the standardisation of) measurement.

When and where

Date & Time: Wednesday, 23 November 2022 | 20:00
Location: LAB111, Amsterdam (LAB2)
Price: 7,50 euros | students 5,00 euros | Cineville
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Workshop by Hagit Keysar & Ariel Caine: Spatial Testimonies, Spatial Photography: Aerial imagery and photogrammetry in spaces of conflict and colonisation| Room B3.01| Schouwburgstraat building
2022-10-21 09:00 - 17:00 | Schouwburgstraat Building, Schouwburgstraat 2, The Hague, 2511 VA, Netherlands
New forms of computational 3D imaging have given rise to a new photographic condition — one in which the flat image is replaced by an omni-directional spatial data constellation, and in which viewing is defined by immersive navigation. Fusing survey and perspectival imaging, optical media has gradually developed to incorporate a multiplicity of images and sources, that are both perspectival and projective, communal, situated and multiple. While primarily developed by states, military and industry, permeating and restructuring them from the inside, it simultaneously opens new spaces for civic-led counter practices.

In this daylong hands-on workshop we will experiment with principles of photogrammetric 3D scanning and its intersections with cartographic workflows.

When and Where
20 October 2022, from 17:30 to 19:30
LIPSIUS building | Room 003
Cleveringaplaats 1, 2311 BD Leiden

Talk by Ariel Caine & Hagit Keysar: Spatial Testimonies, Spatial Photography: Aerial imagery and photogrammetry in spaces of conflict and colonisation| Room 003| LIPSIUS building
2022-10-20 17:30 - 19:30 | Lipsius Building, Cleveringaplaats 1, Leiden, 2311 BD, Netherlands
In this talk we look into the volatile space of Jerusalem through the prism of the geofence. To begin with, we investigate this new invisible technology of aerial and terrestrial control and continue by contrasting it with tactical forms of resistance, balloon/kite photography, that subvert its technological, epistemological, and ontological standing.

When and Where
20 October 2022, from 17:30 to 19:30
LIPSIUS building | Room 003
Cleveringaplaats 1, 2311 BD Leiden

Workshop: Multimodal futures(?)| Room 5A37 | Pieter de la Court building
2022-10-06 15:30 - 17:00 | Pieter de la Court Building, Wassenaarseweg 52, Leiden, 2333AK, Netherlands
After a one and a half day workshop the final roundtable comes back to the initial question: “How do multiple forms of engagements with border and migration control regimes imagine and make a difference on the matters they critically engage with?”. With multimodal interventions, we refer to research engaging with creative audio-visual utterances, which span across the broader spectrum of media genres and formats including e.g. installations, documentary, film, podcasts, soundscapes, memes, graphic novels, mapping exercises, creative storytelling. Multimodal interventions may have the potential to make a difference in practice, including in the living conditions of migrants, as well as conceptual reflections on such collaborative initiatives. We reflect on a diversity of approaches with regards to the purposes and ambitions of interventions, but also with regards to their methodologies and formats. The roundtable will be kicked off with a couple of inspiring examples to help us envision the many possible and desirable multimodal futures that can inspire how we engage with matters of migration, borders & technology.

When and where:
Thursday October 6, 2022
15:30- 17:00
Room 5A37, University of Leiden, Pieter de la Court building, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK Leiden

Work-in-progress Workshop: Photo Edition| Room 212A| Wijnhaven building
2022-09-23 09:00 - 12:00 | Wijnhaven Building, Turfmarkt 99, The Hague, 2511 DP, Netherlands
Although the most ubiquitous form of visual representation, photography has played a marginal role in social research projects and has been rarely elevated above the status of illustration in scholarly outputs. Despite the anxiety produced by stringent privacy laws and the habituated thoughtlessness common to everyday imaging habits, an increasing number of researchers recognize photography’s versatile and accessible qualities for enacting powerful visual narratives. Since efforts to establish rigorous peer review standards in this domain remain limited, ReCNTR will dedicate its next Works-in-Progress session to focus on research projects that foreground photography. Three ReCNTR members — Nadia Sonneveld, Benjamin Fogarty-Valenzuela, and Mark Westmoreland — will present works in different stages of development in order to get critical input and facilitate bringing the work to fruition. Discussion may range from shooting practices and ethical rapport to narrative structure and page design. In an effort to cultivate stronger connections with photographic practices in the Netherlands, ReCNTR has invited Donald Weber, Sybren Kuiper, and Andrea Stultiens as respondents. The session is open to the public.

When and where

23 September 2022, from 09:00 to 12:00
Leiden University
Wijnhaven building | Room 212A
Turfmarkt 99, The Hague

Talk by Nathaniel Brunt: The Country Without a Post Office / Archiving Photographic Histories of Armed Conflict | Room 312 a/b | Wijnhaven building
2022-06-30 15:00 - 17:00 | Wijnhaven Building, Turfmarkt 99, The Hague, 2511 DP, Netherlands
For nearly a decade, Nathaniel Brunt, has examined the history, sociocultural impact, and human cost of the insurgency in India’s Kashmir Valley. During this presentation Brunt will show the organic development of his work in the field and the unique way his project blends archival practice, documentary photography, and cultural historical research. The lecture will draw specific attention to his work #shaheed (2014-2017) which explores the recent re-emergence and evolution of the insurgency in the region, the lives of the young men fighting in it, and the broader changing nature of the photographic representation of war in the early 21st century.

When and where
30 June 2022, from 15:00 to 17:00
Wijnhaven building | Room 312 a/b
Turfmarkt 99 The Hague

Work-in-progress Workshop | Room 5A37 | Pieter de la Court building
2022-06-16 13:00 - 17:00 | Pieter de la Court Building, Wassenaarseweg 52, Leiden, 2333AK, Netherlands
Join us for the centre’s first Work-in-progress workshop. Presenters will discuss a developing project with a “making” component. Participants will be invited to provide feedback after each presentation.

Programme:

13:00 – 13:05 Welcome
13:05- 14:15 Aiwen Yin and Myriam Vandenbroucke
14:20 – 15:35 Nile A Davies
15:40 – 17:00 Federico De Musso and Cristina Grasseni

When and where
16 June 2022, from 13:00 to 17:00
Pieter de la Court building | Room 5A37
Wassenaarseweg 52, Leiden

Talk by Neal White: The Deep Field / Art and the Ecological Imaginary| Room 348| Wijnhaven building
2022-05-13 15:00 - 17:00 | Wijnhaven Building, Turfmarkt 99, The Hague, 2511 DP, Netherlands
Neal White is an artist and researcher. His talk will address artistic and academic research in relation to ecology as shaped by scientific framing of knowledge of environmental issues. The talk will highlight an artistic project he is leading in collaboration with artist Tina O’Connell at Amstelpark, Amsterdam, supported by Mondriaan Funds and zone2source. Framed by his work with the Deep Field Project, a research initiative that involves a range of graduate researchers using concepts from the environmental humanities, engaging with methodological innovation, and experimental fieldwork, White reflects on the power relationships that shape interdisciplinary and epistemic/environmental encounters and the critical role of artistic researchers in shaping knowledge futures.

When and where
13 May 2022, from 15:00 to 17:00
Wijnhaven building | Room 348
Turfmarkt 99 The Hague

Talk by Aymeric Mansoux: Shadow IT / The Politics of Digital Tools in Research and Teaching | Room 1.23 | Lipsius Building
2022-04-21 15:00 - 17:00 | Lipsius Building, Cleveringaplaats 1, Leiden, 2311 BD, Netherlands
During this presentation, and the following discussion, we will question whether or not we can talk about other ways of knowing, teaching and researching in the digital realm without questioning the very tools that form such a realm. We will discuss if shadow IT can help us think through this conundrum. The Experimental Publishing master (XPUB), a master in art and design at the Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, will be used as an example of how shadow IT can be used to rethink practice-led research and teaching.

When and where
Lipsius Building, Room 1.23
Cleveringaplaats 1, 2311 BD Leiden

Making Workshop by Elizabeth Chin : Displacing the Ethnographic Eye | Room 1B53 | Leiden
2022-03-25 09:00 - 17:00 | Pieter de la Court Building, Wassenaarseweg 52, Leiden, 2333AK, Netherlands
Removing the camera from the eye and using such strategies as time-lapse and motion sensing, this workshop focuses on how visual documentation can become material that illuminates fieldwork in unexpected ways.  All you need is a smartphone and room to download an app or two, a sense of fun and a willingness to experiment and possibly look silly in public.

We will first experiment with apps that offer options for capturing visual images (still and moving).  Then, out in public we will gather documentation.  Finally, we will review, process, and reflect upon that documentation and what it might tell us and how we might make use of it.

Time
The workshop will take place on Friday 25th March, from 9:00 to 17:00

Place
Pieter de la Court Building
Leiden University
Room 1B53
Wassenaarseweg 52,
2333 AK Leiden

ReCNTR Launch Event | Room 346 | Wijnhaven
2022-03-24 15:00 - 17:00 | Wijnhaven Building, Turfmarkt 99, The Hague, 2511 DP, Netherlands
We are delighted to announce the launch of ReCNTR, a new interdisciplinary research centre focused on promoting multimodal and audiovisual research methods in social science and the humanities. It is supported by the Institute of Cultural Anthropology, the Institute of Political Science, the Center of the Arts in Society at Leiden University and by the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

Date
24 March 2022
from 15:00 to 17:00

Location
Room 346, Wijnhaven Building
Turfmarkt 99, 2511 DP The Hague
