TECHNE Research Conference 2017

Novelist Elif Şafak said recently that, in order to understand what is going on in the world at the moment, "we need to talk about emotions. Emotions in general have been underestimated." “Emotion, Engagement and Experience” describe the researcher’s journey. Techne 2017 will explore these through academic papers, performances and film. What is the researcher’s emotional attachment to the work? How do passions and emotions frame scholarship? How does the researcher’s engagement with the world   of scholarship sit alongside the responsibility to the wider world? Where does the researcher’s own wealth of experience fit into the PhD? Where does the ECR 'fit'?  How do we exchange and disseminate all of these ideas we've got? The Conference Theme “Engagement, Emotion, Experience” is the theme of this year’s TECHNE conference. These three words describe the researcher’s position. We are interested in the complex relationships between scholarship and acade

Novelist Elif Şafak said recently that, in order to understand what is going on in the world at the moment, "we need to talk about emotions. Emotions in general have been underestimated." “Emotion, Engagement and Experience” describe the researcher’s journey. TECHNE 2017 will explore these through academic papers, performances and film. What is the researcher’s emotional attachment to the work? How does the researcher’s engagement with the world   of scholarship sit alongside the responsibility to the wider world? Where does the researcher’s own wealth of experience fit into the PhD? How do we exchange and disseminate all of these? 'EMOTION/ENGAGEMENT/EXPERIENCE: TECHNE 2017' November 9 2017 Amnesty International UKHQ  17-25 New Inn Yard London EC2A 3EA