Reviewing Paul Broks: the labyrinth in the Neuropsycholgist’s Odyssey

June 20, 2019

Reviewing Paul Broks: the labyrinth in the Neuropsycholgist’s Odyssey Tuesday, 11 Sep 2018, 17:09Visible to anyone in the worldEdited by Steve Bamlett, Tuesday, 11 Sep 2018, 17:18 Labyrinths V: Farewell via Broks, Paul (2018) The Darker the Night, the Brighter the stars: A Neuropsychologist’s Odyssey. London, Allen Lane (Penguin) Let’s start near the end of this … More Reviewing Paul Broks: the labyrinth in the Neuropsycholgist’s Odyssey

People in Photos

June 20, 2019

MoMA Photography Course: People in Photos Saturday, 9 Jun 2018, 19:31Visible to anyone in the world 4.10 Discussion Questions What can a photograph of a person tell us about that individual? It can in the first instance tell us about their physical appearance although I don’t think there this is a ‘value-neutral’ phenomenon, because aspects … More People in Photos

The Ownership of Learning: issues related to conceptualising ‘learning’ as a product

June 20, 2019

Saturday, 27 Jun 2015, 16:37Visible to anyone in the world Edited by Steve Bamlett, Tuesday, 11 Aug 2015, 09:20 The Ownership of Learning: issues related to conceptualising ‘learning’ as a product This contribution owes something to a distinction drawn in ******s contribution to the Ownership thread in ***’s Tutor Group Forum. As I write this, … More The Ownership of Learning: issues related to conceptualising ‘learning’ as a product

A piece of feedback to a fondly remembered learner: he gave permission.

June 20, 2019

Psychology: Creative Resources Wednesday, 28 Oct 2015, 15:38Visible to anyone in the worldEdited by Steve Bamlett, Wednesday, 28 Oct 2015, 15:43 As part of his introduction to me as his tutor, one of my group, Loukianos, sent me a link to a recently finished film directed by him about life in Crete. He has given me … More A piece of feedback to a fondly remembered learner: he gave permission.

So what did ‘Raphael like about David’s backside’? (p. 150). Reviewing, from the bottom-up: Rubin, P.L. (2018) Seen From Behind: Perspectives on the Male Body and Renaissance Art New Haven & London, Yale University Press.

June 19, 2019

Monday, 26 Nov 2018, 19:16Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Monday, 26 Nov 2018, 19:34– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Monday, 26 Nov 2018, 19:24– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Monday, 26 Nov 2018, 19:23– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Monday, 26 Nov 2018, 19:21– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Monday, 26 Nov 2018, 19:19– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Monday, 26 … More So what did ‘Raphael like about David’s backside’? (p. 150). Reviewing, from the bottom-up: Rubin, P.L. (2018) Seen From Behind: Perspectives on the Male Body and Renaissance Art New Haven & London, Yale University Press.

How LGBTQI+ issues get marginalised (unintentionally) in teaching

June 8, 2019

Interior installation and Queer Interiors: Elmgreen & Dragset Exercise 3.2 A844 Thursday, 24 Jan 2019, 14:49Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Sunday, 3 Feb 2019, 17:02– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Thursday, 24 Jan 2019, 14:54– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Thursday, 24 Jan 2019, 14:50 Interior installation and Queer Interiors: Exercise 3.2 A844: Elmgreen & Dragset  … More How LGBTQI+ issues get marginalised (unintentionally) in teaching

Keith Vaughan DISS notes: Is there are a solution to the categorisation issues raised by and in ‘queer history’? Initial thoughts.

June 7, 2019

Keith Vaughan DISS notes: Is there are a solution to the categorisation issues raised by and in ‘queer history’? Reading Lewis, B. (Ed.) (2013a) British Queer History: New Approaches and Perspectives Manchester & New York, Manchester University Press. These are notes towards a problem raised in writing an MA dissertation on Keith Vaughan. The initial … More Keith Vaughan DISS notes: Is there are a solution to the categorisation issues raised by and in ‘queer history’? Initial thoughts.

Blogging on Bishop: The Origins of British landscape Exhibition

June 6, 2019

Blogging on Bishop: The Origins of British landscape Exhibition (The Trevor Gallery, The Bishop’s palace, Bishop Auckland, Sat 1st June – Sunday 8th Spt. 2019) https://www.thisisdurham.com/whats-on/the-auckland-project-the-origins-of-british-landscape-p994631 Having lived in south-west Durham for 30 years or so I never expected Bishop Auckland to be a place of artistic pilgrimage (a short pilgrim on a short pilgrimage … More Blogging on Bishop: The Origins of British landscape Exhibition

Keith Vaughan: Queering the Assembly?

May 30, 2019

Developing a research topic: Working up to TMA05 A844 What is the working title of your dissertation (initially formulated as a question)? Following feedback on TMA04: How can Vaughan’s Assembly of Figures paintings be seen as the efforts of a gay artist to negotiate expectations of the purpose of art within post-war British painting?             New Rethink (possible – to … More Keith Vaughan: Queering the Assembly?

The reader is suddenly the read, the storyteller the one listening: Mark Haddon’s ‘The Porpoise’ (2019)

May 15, 2019

The reader is suddenly the read, the storyteller the one listening: Mark Haddon’s The Porpoise (2019) I don’t think I understand the power of Mark Haddon’s work very well but I’m sure, since I read The Red House, the most undervalued book of the last decade, that the path to understanding has something to do … More The reader is suddenly the read, the storyteller the one listening: Mark Haddon’s ‘The Porpoise’ (2019)