
AHRC-funded Dance Research Matters Network Series: Episode 4: Centring Dance in Research with Sarah Whatley
In this episode, Sarah reflects upon the role of the five AHRC-funded Dance Research Matters Networks and their importance in generating change and legacy for the sector. Wediscuss the incentive for the Dance Research Matters campaign and consider ways in which dance research can be more visible in the UK. Throughout this episode, Sarah considers how dance can claim its space when linking with other disciplines and a need for dance to continue to voice the valuable contributionit makes to the wider research landscape.
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Sarah Whatley is Director, Centre for Dance Research. Her research focuses on the interface between dance and new technologies, dance analysis, somatic dance practice andpedagogy, and inclusive dance. The AHRC, the Leverhulme Trust, Wellcome Trust and the European Union fund her current and previous research, which is broadly focused on the impact of digital technologies on tangible and intangible cultural heritage. She led the AHRC-funded Siobhan Davies digital archive project, RePlay, and has since partnered with a number of other leading artist organisations. She was founding Principal Editor of the Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices (JDSP) and now sits on the Journal's Board as well as severalother Journals. Sarah was a panel member in REF 2014 (Panel D35) and in 2021 (Panel D33) and is a Strategic Reviewer and member of the AHRC Peer Review College. She is also an Evaluator for the European Commission.
Full biography: https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/persons/sarah-whatley
AHRC-funded Dance Research Matters Networks
The five AHRC-funded Dance Research Matters Networks explore current issues and generate change and legacy for thesector. The ecosystems created by the Networks traverse across South Asian dance, digital black dance, future producing dance ecologies, critical dance pedagogies, and pluriversal dance practices and will be mapped for reach and impact in and beyond the sector.
For more information, please visit: danceresearchmatters.coventry.ac.uk
Instagram and Twitter: @danceresearchmatters
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