Thursday 22nd of June

2 - 4pm

Twist Room, The Studio

Dr Jacqueline Donachie

@DonachieJack

Born in 1969 Jacqueline Donachie is a Baxter Fellow at University of Dundee. Graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1991, then a Fulbright Scholarship in New York she has established an international career as an artist working across socially engaged, interdisciplinary practice. Her work is held in significant collections including Tate and the Arts Council. She raised a family in Glasgow and is a primary carer with responsibility for family members across three generations. Her PhD with Northumbria University (2016) examined the capacity for artworks to influence research and care in the field of genetics, and her research interests cover contemporary art practice, healthcare, leadership and the role of broader participation in academic and artistic research.

About this Session

Practicing in the arts can be a long, hard road, one that can be complicated by a need to accumulate academic qualifications along the way. Add health issues or care responsibilities and the steepness of the climb can seem insurmountable. This session explores the non-linear paths that are often navigated towards participation within academia, offering a realistic overview of how the informal networks that we gather in life can enrich doctoral study. The session will be run as a workshop, with presentations, discussion and participatory activities.

Who might be interested?

This session will be of interest to doctoral researchers whose PhD does not follow directly from other academic study, in particular those with care responsibilities or who have had a non-linear or elongated path through work and education. It is open to any stage of study.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session, participants will:

• have been introduced to the value of alternative networks and a variety of career journeys, to add confidence in their own;
• have completed a physical mapping exercise of life-long research that enables them to identify important experience, and recognise critical friends that could potentially support their research;
• have been introduced to a variety of methods to navigate the often complicated landscape of university life in combination with care responsibilities.

Event contact: JDonachie001@dundee.ac.uk 

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First published: 10 May 2023