top of page

(Inter)Disciplinary Bodies Conference
25-27 JUNE 2024 | London, UK 

The Institute of Communities and Society, the Institute of Health, Medicine and Environments, and the Department of Arts and Humanities will host the inaugural (Inter)Disciplinary Bodies international conference at Brunel University London

​

This interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary conference, extending beyond academia, unpacks the liberatory and resistive capacities that bodies have, as well as the constraints they are under. Spotlighting new ways of thinking about "bodies" in reference to humans, non-humans, knowledges, knowledge systems, and communities.

On Wednesday 26 June the conference flexes for Bodies Festival, a community extravaganza and campus takeover, with collaborative interventions  from international scientists and artists, and an array of immersive installations.

(Inter)Disciplinary Bodies is about the ways that bodies live and transform, and indeed about how they die. It is about bodies in all states of pleasure and pain; about which bodies belong and which are excluded (on what and whose terms), and about bodies both collective and individual.

 

For more information and to register for the conference please visit the conference website. 

Full Body Tattoo

Bodies Festival | 26 JUNE 2024 

Headline events

Part of the wider (inter)disciplinary bodies conference, Bodies Festival is a community arts-led campus takeover, with collaborative interventions from international artists and local residents.

10:00 to 16:00  |  BODIES: TRANSDISCIPLINARITY AS A POWER - JOHN CRANK GARDENS

Individuals, society and nature exist as a single ecosystem, inherently bound together to complement and cope with emergent situations. The immersive exhibition Bodies: Transdiciplinarity as a Power is a journey that explores this ecosystem in relation to the dynamics of power and privilege. The installations consider ‘control’, ‘ability’, ‘success’ and finally, 'empowerment', highlighting the creative potential of transdisciplinarity for integrating diverse knowledges and sparking positive social action. 
 

Walk the route on June 26th
Transdisciplinarity is inclusive and transcultural, able to act as a catalyst for collective power and social change in our search for solutions to the complex, grand challenges of the Anthropocene. Transdisciplinarity amplifies our connectivity, democratizes knowledge processes and transforms power, where power is defined as the relational ability to effect change. 

Participatory arts installation and immersive exhibition running throughout the day

17:00  |  KARDASHIANS BOOK LAUNCH - NEWTON ROOM, HAMILTON CENTRE
Be ready for selfies with our VIP secret guest

18:30  |  THE MIGRATION MENU, PODCAST LAUNCH - EASTERN GATEWAY, AUDITORIUM
A live-listening and tasting event to launch The Migration Menu podcast

20:00  |  THE SOIL AND THE SEA, FILM SCREENING - MCST 054, MICHAEL STERLING
A screening of the award winning documentary and a Q&A with the Director

Visit the festival webpage for full details and timings of all events, exhibition talks, workshops and demos & tours throughout the day.

bottom of page