Arts Research Africa

Arts Research Africa (ARA) is a space where we can collectively explore and define Artistic Research in Africa. Supported by the Mellon Foundation at WSOA, Wits

[Arts Research Africa @ARA_Wits]

"Looking back over the Mellon-funded years of the @ARA_Wits project."

Listen to ARA podcast here: https://t.co/nUkOYnbHs8 or wherever you get your podcasts. (Just search for the "arts research africa")
In conversation with Prof Brett Pyper, Zanele Madiba & Prof Christo Doherty

[Wits University @WitsUniversity]

Dear Students,

The Hardship Funding applications are now open and will close on 24 January 2025.

Applications for Special Consideration Hardship Funding will open on 27 January 2025 and close on 12 February 2025. Only students with an average below 50%, but not less than 48%, are eligible to apply.

Applications for Accommodation Hardship Funding will close on 21 February 2025.

More Info: https://t.co/gbcV7QszeR

#WitsForGood

[Wits University @WitsUniversity]

WITS' BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION 🎉 🎉

Witsies, let's do it again: WITS PARADE

Date: 06 October 2023; 12:00

Venue: Braamfontein Campus

Prepare your costumes, banners and bring your Wits Spirit.

Please note Yale Road South will be closed from 12:00-15:00

#WitsForGood #WitsBirthday

[Arts Research Africa @ARA_Wits]

ARA2022 Conference Proceedings published 🚨

We have published the 2022 Proceedings as Open Access on the Wits Digital Repository (WiredSpace) under a Creative Commons license.

Please go to @WitsUniversity https://t.co/xOR1jCHoO7 to see the entire collection.

#ARA2022

[Zanele ka Madiba @MissMadiba]

#DebutProgramme Applications are now open.
See application details here 👇🏾

[Arts Research Africa @ARA_Wits]

Latest ARA podcast is up

Link: https://t.co/yHkoSdqKwk

Prof Christo Doherty speaks to Prof Bruce Barton, a leading international experts on Artistic Research & Performance-as-Research who has just attended the PSi Conference at The Wits School of Arts in Johannesburg. #ARA23

[Arts Research Africa @ARA_Wits]

The latest ARA podcast 🚨

Prof Christo Doherty speaks to the Wits Film & TV staff member, artistic researcher, writer and filmmaker, Prof Tanja Sakota.
Available at https://t.co/nG8FU06BMO or wherever you get your podcasts.
Tanja has just published a new book with @WitsPress

[Arts Research Africa @ARA_Wits]

The latest ARA podcast is available at https://t.co/u1EhnF79I6 or on any of the popular podcast platforms such as Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts etc.

Prof Christo Doherty, speaks to Doris Bloom, the multidisciplinary South African/Danish artist. #ARA23

[Arts Research Africa @ARA_Wits]

New ARA podcast is available at https://t.co/32pS9BVp92

Prof Christo Doherty @WitsUniversity speaks to Dr Sela Adjei, a multidisciplinary artist, researcher & curator from Ghana.

We explore Sela’s journey as an artist & researcher & the studies that led to his PhD #ARA2023

[Arts Research Africa @ARA_Wits]

New ARA podcast is up!
A fascinating discussion between Prof Christo Doherty & Jayne Batzofin, the digital archivist on the Reimagining Tragedy from African & the Global South (RETAGS) project.

Available at https://t.co/lka26DYpYV or wherever you catch your podcasts. #ARA2023

[Arts Research Africa @ARA_Wits]

African Feminisms (Afems) 2023 "Our Sisters Killjoy”
6-8 July 2023 at Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa

Send abstracts of no more than 250 words by 21 April
More information at https://t.co/mQbkjYsUWR

[Arts Research Africa @ARA_Wits]

ARA podcast 🚨
A discussion between Prof Christo Doherty & Prof David Andrew from @witsfineart about the entanglement of artistic research & arts pedogy in his work - is available at https://t.co/BAzX8epswR or wherever you get your podcasts. (search for "arts research africa")

[Arts Research Africa @ARA_Wits]

Congrats to Dr @cfrenchtweeting , Wits Research Associate (2021 ARA Postdoc Fellow) & Assistant Professor at the University of Birmingham, who has won a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellowship from Horizon Europe for her research project titled Dramaturgies for languaging…

[Zanele ka Madiba @MissMadiba]

Here’s some reflections from us.
Have a listen to what @ARA_Wits Project funded by @MellonFdn based at the @WitsUniversity School of Arts has managed to achieve over the years! @Wits_News #WitsResearch

[Arts Research Africa @ARA_Wits]

Dear friends of Arts Research Africa

We are closed for the holidays. We will re-open on 10 January 2023.
In the meantime, here are some beautiful snaps from our closing year event.
Photo credit: Thusi

Happy holidays and stay safe!

#ARA2022 #YearEnd

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Pussy Squad spreading #PussyPositivity last night at the @ARA_Wits closing event ✊🏽💜

[Arts Research Africa @ARA_Wits]

In this special podcast Prof Christo Doherty speaks to 3 internationally acclaimed/award-winning artists about their creative research into the possibilities of the book as an artwork. Veronica Schapers, Robbin Amy Silverberg & Julie Chen at WAM.
Here: https://t.co/cMHpFwG7UW

[Arts Research Africa @ARA_Wits]

Three Minutes: A Lengthening
Director: Bianca Stigter.
A rare colour three minute 16mm home movie shot in 1938 provides the starting point for this extraordinary film about life in Poland before the Holocaust.
Bianca Stigter will join us online in a post screening discussion.

[Arts Research Africa @ARA_Wits]

Advancing an understanding of artistic research in Africa thanks to the @MellonFdn funding at the @WitsUniversity in the School of Arts! #MyTwitterAnniversary