About Us
“Creativity and innovation in education are not just an opportunity, but a necessity” (Ferrari, Cachia, & Punie, 2009, p. 47).
The Creative Practice Colloquium was founded by Nina Jones, Jemma Saunders and Ella Wright, three audio-visual doctoral researchers from the University of Birmingham. It was borne out of a sense of 'gappage': a gap in community, a gap in academia, a gap in practical industry. "There's no place in academia for someone like you", to quote the title of Dr. Richard Langley's keynote from the Creative Practice Colloquium 2023. With the CPC, we endeavour to bridge these gaps, and create a dynamic platform for dialogue, collaboration, and innovation: a space where creative practitioners in and outside of academia can come together to discuss and tackle issues and challenges, and share successes and approaches.
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The inaugural CPC, held on the 28th June 2023 was on the theme of 'Identities and Methodologies of the Creative Practitioner'.
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The next event, to be held in June 2024 is on the theme of 'Industries and Institutions: Synergies and Struggles'. Our organising committee will be joined by Xanthe Pajarillo, a first year audio-visual doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham.
Nina Jones
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Nina Jones is part-way through their audio-visual PhD, researching the ethics of true crime documentary filmmaking. They are also Film Manager at the University of Birmingham, and have worked as a freelance filmmaker and professional film editor.
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Jemma Saunders
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Jemma is completing her audio-visual PhD looking at screen representations of Birmingham, using videographic criticism as a core research methodology. She also works as Placement and Recruitment Co-ordinator for the MA in 'Film and Television: Research and Production' at the University of Birmingham
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Ella Wright
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Ella is three years into their audio-visual PhD. Their research explores what is commonly termed as ‘the video essay’, face to face with notions of embodiment, materiality, cognition and epistemology regarding scholastic video making research-by-practice. They also work at the University as the Digital and Media Technician.
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