Dr Jen Clarke's Outputs (34)

Parasitic projects and the politics of research-creation. (2024)
Book Chapter
CLARKE, J. 2025. Parasitic projects and the politics of research-creation. In Sansi, R. and Tinius, J. (eds.) The trouble with art: an anthropology beyond philistinism. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 9, pages 171-190. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003283683-13

This chapter considers the possibility of a 'symmetrical' anthropology by examining three 'parasitic' projects – collaborative, public projects at the borders of art and anthropology, which address the politics of authorship, intimacy and knowledge –... Read More about Parasitic projects and the politics of research-creation..

The generative nature of parasites: an experimental essay on parasites and autotheory. (2024)
Journal Article
CLARKE, J. 2024. The generative nature of parasites: an experimental essay on parasites and autotheory. International journal of education and the arts [online], 25(special issue 1): art for the sake of care, article number 1.2. Available from: https://doi.org/10.26209/ijea25si1.2

This visual and poetic essay draws on the concept of the parasite from French philosopher Michele Serres, evolved into an artistic methodology within the author's ongoing project Feminist Hospitalities (2020-). Situated within the context of ongoing... Read More about The generative nature of parasites: an experimental essay on parasites and autotheory..

Field/works II: generating ecologies of trust. [Exhibition] (2024)
Exhibition / Performance
Field/works II: generating ecologies of trust. [Exhibition]. Exhibited from 18 July 2024, [online exhibition]. Hosted on EASAonline [online]. Available from: https://fieldworks.easaonline.org/

The theme of this exhibition is inspired by Isabelle Stengers and Didier Debaise's call to rebel against the "suspicion-based" epistemology of modern sciences, and to fight back with what Félix Guattari called the "polyphonic arts", building trust-ge... Read More about Field/works II: generating ecologies of trust. [Exhibition].

Jen Clarke on Phoebe Banks' "Girl in a pub toilet". [Blog post] (2024)
Digital Artefact
CLARKE, J. 2024. Jen Clarke on Phoebe Banks' "Girl in a pub toilet". [Blog post]. Posted on LUX Scotland [online], 31 May 2024. Available from: https://luxscotland.org.uk/programme/writing/jen-clarke-on-phoebe-banks-girl-in-a-pub-toilet

In this blog post, the author responds to "Girl in a Pub Toilet" (2024), by Phoebe Banks - a moving image artwork that explores grief and the fleeting intimacies of stranger-friendships.

Feminist hospitalities, para-sites and parasites. (2024)
Journal Article
CLARKE, J. 2024. Feminist hospitalities, para-sites and parasites. Northeast Asian studies [online], 28, pages 91-105. Available from: https://doi.org/10.50974/0002000664

This essay emerges from an anthropological and artistic exploration of the concept of the parasite or para-sitic used as a developing methodology, in the context of a long-term, ongoing project I call "Feminist Hospitalities" (2020-). In this researc... Read More about Feminist hospitalities, para-sites and parasites..

Transformational fieldwork, or, How might a sustainable cultural provision in the rural/small town context be framed? (2022)
Thesis
ZEISKE, C.F. 2022. Transformational fieldwork, or, How might a sustainable cultural provision in the rural/small town context be framed? Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2071859

While a lot has been written in the past two decades about the impact of participatory arts on people in urban places, my practice-based research aims to fill the gap in relation to the rural context - often places with little traditional arts provis... Read More about Transformational fieldwork, or, How might a sustainable cultural provision in the rural/small town context be framed?.

Sono mama: what goes without saying, right up until now? (2021)
Book Chapter
CLARKE, J. 2021. Sono mama: what goes without saying, right up until now? In The Roland Barthes Reading Group (eds.) Setting a bell ringing. The constellations, 17. London: MA Bibliothèque, pages 31-39.

I was moved to respond to the request to reflect on my experience of the Roland Barthes Reading Group partly because of the beautiful phrasing around ‘the situation of encounter'. I had joined this group as a visitor, intent only on dipping my toe in... Read More about Sono mama: what goes without saying, right up until now?.

Writing the time lag: Lee Tzu-Tung. [Podcast] (2021)
Digital Artefact
ANTART. 2021. Writing the time lag: Lee Tzu-Tung. [Podcast]. Field/works talks, episode 12. Hosted on Soundcloud [online]. Available from: https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-12-lee-tzu-tung

This talk is part of the Field/Works Talks series, curated by Jen Clarke and Maxime Le Calvé and associated with the Field/Works exhibition ( https://antart.easaonline.org/ ). Writing the Time Lag is a conclusion of Lee Tzu-Tung's four-year political... Read More about Writing the time lag: Lee Tzu-Tung. [Podcast].

Fugitive structures: the Bauhaus building in Dessau: Kate Hennessy and Trudi Lynn Smith. [Podcast] (2021)
Digital Artefact
ANTART. 2021. Fugitive structures: the Bauhaus building in Dessau: Kate Hennessy and Trudi Lynn Smith. [Podcast]. Field/works talks, episode 11. Hosted on Soundcloud [online]. Available from: https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-11

This talk is part of the Field/Works Talks series, curated by Jen Clarke and Maxime Le Calvé and associated with the Field/Works exhibition ( https://antart.easaonline.org/ ). Fugitive Structures: The Bauhaus Building in Dessau is a series of five ri... Read More about Fugitive structures: the Bauhaus building in Dessau: Kate Hennessy and Trudi Lynn Smith. [Podcast].

Nani ghar नानी घर: Savyasachi Anju Prabir and guest Harsha Menon. [Podcast] (2021)
Digital Artefact
ANTART. 2021. Nani ghar नानी घर: Savyasachi Anju Prabir and guest Harsha Menon. [Podcast]. Field/works talks, episode 10. Hosted on Soundcloud [online]. Available from: https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-10-nani-ghar

This talk is part of the Field/Works Talks series, curated by Jen Clarke and Maxime Le Calvé and associated with the Field/Works exhibition ( https://antart.easaonline.org/ ). Nani Ghar / नानी घर. Images meant the truth; in our school textbooks, of o... Read More about Nani ghar नानी घर: Savyasachi Anju Prabir and guest Harsha Menon. [Podcast].

Archiving and imagination in an intertidal zone. (2021)
Journal Article
CLARKE, J. and YAZDANI, J. 2021. Archiving and imagination in an intertidal zone. Roadsides [online], 5: archive, pages 50-59. Available from: https://doi.org/10.26034/roadsides-202100508

The authors explore, in a conversation informed by experimental visual methodologies, the concurrence of two historically disjointed, yet adjacent, sites: the shipwreck of Danish cargo steamer G. Koch and the expansion of Aberdeen Harbour in Scotland... Read More about Archiving and imagination in an intertidal zone..

In between hanbok: Yoonha Kim and guest Zil Vostalova. [Podcast] (2021)
Digital Artefact
ANTART. 2021. In between hanbok: Yoonha Kim and guest Zil Vostalova. [Podcast]. Field/works talks, episode 9. Hosted on Soundcloud [online]. Available from: https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-talk-9-yoonha-kim-and-zil-vostalova

This talk is part of the Field/Works Talks series, curated by Jen Clarke and Maxime Le Calvé and associated with the Field/Works exhibition ( https://antart.easaonline.org/ ). In between Hanbok. Wearable matters actively shape the wearer's mode of be... Read More about In between hanbok: Yoonha Kim and guest Zil Vostalova. [Podcast].

Shadows between worlds: Claire Vionnet and Christelle Becholey Besson. [Podcast] (2021)
Digital Artefact
ANTART. 2021. Shadows between worlds: Claire Vionnet and Christelle Becholey Besson. [Podcast]. Field/works talks, episode 8. Hosted on Soundcloud [online]. Available from: https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-talk-7-shadows-between-worlds

This talk is part of the Field/Works Talks series, curated by Jen Clarke and Maxime Le Calvé and associated with the Field/Works exhibition ( https://antart.easaonline.org/ ). Shadows between Worlds results from a collaboration between visual artist... Read More about Shadows between worlds: Claire Vionnet and Christelle Becholey Besson. [Podcast].

Softicity: Natalija Miodragović and guest Ivana Franke. [Podcast] (2021)
Digital Artefact
ANTART. 2021. Softicity: Natalija Miodragović and guest Ivana Franke. [Podcast]. Field/works talks, episode 7. Hosted on Soundcloud [online]. Available from: https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-talk-6-natalija-miodragovic-in-conversation-with-ivana-franke

This talk is part of the Field/Works Talks series, curated by Jen Clarke and Maxime Le Calvé and associated with the Field/Works exhibition ( https://antart.easaonline.org/ ). Softicity. The future architecture is soft. We developed a habit to inhabi... Read More about Softicity: Natalija Miodragović and guest Ivana Franke. [Podcast].

A home made by drawing: Lorenzo Bordonaro, from AiR351, Cascais. [Podcast] (2021)
Digital Artefact
ANTART. 2021. A home made by drawing: Lorenzo Bordonaro, from AiR351, Cascais. [Podcast]. Field/works talks, episode 6. Hosted on Soundcloud [online]. Available from: https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-6-lorenzo-bordonaro

This talk is part of the Field/Works Talks series, curated by Jen Clarke and Maxime Le Calvé and associated with the Field/Works exhibition ( https://antart.easaonline.org/ ). A Home Made by Drawing is an art-research and anthropological long-term pr... Read More about A home made by drawing: Lorenzo Bordonaro, from AiR351, Cascais. [Podcast].

Three times a decade: asking for advice: Pekka Kantonen and guest Olga Spyropoulou. [Podcast] (2021)
Digital Artefact
ANTART. 2021. Three times a decade: asking for advice: Pekka Kantonen and guest Olga Spyropoulou. [Podcast]. Field/works talks, episode 5. Hosted on Soundcloud [online]. Available from: https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-5-pekka-kantonen-and-olga-spyropoulou

This talk is part of the Field/Works Talks series, curated by Jen Clarke and Maxime Le Calvé and associated with the Field/Works exhibition ( https://antart.easaonline.org/ ). Three Times a Decade: Asking for Advice (3xD:AfA) is a para-site created f... Read More about Three times a decade: asking for advice: Pekka Kantonen and guest Olga Spyropoulou. [Podcast].

DicionáriosDeArtista: Filipa Pontes and guest Aina Azevedo. [Podcast] (2021)
Digital Artefact
ANTART. 2021. DicionáriosDeArtista: Filipa Pontes and guest Aina Azevedo. [Podcast]. Field/works talks, episode 4. Hosted on Soundcloud [online]. Available from: https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-4-filipa-pontes

This talk is part of the Field/Works Talks series, curated by Jen Clarke and Maxime Le Calvé and associated with the Field/Works exhibition ( https://antart.easaonline.org/ ). The DicionáriosDeArtista (ArtistDictionaries) project started in 2010 and... Read More about DicionáriosDeArtista: Filipa Pontes and guest Aina Azevedo. [Podcast].

Listening/accidents: Gabriele de Seta. [Podcast] (2021)
Digital Artefact
ANTART. 2021. Listening/accidents: Gabriele de Seta. [Podcast]. Field/works talks, episode 3. Hosted on Soundcloud [online]. Available from: https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-3

This talk is part of the Field/Works Talks series, curated by Jen Clarke and Maxime Le Calvé and associated with the Field/Works exhibition ( https://antart.easaonline.org/ ). Listening is often imagined and experienced as a meditative, purposeful an... Read More about Listening/accidents: Gabriele de Seta. [Podcast].

Atlas 1892: fieldnotes: Pamela Cevallos and Sandra Rozental. [Podcast] (2021)
Digital Artefact
ANTART. 2021. Atlas 1892: fieldnotes: Pamela Cevallos and Sandra Rozental. [Podcast]. Field/works talks, episode 2. Hosted on Soundcloud [online]. Available from: https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-2

This talk is part of the Field/Works Talks series, curated by Jen Clarke and Maxime Le Calvé and associated with the Field/Works exhibition ( https://antart.easaonline.org/ ). In this talk, Pamela Cevallos and Sandra Rozental will discuss their proje... Read More about Atlas 1892: fieldnotes: Pamela Cevallos and Sandra Rozental. [Podcast].

Moving ants on a painted tree: Christine Moderbacher and Iris Blauensteiner. [Podcast] (2020)
Digital Artefact
ANTART. 2020. Moving ants on a painted tree: Christine Moderbacher and Iris Blauensteiner. [Podcast]. Field/works talks, episode 1. Hosted on Soundcloud [online]. Available from: https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-1

This talk is part of the Field/Works Talks series, curated by Jen Clarke and Maxime Le Calvé and associated with the Field/Works exhibition ( https://antart.easaonline.org/ ). In our first talk of the series, anthropologist Christine Moderbacher pres... Read More about Moving ants on a painted tree: Christine Moderbacher and Iris Blauensteiner. [Podcast].