The Many Faces of Liminality – Thinking with Liminality

Leif Martin Hokstad and Bjørn Otto Braaten The concept of liminality has earned renewed interest within a wide range of academic disciplines the last twenty years, fuelled by the centenary anniversary of ‘Rite de Passage’, van Gennep’s classic, gaining a renewed interest and expanding to education, economy and political studies (van Gennep 1909/1960, Meyer and … Continue reading The Many Faces of Liminality – Thinking with Liminality →

Intro: Tribute to Mick Flanagan

A tribute to Mick Flanagan https://youtu.be/c3crBaTiID0

Keynote Session: Failure as a Native Informant

Julie Timmermans Failure is often perceived as an experience to be avoided, silenced, or hidden. In this session, however, we will look at failure (perhaps) anew and as a ‘native informant’, leading us, if we so choose, over thresholds and closer to our selves. We borrow the term ‘native informant’ from anthropology and other social … Continue reading Keynote Session: Failure as a Native Informant →

How much does it cost?

The booking system for attending the conference will open very soon (during March). If you have already booked, you do not need to register again and we will be in touch very shortly about any refund due from the previous price. We have set two different fees for the conference, £30 full and £10 concessionary … Continue reading How much does it cost? →

February 2021 update

Hello everyone, We all hope you're doing ok, it's been a long haul for everyone! We have been beavering away setting up the July conference. The headlines are that it will be held in a 'long, thin' format (at least 24 hours long) that lets people join from around the world, with another chance to … Continue reading February 2021 update →