FOUCAULT READING GROUP
For anyone interested in reading and discussing the works of Michel Foucault. We plan to start with The Archaeology of Knowledge in autumn 2011.See More
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La Beti's Groups
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FOUCAULT READING GROUP
38 members
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Memory and Violence
19 members
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A Queer Turn [AQT]
11 members
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Literature and Visual Cu…
25 members
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La Beti joined Naomi Roux's group
Memory and Violence
The Memory and Violence working group is a new interdisciplinary group, open to all with an interest in the relationships between collective memory, public history, trauma, violence, representation, and the politics of memorialisation and memory work. We will be reading some key texts in these fields, and will also be a space for postgraduate students and researchers to discuss their own work with each other. Based at the Birkbeck College School of Arts, we aim to meet once a month during term…See More
La Beti joined Jonathan Catherall's group
Literature and Visual Cultures
A student-led research seminar focussing on the relationship between literature and the visual, with a focus from 19th century to contemporary. Run jointly by postgraduates from Royal Holloway and Birkbeck, but open to all.We aim to bring together a lively community of researchers from across institutions, and hope to address: methodologies; different media such as painting, film and photography; wider cultural practices, such as fashion and applied arts; and scientific, philosophical or…See More
Profile Information
- Institutional affiliation
- UCC
- Research interests
- Spanish, Latin culture.
Hello!
I had a look at your online project and found both your approach and open activities really interesting. With this in mind I thought I would introduce my own practice as a performance poet/artist because I think it could fit with your programme of events in the future.
I perform as, La Beti, part of the performance is to recite a variety of poems by García Lorca including Deep Song, Gypsy Ballad and his essay about Duende. La Beti interprets the painful and the tragic words of Lorca's into an English performance animated by incorporating different contemporary art techniques through dance, expression and burlesque. The aim of the performance is to raise questions about tradition and folklore in a way both playful and serious.
I graduated with an MA in Hispanic Studies in 2006 based on the relationship of Federico García Lorca with flamenco (University College of Cork, Ireland). Since then I've been exploring the different female characters found in Lorca's poetry inhabiting the archetype of women they could represent in Spanish society such as the mother, the virgin, the bimbo and the whore. I represent them within the field of flamenco tension.
I have attached two videos to help you get a better understanding of my work. One is the promotional video and the other one is a short resume of one of my performances (Saint Clement Church, London)
Hope to be in touch soon,
Betihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy-ZnGMuYGI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LsAScffOe0
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