What is a body?
What does it mean to touch a body?
What does it mean to have/be an untouchable body?
What does it mean to touch a body?
What does it mean to have/be an untouchable body?
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'Untouchable Bodies?' (Friday 4th April 2014) sought to engage with questions, such as what a body is and in what sense it is (un)touchable, in an interdisciplinary manner by bringing together researchers from a range of subjects and disciplines. The symposium fostered discussion and reflection on the different meanings of 'bodies', as well as the different senses in which they can(not) be 'touched'. For more information on the theme and aims, please click here.
The programme for the day is available here; the day was divided between discussion of primary sources held at the library (more information on these is available here) and papers from postgraduate researchers (a list of abstracts is available here). In this way, there was a focus on interdisciplinary discussion and dialogue. Two reports and a selection of photos from the event are available here. The symposium was kindly supported by artsmethods@manchester. The cover image is the frontispiece to Vesalius's De Humani Corporis Fabrica (see Collections: Vesalius) and is reproduced by courtesy of the University Librarian and Director, The John Rylands Library, University of Manchester. |
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Getting here (Archived information)
The symposium will be held at John Rylands Library, Deansgate in Manchester. The library is well signposted throughout the city centre, and is easily accessible from a number of routes and modes of transport.
If you are coming by train, change at Manchester Piccadilly to get a train to Deansgate station. The library is then just a short walk along Deansgate past the easily-identifiable Beetham Tower. Alternatively, arrive at Salford Central station, where the library is just across the river via Bridge Street.
Most buses to the city centre terminate at Piccadilly Gardens; from here, walk down Market Street and then turn left onto Deansgate.
Car parking facilities are available throughout the city centre, including at Manchester Arndale shopping centre, which is a short walk away from the library along Deansgate; or the Great Northern Leisure Centre, which is opposite the library and adjacent to Beetham Tower.
If you are coming by train, change at Manchester Piccadilly to get a train to Deansgate station. The library is then just a short walk along Deansgate past the easily-identifiable Beetham Tower. Alternatively, arrive at Salford Central station, where the library is just across the river via Bridge Street.
Most buses to the city centre terminate at Piccadilly Gardens; from here, walk down Market Street and then turn left onto Deansgate.
Car parking facilities are available throughout the city centre, including at Manchester Arndale shopping centre, which is a short walk away from the library along Deansgate; or the Great Northern Leisure Centre, which is opposite the library and adjacent to Beetham Tower.