IGS: Current and Recent Graduate Research
Thomas Jellis
Spaces of aesthetic experiment
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Current Research
Within Geography there has been an increasing interest in the spaces, sites and practices of experiments. Such work has tended to focus on the scientific lab, or has been concerned with sites of artistic experiments in the city. However, little work has been done on the emergence of distinctive hybrid spaces, such as art-studios, as spaces of aesthetic, or sensory, experimentation. By drawing on work from a range of disciplines, the research is driven by three aims: to explore new geographies of experimentation; to examine the material and technological configurations of these spaces and to interrogate the ethico-political imperatives of 'studio-labs'. A set of research encounters with art-studios will offer opportunities for exploring these issues and a number of sites have been identified. Through collaboration within, and beyond, the discipline, this thesis will seek to highlight the spaces of aesthetic experiment.
Academic Profile
Thomas is a D.Phil. student in the School of Geography and the Environment. Thomas graduated from the department with a BA (Hons) in Geography and continued his studies there, achieving a distinction in MSc in Nature, Society and Environmental Policy. His research interests include geographies of experimentation, non-representational theory and post-continental philosophy.
Conferences
- Jellis, T. (2009) Thinking the event: experiments, experience and empiricism. Plymouth University, Mid-term RGS-IBG conference, 7 March 2009.
Awards
- Special Graduate Travel Grant 2007-08; field-work in northern Sweden
- ESRC full studentship 1+3 2007-2011
- Hertford Geography Award 2006-07