-----Original Message----- From: darren.newbury@uce.ac.uk [mailto:darren.newbury@uce.ac.uk] Subject: NEW RESEARCH TRAINING WEBSITE NEW RESEARCH TRAINING INITIATIVE (RTI) WEBSITE http://www.biad.uce.ac.uk/research/rti/ The RTI website is an online resource for postgraduate research students and supervisors in art, design, media and related areas of study. Following a successful Teaching and Learning Project bid to the Art, Design and Communication / Learning and Teaching Support Network (ADC-LTSN) the website has been re-designed. The new site now integrates existing and new content in three main sections: The Research Training Resource Centre Includes reviews of books, conferences and websites, and a database of research training and doctoral programmes and courses. It also includes an updated bibliography on research education and training. Research Issues in Art, Design and Media An online series published three times a years. Research Issues publishes overviews of new and emerging themes and research topics, reflections on the process of research, reviews of particular research methods or techniques, and discussions of current issues in art, design and media research ISSUE NO.4: TRACKING ?NEW TRADITIONS? IN A (POST)MODERN BALINESE-INDONESIAN CONTEXT ? LAURA NOSZLOPY http://www.biad.uce.ac.uk/research/rti/riadm/ Ogoh-ogoh are giant papier-mache puppets or effigies usually created by groups of young Balinese men as part of the annual ?cleansing ceremonies? (ngrupukan), which take place on the night preceding Nyepi, the Hindu-Balinese ?New Year? or ?Day of Silence?. While ngrupukan has been performed for generations, ogoh-ogoh, one of the defining features of the contemporary rites and discussed by many local practitioners in terms of ?tradition?, were only introduced in the early 1980s. This essay tracks the difficulties of researching contemporary cultural and artistic innovations in a context where the notion of ?tradition?, as a culturally legitimising trope, can sometimes ?dissolve? history in public discourse, both official and popular. The Research Degree Case Studies 21 case studies of completed research degrees in art and design. CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS We welcome contributions to the website from supervisors, researchers and research students: - Book, website and conference reviews - Submissions to Research Issues - Completed research degree case studies Supervisors responsible for research training and doctoral programmes are also encouraged to enter details into the database facility on the website. Darren Newbury (editor) June 2003 http://www.biad.uce.ac.uk/research/rti/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You have received this email because you are on the Research Training Initiative mailing list. If you do not wish to remain on the list, please let us know. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++