Planning a Successful Symposium: Rachel Holmes & Rachel Hopkin

This month we’re excited to celebrate the Beyond Human symposium, organised by Rachel Holmes, Rachel Hopkin, Liz K. Miller, Jon Mason and Simon Aeppli. Beyond Human was a techne-funded symposium held at Royal Holloway, University of London on the 26th and 27th May 2022.Leading us through the process of creating, organising and facilitating this symposium, Rachel Holmes and Rachel Hopkin reflect on how this project came together and offer their practical tips for organising events within academia. More information about Beyond Human: https://www.facebook.com/BeyondHuman.Symposiumhttps://lizkmiller.wixsite.com/beyond-human*Rachel Holmes is a Chinese/Irish artist, writer, and doctoral candidate, with research interests in “anthropology beyond the human”, ecstatic experience and anti-capitalist theory. She is influenced by forms of rejected knowledge including the occult as a feminist practice, dream theory, and animism. Her interests are informed by her academic background in philosophy, and practices with visual arts, performance and creative writing. Website here: https://linktr.ee/raholmesRachel Hopkin is a full-time TECHNĒ funded PhD in Screenwriting in the Media Arts Department at Royal Holloway. Her project explores screened representations of love between humans and robots within the context of the socio-ethical impact of Human Robot Interaction. Twitter: @rakishi*Image credit: Rachel HolmesThe Technecast:technecast.wixsite.com/listen/cfp / contact: [email protected] / twitter: @technecastThe Technecast is funded by the Techne AHRC-DTP, and edited by Julien Clin, Felix Clutson, Edwin Gilson & Polly Hember.Episode introduced and edited by Polly Hember / twitter: @pollyhemberRoyalty free music generously shared by Steve Oxen. FesliyanStudios.com