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Author: Chuck Lowry

  • IP Unit: Reflective Report

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    Introduction This reflective report outlines the development and critical evaluation of a inclusive pedagogical intervention I designed for first year MA Performance: Screen students; a Manifesto for Inclusive Filmmaking Practices workshop. The development of this intervention has been informed by my learning throughout this unit, and how I have applied this to the specificities of…

  • Blog Post 3: Race

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    “How can I become something I can’t see?” (Sadiq, 2023). Asif Sadiq raises a crucial point in the conversation around diversity, equity, and inclusion: current efforts often fail to deliver the transformative change we claim to want. DEI training is frequently limited by the very biases it seeks to challenge, sometimes reinforcing assumptions rather than…

  • IP Unit: Intervention Plan

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    My proposed intervention is designed for first year MA Performance: Screen students at Central Saint Martins, as part of Unit 4A, which explores community and collaboration in filmmaking practices. During this unit, students work with external partners to create films. The organisations they collaborate with include older people at Age UK Lewisham and Southwark, queer…

  • Blog Post 2: Faith, Religion and Belief

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    On starting this unit, the area I felt most apprehensive about engaging with was faith, religion and belief. This stems from challenging personal experiences around religion, specifically Christianity, in education settings. I grew up in a non-religious household, but with culturally Catholic heritage on my mum’s side, as she is Italian. My parents never baptised…

  • Blog Post 1: Disability

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    When considering inclusive practices around disability, I am inclined to approach it through the lens of the ‘social model of disability’ (Oliver, 1983), which argues that people are disabled not by their impairments, but by the societal barriers around them. These barriers are rooted in systems designed to benefit those in positions of power and…

  • Blog Post 4

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    Re-encountering myself a student by encountering new teachers. Reflecting back across the TPP Unit, I am struck by the importance of encounter, of learning from others and how these exchanges lead to transformation. When I was a student, I had an amazing lecturer who inspired me to want to teach. My logic was that if…

  • Blog Post 3

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    Refusing Despair: a reflection on solidarity, care and mending in response to the neoliberal colonisation of higher education. Throughout the TPP Unit, I have felt acutely the disconnect, between our ideals and ambitions as educators, and the system in which we are operating. Throughout this Unit, I have encountered a diverse range of inspiring educators…

  • Case Study 3

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    Assessing learning and exchanging feedback Contextual Background As part of the MA Performance: Screen final major project (U6) at CSM, students participate in a series of feedback sessions at various stages to help them refine and develop their projects. Towards the end of the research and development phase, students take part in a ‘pitching’ session…

  • Case Study 2

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    Contextual Background I teach a unit on MA Performance: Screen with second-year students focused on community and collaboration. As part of the unit, students plan and deliver a public intergenerational workshop. This preparation involves engaging with workshops, lectures, and seminars exploring theoretical, ethical, and practical approaches to social practice. The students then apply their learning…

  • Case Study 1

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    Contextual Background I am a Lecturer on the MA Performance: Screen and an Associate Lecturer on the BA Performance: Design and Practice at Central Saint Martins. For the past three years, I have organised the ‘Expanding Cinema Club,’ an after-school program that showcases inspiring performance-screen-based works. This initiative is co-curated with students and includes screenings,…

  • ROT: Tutor Observation of my Practice

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    Record of Observation or Review of Teaching Practice Session/artefact to be observed/reviewed: 2nd Year MA Performance Screen Seminar on Thursday 6th March 2-4.30pm Size of student group: Roughly 20 Observer: Linda Aloysius Observee: Chuck Blue Lowry Note: This record is solely for exchanging developmental feedback between colleagues. Its reflective aspect informs PgCert and Fellowship assessment,…

  • ROT: Peer observation of my practice

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    As described in the previous ROT blog post, I was partnered with Hannah Kemp-Welch to observe each others classes. This partnership has been extremely valuable in my learning journey, and Hannah’s ability to give such clear, detailed and helpful feedback and references has been particularly formative to my learning during this Unit. In both cases,…