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Research Groups
Find out more about the different Research Groups which make up the Leeds Arts Research Centre (LARC) including information about who forms each group and what they research.
DRA|W
DRA|W is a research network exploring drawing as critical, expanded practice across bodies, technologies, places and ecologies, connecting feminism, activism, decolonial thought and environmental concerns through process-led, interdisciplinary approaches to drawing, correspondence and situated making.
Early Cinema Research Group
The Early Cinema Research Group was established in 2024 in the Leeds School of Arts at Leeds Beckett University to encourage and facilitate research into all form of visual media focusing on the early and pre-history of cinema.
Autism Research Lab
The Autism Research Lab aims to develop new insights, resources and practices that enhance the lives of autistic people and allow them to participate meaningfully in society. The Autism Research Lab does this in close partnership with autistic people, their families, educators, professionals, policymakers and the academic community.
Curating Research Group
The Curating Research Group aims to develop strategies and practices for curation which meet the needs of the complex contemporary conditions in which artists are making work, speaking to subjects such as lived experience in the digital age, identity, and ecological issues.
