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Delighted to be taking part in Doing Together practice research symposium at at Bath Spa University together with herbalists’ Suzi Richer and Becky James ! 

When: Monday 30 & Tuesday 31 March 2026 Where: Locksbrook Campus, Bath Spa University Cost: FREE (booking essential) 

Dwelling with Plants: Plant-Person Entanglement

The workshop uses plant infusions as a research tool, inviting participants to attune to where and how plants are experienced in the body. Through individual and group organoleptic inquiry, the session investigates herbs not as fixed material structures but as active, dynamic matter — co-collaborators in a shared investigative process. Rooted in methods drawn from herbalist training, the workshop draws on sensory feedback and felt experience to explore the interconnections between plants and human processes. It brings together medical herbalism, environmental archaeology, primary care mental health and artistic practice in a shared experiment that situates embodied knowledge at the centre of creative research. The session engages with questions of materiality, care, ecology, distributed agency and the space of dialogue — considering how herbal practice might offer new frameworks for practice-based research.

Doing together is an annual two-day making and sharing practice symposium, hosted by the Art Research Centre (Bath School of Art, Film and Media) in collaboration with the Centre of Cultural and Creative Industries. It's a platform to connect staff, students, and the community through making, collaboration, and experimentation. 

Join BSU for workshops delivered by staff and postgraduate research students from across the University, sharing practice-based research methods and diverse approaches to creative practice. Throughout the symposium, facilitators and participants work together to make practice-based research explicit through doing, rather than simply describing it. 

This year's event offers a generous space to make, do, share, and discuss practice with colleagues from across different Schools. The symposium concludes with a plenary discussion led by external speakers Dr Nicky Sim and Jo Addison. 

The symposium is open to anyone interested in creative practice research. 

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