The early career initiative by SAR responds to a need to connect artistic researchers within a community. The ECRs may have graduated from a programme, left their institutions, and are reorienting themselves towards new ways of carrying on their research. We are interested in better understanding the needs and modes of connecting between early career researchers, and in conversation with you, we want to develop a way of communicating, presenting yourselves, and establishing a hub or home for such a network.
At the SAR 2025 conference in Porto, the SAR Executive Board proposes an informal space for encounters to collect voices of artistic researchers reaching or living that phase. The aim of the initiative is to provide a connective tissue supported by the resources of the society without imposing a fixed structure.
During the poster session on Wednesday 7th May, from 16:30 to 17:30 (WET), and the two lunchbreaks on Thursday 8th May and Friday 9th May, from 13:15 to 14:15, members of the board will be present at the conference venue and invite you to come and talk to us around an informal round table.
In addition, we provide a survey for collecting ideas, needs, and feedback for this development during the conference and the coming summer.
N.B. The survey opens on 7th May and closes on 1st September 2025.
