Jasmine Jade Plumpton
Doctoral Student in Creative Writing - Jasmine’s thesis is entitled 'Understanding the ‘New Lens’ of Habitus Dislocation Through Creative Practice (a critical study) + On the Point of Vanishing (a sequence of poems and images)
Research Project Title:
Understanding the ‘New Lens’ of Habitus Dislocation Through Creative Practice (a critical study) + On the Point of Vanishing (a sequence of poems and images)
Supervisors:
Dr Tara Bergin + Prof Sinead Morrissey
Contact Details:
Email: j.j.plumpton@newcastle.ac.uk
Research Interests:
- Ekphrasis
- Working-class Representation in the Arts
- Documentary Photography
- The ethics of Transgressive Art
- Experiences of ‘Dislocation’
- Poetic Inquiry
Brief Outline of Research Project:
I am interested in what it means to exist in the gap between two social worlds, not fully ‘belonging’ in either, and the impact this has on the self. I am writing a collection of poetry that attempts to ‘articulate the liminal’ and asks whether words create bridges or divides. My critical work looks at the ethics of documentary photography and the use of ekphrasis as a method for exploring difficult autobiographical truths.
Research Activities:
- Newcastle University Promise Scholarship – 2016 - 2018
- Newcastle University School of English MA Scholarship – 2018 - 2019
- Northern Bridge Consortium Studentship – 2020 - present
- The Renwick Travel Scholarship (British School at Rome) – 2022
- Winner of WRITE Festival South Tyneside Poetry Slam – 2018
- Shortlisted for the Terry Kelly Poetry Prize – 2018