Litcom 1: A Conference on Literature and Communities, Deadline Extended
Litcom 1: A Conference on Literature and Communities, Call for Papers Norwich Writers’ Centre, Dragon Hall, King Street, Norwich 2-3 March 2017 – free attendance (registration essential) Application Deadline: 12pm 24th January 2017 Keynote speakers Ava Chalkiadaki Vice-Chair, Organisation of Culture, Sports and Youth, City of Athens; member of the Organising Committee, City of Athens World Book Capital Read more
- By Rachel Daniel
- January 17, 2017
Community-based sustainable smart cities and IoT – EPSRC-sponsored workshop
Academic workshop details EPSRC UK sponsored workshop on community-based sustainable smart cities and IoT: When: Wednesday 1st of February 2017, 14:00-16:00 Location: Rich Mix Cultural Foundation, London, E1 6LA Keywords: Smart Cities, Digital Civics, Civic IoT, Food Systems, community design, connected sustainability, sustainable HCI, non-utilitarian HCI Co-Chairs: Sara Heitlinger (s.heitlinger@qmul.ac.uk) and Chris Speed (c.speed@ed.ac.uk) The workshop is part of a Read more
- By Rachel Daniel
- January 16, 2017
Thoughts on the Utopia and Communities conference, 6-7 December
#saynotoutopiafatigue The evening before the conference, most of us met in a restaurant near Euston, where the talk and laughter and ideas at the dinner tables moved around utopia, our summer fair, elections and the political future, what are you doing over xmas. Read more
- By George
- December 16, 2016
Photos from the Utopia and Connected Communities Conference
Photographs taken at the Utopia and Connected Communities Conference which took place at the British Library Conference Centre on the 7th of January. Read more
- By Rachel Daniel
- December 14, 2016
Litcom 1: A Conference on Literature and Communities, Call for Papers
Norwich Writers’ Centre, Dragon Hall, King Street, Norwich 2-3 March 2017 – free attendance (registration essential) Keynote speakers Ava Chalkiadaki Vice-Chair, Organisation of Culture, Sports and Youth, City of Athens; member of the Organising Committee, City of Athens World Book Capital 2018 Dave Ward Co-ordinator, The Windows Read more
- By Rachel Daniel
- December 5, 2016
Around the Toilet Win Engage Award!
Congratulations to the Around the Toilet project team who last week took away the top prize in the Arts, Humanities and Social Science category at the Engage 2016 Awards. The awards, run by the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement, celebrate high quality public engagement with research projects. Read more
- By Katherine Dunleavy
- December 5, 2016
The Imagine Project: Culture and the role of civic engagement
We recently held the fourth Imagine project annual event on the theme of ‘culture and the role of civic engagement’ and we’d like to share a little bit of the experience with other Connected Community people. Read more
- By Katherine Dunleavy
- November 23, 2016
Call for contributions: Reggae Research Network Symposium at UEA, 25 Jan 2017
Reggae Research Network: Reggae as/and Transatlantic Musical Culture AHRC network 2016-17, Call for Contributions ‘One good thing about music is when it hits you, you feel no pain.’ Bob Marley, ‘Trenchtown rock’ (1973) DEADLINE 8 DECEMBER 2016 This Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded network is a joint initiative between the Translating Cultures theme and the Connected Communities Read more
- By jessicak
- November 17, 2016
Days in Your Life: 2016 + 2026
Blog post by Helen Graham @myfutureyork The My Future York research project is working with people who live in York to explore and understand the issues facing the future of the city. Read more
- By Rachel Daniel
- November 16, 2016
Registration is now open for Utopia and Connected Communities Conference
Registration is now open for Utopia and Connected Communities: a one day conference at the British Library on the 7th of December! You can register via our Eventbrite page. The deadline for registration is the 21st of November. Read more
- By Rachel Daniel
- November 9, 2016
