March 10th, 2009 |
by Sam Coley
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AHRC KTF
Pic CC elvispayne
On a recent trip back to his homeland, Knowledge Transfer Fellow Andrew Dubber was invited to appear on Radio New Zealand with Kim Hill, New Zealand’s leading current affairs interviewer. The programme, entitled “Playing Favourites”, is the kiwi equivalent of “Desert Island Discs”.
In between his eclectic selection Dubber and Hill discussed topics such as copyright issues, on-line strategies for musicians – and Birmingham Council’s decision to drop possessive apostrophes on street signs. Our forthcoming podcast features a short section from the interview where Andrew discusses his research work with Birmingham City University and Interactive Cultures in particular the AHRC Knowledge Transfer Fellowship.
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January 8th, 2009 |
by Tim Wall
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AHRC KTF
I recently attended the New Jazz Histories Seminar at Salford University with my colleagues Paul Long and Andrew Dubber. Paul and I gave a presentation on the BBC documentary series Jazz Britannia. This is part of a wider project we are developing on popular music history and heritage at the Birmingham School of Media’s Interactive Cultures research centre. We’ll be writing this paper up as a full journal article, and I’ll post some of the background thinking at Wallofsound over the next few weeks, starting with the key points of our presentation.
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January 5th, 2009 |
by Andrew Dubber
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AHRC KTF
One of our partners for the Knowledge Transfer Fellowship project is Moseley-based Reggae Collective, Friendly Fire Music. Producer, composer, DJ and guitarist Robin Giorno leads a multi-disciplinary group of Birmingham musicians, DJs and vocalists, organises public events and, recently formed a record label to release some of the musical output of the group.
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December 22nd, 2008 |
by Sam Coley
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AHRC KTF
We have been working with aid agency CARE International to develop their capability to record, capture and share their work. Initial contact was established with CARE’s Communications Department in London in late 2007. CARE’s Head of Communications was open to the concept of the AHRC KTF scheme, and helped to arrange introductions with Deborah Underwood, who is now the main liaison between BCU and CARE.
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December 15th, 2008 |
by Nick Webber
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AHRC KTF
On October 31st, we played host to this year’s AHRC Knowledge Transfer Fellowship meeting at the New Technology Institute. The objective of the meeting was to gather together some of the people who have been funded under this scheme, to provide opportunities to network, to share knowledge and practice, and to listen to enthusiastic and engaged people talk about interesting projects.
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