September 1st, 2010 |
by Simon Barber
Published in
Events, Public Event
June 21st, 2010 |
by Rob Horrocks
Published in
Cultural studies, Events, General, Public Event
You are invited to attend a screening of ‘Philip Donnellan’s The Colony’ (1964) followed by a discussion of an ongoing project to explore and promote the resources of the Philip Donnellan Archive.
6-8pm
Wednesday 30th June 2010
The Colony, originally made as an innovative TV documentary, explores the experience of members of the Caribbean migrant community in Birmingham and the Midlands. The film allows its subjects space to candidly evaluate their reception in the UK and their relationships with home and other migrant workers. Controversial at the time of its original broadcast the film is an enduring and powerful document of a key moment in post-war British history.
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May 26th, 2010 |
by Rob Horrocks
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Creative & Cultural Industries, Events, General, Public Event, local authorities
The first West Midlands Cultural Research & Intelligence Network (CRAIN) conference takes place on Wednesday 2nd June 2010, 9:30-13:30, at Birmingham City University’s Margaret Street venue in central Birmingham.
The event, Chaired by Tim Challans (former co-ordinator for the West Midlands Culture & Sport Improvement Network), will highlight the latest research and intelligence relating to culture, sport and tourism and review the implications for the West Midlands: a region striving to assert itself as a national and international visitor destination and a leader in the digital agenda. The intention is for the event to dynamic and interactive, providing plenty of opportunity for delegates to dictate discussions.
Full details of the conference programme, speaker biographies and venue information are on the West Midlands Cultural Observatory website
The conference is being organised by the West Midlands Cultural Observatory, in association with Birmingham City University, the West Midlands Cultural Research & Intelligence Group and West Midlands Regional Observatory.
January 8th, 2010 |
by Andrew Dubber
Published in
Public Event
Nick Webber’s MeCCSA 2010 conference presentation at the London School of Economics, regarding the effect and veracity of existing research on the public debate around digital music consumption.
January 8th, 2010 |
by Andrew Dubber
Published in
Public Event
Tim and Simon’s presentation at the 2010 MeCCSA Conference.
November 5th, 2009 |
by Matt Grimes
Published in
AHRC KTF, Public Event, Radio
I was recently invited by the United Nations and World Health Organisation to attend their annual international conference to discuss the use of radio in prisons as a way to engage with hard to reach prisoners. I, Morag McDonald (from CRQ at BCU), Phil Maguire (from the Prison Radio Association-one of our KTF partners) and Andrew Wilkie (from the National Prison Radio Authority) presented a one hour workshop on the benefits of using prison radio as a tool for health promotion and education within prisons. Read the rest of this entry »
July 12th, 2009 |
by Andrew Dubber
Published in
Creative & Cultural Industries, Music as Culture, Public Event
I attended an event in Copenhagen back in March this year. It was organised by Jazz Danmark, a government funded body whose role it is to promote and foster Danish jazz. My keynote was about how musicians could use the opportunities of the internet, and it seemed to go down reasonably well.
July 4th, 2009 |
by Andrew Dubber
Published in
Music as Culture, Public Event
Steve, Amran, Abi, Stef & Caro in a church hall in Salford
This is the audio recording of the panel session I chaired at Un-Convention in Manchester last month. It was about music that falls outside the indie rock band tradition you’d normally expect represented at these sorts of events. I wanted to know if there were any lessons that could be drawn from outside the margins.
Some really amazing and insightful stuff from Stef Lewandowski, Steve Lawson, Amran Ellahi, Abigail Seabrook, and Caroline Churchill.
You can listen to all of the panel sessions at the Un-Convention Soundcloud page.