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Italy through its films – launch event tonight!

You are cordially invited to the launch of Italy through its Films on Monday 8th October 2018, Avenue Campus, Lecture Theatre B, 6pm to 7pm for an overview of the screening programme and an introduction to how to understand film as art and as a creative glimpse into the society it comes from. All welcome, book your free ticket via Eventbrite! Please see below the list of films in our programme and also more details about each film. Continue reading →

Confucius Institute Open Day 2018

On Wednesday 10th October the Confucius Institute is holding an open day in the Hartley Suite at Highfield Campus. The event will run from 5pm-7pm and with include Chinese music, cultural workshops and refreshments. There will be a jumble sale at SUSU selling Chinese-style accessories. This event is free – just turn up on the day! There is more information on the downloadable event poster. Continue reading →

Are we all cyborgs? Digital media and social networking

Continuing with my reading of Staiff’s Re-imagining Heritage Interpretation, I come to his chapter on digital media and social networking. He wastes little time on those who “persist wit the idea that podcast audio-tours and GIS-activated commentries care just extentions of ‘old’ ways on interpreting material culture, but simply using digital techniques,” rather (writing in 2014, remember) Staiff is a champion of “Web 2. Continue reading →

TNS Workshop 6th July

The Centre for Transnational Studies is pleased to announce their upcoming workshop. Moving Stories: Exploring Transcultural Storytelling in Contexts of Migration When: 10:00 – 17:00, 6 July 2017 Where: Building 27 (side entrance) Room 1133, Highfield Campus Speakers: Divya Tolia-Kelly, Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, University of Durham. Annika Lems, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Bern. Umut Erel, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the Open University. Continue reading →

CLLEAR Thurs 25th May @ 4pm: Prof Jennifer Smith and Dr Sophie Holmes-Elliot

How the glottal stop starts: examining children’s use of a rapidly expanding variable Jennifer Smith, University of Glasgow Sophie Holmes-Elliott, University of Southampton Please click here to view the abstract The post CLLEAR Thurs 25th May @ 4pm: Prof Jennifer Smith and Dr Sophie Holmes-Elliot appeared first on The Institute for Language and Culture. Continue reading →

Questions, questions

My head is full of questions today. On the one hand, I need to get some front end evaluation data on young people and mobile gaming together, in just a month, so I’m composing an online survey about that. On the other hand it is the deadline for Bodiam Castle to submit bespoke questions for the National Trust’s visitor survey, so I need to get my head around what questions to try and persuade them to add. Continue reading →