Hi again from the ICS interns, Caitlin and Nancy!
This Monday marked the tangible beginnings of the ICS festival, when we delivered our primary ideas to the LLAS group, as well as to the interns from the Humanities department and the International Office. In addition to our ‘Ideas Boards’, interns from the Routes into Languages scheme, the Southampton Feedback Champions programme and the Ethnographic Encounters project also gave short presentations on their progress thus far. We also got to meet the Director and Deputy Director of LLAS and received lots of insightful feedback on our initial proposals for the project.
Bearing the team’s comments in mind, our main objective this week has been refining our ideas and structuring our week-to-week plan. For this task, we chose to get creative; we got out of the office, pulled out some A3 paper and scribbled down all our ideas in an array of colours. Those sessions culminated in a detailed calendar of tasks for the next two months, and although the festival may seem far away, we only have one full week left together, so there’s a lot to be working on!
Wish us luck!
