Tag: UK

Monday May 28th: Walking the Universe Story in Manchester, U.K.

The Cosmic Walk is a ritual created by Sr. Miriam MacGillis of Genesis Farm. It has subsequently been modified and facilitated by many people around the world.  What does 14,000,000,000 mean to you? By measuring out some of the important events in the development of the universe on a route where distance is an analogue… Continue reading Monday May 28th: Walking the Universe Story in Manchester, U.K.

The Slave Business and Its Material and Moral Hinterlands in Continental Europe

Conference at the International Slavery Museum, Liverpool (UK), April 20-22, 2012 The history of transatlantic slavery is one of the most active and fruitful fields of historical research worldwide. As scholarship in this field is increasingly global, it opens up unique possibilities for international collaboration. More particularly, the most recent research which looks beyond the… Continue reading The Slave Business and Its Material and Moral Hinterlands in Continental Europe

Survival of the Beautiful: Art, Science, and Evolution (UK)

with David Rothenberg and Jay Griffiths Watershed, Bristol (UK) 16 February 2012, 19.30-20.30 On the 16th of February 2012 David Rothenberg talks with scientists and artists about his new book Survival of the Beautiful, which examines the interplay of beauty, art, and culture in evolution. In it the philosopher and musician Rothenberg deals with the… Continue reading Survival of the Beautiful: Art, Science, and Evolution (UK)

Julie’s Bicycle

London Julies Bicycle is a non-profit company working in the field of environmental sustainability. Its aim is to help integrate it into the business, art and ethics of the music, theatre and creative industries and reduce carbon emissions. It provides expertise in environmental sustainability to over 350 organisations in the UK as well as internationally… Continue reading Julie’s Bicycle

Conference: Environmental Utterance

UK September 1st – 2nd, 2012 On the 1st and 2nd of September 2012 the University College Falmouth inc. Darlington College of Arts invites to the conference Environmental Utterance. Highly contextual practices are used in every academic disciplines, exploring ways of articulating specific environments, spaces or places.  This conference examines a specific problematic that attends the dissemination of… Continue reading Conference: Environmental Utterance

Publication: Music and Arts in Action (MAiA)

The first special issue of Music and Arts in Action (MAiA) presents the proceedings of a 2009 conference on ‘Music and Migration’, which was part of the 3-year research project ‘Diaspora as Social and Cultural Practice: A Study of Transnational Networks across Europe and Africa’. The project was based at the Universities of Southampton and… Continue reading Publication: Music and Arts in Action (MAiA)

The Home and the World – On Being at Home

South Devon 19th to 21st of June 2012 From the 19th to the 21st of June 2012 a creative summit for artists and other thinkers will take place at Dartington Hall Estate in south Devon/England. The summit will focus on the question if the alienation of humankind from the natural world has effected his condition… Continue reading The Home and the World – On Being at Home

Call for Papers: Affective Landscapes

    May 25th – 26th 2012 Derby, UK This conference seeks exciting disciplinary and transdisciplinary proposals from scholars working in fields such as cultural studies, literary studies, cultural politics/history, creative writing, film and media studies, Area Studies, photography, fine art, interested in examining the different ways in which human beings respond and relate to,… Continue reading Call for Papers: Affective Landscapes