‘Whose right to a smart city?’: a new AHRC-funded research network

The Arts Institute is delighted to announce that Associate Professor Katharine S. Willis, who is based in School of Architecture, Design and Environment, has been awarded an AHRC International Research Network Grant for a project on ‘Whose Right to the Smart City?’ which will run for two years from February 2016 – January 2018. The network will critically… Continue reading ‘Whose right to a smart city?’: a new AHRC-funded research network

CfP (by 21 February 2016): The Atemporal Image Conference, July 2016

The Atemporal Image Conference – Plymouth –  1-3 July 2016 EXTENDED DEADLINE for abstracts is now 21 February  2016   More info here – http://transimage.i-dat.org/ The Fourth International Conference on Transdisciplinary Imaging adopts the theme of the ATEMPORAL IMAGE and calls for papers that explore how a new temporality informs and plays out across contemporary visual… Continue reading CfP (by 21 February 2016): The Atemporal Image Conference, July 2016

Dr Phil Smith, speaking on ‘psychogeography’ at Edge Hill University

Plymouth University’s Phil Smith will be one of the keynotes at “Taking it to the Streets: Empowering Interactions with the Urban Environment”: a symposium about psychogeography at Edge Hill University on 23rd February 2016.   Looking back to the ideas and practices from which ‘psychogeography’ emerged, and examining them through the prism of very recent developments… Continue reading Dr Phil Smith, speaking on ‘psychogeography’ at Edge Hill University