Project gives voice to city’s refugees and addresses impact of increase in ethnic diversity

    Dr Sana Murrani was recently interviewed by BBC Radio Devon to talk about ‘Creative Recovery: Mapping Refugees’ Memories of Home’, a project funded by the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) to work with 15 refugees and asylum seekers from Plymouth to represent their memories of home through drawings, maps and architectural models. ‘Creative Recovery: Mapping Refugees’ Memories of Home’ was… Continue reading Project gives voice to city’s refugees and addresses impact of increase in ethnic diversity

15th November 2017: Collaborative Research and Grants

Babbage 406 | 1pm – 5pm RESEARCH: Collaboration and Funding 1.00pm -1.15pm: James Daybell and Peter Hinds – Introduction to Collaborative Research: Micro to Macro Session 1: 1.15pm -2.45pm: 1.15pm -1.30pm: Susan Matheron – The Grant Application Process at Plymouth 1.30pm -1.45pm: David Sergeant – Applying for an AHRC Research Leadership Grant 1.45pm -2.00pm: Eduardo… Continue reading 15th November 2017: Collaborative Research and Grants

Namaste! On Art, Technology and Rickshaw rules

Three CogNovo and Transtechnology Research fellows, Agatha Haines, Jacqui Knight and Eugenia Stamboliev report on their trip as University ambassadors to India with Dr Hannah Drayson.  At the end of our individual PhD projects on the interdisciplinary program CogNovo, we – Agi Haines, Jacqui Knight, and Eugenia Stamboliev, were very grateful to receive funding support towards… Continue reading Namaste! On Art, Technology and Rickshaw rules

The 21st International Conference on Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts (DRHA2017)

Data Ache a conference hosted by the Arts Institute at the University of Plymouth (UK) 10–13 September 2017 CONFIRMED KEYNOTES: Prof Jussi Parikka, Oreet Ashery, Dr Tim Davies, Prof Eduardo Miranda & Prof Jane Winters “We’re drowning (not waving) in a sea of data – with data, data everywhere, but not a drop of information.”… Continue reading The 21st International Conference on Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts (DRHA2017)

First ResM completion for Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Plymouth University

Alex Lorimer

The Arts Institute is pleased to announce that Alex Lorimer has completed the first ResM (Research Masters) in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Plymouth University. The thesis title for Alex’s ResM in Architecture was ‘Mass-participation Architecture: Social Media & the Decentralisation of Architectural Agency as a Commercial Imperative’. His Director of Studies was Dr… Continue reading First ResM completion for Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Plymouth University

Feature: “The right to a parking space: the spatial state of marginality”

Workers paint blast walls in Baghdad. Photograph: Sam Tarling

BY SANA MURRANI Have you ever felt that your right to a parking space has been violated when another driver decides to drive the wrong way down a one-way lane and occupies it before you can get there yourself? If yes, then read on. When it happens to me, I feel like doing this – but… Continue reading Feature: “The right to a parking space: the spatial state of marginality”