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Conference panel report – Creative Citizens | Media for Social Change
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Media for Social Change. Creative Economy and Cultural Policy. History, Heritage and Archives. Conference panel report – Creative Citizens. October 25, 2014. As the academic lead for the Hyperlocal Media strand of the Creative Citizens project I was tasked with pulling together a findings and discussion panel for the Creative Citizens conference. In September 2014. I was pleased to get input from practitioners as well as academics and below is a summary of the panel:. This journey has led us, argued Andy...
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Melissa Gregg at the University of Leicester | Creative Economy and Cultural Policy
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Media for Social Change. Creative Economy and Cultural Policy. History, Heritage and Archives. Melissa Gregg at the University of Leicester. May 16, 2015. On 12 May 2015 I attended a research seminar at the University of Leicester with Melissa Gregg. Whose work has been particularly useful for my own research. On social media, especially the book. For this presentation Melissa talked about some research for her forthcoming book. There were many points in the talk which resonated with my own research....
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Girl Power: Agency and female empowerment through entrepreneurship. | Creative Economy and Cultural Policy
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Media for Social Change. Creative Economy and Cultural Policy. History, Heritage and Archives. Girl Power: Agency and female empowerment through entrepreneurship. September 25, 2014. Inspired by the work of feminist scholars, Angela McRobbie. Who both demonstrate entrepreneurial skills in their own practice and support other young women through various initiatives, talks and projects. Feminism’ (2008, p.1). A key question for McRobbie is the notion of. 8221; (McRobbie, 2008, p.3). What is the nature of t...
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About Creative Economy and Cultural Policy | Creative Economy and Cultural Policy
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Media for Social Change. Creative Economy and Cultural Policy. History, Heritage and Archives. About Creative Economy and Cultural Policy. The Creative Enterprise and Cultural Policy group provides a focus for academics from the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research. Our work is underpinned by social theory and has an emphasis on lived experience of culture and creative production, offering new perspectives for professionals working in the creative industries. We work with cultural organisati...
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MeCCSA 2013 and Creative Skillset – Conference Reviews | Creative Economy and Cultural Policy
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Media for Social Change. Creative Economy and Cultural Policy. History, Heritage and Archives. MeCCSA 2013 and Creative Skillset Conference Reviews. February 26, 2013. Last month the media historian and political economist James Curran. Gave a talk at a conference I attended, the annual conference for MeCCSA, the Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association. Entitled ‘ Mickey Mouse Squeaks Back: Defending Media Studies. S ‘Achieving Industry Best Practice’ event ( full programme – PDF. This eve...
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Media Work: the #rethink media unconference | Creative Economy and Cultural Policy
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Media for Social Change. Creative Economy and Cultural Policy. History, Heritage and Archives. Media Work: the #rethink media unconference. March 17, 2014. The Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research has been asked to organise an unconference event related to the themes of BCU’s annual industry conference, #RethinkMedia. With Jamie Bullock), but I was quickly won around and convinced that we could turn this opportunity into something worthwhile. What projects will they be engaged upon? Media ed...
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The Nature of Entrepreneurial Labour in Regional Film Making | Creative Economy and Cultural Policy
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Media for Social Change. Creative Economy and Cultural Policy. History, Heritage and Archives. The Nature of Entrepreneurial Labour in Regional Film Making. April 20, 2015. I recently presented a paper at the New Directions in Film and Television Production Studies 2015 conference. As part of a panel presenting research on the topic of Creative Labour. The context for my talk had been set by the keynote speaker, Philip Drake. The Creative Labour panel included presentations from Brett Mills. Film, in par...
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Cultural Work and Entrepreneurship | Creative Economy and Cultural Policy
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Media for Social Change. Creative Economy and Cultural Policy. History, Heritage and Archives. Cultural Work and Entrepreneurship. June 18, 2014. At the University of Warwick. Following this research I seek to further investigate experiences of entrepreneurship through several focused studies which I outline below:. Is there a hidden or as yet uncovered level of activity produced by the BME community? Finally, as a result of my PhD research I have identified gendered perspectives in cultural entrepreneur...
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Human Music Interaction | Interactive Cultures
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Media for Social Change. Creative Economy and Cultural Policy. History, Heritage and Archives. July 27, 2015. In my last post. I referred to a new field of research that bridges computer science, cultural studies, media theory, musicology, medicine, psychology, sociology and more. That probably takes a little explaining. Interdisciplinarity is not a field of research. Christopher Small’s idea of ‘musicking’. To generate sound and manipulate the movement of water. The study of HMI is interested in tha...
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About Media For Social Change | Media for Social Change
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Media for Social Change. Creative Economy and Cultural Policy. History, Heritage and Archives. About Media For Social Change. The Media For Social Change team brings together academics from the Birmingham Centre For Media and Cultural Research. Involved in work in this area usually have strong backgrounds as activists themselves. Our current projects include work in the Arab region on citizen journalism. On Hyper-local media in Britain. We have a number of doctoral students. Media for Social Change.
