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Future Univercities seminar series

9, 20, 29 May 2013, 6 - 8pm 

UCL, Pearson Building G07, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT 
 

In the context of recent dramatic changes to the UK higher education sector, the rapid privatization of universities, new proposals for their future expansion, and changes to the financial models through which they sustain their work, the primary aim of these seminars is to provide a forum for critical debate and stimulate wider discussion amongst the UCL community on the future role of universities. In each session 3-4 experts will give talks and participate in discussion. The first seminar will focus on the spatial strategies of universities and in relation to urban development and globalisation; the second will explore issues around funding and accountability; and the third will examine the platforms through which universities engage the public.

RSVP – free but registration essential

All seminars will take place 6-8pm, UCL, Gower Street, Room G07 Pearson Building.

Seminar 1: 9 May 2013

Space: Universities, Cities and Globalisation

Confirmed speakers:

Professor Allan Cochrane, Head of Social Policy and Criminology, The Open University and former Vice-Chancellor, The Open University

Professor Alan Harding, Management School, University of Liverpool

Dr Pushpa Arabindoo, UCL Urban Laboratory and Department of Geography
 

Seminar 2: 20 May 2013

Structures: Governance, Finance and Accountability

Confirmed speakers:
Dr Andrew McGettigan, freelance researcher and author of The Great University Gamble: Money, Markets and the Future of Higher Education

Professor Jan Toporowski, Department of Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

Dr Beth Perry, Associate Director of SURF (The Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures) and Director of the Greater Manchester Local Interaction Platform.

Professor Mike Raco, UCL Bartlett School of Planning
 

Seminar 3: 29 May 2013

Platforms: Access, Participation and Publishing

Confirmed speakers:

Dr Rathna Ramanathan, Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design

Professor Johnny Golding, Professor of Philosophy & Fine Art, Director, Centre for Fine Art Research, Birmingham City University

Dr Mike Taylor, Earth Sciences, University of Bristol and contributor to The Guardian



No Art (School) Without Science

9 May 2013, 6.30pm
The Platform Theatre, Central Saint Martins, Handyside Street, King's Cross, London N1C 4AA


At a moment when art and design education is being potentially threatened at school level through changes to the curriculum and exam structures, and at university level through new funding regimes, the need to deliver clear answers to this question is greater than ever. 
 
Art and design education is continually reinventing itself and this series of events is an opportunity to take stock of where we are and where we might be heading. The intent is not to arrive at a single answer, but to develop responses that celebrate and articulate the key role that art and design educations plays in the cultural, social and economic life of the world. 
 
Artakt, Central Saint Martins College of Arts & Design (UAL), curates and manages pioneering exhibitions and research led projects at a national and international level in the field of art, science and culture. At the centre of Artakt is the conviction that art, science and culture individually and, above all, collectively, can and should be communicated as creatively, accurately and widely as possible in innovative ways. Artakt's research and collaborations result in outstanding and ground-breaking exhibitions, together with related outputs such as academic articles and publications, talks, seminars and conferences as well as performances and satellite events. www.artakt.co.uk
 
Dr Marius Kwint, Senior Lecturer in Visual Culture, University of Portsmouth
Susan Aldworth, Artist
Dr Steven Devleminck, Director of Transmedia, LUCA, School of Arts, University of Leuven
Dr Dan Glaser, Director of Science Engagement, King's Cultural Institute, KCL
 

The crisis of the 'liberal-productivist' model of development: a regulationist analysis, an ecologist response

20 May 2013, 5.30 - 7.30pm 
UCL Development Planning Unit
G04 Gavin de Beer Lecture Theatre, UCL 


Speaker: Alain Lipietz | Economist | Former member of European Parliament

Discussant: Adriana Allen | Senior Lecturer | Director MSc Environment and Sustainable Development, Development Planning Unit, UCL 

Officially opened by the crash of Lehman Brothers, and today turning into a crisis of sovereign debts, the present crisis already appears to be as serious as the Great Depression of the Thirties. Yet, a financial crisis is the expression of the exhaustion of a “model of capitalist development”. This crisis is the crisis the “liberal-productivist model” that stemmed from early eighties to nowadays. A complex crisis: the combination of a 1930s type socio-economic crisis, and of an Ancient regime ecological crisis. In turn, this ecological crisis has two dimensions: an energy-climate crisis, and a food-health crisis.

Thus, its solution cannot be a mere Keynesian solution (a New Deal: easy credit, extension of public expenditures, increase in wage-share), but it must be focused on investing in the ecological transition.

First, we sum up the components of the late model of capitalist development, using the tools of the “regulation approach”. Second, we scrutinise the interweaving of social, economic, and ecological factors in the crisis from 2007 until today. Third, we stretch out the blue prints for a specifically “Green” Deal. We conclude with the difficulties of implementing such a deal. 



Council Housing: who needs it? 

21 May, 7.30pm
Southwark Cathedral, London Bridge SE1 9DA


A public meeting to put Southwark Council's current Council Housing Consultation in the context of the wider social, ethical and political issues of housing and homelessness. 
With Peter John (Council Leader, London Borough of Southwark), Alison Gelder (Director, Housing Justice), Duncan Shrubsole (Director of Policy and External Affairs, CRISIS). 

RSVP susanna.bloomfield@southwark.anglican.org 



 

Developing Participatory Methods with Photography: Research, Design and Practice

1 June, 10am - 4pm
Fotosynthesis, Lillian Baylis Old School, Lollard Street, London SE11 6PY 

The International Association of Visual Urbanists (iAVU) is pleased to present the following workshop in conjunction with Fotosynthesis. This workshop will explore how to develop visual and sensory participatory research and pedagogical methods with photography. Participants will be introduced to a range of experimental action research methods, tools and media; they will examine ethical dilemmas in visual communication and literacy, and will consider elemental skills needed for project design, management and evaluation. In addition, the group will engage and collaborate in compositional techniques and reflective exercises that will enhance critical thinking, shared experiences and peer review.

Tutors: David Kendall and Ingrid Guyon

Booking for this workshop is available at:  http://iavu.org/workshops.html

** iAVU members receive a 10% discount on all workshops.

The International Association of Visual Urbanists (iAVU) is an academic and creative arts organisation that aims to foster the study and use of visual materials within urban research. To join the iAVU please visit our website:
www.iavu.org

 

Slade Shows 2013: MA/MFA Fine Art

Private view: Wednesday 5 June, 6 - 9pm
Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT


Open to the public: 6 - 12 June, 10am - 8pm (weekdays), 10am - 5pm (weekends) 
www.ucl.ac.uk/slade 
Featuring previous Cities Methodologies exhibitors Rachel Alliston, Dana Ariel, Anja Borowicz, and Vanessa Maurice-Williams.


 

Cities. Crisis? Creativity! Modelling creative zones

13 - 15 June 2013
Metaal Kathedraal, Utrecht, The Netherlands

CURE Creative Urban Renewal in NW-Europe Knowledge Event
 
Medium sized cities in Europe are struggling to cope with the urban crisis. When looking for revival Creative Zones take central stage. Building or strengthening your own urban creative zone is the core focus of the international CURE-Summerschool on June 13 14 15 2013.
 
City planners, creative professionals, researchers, educators and urban project leaders share new knowledge and innovative experiences. Prominent speakers like Prof Christa Reicher (Dortmund University), Edna Dos Santos-Duisenburg (Former director Creative Economy UNCTAD), Philipp Kern (director KEA, European Research Institute Brussels), Giep Hagoort (professor cultural entrepreneurship in Utrecht University), Rene Kooyman (senior researcher HKU) and Hans Mommaas (professor urban and regional development Tilburg University) will confront the participants with future trends. The CURE-cities of Brudge (Be), Colchester (UK), Dinslaken (Ge), Edinburg (UK), Hagen (Ge), Kettwig (Ge), Lille (Fr) present their Creative Zones Projects. And finally the new academic framework Creative Zone Innovator and its functioning in practice will be presented.
 
The Summerschool programme, organized by the Utrecht School of the Arts (HKU NL) has an interactive character, and covers 10 key-note presentations, 8 lectures, more than 20 small events including kitchentables, roundtables and workshops, and cultural events organized by masterstudents Art of Economics of HKU.
 
The Summerschool will take place in the Metaal Kathedraal near the city of Utrecht, the Netherlands. The Metaal Kathedraal is an artists driven initiative. Entrance fee: € 250,- (reader, lunches, tea/coffee, drinks, dinner and cultural events, transfers included).
 
Full programme and how to sign up, follow the link: http://www.ideenpool.de/cure-mailing/cure.html
 
For any questions please contact Meike Sturm, CURE project coordinator, +49-201-47441238,  meike@cep-sturm.de


Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire

6 July 2013, 10am - 6pm 
London College of Communication, Elephant & Castle SE1 6SB

Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire is a day of family friendly making, learning, crafting, inventing and tinkering in the heart of London. Be inspired by arts, crafts, engineering, science and technology from the Makers of the capital. Entry is free and there will be many opportunities to get hands on. 
Call for Makers
The Call for Makers is now open, we are looking for submissions from those who want to present work or give hands on demonstrations. We welcome submissions at any stage in the process from early work-in-progress and prototype projects, through to finished projects, installations and creations! We are looking to hear from Makers, tinkerers and crafters from across the London area and beyond, so please check out our website to find out more details about the Call for Makers.
Makers & Designers Meet-up
Alongside the Maker booths we will also be running a programme of talks, panels discussions and workshops both on the Saturday at LCC and on the Sunday at the Victoria and Albert where we will focus on discussion around the Maker culture. We are looking to hear from those who would like to talk, join a panel or run a workshop, so please check out our website to find out more details about the open call.

 
Notices

Twentieth Century Society: The Architecture of Public Service

Call for abstracts
 
As part of its long-running series Twentieth Century Architecture, the Society is planning a journal for publication in 2015 on the commissioning and design of town halls, libraries, health centres, police stations, fire stations, post offices and government buildings in all parts of the BritishIsles from 1914 to 2000. Housing and educational buildings will not be included in this publication. While studies of individual buildings may be included,broader surveys covering building types which may be at risk of alteration and demolition are particularly welcomed.
 
Delivery would be 1 October 2014, length 2000-5000 words, with up to 10 images per article. Contributors are expected to provide and pay for images of publishable quality. Articles will be peer reviewed. Contributors with varied backgrounds and experience,including architects who worked on relevant building, are encouraged to submit proposals.
 
In the first instance, please send your ideas in the form of an abstract up to 300 words with a brief CV and list of publications to date to elain.harwood@english-heritage.org.uk, who will also answer any queries. Submissions will be selected by the editorial committee of the journal, drawn from members of the Twentieth Century Society Publications Committee.
 
 

MyStreet Films: documentary film competition deadline extended

Deadline: 31 May 2013

The third annual MyStreet competition, part of Open City Docs Fest, is pleased to announce an extension to their competition deadline and an exciting £500 first prize confirmed for the winner of MyStreet 2013 competition.

MyStreet is where you are, who you are and how you live... your place on the map. A user generated, online archive of everyday life, MyStreet encourages people to share their stories and bring their area to life through film. In addition to the ever-evolving online archive, MyStreet Films run an annual filmmaking competition, which was launched this year at Between the Lines Festival on 2nd March. Submissions for the competition close on 31 May 2013.

The best 8 MyStreet films made about a UK location will be shortlisted and judged in June by an esteemed Open City Docs Fest Jury, chaired by Jeremy Irons (Actor and Producer, ‘Trashed’) and bringing together acclaimed film experts, including Molly Dineen (BAFTA Award-winning Director and Producer), Hanka Kastelicova (Executive Producer of Documentaries, HBO Europe) and Kim Longinotto (Sundance Award-winning Director of 'Divorce Iranian Style' and 'Pink Saris').

The 10 shortlisted MyStreet films will be showcased at a special screening at this year’s Open City Docs Fest, taking place 20-23 June 2013, and the top three films will be awarded prizes at the festival closing ceremony. The MyStreet team are excited to confirm the exclusive prize on offer for the first place winner. The top prize to be awarded to this year’s winning filmmaker, is a generous gift of £500, plus a unique film consultation session from Brian Hill, director of The Secret History of Our Streets, the hit BBC 2 documentary series based on Charles Booth’s 19th century survey of London. Second and third place will receive a years membership to Shooting People, the independent filmmakers network, and a creative peer-mentoring session facilitated by MyStreet partners, Ideastap amongst other prizes.

Films can be uploaded to www.mystreetfilms.com from anywhere in the world and geotagged to the online MyStreet map. But only films made in the UK between 23 May 2012 and 31 May 2013 will be eligible for the competition and Open City Docs Fest screening. The deadline for MyStreet submissions is Wednesday 31 May 2013. Shortlisted filmmakers will receive an access-all-areas pass to Open City Docs Fest 20-23 June 2013, where their film will be screened as part of a special event.

MyStreet: www.mystreetfilms.com

Open City Docs Fest: www.opencitydocsfest.com
 

Summer school: Urban Conflict and Contact Zones

17 June – 28 June 2013
Humboldt University, Berlin
Application deadline: 1 June 2013

 
Multiplicities is running a Summer School with Humboldt University Berlin and the Georg Simmel Center for Metropolitan Studies. Course level: Masters, PhD.
 
The overall aim of the summer school is to develop an analytical and a problem-solving perspective on urban conflict and contact zones. In an interdisciplinary approach we are capitalizing from urban studies and design studies methodologies and theories.
 
The everyday course meeting and course work will take place in a real live conflict zone within the changing ‘Brunnenviertel’ neighbourhood in Wedding. The area is confronted with complex urban changes. With a large group of deprived inhabitants with often migrant backgrounds, it is at the same time a potentially upcoming place for new creative entrepreneurs.
 
The course will be hosted directly in this neighborhood at the Supermarkt, in the heart of the Brunnenviertel, just behind the border that divides Berlin-Mitte from Wedding. The Team of the Supermarkt has created a new space for events, workshops and the trade with ideas & services. Since February 2012, the Supermarkt is the new creative resource center for northern Brunnenstraße and beyond.
 
Programme: 
http://bit.ly/11LAVva
Application: https://huwisu.de/applications/start/?next=&course=64
Course details: http://huwisu.de/courses/details/64/
Multiplicities: http://www.multiplicities.de
Supermarkt: http://www.supermarkt-berlin.net
                                   
Contact: 
lange@multiplicities.de or bergmann@multiplicities.de or call
+49-030-44037732



Urban Photography Summer School 2013

Application deadline: June 10
Summer school: 19 - 31 August 
Goldsmiths, University of London

Designed for photographers, artists and urbanists whose work address notions of urban space and culture, the international Summer School provides a highly intensive two-week practical and theoretical training in key aspects of urban visual practice. The course aims to offer participants a wide range of relevant skills resulting in the production of a photography portfolio drawn from London’s urban environments, combined with a collective final exhibition.

The programme has been developed in collaboration with Urban Encounters (Tate Britain), the Centre for Urban and Community Research (CUCR), Photofusion and the International Association of Visual Urbanists (iAVU). The course is taught by experienced tutors from Goldsmiths’ top-ranked Sociology Department and the international MA in Photography and Urban Cultures. The programme draws on the advanced theoretical, research and practical image-making specialisms of key practitioners in the field.

Summer School tutors include: Paul Halliday (MA in Photography and Urban Cultures Course Leader), Beatriz Véliz Argueta (Coordinator/Goldsmiths), Les Back (Goldsmiths), Caroline Knowles (Goldsmiths), Mandy Lee Jandrell (Southampton Solent University/Goldsmiths), Peter Coles (Oxford/ Goldsmiths), Alex Rhys-Taylor (Goldsmiths), Manuel Vazquez (Goldsmiths), Laura Cuch (Goldsmiths) and Jasmine Cheng (Goldsmiths).

The programme will explore how the practice of urban image making informs the development of a reflexive and critical research perspective and will include assignments and guided fieldtrips focusing on (1) urban landscapes, (2)  street-based photography and (3) material objects.

http://www.gold.ac.uk/cucr/summer-school/

The Summer School will take place from 19 – 31 August 2013. Application deadline is June 10.


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