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A considerable amount of research has been done in recent years to explore the European Capital of Culture initiative. Here's the European Commission's home page for the project. Here's a document setting out 'An international framework of good pr...
I'm trying to develop a new driving idea for the PhD, giving it some grounding and possibly a unifying structure: a rallying call, if you will. It's early days, but I'm pondering a shift in focus - from both events and technology to the context in...
via vipartfair.com The internet has the best festivals - arty ones at that. Should you click on the vipartfair.com link above you'll get to the 'VIP Art Fair', which from one angle looks like a shop window for artworks. There's more to it though, ...
I'm a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, but I've talked about that before. Why am I a fellow... it's partly to support work like this: The range of expertise that they attract to the RSA events is astonishing at times, tapping into a wealth of ...
Have I mentioned how much I admire the work of David McCandless and the very idea of 'Information is Beautiful'? You can get the book, a great Christmas present for the more cerebral - or visually stimulated - members of your family. You can follo...
Recently, in the past few weeks, I was informed that I'm a member of the Festival Fringe Society in Edinburgh. There are a couple of hundred members, with varying degrees of contribution to the society and festival it supports, and they are the fo...
As flagged a month or two back I recently took part in a workshop organised by Edinburgh Napier, or more specifically my colleagues at the university. The theme was 'event technologies', from planning and logistics software to virtual meeting spac...
This post came at the end of a very rewarding trip through the hot centre of the country. I would recommend a trip to anyone - it's a fair way to go but a truly wondrous landscape. ...there's also some stuff about cricket.
via thestar.com Toronto has the best festivals. Perhaps. This article discusses 'Nuit Blanche', which brings a million folk out onto the streets for an all night series of art events and what have you. It's hard to see from the article whether thi...
My girlfriend has a couple of degrees under her belt and occasionally says she hadn't realised how much time lecturers put into planning, preparing and administering their courses - which is very kind of her, sweet really! Particularly so at times...
The autumn term rolls on, finally slipping into some kind of rhythm as we near the end of Week 4. There's some structure the weeks and we can anticipate what's coming up with greater clarity and certainty as each day passes. There are those on cam...
As trailed earlier in September, I'm building up to a fairly short presentation at a workshop being hosted by my employer. This is a chance to talk with practitioners about what works for them, which tools they're using to build their online prese...
So that was 6 September and now it's the 14th, a week or so into the academic year. Students new and continuing are settling into the higher education groove and Craiglockhart Campus is humming with activity. Long may it last: students attending l...
6 September has long been nestled at the back of my mind like a cosy cuckoo, waiting to waken up and consume all the time I may have had lying around. 6 September is the date this September's students are due to start at Edinburgh Napier, except o...
Just time before bed to write up my thoughts on a recent seminar, held during the Edinburgh Fringe and hosted by Inner Ear (the folks behind Radio Magnetic). Titled 'Digital Audience Development' it looked at 'how to select and sequence online ser...