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SUMMARY:Creative Research Methods Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Our popular reading group\, hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh\, is back for the new semester. \n\n\n\nWe are pleased to share the return of our creative research methods reading group!  \n\n\n\nDue to popular demand\, after running throughout the 2024-25 academic year\, the reading group will return this semester. \n\n\n\nIf you are new to the reading group\, it is open to all and will focus on creative and artistically engaged methods for research.  The emphasis will be on practice and the application of methods.  We may invite participants to experiment between reading group meetings\, but this is not required.  You do not have to be an academic or a student to join this reading group\, but you should have an interest in creative methods. \n\n\n\nReading\n\n\n\nThurs 19th February\, 9.15-10.15Kriger\, Debra (2019) ‘Malleable Methodologies: Sculpting and Imagination in Embodied Health Research’ in International journal of qualitative methods 17: 1–12
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/creative-research-methods-reading-group-7/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Reading Group
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SUMMARY:Creative Research Methods Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Our popular reading group\, hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh\, is back for the new semester. \n\n\n\nWe are pleased to share the return of our creative research methods reading group!  \n\n\n\nDue to popular demand\, after running throughout the 2024-25 academic year\, the reading group will return this semester. \n\n\n\nIf you are new to the reading group\, it is open to all and will focus on creative and artistically engaged methods for research.  The emphasis will be on practice and the application of methods.  We may invite participants to experiment between reading group meetings\, but this is not required.  You do not have to be an academic or a student to join this reading group\, but you should have an interest in creative methods. \n\n\n\nReading\n\n\n\nThurs 12th February\, 9.15-10.15Fountain\, Daniel (2022) ‘Constructed Masculinities: Unpicking Working-Class Masculinities through Knitting’ in Textile: the journal of cloth and culture\, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print): 1 – 8
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/creative-research-methods-reading-group-6/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Reading Group
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SUMMARY:FutureGaze: The Future of Animation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for FutureGaze\, a series of online lunchtime conversations that explore the future of our creative industries and practices. \n\n\n\nBrought to you by Creative Edinburgh and in partnership with Edinburgh Futures Institute\, FutureGaze has been designed for those eager to explore the future of our creative industries and practices. \n\n\n\nHosted by Caroline Parkinson\, Director of Creative for the Edinburgh Futures Institute\, each session features inspiring conversations with creative leaders who’ve driven innovation and transformation in their work – whether in business\, the arts\, academia\, or beyond. \n\n\n\nTogether\, we’ll explore what the future holds for the creative and cultural sector through their experiences and insights. \n\n\n\nFebruary’s Discussion\n\n\n\nJoin us for the eleventh instalment of the FutureGaze series\, which will focus on the future of animation and the technological advances happening in and around animation as well as the impact on the sector as a whole. \n\n\n\nIn this discussion we’ll ask: \n\n\n\nWhat is involved in the craft of animation and how is this being developed now and into the future? \n\n\n\nHow will craft skills develop and what is the importance of storytelling in an AI world? \n\n\n\nHow will the industry itself change through technological advancements and what it will adopt? \n\n\n\nWhat changes can we expect in commissioning by streaming platforms\, and where animated content is being used in other industries? \n\n\n\nAnd of course\, how will AI and ML affect the work flow pipeline and the creative process through the development of GenAI and the industry response to that? \n\n\n\nWe will also look at the future of the MOVE Summit in gathering the community in Scotland and connecting the sector internationally and its role in talent and industry development moving forward. \n\n\n\nIn this FutureGaze session\, we’ll explore what this all means for the future of animation in Scotland. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies\n\n\n\n\n\nTom Bryant\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTom Bryant is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of Cahoots Studios\, an Edinburgh based animation and visual effects studio. Cahoots Studios creates blindingly awesome work for commercials\, children’s television\, games and film. \n\n\n\nIn 2008 Tom founded his first animation studio\, Interference Pattern to co-create the animated short film\, The Lost Thing and worked as the project’s lead 3D artist. The film went on to win the 2011 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film\, amongst its many festival successes. \n\n\n\nIn 2017 Tom co-founded MOVE Summit and has been Operations Director for the past 8 years. For 2026 he again takes the helm as event Director. \n\n\n\nAs Creative Director of Cahoots Studios\, Tom’s focus is on maintaining the exacting creative standards that the studio is known for\, bringing new creative ideas and workflows to the studios processes and work\, and driving business growth. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVictoria Watson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVictoria Watson graduated as an animator in 2006 from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design in Dundee. Since then Victoria has worked as Producer / Director in live action and all forms of animation. She has worked on a number of short films\, commercials and television series\, for clients such as Netflix\, BBC\, Disney\, etc. \n\n\n\nIn 2017 Victoria joined Rhona Drummond in running Eyebolls. Eyebolls (Showreel) is an award-winning all singing\, all dancing\, full service studio based in Edinburgh. We create and produce content for TV shows\, films\, creative advertising and experiential agencies. We are passionate about collaboration and specialise and take pride in pulling together the right team for each individual project\, whether it’s live-action\, animation or merging the two worlds. We actively seek out new and fresh talent to compliment existing collaborators\, and we morph workflows\, push boundaries and adapt styles so that no two eyes are the same. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCaroline Parkinson\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Credit: Eoin Carey\, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\nCaroline Parkinson is Director of Creative at the Edinburgh Futures Institute\, focusing on supporting innovation in data and creative technologies for the creative industries. Previously\, she has led her own consultancy business\, served as Director of Film\, TV\, Music\, Creative Industries\, Skills & Innovation in the early years of Creative Scotland\, and before that\, she was Director\, Scotland & Northern Ireland for Creative & Cultural Skills. \n\n\n\nHer early creative life included ballet and rhythmic gymnastics\, fashion\, singing in bands for over 30 years\, and photography\, becoming a professional photographer in 1999. She serves on the Board of Architecture & Design Scotland\, and for 8 years has served in a voluntary capacity as Strategic Director and Presenter of the MOVE Summit\, Scotland’s Animation and VFX Gathering.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/futuregaze-the-future-of-animation/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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SUMMARY:Creative Research Methods Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Our popular reading group\, hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh\, is back for the new semester. \n\n\n\nWe are pleased to share the return of our creative research methods reading group!  \n\n\n\nDue to popular demand\, after running throughout the 2024-25 academic year\, the reading group will return this semester. \n\n\n\nIf you are new to the reading group\, it is open to all and will focus on creative and artistically engaged methods for research.  The emphasis will be on practice and the application of methods.  We may invite participants to experiment between reading group meetings\, but this is not required.  You do not have to be an academic or a student to join this reading group\, but you should have an interest in creative methods. \n\n\n\nReading\n\n\n\nThurs 5th February\, 9.15-10.15The And Article: Collage as Research Method\, de Rijke\, Victoria. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004231165983
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/creative-research-methods-reading-group-5/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Reading Group
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SUMMARY:Creative Research Methods Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Our popular reading group\, hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh\, is back for the new semester. \n\n\n\nWe are pleased to share the return of our creative research methods reading group!  \n\n\n\nDue to popular demand\, after running throughout the 2024-25 academic year\, the reading group will return this semester. \n\n\n\nIf you are new to the reading group\, it is open to all and will focus on creative and artistically engaged methods for research.  The emphasis will be on practice and the application of methods.  We may invite participants to experiment between reading group meetings\, but this is not required.  You do not have to be an academic or a student to join this reading group\, but you should have an interest in creative methods. \n\n\n\nReading\n\n\n\nThurs 29th January\, 9.15-10.15Performing care new perspectives on socially engaged performance. Fisher\, Amanda Stuart\, editor.; Thompson\, James\, 1966- editor.\, Manchester\, Manchester University Press\, 2020Note:Please read Chapter 10 – ‘Verbatim practice as research with care-experienced young people: An ‘aesthetics of care’ through aural attention’
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/creative-research-methods-reading-group-4/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Reading Group
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260122T091500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260122T101500
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SUMMARY:Creative Research Methods Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Our popular reading group\, hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh\, is back for the new semester. \n\n\n\nWe are pleased to share the return of our creative research methods reading group!  \n\n\n\nDue to popular demand\, after running throughout the 2024-25 academic year\, the reading group will return this semester. \n\n\n\nIf you are new to the reading group\, it is open to all and will focus on creative and artistically engaged methods for research.  The emphasis will be on practice and the application of methods.  We may invite participants to experiment between reading group meetings\, but this is not required.  You do not have to be an academic or a student to join this reading group\, but you should have an interest in creative methods. \n\n\n\nReading\n\n\n\nThurs 22nd January\, 9.15-10.15Un-Labelling the Language: Exploring Labels\, Jargon and Power through Participatory Arts Research with Arts Therapists and People with Learning Disabilities. Power\, Nicki ; Millard\, Emma ; The Lawnmowers Independent Theater Company\, Activists and Artists at ; Carr\, Catherine\, Voices : a world forum for music therapy\, 22(3)\, 2022-11-01
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/creative-research-methods-reading-group-3/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Reading Group
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251127T091500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251127T101500
DTSTAMP:20260403T044836
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SUMMARY:Creative Research Methods Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Our popular reading group\, hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh\, is back for the new academic year.  \n\n\n\nWe are pleased to share the return of our creative research methods reading group!  \n\n\n\nDue to popular demand\, after running throughout the 2024-25 academic year\, the reading group will return this semester. \n\n\n\nIf you are new to the reading group\, it is open to all and will focus on creative and artistically engaged methods for research.  The emphasis will be on practice and the application of methods.  We may invite participants to experiment between reading group meetings\, but this is not required.  You do not have to be an academic or a student to join this reading group\, but you should have an interest in creative methods. \n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\nThurs 13th November\, 9.15-10.15Bradley\, Lisa and Ptolomey\, A. M. and Mirza\, Nughmana (2025) ‘From emotional interruptions to wilful disruptions: Zine-making as a post-qualitative method for locating\, articulating\, navigating\, and doing emotion in research’.Thurs 20th November\, 9.15-10.15Lupton D & Watson A (2022) ‘Research-Creations for Speculating About Digitized Automation: Bringing Creative Writing Prompts and Vital Materialism into the Sociology of Futures’ in Qualitative Inquiry 28(7): 754–766Thurs 27th November\, 9.15-10.15Matchett\, Sara & Mbasalaki\, Phoebe Kisubi (2025) ‘Precarious Landscapes: Theatre and Belonging With a Group of Sex Workers in Cape Town’. In: Mackey\, Sally & Ong\, Adelina (eds.) Performing Homescapes. Switzerland\, Palgrave Macmillan. Pp.79 – 100
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/creative-research-methods-reading-group-2/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Reading Group
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251120T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251120T134500
DTSTAMP:20260403T044836
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SUMMARY:Postgraduate Open Day: Just Futures
DESCRIPTION:In this session\, we share Edinburgh Futures Institute’s innovative approach to learning and teaching and how our interdisciplinary programmes will help you graduate ready for tackling complex global challenges. During this presentation Programme Directors will also share with you the programmes that EFI offer\, in the areas of Just Futures. – AI and Data Ethics – Data\, Inequality and Society – Education Futures – Future Governance. 
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/postgraduate-open-day-just-futures/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Information session,Postgraduate online open day
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251120T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251120T111500
DTSTAMP:20260403T044836
CREATED:20251021T114453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T114456Z
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SUMMARY:Postgraduate Open Day: Creative Futures
DESCRIPTION:In this session\, we share Edinburgh Futures Institute’s innovative approach to learning and teaching and how our interdisciplinary programmes will help you graduate ready for tackling complex global challenges. \n\n\n\nDuring this presentation Programme Directors will also share with you the programmes that EFI offer\, in the areas of Creative Futures: \n\n\n\n– Creative Industries \n\n\n\n– Cultural Heritage Futures \n\n\n\n– Narrative Futures: Art\, Data\, Society \n\n\n\n– Service Management and Design
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/postgraduate-open-day-creative-futures/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Information session,Postgraduate online open day
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251120T091500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251120T101500
DTSTAMP:20260403T044836
CREATED:20251103T103732Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251117T094338Z
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SUMMARY:Creative Research Methods Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Our popular reading group\, hosted by The Binks Hub and led by Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh\, is back for the new academic year.  \n\n\n\nWe are pleased to share the return of our creative research methods reading group!  \n\n\n\nDue to popular demand\, after running throughout the 2024-25 academic year\, the reading group will return this semester. \n\n\n\nIf you are new to the reading group\, it is open to all and will focus on creative and artistically engaged methods for research.  The emphasis will be on practice and the application of methods.  We may invite participants to experiment between reading group meetings\, but this is not required.  You do not have to be an academic or a student to join this reading group\, but you should have an interest in creative methods. \n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\nThurs 13th November\, 9.15-10.15Bradley\, Lisa and Ptolomey\, A. M. and Mirza\, Nughmana (2025) ‘From emotional interruptions to wilful disruptions: Zine-making as a post-qualitative method for locating\, articulating\, navigating\, and doing emotion in research’.Thurs 20th November\, 9.15-10.15Lupton D & Watson A (2022) ‘Research-Creations for Speculating About Digitized Automation: Bringing Creative Writing Prompts and Vital Materialism into the Sociology of Futures’ in Qualitative Inquiry 28(7): 754–766Thurs 27th November\, 9.15-10.15Matchett\, Sara & Mbasalaki\, Phoebe Kisubi (2025) ‘Precarious Landscapes: Theatre and Belonging With a Group of Sex Workers in Cape Town’. In: Mackey\, Sally & Ong\, Adelina (eds.) Performing Homescapes. Switzerland\, Palgrave Macmillan. Pp.79 – 100
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/creative-research-methods-reading-group/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Reading Group
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251119T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251119T134500
DTSTAMP:20260403T044836
CREATED:20251021T114619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T114621Z
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SUMMARY:Postgraduate Open Day: Sustainable Futures
DESCRIPTION:In this session\, we share Edinburgh Futures Institute’s innovative approach to learning and teaching and how our interdisciplinary programmes will help you graduate ready for tackling complex global challenges. During this presentation Programme Directors will also share with you the programmes that EFI offer\, in the areas of Sustainable Futures: Circular Economy\, Planetary Health\, Sustainable Lands and Cities\, Future Infrastructure\, Climate Change and Sustainability.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/postgraduate-open-day-sustainable-futures/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Information session,Postgraduate online open day
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251020T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251020T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T044836
CREATED:20251009T111159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251009T111202Z
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SUMMARY:Giving Humanists a Helping Hand in HPC
DESCRIPTION:With the proliferation of LLMs\, more and more researchers will be able to utilize complex computational resources with less and less technical expertise. In the next few years\, this will cause an exodus of researchers away from personal computers to HPC (high-performance computing) clusters for their research needs. While many default to the easy\, well-advertised\, but eventually expensive services of Google (Co-Lab) and other tech giants\, they are often unaware of the free/highly-subsidized services available at their own institutions. This is only exacerbated by the fact that many HPC centers remain unaware of a burgeoning need for compute in humanities and social science disciplines. \n\n\n\nIn this talk\, Brad will focus on low-cost\, high-impact DIY strategies for integrating humanities and social sciences into academic HPC infrastructures. With a decade experience in HPC\, both inside and outside centers\, Brad has developed a variety of programs and projects to raise awareness of compute-intensive research in these disciplines\, and help connect researchers to the resources they need for their work. We’ll look at a variety of case studies to identify approaches that fit in a variety of different contexts\, and conclude by looking at some aspirational programs for taking the next step. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biography\n\n\n\n\n\nBrad Rittenhouse\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrad Rittenhouse holds a PhD in English and is a Research Computing Consultant at Stanford Research Computing. He has published on C19 American Literature\, video games\, DH Lab Management\, and the Age of Revolutions. He’s worked in and around HPC centers since 2015.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/giving-humanists-a-helping-hand-in-hpc/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250917T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250917T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T044836
CREATED:20250821T082501Z
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SUMMARY:Writing retreat sessions – The Binks Hub
DESCRIPTION:“Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.”— E.L. Doctorow \n\n\n\nCome and join the Binks Hub for a writing retreat! \n\n\n\nThese will be relaxed sessions with writing prompts\, a chance to share and discuss writing goals and regular creative activities to break up the session. \n\n\n\nAll are welcome and we hope to have a mix of practitioners\, community members\, academics and students. You are welcome to work on any kind of writing project you have. There will be opportunities to share your work but no obligation to do so. \n\n\n\nAnother workshop will take place on 19 November 2025 – booking for this workshop is available on Eventbrite.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/writing-retreat-sessions-the-binks-hub-2/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250909T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250909T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T044836
CREATED:20250729T132822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T132825Z
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SUMMARY:The Future of Digital Place
DESCRIPTION:Brought to you by Creative Edinburgh and in partnership with Edinburgh Futures Institute\, FutureGaze has been designed for those eager to explore the future of our creative industries and practices. \n\n\n\nHosted by Caroline Parkinson\, Director of Creative for Edinburgh Futures Institute\, each session features inspiring conversations with creative leaders who’ve driven innovation and transformation in their work—whether in business\, the arts\, academia\, or beyond. \n\n\n\nTogether\, we’ll explore what the future holds for the creative and cultural sector through their experiences and insights. \n\n\n\nSeptember’s Discussion: The Future of Digital Place \n\n\n\nAs artificial intelligence rapidly develops\, it’s starting to shape how we design\, plan and manage our cities and neighbourhoods. From using generative AI in the design process to applying data analytics to solve big challenges like climate change and urban growth — digital tools are playing an increasingly important role in shaping our built environment. \n\n\n\nIn this FutureGaze session\, we’ll explore what the rise of AI means for the future of our streets\, neighbourhoods and public spaces. We’ll ask: \n\n\n\n\nHow might AI change the role of the designer?\n\n\n\nWhat could future ‘digital places’ look like?\n\n\n\nHow can we make sure AI-powered planning is fair\, inclusive and reflects the needs of all communities?\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a forward-thinking conversation about technology\, cities and the people who shape them. \n\n\n\nSpeaking Biographies\n\n\n\n\n\nIan Gilzean\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter graduating from The University of Edinburgh’s School of Architecture\, he worked as an architect in public and private sector roles in Edinburgh\, London and Glasgow with a focus on regeneration and community empowerment. In 1999\, Ian joined the Scottish Government’s Architecture Policy Unit and was Chief Architect from 2006 until November 2023. During this period\, he had a 6-month residency at WHALE Arts in 2019\, supporting the development of the Wester Hailes Local Place Plan. \n\n\n\nHe then moved into the Scottish Government’s Digital Planning team to lead the Innovation and Digital place workstreams. He is currently on secondment from the Scottish Government as Head of Innovation and Digital Place at Architecture and Design Scotland. Ian has a long-standing involvement in architectural education and is currently an Honorary Professor in Architecture and Urban Planning at Dundee University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCaroline Parkinson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCaroline is Director of Creative at Edinburgh Futures Institute\, focusing on supporting innovation in data and creative technologies for the creative industries. Previously\, she has led her own consultancy business\, served as Director of Film\, TV\, Music\, Creative Industries\, Skills & Innovation in the early years of Creative Scotland\, and before that\, she was Director\, Scotland & Northern Ireland for Creative & Cultural Skills. \n\n\n\nHer early creative life included ballet and rhythmic gymnastics\, fashion\, singing in bands for over 30 years\, and photography\, becoming a professional photographer in 1999. She serves on the Board of Architecture & Design Scotland\, and for 8 years has served in a voluntary capacity as Strategic Director and Presenter of the MOVE Summit\, Scotland’s Animation and VFX Gathering. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Creative Edinburgh\n\n\n\nCreative Edinburgh is a registered Scottish Charity (SC052838) committed to helping creatives thrive. Through events\, career support and advocacy\, we bring together and help grow the city’s creative community\, providing a space for creation\, collaboration and connection at every stage of your career. Creative Edinburgh is supported by Creative Scotland as one of the Regularly Funded Organisations (RFOs). \n\n\n\nTo become a member of Creative Edinburgh\, click here.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/the-future-of-digital-place/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Creative Industries,Talk/Discussion
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SUMMARY:The Power of Purpose: workshop series
DESCRIPTION:Led by Take Note and produced in collaboration with The Binks Hub and The Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR)\, The Power of Purpose workshop series is based on the simple idea that the ability of charities and grassroots social change organisations to clearly articulate their “why”\, their “what” and their “so what” is the bedrock for effective impact and long-term survival. In other words\, in a time of deep financial challenge with the pressure on funds and fundraising at an all-time high\, an organisation that can clearly articulate their “why”\, their “what”\, and their “so what” will have a greater chance of lasting and even flourishing in this climate. \n\n\n\nOver a series of three 1-hour online sessions aimed at Scotland-based organisations\, Take Note’s Lead Consultant\, Marianna Hay MBE\, will introduce attendees to the Power of Purpose approach. With over 15 years’ experience designing\, building and delivering high impact\, award winning arts and social change organisations and initiatives\, Marianna has developed the Power of Purpose series on behalf of the Binks Hub to share and scale the strategies she has learnt and deployed along the way. \n\n\n\nThese sessions are for: \n\n\n\n\nScotland-based small-medium charities and grassroots social change organisations\n\n\n\nAll roles but ideal for trustees\, senior staff or workers with responsibility for strategy development\n\n\n\nWorkers and leaders steering organisations through significant financial challenge and uncertainty\n\n\n\n\nThe initial three-hour sessions will cover: \n\n\n\n\n“Telling Your Story”: An introduction to Impact Map Making and honing your message\n\n\n\n“Understanding Your Impact”: What difference does your work make and how do you know\n\n\n\n“Making it Happen”: Setting your strategy\, building the infrastructure and raising the money\n\n\n\n\nAttendance at all three sessions is strongly encouraged but the ability to attend all three is not required for registration. \n\n\n\nThere will be an opportunity for organisations that take part to apply for additional follow-on support from Take Note. Find out more about this here: Power of Purpose – The Binks Hub \n\n\n\nIf you have any queries at all\, please contact binks@ed.ac.uk
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/the-power-of-purpose-workshop-series-3/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250605T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250605T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T044836
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SUMMARY:The Power of Purpose: workshop series
DESCRIPTION:Led by Take Note and produced in collaboration with The Binks Hub and The Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR)\, The Power of Purpose workshop series is based on the simple idea that the ability of charities and grassroots social change organisations to clearly articulate their “why”\, their “what” and their “so what” is the bedrock for effective impact and long-term survival. In other words\, in a time of deep financial challenge with the pressure on funds and fundraising at an all-time high\, an organisation that can clearly articulate their “why”\, their “what”\, and their “so what” will have a greater chance of lasting and even flourishing in this climate. \n\n\n\nOver a series of three 1-hour online sessions aimed at Scotland-based organisations\, Take Note’s Lead Consultant\, Marianna Hay MBE\, will introduce attendees to the Power of Purpose approach. With over 15 years’ experience designing\, building and delivering high impact\, award winning arts and social change organisations and initiatives\, Marianna has developed the Power of Purpose series on behalf of the Binks Hub to share and scale the strategies she has learnt and deployed along the way. \n\n\n\nThese sessions are for: \n\n\n\n\nScotland-based small-medium charities and grassroots social change organisations\n\n\n\nAll roles but ideal for trustees\, senior staff or workers with responsibility for strategy development\n\n\n\nWorkers and leaders steering organisations through significant financial challenge and uncertainty\n\n\n\n\nThe initial three-hour sessions will cover: \n\n\n\n\n“Telling Your Story”: An introduction to Impact Map Making and honing your message\n\n\n\n“Understanding Your Impact”: What difference does your work make and how do you know\n\n\n\n“Making it Happen”: Setting your strategy\, building the infrastructure and raising the money\n\n\n\n\nAttendance at all three sessions is strongly encouraged but the ability to attend all three is not required for registration. \n\n\n\nThere will be an opportunity for organisations that take part to apply for additional follow-on support from Take Note. Find out more about this here: Power of Purpose – The Binks Hub \n\n\n\nIf you have any queries at all\, please contact binks@ed.ac.uk
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/the-power-of-purpose-workshop-series-2/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250522T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250522T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T044836
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SUMMARY:The Power of Purpose: workshop series
DESCRIPTION:Led by Take Note and produced in collaboration with The Binks Hub and The Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR)\, The Power of Purpose workshop series is based on the simple idea that the ability of charities and grassroots social change organisations to clearly articulate their “why”\, their “what” and their “so what” is the bedrock for effective impact and long-term survival. In other words\, in a time of deep financial challenge with the pressure on funds and fundraising at an all-time high\, an organisation that can clearly articulate their “why”\, their “what”\, and their “so what” will have a greater chance of lasting and even flourishing in this climate. \n\n\n\nOver a series of three 1-hour online sessions aimed at Scotland-based organisations\, Take Note’s Lead Consultant\, Marianna Hay MBE\, will introduce attendees to the Power of Purpose approach. With over 15 years’ experience designing\, building and delivering high impact\, award winning arts and social change organisations and initiatives\, Marianna has developed the Power of Purpose series on behalf of the Binks Hub to share and scale the strategies she has learnt and deployed along the way. \n\n\n\nThese sessions are for: \n\n\n\n\nScotland-based small-medium charities and grassroots social change organisations\n\n\n\nAll roles but ideal for trustees\, senior staff or workers with responsibility for strategy development\n\n\n\nWorkers and leaders steering organisations through significant financial challenge and uncertainty\n\n\n\n\nThe initial three-hour sessions will cover: \n\n\n\n\n“Telling Your Story”: An introduction to Impact Map Making and honing your message\n\n\n\n“Understanding Your Impact”: What difference does your work make and how do you know\n\n\n\n“Making it Happen”: Setting your strategy\, building the infrastructure and raising the money\n\n\n\n\nAttendance at all three sessions is strongly encouraged but the ability to attend all three is not required for registration. \n\n\n\nThere will be an opportunity for organisations that take part to apply for additional follow-on support from Take Note. Find out more about this here: Power of Purpose – The Binks Hub \n\n\n\nIf you have any queries at all\, please contact binks@ed.ac.uk
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/the-power-of-purpose-workshop-series/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240327T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240327T153000
DTSTAMP:20260403T044836
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SUMMARY:Project Deep Dive: Sal Hagen 
DESCRIPTION:‘Who is /ourguy/?’: Tracing memes to study online subcultures \n\n\n\nIn fast-paced attention economies\, Internet memes and catchphrases that manage to ‘stick’ have arguably come to form anchor points in rapidly changing discourse: from discussions on ‘wokeness\,’ clashes between ‘boomers’ and ‘zoomers\,’ to catchphrase-laden conspiracy theories. This talk discusses how we may repurpose these objects as nodal points for research into online subcultures. In specific\, I discuss several case studies of where I follow how memetic phrases proliferate on and around the far-right 4chan/pol/ forum\, an infamous space that has been at the root of many political memes. I outline how these methods may reconfigure our ideas memes as objects of study\, as well as challenge some assumptions and procedures embedded in digital methods research. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biography\n\n\n\n\n\nSal Hagen\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSal Hagen is a researcher affiliated with the Digital Methods Initiative and OILab of the University of Amsterdam. His PhD research concerned the collectivity of radical imageboard groups\, which he examined through quali-quantitative\, data-driven methods. As part of this\, he works on research tools to study online platforms and digital culture\, notably through 4CAT (4cat.nl).
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/project-deep-dive-sal-hagen/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240313T174500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240313T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T044836
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SUMMARY:Compassion & Transforming the Economy: Merging the ‘Why’ and the ‘How’
DESCRIPTION:Is compassion relevant to the economy? Or even visa-versa?Compassion and the economy have more to say to each other than might be obvious at first glance.A compassionate approach that incorporates an economic lens asks questions about how the economy operates: the distribution of resources\, the nature of jobs\, what sort of work is paid for\, costs of goods and services\, and provision of amenities.Thinking about the economy using a compassionate lens shifts the emphasis from individuals becoming more resilient\, able to withstand burdens and shocks and the punches thrown at them to ask why these burdens are there in the first place\, what holds these burdens in place\, and how can they be removed? Economy with a compassionate lens means no less than economic system change.Join us for a ‘conversation’ style event exploring these possibilities and how compassion requires not only transformation of the economy\, but why compassion needs to be at the centre of how the change happens.Hosted by Professor Liz Grant and Dr Katherine Trebeck (Global Compassion Initiative\, EFI)\, the evening will feature a talk by Sandrine Dixson-Declève (Co-President of the Club of Rome) and will be followed by a dialogue with Mel Young (founder of the Homeless World Cup) and Arnaud Blandin (entrepreneur-in-residence at INSEAD). \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies\n\n\n\nSandrine Dixson-Declève is the co-president of The Club of Rome and the Executive Chair of Earth4All. She is an Ambassador\, for the Energy Transition Commission (ETC) and the Wellbeing Alliance (WeAll) and a Fellow of the World Academy of Science & Art. Sandrine has sat on the European Commission’s Mission on Climate Change & Adaptation. She has also been recognised by Reuters as one of 25 global female trailblazers and by GreenBiz as one of the 30 most influential women across the globe driving change in the low carbon economy and promoting green business.Arnaud Blandin is the visionary founder of the Beyond Ecosystem\, an innovative platform dedicated to assisting organisations of varying scales in implementing and quantifying their positive impacts. With over two decades of experience in the high-tech industry\, he expertly harnesses data and metrics to navigate the complexities of our world\, guiding entities towards sustainable practices. Arnaud is a distinguished speaker and educator\, sharing his insights and expertise at leading global institutions.Mel Young MBE is the President and co-founder of the Homeless World Cup\, an organisation established to use sport as a mechanism to create change. He co-founded The Big Issue in Scotland in 1993\, the International Network of Street Papers (INSP) in 1995 and Social Entrepreneurs Network Scotland (Senscot) in 1999. He is Chair of Sport Scotland and is the Scotland Member of UK Sport.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/compassion-transforming-the-economy-merging-the-why-and-the-how/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240219T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240219T173000
DTSTAMP:20260403T044836
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SUMMARY:Project Deep Dive: Anja Neundorf
DESCRIPTION:(When) Does civic education work? Evidence from a cross-national online experiment (with Aykut Öztürk\, Steven Finkel\, and Ericka Rascon Ramirez) \n\n\n\nCivic education is an important effort in strengthening the resilience of existing and new democracies. However\, little is known about 1) whether these programs can be conducted online (instead of traditionally in-person)\, 2) what is the best frame to promote democracy\, and 3) whether there are contextual differences in the impact of these interventions. Our project aims to answer these questions through online experiments\, which were conducted in 33 countries\, representing varying levels of democratic and economic development. Over 40\,000 respondents were recruited via social media and were randomly shown one of three treatment videos\, promoting different aspects of democracy (civic rights\, separation of power\, provision of economic and public goods) or a placebo treatment. Our results show that the treatments positively affected support for democracy and that the effect can still be detected after two weeks. However\, contrary to expectations\, the political and economic context of respondents does not condition the impact of our interventions. Our study is the most comprehensive study ever conducted in the field of civic education\, allowing us to explore how democracy promotion works in different countries. \n\n\n\n\n\nAnja Neundorf\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnja Neundorf is a professor of Politics and Research Methods at the University of Glasgow. Before joining Glasgow\, she worked as an Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham (2013-2019) and a Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow at Nuffield College\, University of Oxford (2010-2012). She received her PhD from the University of Essex. Her research interests lie at the intersection of political behaviour\, research methods\, and comparative politics. She is currently the principal investigator of the ERC-funded Consolidator Grant “Democracy under Threat: How Education can Save it”.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/project-deep-dive-anja-neundorf/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240124T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240124T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T044836
CREATED:20240108T151407Z
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SUMMARY:Project Deep Dive: Justin Chun-ting Ho
DESCRIPTION:While recent years witnessed an increasing use of computational text analysis in communications\, the computational analysis of visual content remained a challenging task. Recent advancement in multi-modal embeddings offers promising solutions to conduct automated content analysis on images as well texts. Using an annotated dataset of green influencer posts on Instagram\, this project presents and compares various inductive and deductive approaches to use pre-trained multi-modal embeddings for extracting theoretically relevant topics and frames from multi-modal content.  \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biography\n\n\n\n\n\nJustin Chun-ting Ho\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJustin Chun-ting Ho is a postdoctoral researcher at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research. Before Amsterdam\, he worked at Academia Sinica in Taipei and Sciences Po in Paris. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Edinburgh. His work focuses on nationalism\, social media analysis\, and computational methods. 
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/project-deep-dive-justin-chun-ting-ho/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231116T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231116T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T044836
CREATED:20230817T083857Z
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SUMMARY:Emotions at Work with Gabriella Braun
DESCRIPTION:Who do you bring with you to work? Try as we might\, we cannot leave part of ourselves under the pillow with our pyjamas when we go to work. We bring all that we are.  \n\n\n\nGabriella Braun has been taking psychoanalysis out of the therapy room and into the staff room for over twenty years. In her book All That We Are she shows us why a board loses the plot\, nearly causes their company to collapse\, and how they come through. We see the connection between a headteacher’s professional and personal loss. We understand seemingly unfathomable behaviour – why a man lets his organisation push him around\, a lawyer becomes paranoid\, a team repeatedly creates scapegoats\, and founders of a literary agency feud.  \n\n\n\nJoin Gabriella as she talks about the human dynamics of the workplace\, how to better understand our own inner theatre\, and how this knowledge can create better managers and leaders.  \n\n\n\nPlease note this is an online event. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies\n\n\n\n\n\nGabriella Braun\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGabriella Braun is the Director of Working Well\, a consultancy firm specialising in helping leaders and teams use in-depth understanding of their dynamics and behaviour to bring about meaningful and sustainable change in their working lives. She has worked with hundreds of clients including the British Library\, RADA\, Tate\, Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust\, University of Cambridge and Queen Mary\, University of London. She has had psychoanalysis and holds a master’s degree in Consulting to Organisations using a psychoanalytic and systemic approach from the Tavistock Clinic. She was a Principal Consultant in the Tavistock Consultancy Service.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSusan Murphy (chair)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSusan Murphy was formerly Director of the School of Strategic Leadership Studies at James Madison University and Professor of Leadership Studies. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on leadership\, leadership development\, and mentoring. Her most recent edited volume with Rebecca Reichard is Early Development and Leadership: Building the Next Generation of Leaders and an authored book\, Power Mentoring: How Successful Mentors and Protégés Make the Most of Their Relationships\, with Ellen Ensher. She also serves on the editorial board of The Leadership Quarterly.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/emotions-at-work-with-gabriella-braun/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Power Trip: Autumn 2023
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231113T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231113T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T044836
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SUMMARY:Building a Global Movement for Self-Managed Abortion
DESCRIPTION:When governments and regulators fail us\, who can we turn to for leadership? Feminist activists across Latin America\, Africa\, and Europe are making self-managed abortion available to all\, and leading the transnational movement they have built along the way.  \n\n\n\nDrawing on years of research with activists around the world\, sociologist Naomi Braine describes the strategies\, politics\, and tactics of direct action feminists bringing abortion pills\, information\, and support to people seeking to end unwanted pregnancies. From combatting the legal strictures of Bolsonaro’s Brazil\, to navigating the NGO-dominated landscape of Kenya and Nigeria\, feminist activists are making safe\, accessible abortion care available against the odds.  \n\n\n\nJoin sociologist Naomi Braine\, activist leader Kinga Jelinska and author and behavioural scientist Dr Pragya Agarwal as they discuss the women building a robust transnational feminist network\, the tactics developed in the global south which are now being shared with feminists in Europe and North America\, and building a new model for international feminist solidarity. \n\n\n\nPlease note this is an online event. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies\n\n\n\n\n\nNaomi Braine\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNaomi Braine is a Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College\, CUNY. Prior to joining the faculty at Brooklyn\, she worked in the non-profit research sector on issues of drug use and HIV\, and consulted for community-based organizations. Her political and intellectual work addresses gender\, sexuality\, reproductive justice\, wars on drugs and terror\, and health and collective action. Her current work\, as an activist and a research investigator\, is centred on self-managed abortion.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKinga Jelinska\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKinga Jelinska  (she/her) is the co-founder and the executive director of Women Help Women (WHW). WHW is a feminist non-profit that runs a global online service providing counseling and access to abortion pills via post\, works with more than 100 partner groups worldwide on community interventions and changes the norms and discourse around self-managed abortion. Kinga comes from Poland\, where access to abortion is restricted and stigmatized. She is also a co-founder of the Abortion Dream Team in Poland\, and European feminist initiative Abortion Without Borders. Her work focuses on building\, supporting and resourcing autonomous feminist networks for access to abortion medicines.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPragya Agarwal\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Pragya Agarwal is a behavioural and data scientist. She has held senior academic positions in the UK and USA for over fifteen years and is currently visiting professor of social inequities at Loughborough and a Visiting Fellow at University of Oxford. As well as numerous research papers\, she is the author of three widely acclaimed non-fiction books\, Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias\, Wish We Knew What to Say: Talking with Children about Race and (M)otherhood: On the choices of being a woman\, and a book Standing Up To Racism for young children. Her writing has also appeared in the Guardian\, Prospect\, BBC Science Focus\, Scientific American and New Scientist amongst others.  A passionate campaigner for racial and gender equity\, Pragya has given keynote talks around the world. Pragya has been awarded the Transmission Prize for making complex scientific ideas accessible and the Nesta Crucible award for scientific innovation. In 2023\, she was awarded a Fulbright Scholar Award\, The Churchill Fellowship and British Library Fellowship. 
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/building-a-global-movement-for-self-managed-abortion/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Power Trip: Autumn 2023
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231113T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231113T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T044836
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SUMMARY:Speculative Futures Central Scotland #1— Finn Strivens and Eva Oosterlaken
DESCRIPTION:Speculative Futures Central Scotland is delighted to invite you to a lunchtime conversation on participatory futures with Finn Strivens and Eva Oosterlaken from Futurall\, a research and design studio building hope\, agency and action towards more equitable futures. They will share their work\, approach and next steps in participatory futures practice. Trying to focus on what they would have changed about previous projects\, the event will start an interactive discussion about how collaborative Futures practices can creatively engage people to drive change. \n\n\n\nSpeculative Futures Central Scotland is programmed by Andthen and the Data + Design Lab based at the Edinburgh Futures Institute. We are interested in hosting discussions about applied futures — we want to learn about how people are addressing long-term issues in their organisations\, from understanding the role of long-term thinking in policy design to understanding the challenges of using futures in large corporates. Speculative Futures Central Scotland is a component chapter of the global Speculative Futures community. \n\n\n\nFinn is a designer and futurist\, specialising in playful participation. He is founder and creative lead at Futurall\, and is creative lead on SOIF’s National Strategy for the Next Generations programme; a systems change programme looking to help the UK government to make policy in a long term and participative way. He is an NGFP fellow and the inaugural winner of the NGFP Walkabout Prize. \n\n\n\nEva is a co-founder of creative studio Futurall\, and previously worked as a design researcher for digital supermarket Picnic in Amsterdam where she worked to structurally improve the customer and employee experience across the company. In 2020\, she graduated with a master’s in Global Innovation Design from the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London and in 2017 with a bachelor’s in Industrial Design from Delft University of technology.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/speculative-futures-central-scotland-1-finn-strivens-and-eva-oosterlaken/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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SUMMARY:Defiant Lives: The History of the Disability Rights Movement 
DESCRIPTION:Watch the full film at – https://app.disabilitybusters.com/catalogue  \n\n\n\nDefiant Lives tells the story of the rise and fight of the disability rights movement in the United States\, Britain and Australia\, introduces the world to the most impressive activists you’ve never heard of.  \n\n\n\nIn this prerecorded conversation\, filmmakers Sarah Barton and Liz Burke join educator and advocate Sinéad Burke to talk the movement over the last five decades\, the making of the film\, and the extraordinary people who put their lives on the line to create a better and very different world where everyone is valued and can participate\, regardless of impairment.   \n\n\n\nPlease note this is a prerecorded event. Captions are available. \n\n\n\nSpeaker biographies\n\n\n\n\n\nSarah Barton\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSarah Barton is a 2010 Churchill Fellow with more than 25 years’ filmmaking experience mainly with the disability community. Her first film Untold Desires (1994) about sexuality and disability won the first Logie Award for SBS television and an AFI Award.  In 2003 Sarah created and produced 70 episodes of the award winning disability community television series No Limits. In 2017 Sarah’s feature documentary Defiant Lives about the disability rights movement premiered at Sydney Film Festival and also screened at the United Nations in New York.  Sarah runs a video on demand service dedicated to streaming great films about disability.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiz Burke\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiz Burke is an award – winning documentary filmmaker and producer.  She has had feature and television hour documentary films commissioned by ABC and SBS Television in Australia. This includes Defiant Lives (2017)\, about the history of the disability rights movement in the USA\, UK and Australia. She is a lecturer in  film producing at Swinburne University of Technology\, in the BA (Film\, Games & Animation). She is currently producing the feature documentary\, Stella: I Am Not Your Inspiration\, about the late great disability activist Stella Young. She is the co-editor of Constructions of the Real: Intersections of Documentary-based Film Practice and Theory (2023).  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSinéad Burke (chair)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSinéad Burke is a Disabled educator\, advocate and author who champions accessibility\, equity and social justice to build a better world for everyone. In 2020\, she founded the accessibility consultancy Tilting the Lens on the three pillars of education\, advocacy and design. Advising major global brands including Gucci\, Ralph Lauren\, Netflix\, Pinterest and Starbucks\, Tilting the Lens guides clients in their move from awareness to action by creating more accessible practices\, policies\, products and services\, places and promotions.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/defiant-lives-the-history-of-the-disability-rights-movement/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Power Trip: Autumn 2023
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SUMMARY:Seizing the Means of Computation with Cory Doctorow 
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to be hosting Cory Doctorow in conversation with Morgan Meaker about his book The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation.   \n\n\n\nWhen the tech platforms promised a future of “connection\,” they were lying. They said their “walled gardens” would keep us safe\, but those were prison walls.  \n\n\n\nLocked into their systems by design\, we are held hostage by Twitter\, Facebook and other Big Tech platforms who threaten us with lost connection if we delete our accounts.   \n\n\n\nThe solution is simple: interoperability (a dirty word in Silicon Valley). Interoperability will tear down the walls between technologies\, allowing users leave platforms\, remix their media\, and reconfigure their devices without corporate permission. Interoperability is the only route to the rapid and enduring annihilation of the platforms. The Internet Con is the disassembly manual we need to take back our internet.  \n\n\n\n\n\nCory Doctorow\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCory Doctorow is a science fiction author\, activist and journalist. He is the author of many books\, nonfiction and fiction\, and in 2020 he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. He works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation\, is a MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate\, is a Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Open University\, a Visiting Professor of Practice at the University of North Carolina’s School of Library and Information Science and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGina Helfrich\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Gina Helfrich is Baillie Gifford Programme Manager for the Centre for Technomoral Futures at Edinburgh Futures Institute\, University of Edinburgh. Previously\, she served as Senior Program Officer for Global Technology at Internews\, where she managed global technology programs to promote and protect Internet Freedom and digital rights. Dr. Helfrich has spent the bulk of her career working to make technology better serve the needs of historically marginalised and at-risk people. She holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Emory University with a specialisation in ethics and women’s and gender studies.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/seizing-the-means-of-computation-with-cory-doctorow/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Power Trip: Autumn 2023
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SUMMARY:FutureGaze: The Future of Creative Inclusion
DESCRIPTION:FutureGaze is a lunchtime series brought to you by Creative Edinburgh\, providing time out to reflect and gaze into the future of the creative industries. \n\n\n\nIn conversation with Caroline Parkinson\, we welcome creative leaders who have innovated and led significant changes in their creative business\, organisation\, artistic or academic practice over the past year to share what the future looks like for them – and for the creative and cultural sector. \n\n\n\nJoin us as we collectively gaze into the future of the creative and cultural sector\, stimulate ideas for your creative future\, and get inspired to strive towards it. \n\n\n\nNot a member of Creative Edinburgh yet? It’s free to join click here. \n\n\n\nBy registering to our events you will automatically be given a free Creative Edinburgh Core membership. You can cancel this at any time. You will not be able to attend our events unless you are on a Creative Edinburgh membership package including Core. \n\n\n\nWhat does FutureGaze explore?\n\n\n\nFrom new ways of exploring creative investments to new ways of measuring creative impact\, FutureGaze will cover a range of themes in 2023 aimed at creative freelancers\, sole traders\, and businesses. \n\n\n\nJoined by a line-up from across the creative industries\, Caroline will delve into the challenges and opportunities\, the shifts in thinking and practice they have made over the past couple of years and explore what’s been learned through these changes. \n\n\n\nWe will reflect on the changing landscape facing the creative industries and look to the future to consider how the creative and cultural sector may need to adapt in order to sustain\, maximise potential through innovation and thrive. \n\n\n\nOctober’s Discussion: The Future of Creative Inclusion\n\n\n\nCreativity thrives on a diversity of voices\, perspectives\, and experiences\, and we in the creative and cultural sector work towards widening access\, inclusion and diversity in our industry and representation in the creative work produced. \n\n\n\nHow are we doing as a sector in achieving a positive difference\, and tackling the challenges to achieving greater diversity and inclusion? \n\n\n\nWhat are our strategies for equality\, diversity\, inclusion and access? How successful have been the initiatives we have designed? Is there a greater need to share our learning and our initiatives that have worked even in part\, so we can widen access\, reduce obstacles\, improve opportunity and achieve our aims? \n\n\n\nIn this FutureGaze our speakers will explore these questions\, and share what they have learned from their experiences and challenges\, with examples of strategies and initiatives that have achieved a positive difference. \n\n\n\nAbout our Guests\n\n\n\nNicola Osborne \n\n\n\nNicola Osborne is Manager of the Institute for Design Informatics\, at The University of Edinburgh and Programme Manager for the Creative Informatics Cluster programme\, sited within the Institute. She authored the Equalities\, Diversity and Inclusion policy for the programme\, and co-authored the ethics guidance\, and regularly works with SMEs to ensure their innovative work is inclusive and ethically grounded. \n\n\n\nShe has also contributed social media expertise to UK and EU research projects and through consultancy with clients including\, the British HIV Association\, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde\, and Asthma UK. \n\n\n\nMelanie Hoyes \n\n\n\nHaving completed postgraduate studies and teaching film and TV at undergraduate level\, the BFI has given Mel the opportunity to use these skills in a contemporary industry context. She completed a BFI research project to historically map ethnic diversity in onscreen representation in UK film for the Black Star season at the BFI Southbank in 2016\, ground-breaking research and data methodology which was written up in a piece and Sight & Sound Magazine and an academic collection of essays called Black Film\, British Cinema II. In her role as Head of Inclusion at the BFI\, Melanie advocates for increased access and equity in the UK film sector as well as consulting and collaborating with global partners to embed diversity and inclusion into policy and practice. \n\n\n\nShe also sits on various Boards and committees and is the Europe Council Lead for the Geena Davis Institute and co-editor of the Black Film Bulletin section in Sight and Sound magazine. \n\n\n\nAbout our host\n\n\n\nCaroline Parkinson \n\n\n\nCaroline is Sector Engagement Manager for the Creative Industries and Director of Creative for the Edinburgh Futures Institute having previously developed the sector plan and white paper for the creative industries for the Data-Driven Innovation Programme within the University of Edinburgh. Prior to this from 2014 to 2018 she provided consultancy in the creative industries specialising in business development\, innovation and skills\, latterly completing a 2-year contract to stimulate innovation in creative industries with Interface. From 2010 to 2014 she was Director of Film\, TV\, Music\, Creative Industries\, Skills & Innovation for the newly formed Creative Scotland\, and prior to that from 2005 to 2010 she was Director\, Scotland & Northern Ireland for the new sector skills association\, Creative & Cultural Skills. \n\n\n\nHer early creative life included ballet and rhythmic gymnastics\, fashion\, singing in bands for over 30 years\, and photography\, becoming a professional photographer in 1999. \n\n\n\nShe serves on the Board of Architecture & Design Scotland\, and until recently served on the board of the Scottish Music Industry Association\, and for four years has served in a voluntary capacity as Strategic Director and Presenter of the MOVE Summit\, Scotland’s Animation and VFX Gathering.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/futuregaze-the-future-of-creative-inclusion/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Creative Industries,Talk/Discussion
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SUMMARY:Music-making beyond the classroom
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the Binks Hub as part of the UNESCO Week of Sound \n\n\n\nMusic can benefit young people in far reaching ways. Not only can it enable young people to learn new skills\, but it can support their well-being by creating opportunities for self-expression\, collaboration and belonging. \n\n\n\nResearch has found music to be especially positive for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. In spite of this\, there are widening inequalities in the provision of and access to music-making. \n\n\n\nSuch concerns have been heightened in the context of ongoing public sector cuts\, and the resultant music education budgets in schools. \n\n\n\nIn this online seminar\, we invite you to join community practitioners and researchers involved in music and music-making in settings outside of the classroom. \n\n\n\nPart celebration\, part call for action\, it will showcase the wealth and energy of music initiatives working with\, and for\, young people. \n\n\n\nBy making instruments and music education available to all young people\, deliberately bringing sound into unexpected places and social groups\, and challenging the rules around music-making\, these initiatives show how valuable\, and how valued music is both to young people and the communities they are part of. \n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n\nEmma Davidson (Co-Director\, Binks Hub) \n\n\n\nJed Milroy (Assistant Director at the Tinderbox Collective) \n\n\n\nRyan McGlone (Manager\, Grantown Youth Centre) \n\n\n\nKatie Hunter (Research Fellow\, Strathclyde University)
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/music-making-beyond-the-classroom/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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SUMMARY:The sounds of feeling well\, feeling cared for
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the Binks Hub as part of the UNESCO Week of Sound \n\n\n\nIn this seminar\, we will share the findings of a co-creative research project which explored understandings of mental health for care-experienced people in order to develop an innovative training for residential workers. \n\n\n\nThe seminar will share some of the findings of the project and also explore the importance of sound in the training resources we created. The seminar will include experts-by-experience alongside academics and a sound artist. \n\n\n\nA panel discussion with Dr Christina Mcmellon\, Dr Pearse McCusker\, Michael Begg\, Thomas Bartlett\, and Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/the-sounds-of-feeling-well-feeling-cared-for/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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SUMMARY:Citizens Data Agency Event Series – What mobilises people against Big-Tech?
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first Citizens Data Agency public event with Dr. Elinor Carmi\, who will share her latest research report titled “What mobilises people against Big-Tech?”. This report builds on previous research with colleagues at Liverpool University that argues that contrary to arguments about people’s resignation and cynicism about their privacy and digital rights\, they found that people do care but do not know what to do about it. This new report asks digital rights NGO practitioners to share their experience around campaigns with different communities – what worked\, what did not work and how can we move forward to challenge the power asymmetries we have with Big-Tech. \n\n\n\nRead the report: https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/31373/ \n\n\n\nSpeaker Profile:\n\n\n\nDr. Elinor Carmi is a Senior Lecturer in Data Politics and Social Justice at the Sociology & Criminology Department at City University\, London\, UK. Dr. Carmi is a digital rights advocate\, feminist\, researcher and journalist who has been working\, writing and teaching on data politics\, data literacies\, feminist approaches to media and data\, data justice and internet governance. Currently Dr. Carmi is a POST Parliamentary Academic Fellowship working with the UK’s Digital\, Culture\, Media & Sport (DCMS) Committee on the project she proposed: “Digital literacies for a healthy democracy”. She also works on the Nuffield Foundation project “Developing a Minimum Digital Living Standard”. Dr. Carmi’s work contributes to emerging debates in academia\, policy\, health organisations and digital activism. She gave evidence on Digital Literacy for the House of Lords Committee on Democracy and Digital Technologies. In 2020\, Dr. Carmi was invited by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an expert on data literacy and disinformation to the first scientific discussion on infodemiology. \n\n\n\nWebsite – https://elinorcarmi.com/ \n\n\n\nThe event will be held online\, please register to receive a link to join. There will be a 30 minute talk with a discussion and Q&A afterwards. \n\n\n\n*Please note the event will be recorded* \n\n\n\nAbout Citizens Data Agency\n\n\n\nThe Citizens Data Agency research project is running monthly public events exploring data\, citizen-led privacy\, the impact of emerging technologies on citizens’ data and alternative data governance. We hope the events will be an opportunity to explore these topics through inspiring projects and be an opportunity to learn more about how citizens can be empowered to protect their privacy and data. The events are free to attend and open to everyone. \n\n\n\nWebsite – www.citizensdataagency.co.uk
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/citizens-data-agency-event-series-what-mobilises-people-against-big-tech/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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