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SUMMARY:Locus Ludi: Anyone can play!
DESCRIPTION:The Ure Museum and Classics Department are delighted to announce the launch of its latest major exhibition — Locus Ludi: Anyone can play!—on display at the Ure Museum from 6 September until 30 November\, 2023. This exhibition\, inspired by the European Research Council funded project Locus Ludi: The Cultural Fabric of Play and Games in Classical Antiquity\, led by Professor Véronique Dasen\, is an opportunity to explore the rich collections relating to games and play in antiquity that are available not only at the Ure Museum but at other UK museums. We are most grateful to Colchester and Ipswich Museums\, Reading Museum\, The British Museum and the University of Reading’s Special Collections for the loan of important artefacts from their collections. \nRelated activities include: \n\n16 September\, 10am–4pm: Unwrap ancient games for Heritage Open Days (fun for the whole family; all welcome but please follow the first link to book)\n30 September\, 12–2pm: Summer Olympots to celebrate National Sporting Heritage Day (bring the children but again\, please book via the first link)\n6 October\, 5pm: More than just fun and games: Why study board games in Roman society? A lecture from Dr Tim Penn (Oxford). Edith Morley G44\n16 October\, 5pm: Play or cheat? Games in Greek and Roman antiquity. The James E. Gordon Lecture\, from Prof. Véronique Dasen (Fribourg). Edith Morley G44\n\nFind the full programme of activities on the Classics at Reading blog.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/locus-ludi-anyone-can-play-exhibition/
LOCATION:Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology\, Department Of Classics\, Whiteknights\, Reading\, Berkshire\, RG6 6AA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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SUMMARY:Up in Arms: posters for protest\, solidarity\, engagement and action
DESCRIPTION:Up in Arms: posters for protest\, solidarity\, engagement and action puts posters of protest front and centre. \nThe exhibition has been curated to align with our annual conference\, ‘Publishing Anti-fascism’ convened and organised by Ellen Pilsworth. \nThe exhibition includes material from the collection of twentieth-century posters from the Lettering\, Printing and Graphic Design Collections in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication. It displays posters from a range of sources\, some designed by well-known designers including Robin Fior and David King. The exhibition was curated and designed by Clara Fidler-Brown as part of her experience as a Collections Assistant\, with support from Ellen Pilsworth\, Emma Minns\, Sue Walker and Geoff Wyeth. \n\nThe Up in Arms exhibition space in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/up-in-arms-posters-for-protest/
LOCATION:Department of Typography & Graphic Communication\, TOB 2\, Earley Gate\, Whiteknights Campus\, University of Reading\, Reading\, Berkshire\, RG6 7BE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230923
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240128
DTSTAMP:20260428T073024
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SUMMARY:In the Company of Monsters: New Visions\, Ancient Myths
DESCRIPTION:Free exhibition \n23 September 2023 – 24 February 2024 \nReading Museum \nIn the Company of Monsters: New Visions\, Ancient Myths will be an exhibition of the works of the contemporary artists Eleanor Crook and Paul Reid\, alongside objects\, texts\, and artworks from the University of Reading and Reading Museum. Brought together for the first time\, these detailed and striking works share an interest in retelling ancient myths of body difference\, diversity\, and hybridity. Inspired by the enduring dreams\, or nightmares\, of bodily ‘otherness’\, the weird and wonderful creatures portrayed in this unique exhibition will ask vital questions about humanity’s place in nature\, the biological and artistic meanings of diversity and difference\, and the vital role that history plays in our understandings of the dynamic workings of natural history. \nEleanor Crook is a British sculptor with a special interest in mortality\, anatomy and pathology\, who exhibits internationally in fine art and medical and science museum contexts. She studied Classics and Philosophy at Oxford before training in sculpture at Central St Martins and the Royal Academy Schools in the early 90s\, where she specialised in wax modeling\, lost wax bronze casting and other lifelike media. She pieced together a knowledge of Anatomy from London’s medical museums and the dissection room as a medical artist\, finding figurative art to be not in favour at the time; even so\, her Classical background meant that communing with statues\, and therefore the body\, were second nature. Crook considers her work ‘more effigy than statue’\, as they are imbued with a convincing sense of life. She has developed close\, long-term collaborations with medical museums and historic anatomical wax collections such as the Gordon Museum of Pathology\, Guy’s Hospital\, Ghent University Museum\, and the Vrolik Museum Amsterdam\, where she continues wax modeling traditions and combines research through human dissection and studying the history of anatomical model-making. Most recently\, she has worked with museum project partners on creating a genre of anatomical Expressionism\, uncanny yet rooted in medical investigation\, mythology\, and the mysteries of the mind. To learn more about Eleanor Crook\, her work\, and find selected art for sale\, visit https://www.eleanorcrook.net  \n \nPaul Reid was born in Scone\, Perth\, in 1975.  Between 1994 and 1998\, he studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art\, Dundee\, where he obtained First Class honours in drawing and painting.  Since then his work has been part of a number of major exhibitions\, in Scotland and northern England in particular\, but also in Europe.  He has accompanied the then Prince of Wales on visits to Italy\, Turkey\, Jordan and Canada\, drawing and painting the landscapes and people encountered.  He is firmly established as an artist who combines technical mastery with striking new visions of ancient myths. On the face of it\, Reid’s work is traditional in medium (oil; charcoal)\, though he has more recently moved into the use of digital technology.  Within the traditional aesthetic\, however\, lies a world of the unexpected: uncanny hybrids of human and animal; juxtapositions of ancient myths with modern landscapes\, faces\, buildings.  Central to every work is storytelling: characters from Greek mythology are caught at tense moments in their narrative\, at some point of shocked discovery or on the very edge of violence; or else they pause in strange stillness\, allowed a moment’s repose even as the next (perhaps final) act of the mythical drama impends.  The seated Minotaur is a perfect example: he sits easily\, casually\, but the ancient story dictates what is shortly to befall him.  To work with ancient myths is to work with stories that have been told and retold for millennia.  This is not to say that they cannot be reshaped; they always have been.  Reid’s reshapings are subtle\, but they leave the viewer in no doubt that ancient men\, women\, monsters and gods have a place in the modern world as they did in the distant world that first created them.To learn more about Paul Reid and his work\, and find selected art for sale\, visit: https://www.paulreidart.co.uk/
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/in-the-company-of-monsters-new-visions-ancient-myths/
LOCATION:Reading Museum\, Blagrave Street\, Reading\, Berkshire\, RG1 1HQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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SUMMARY:Creative Collections Networking Event
DESCRIPTION:Creative practice within museums and collections interrogates and animates collections with different stakeholders. For academic researchers it can also bring together different disciplines to collaboratively explore complex problems. Some familiar examples are visual art installations\, live and digital performances\, and creative writing residencies. However\, this list is only skimming the surface and it’s important to note that the process behind these creative interventions is as important as the final outputs. There is excellent work going on across the University of Reading but it can be hard to find time to share and connect with colleagues. \nThis workshop will be a chance to share current projects involving UoR collections\, and best practice regarding wider creative practice with museums\, archives\, and collections. \nThis will be of interest to colleagues engaged in creative practice\, creative research\, curation and facilitation of creative projects based in collections. It will also be of interest to colleagues from the sciences and social sciences who are seeking to build cross-disciplinary research collaborations to explore complex ideas in creative ways. \nThe aim of this event is to: \n\nidentify potential participants who wish to be part of a community of colleagues sharing practice and developing ideas and connections\nbegin to highlight some thematic connections and areas of interest or emerging practice\ndiscuss future networking and sharing opportunities.\n\nThe workshop will consist of: \n\nquick fire presentations from participants on current projects and interests\na networking session using items from the University collections as a way to spark conversations\na facilitated discussion of ways to collaborate moving forward\, including the option of an Away Day\n\nBook your place by completing this form: https://forms.office.com/e/C0fLLpshV3 
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/creative-collections-networking-event/
LOCATION:Palmer Building\, Room 105\, Whiteknights Campus\, RG6 6UR\, United Kingdom
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LAST-MODIFIED:20231019T124815Z
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SUMMARY:AI and the Arts – can we automate creativity?
DESCRIPTION:The exhibition ‘AI: More than Human’ at the Barbican Centre in London – co-curated by Suzanne Livingston – was the first over-arching look at the past\, present and future of AI in a museum environment. It includes contributions from DeepMind\, IBM\, Google\, TeamLab\, Massive Attack\, Es Devlin\, Neri Oxman\, Joy Buolamwini\, Amnesty International\, Jigsaw and Affectiva. Since its London run in 2019\, it has toured regionally in the UK and globally\, with periods of time in the Netherlands and China. As of October 2023\, it is showing in Spain at CCCB Barcelona. \nIn this talk\, Suzanne will expand on the themes of the exhibition\, as well as her ongoing research and consultancy on the relationships between advanced technologies and people\, society and commerce. She will reflect on how the current explosion in AI tools\, and corresponding public interest and concerns\, sits within this – and shares her thoughts on where this will eventually settle within the arts. \nThis is a hybrid event taking place in-person at Bulmershe Theatre\, Minghella Studios and online on Teams. In-person attendance is encouraged as the talk will be followed by a wine reception and discussion over drinks. \nPlease RSVP to shweta.ghosh@reading.ac.uk by Tuesday 24th October\, indicating if you would like to attend in-person or online. A joining link for online attendees will be circulated nearer the time. \nAbout the speaker\nDr Suzanne Livingston is a strategy consultant\, curator and coach working with advanced technologies across sectors – but often with creative arts and culture organisations. Until 2019 she was Head of Strategy and then Global Principal at Wolff Olins and has a PhD in Philosophy\, focussing on cybernetic systems. This led her to co-curate the blockbuster exhibition ‘AI: More than Human’ which opened at the Barbican in 2019 and is currently in the midst of an ongoing world tour. \nHer research area is advanced technologies and their effects on people\, society and commerce – and the need for genuinely new models and concepts to see ourselves and the world we exist in. She continues to write about technologies and changing ideas of human\, self\, agency and control\, and often draws on non-western ideas to do so.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/ai-and-the-arts-can-we-automate-creativity/
LOCATION:Bulmershe Theatre\, Minghella Studios\, Bulmershe Theatre\, Minghella Studios\, University of Reading\, Shinfield Road\, Reading\, RG6 6BT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231105
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SUMMARY:Typodiversity 01: exploring the Arabic script world
DESCRIPTION:CBCP is collaborating with Typodiversity\, an open\, participatory event series combining talks and workshops on the intersection of research and practice in typography and type design. Our agenda raises issues of agency\, resource\, representation\, and inclusion in the development of environments for authoring\, design\, and distribution. We aim to place informed\, representative narratives at the heart of discourse. \nWe intend that each event adapts to the environment in which it is held\, shaped by the team and hosting location. There are two conditions for Typodiversity events: 1) that they are run with as little expenditure as possible\, taking advantage of institutional resources; and 2) that the recorded content of the talks and workshops will be openly and freely accessible. \nWe prioritise a hybrid online format to minimise the impact of travel and attendance costs\, visa hurdles\, legal limitations\, and time zone differences. While we recognise that English functions as a shared language for global scholarship and exchange\, we aim to actively support other languages as an alternative. To achieve this\, we ask presenters to provide a video of their presentation in advance\, so that subtitles can be added: English presentations will have subtitles in the relevant second language of the event\, and vice versa. We are starting this initiative with only one pair of languages to gain experience of time and effort required\, and aim to extend to more languages as we grow. To facilitate real-time Q&A sessions and open conversation rooms\, we aim to provide interpreters for real-time translation. \nThe first event will take place at the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication\, University of Reading (UK)\, on the 3rd & 4th November 2023\, on the theme of “exploring the Arabic script world.” Talks\, speakers and workshops will be announced shortly. Please follow us on Twitter and Instagram for updates and to stay connected. \nhttps://twitter.com/typodiversity \nhttps://www.instagram.com/typodiversity/
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/typodiversity-arabic-script/
LOCATION:Department of Typography & Graphic Communication\, TOB 2\, Earley Gate\, Whiteknights Campus\, University of Reading\, Reading\, Berkshire\, RG6 7BE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231107T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231107T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T073024
CREATED:20230620T085148Z
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SUMMARY:Sensation or Science? Monsters Ancient and Modern
DESCRIPTION:Join Professors Emma Aston and Andrew Mangham from the University of Reading to explore how Classical myths worked their way into the monster science and monster stories of the modern period.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/sensation-or-science-monsters-ancient-and-modern/
LOCATION:Reading Museum\, Blagrave Street\, Reading\, Berkshire\, RG1 1HQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231108T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231108T150000
DTSTAMP:20260428T073024
CREATED:20231019T102630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231019T110906Z
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SUMMARY:UKRI Open Access for longform publications
DESCRIPTION:UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) new open access policy for monographs\, book chapters\, and edited collections that need to acknowledge UKRI funding starts on 1 January 2024. \nThis event will share the latest information about the policy and its implementation. It will also provide an opportunity for participants to ask questions and share experiences about supporting open access to longform publications. \nThe event is for UKRI-funded researchers and staff that manage open access at UKRI-funded research organisations. \nThe event will include a webinar and question and answer session\, which will be recorded and made available online. There will also be an opportunity to join smaller breakout discussions to share experiences. UKRI may manage attendance of these discussion sessions depending on demand. \nRegister to attend on the UKRI website.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/ukri-open-access-longform-publications/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231109T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231109T200000
DTSTAMP:20260428T073024
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SUMMARY:Armistice Lecture: Medical care and medical pacifism
DESCRIPTION:Join Dr Fiona Reid for this year’s annual Armistice lecture to unveil the history of medical pacifism during and after the Great War.  \nThe First World War was a machine war which lasted for over four years. Approximately 8 million soldiers died while about 20 million were wounded\, and many millions were either disabled or debilitated for the rest of their lives. During the war\, men and women responded to these casualty rates by working with military-medical services or with voluntary organisations such as the Red Cross or the Friends Ambulance Unit. They were motivated by the firm belief that ‘Our duty is to save’ and that ‘binding the wounds of war’ was a humanitarian act. Yet others interpreted military-medical service differently\, and saw wartime medical work as somehow complicit with militarism. \nAfter the war\, a small but vocal medical pacifist movement emerged to argue that all medics should refuse completely to co-operate with military-medical services on any level. Interwar medical pacifism did not succeed in preventing future wars and few now support the idea of a ‘medical strike’ but their debates raised questions which remain pertinent now: What should medics do during wartime? To what extent does their work alleviate the pain of war and to what extent does it prolong war? \nAbout the speaker \nDr Fiona Reid is an historian of the social and cultural history of war and has written widely about the First World War in Europe and about refugees and displaced people in the Second World War. She is particularly interested in the consequences of war trauma and in the coping mechanisms of combat troops\, medical personnel and civilians both during war and afterwards.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/armistice-lecture-medical-care-and-medical-pacifism/
LOCATION:Edith Morley\, Room G27
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231115T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231115T140000
DTSTAMP:20260428T073024
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LAST-MODIFIED:20231106T125028Z
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SUMMARY:PhD to Head of Department: Deepa Senapathi | Career Champions Event
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join Reading’s BAME+ allies network and Women@Reading+ allies network for an inspiring event with expert and guest speaker\, Dr Deepa Senapathi. \nDr Senapathi’s journey in academia is testament to her commitment\, expertise and excellence. Primarily Deepa’s research centres on environmental change/impact on biodiversity and ecosystems\, in particular climate change and land-use change on avian populations and insect pollinator communities. \nThe talk will take place on Wednesday 15 November from 1300-1400 at room G27\, Edith Morley building. All welcome. Accessible online. Booking essential. Light lunch provided. \nFor more information\, contact bame.network@reading.ac.uk and womensnetwork@reading.ac.ukLearn about Staģ Networks at www.reading.ac.uk/diversity/getting -involved/networks.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/phd-to-head-of-department-deepa-senapathi-career-champions-event/
LOCATION:Edith Morley\, Room G27
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231120T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231120T160000
DTSTAMP:20260428T073024
CREATED:20231018T150122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231018T150122Z
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SUMMARY:Natural History Museum Collections & Culture workshop
DESCRIPTION:As part of the University’s developing partnership with the Natural History Museum (NHM)\, and as a return visit by NHM curators and researchers to the trip a number of us made to South Kensington in early May\, we will be holding a joint workshop day at The MERL on 20th November 11-4pm. \nOrganised in collaboration with colleagues in UMASCS and the Collections and Culture Theme at NHM\, the day will be a chance to develop individual relationships\, share research enthusiasms and to advance more concrete plans to develop joint activities\, including joint grant applications and doctoral training collaborations. \nAgenda\n\n\n\n11:00\nWelcome and coffee\n\n\n11:15\n1-minute introductions. \nSlides are encouraged from all participants in advance (please submit to Beth Steiner: e.steiner@reading.ac.uk by 14th November).\n\n\n12:15\nObject-based discussion\n\n\n13:15\nLunch\n\n\n14:00\nStrategic breakout groups I \nProposed themes include: \n\nMaritime Exploration and Monitoring [voyages of discovery; collectors at sea and maritime impact of collections; aligning specimens and documentation with ships’ logs and written histories]\nIndia and Hidden Collectors [botanical hidden histories; decolonisation of collections; exploring the histories of the people who collected the specimens but whose names don’t feature in the record]\nOne Health [the integrated health of people\, animals\, plants\, and environment; zoonotic research; the human-nature relationship from the past to the future and the public dialogue around it]\nCreative Approaches to the Natural History Museum’s Collections\, especially visual and material culture\, including data and digitisation\n\n \n\n\n15:00\nRefreshments\n\n\n15:10\nStrategic breakout groups II – feedback and future planning.\n\n\n16:00\nEnd\n\n\n\nThese breakout group themes are not exhaustive and we would welcome further suggestions for breakout groups\, which we can facilitate according to demand. Please respond to the question in the form when you register so we can try to accommodate as many areas of interest as possible. \nLunch and refreshments will be provided. \nPlease register here by Friday 3rd November. 
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/natural-history-museum-collections-culture-workshop/
LOCATION:Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL)\, Redlands Road\, Reading\, RG1 5EX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231123T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231123T130000
DTSTAMP:20260428T073024
CREATED:20231026T081708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231026T082748Z
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SUMMARY:Algorithmic Contracts and Consumer Law – thoughts from ELI’s Guiding Principles and Model Rules for Algorithmic Contracts project
DESCRIPTION:Exciting technological developments offer increased potential for contract automation. After much excitement about “smart contracts”\, the focus has now shifted to contract automation through algorithmic decision making (ADM) based on artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms\, especially deep-learning algorithms. \nImagine a new form of “digital assistant” which would not only assist a consumer in identifying possible purchase options (as is already the case with digital voice assistants and some chatbots) but take over the conclusion of routine contracts for a consumer. Would taking a consumer out of the decision-making loop altogether pose new challenges for (consumer) contract law? The European Law Institute (ELI) is part-way through a project exploring the many legal implications of utilising AI-driven ADM in contracting. Its first\, interim\, output focuses on testing the ADMreadiness of the current EU consumer law acquis. This paper will sketch the main elements of this interim report and suggest pointers for the continuing debate around algorithmic contracting. \nAbout the speaker \nProfessor Christian Twigg-Flesner LL.B. PCHE Ph.D. (Sheffield) is professor of Contract and Consumer Law at the University of Warwick. His research and teaching interests are in the areas of Contract\, Consumer and Commercial Law\, with a particular focus on the implications of digitalisation. His research covers English\, European and International dimensions. \nBook your free place on the University Store.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/algorithmic-contracts-and-consumer-law/
LOCATION:Palmer Building\, Room 103
CATEGORIES:Prosperity & Resilience
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231124T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231124T142000
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SUMMARY:IFNH: Funding outcomes showcase
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nJoin us at the IFNH dissemination event showcasing the funding outcomes from the awarded 2022 projects. The event will take place online on Friday 24th November at 13:00 – 14:30 via Teams. Click here to join the meeting and please share the invitation within your school/group. \n\n13:00 – 13:10 Welcome – Professor Ian Givens\, Director IFNH\n13:10 – 13:20 Presentation: SEE & EAT: Development of promotional materials to enhance user engagement by Natalie Ellison\, Research Assistant\, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences\n13:20 – 13:30 Presentation: Qualitatively exploring the enablers and barriers for healthy  eating and attitudes towards a personalised nutrition app in UK University students by Michelle Weech\, Postdoctoral Research Fellow\, Food & Nutritional Sciences\n13:30 – 13:40 Presentation: Agrinatura General Assembly in Prague presented by Jurgen Peci\, Graduate Teaching Assistant in Agricultural Economics\, Agri-Food Economics & Marketing\n13:40 – 13:50 Presentation: International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics Conference by Patricia Sanz Morales\, Research Student\, Food & Nutritional Sciences\n13:50 – 14:00 Presentation: ASN’s Nutrition 2023 by Kim Vogtschmidt\, Research Student\, Food & Nutritional Sciences\n14:00 – 14:10 Presentation: Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS) by Daniel James\, Research Student\, Food & Nutritional Sciences\n14:10 – 14:20 Presentation: 15th Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium by Dimitra Zannidi\, Research Student\, Food & Nutritional Sciences\n14:20 – 14:30 Q & A\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/ifnh-funding-outcomes-showcase/
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health
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SUMMARY:Player vs. Monster: The Making and Breaking of Video Game Monstrosity
DESCRIPTION:Video games seem to teach us that monsters must be fought and can be defeated. Join Dr Jarosłav Švelch from Charles University in Prague to explore how this came to be. Do games offer potential for more nuanced representations of monstrosity?
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/player-vs-monster-the-making-and-breaking-of-video-game-monstrosity/
LOCATION:Reading Museum\, Blagrave Street\, Reading\, Berkshire\, RG1 1HQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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SUMMARY:Stickers as self-authorised ‘publishing’ in urban spaces: The graphic language\, themes\, and localisations of stickers in the Ruhr area\, Germany
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr Irmi Wachendorff (University of Reading)\n \nThis research seminar is free & open to all. \nJoin us in person in the University of Reading’s Department of Typography\, Room T4. \nTo join via MS Teams\, please register here.\n \nDr Irmi Wachendorff’s presentation will analyse a dataset of 5500 tagged and geo-referenced stickers in public space from the Signs of the Metropolis research project (Ziegler et al. 2022) which explored visual multilingualism in the Ruhr area in Germany. She will focus on typographic and semiotic visual analysis\, discuss stickers in comparison to other signs in urban space\, and examine the publicised themes. \nStickers are one of the smallest and yet – on looking closer – one of the most visually expressive and liberated forms of signs in urban space (Wachendorff 2021). Clustered on dedicated canvases such as lampposts\, road signs and electricity boxes\, they are placed by various stakeholders with different goals: supporters of political parties\, protest movements\, members of football clubs\, music fans\, sticker artists\, and commercial actors. Stickering is an act of democratisation and place-making in which citizens as authors negotiate their social and cultural positions through visual signs in the urban environment (Vasileva 2021). \nDr Wachendorff is an Associate Professor in the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication at the University of Reading. She is a graphic designer and design historian with specialisations in typography and sociolinguistics. Her PhD focussed on ‘Typographic Landscapes – Letters in Cities as Social Artefacts’ at the University of Duisburg-Essen and was funded by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation. Irmi is passionate about design education\, the practice\, theory and history of graphic communication\, typography and visual culture\, lettering in urban space\, the relationship of typography and language\, and the bridge between graphic design and sociolinguistic disciplines.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/stickers-urban-spaces/
LOCATION:Typography\, TOB 2\, Room T4\, Earley Gate\, University of Reading\, Reading\, RG6 6AU
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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