Perspectives On Violence

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Using Immersive Film to Build Resilience StoryLab and Chelmsford Community Safety Partnership JobServe Community Stadium, Mile End, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5UP 9.30 - 3:30pm, Friday 13th March 2020 The ‘Perspectives on Violence’ conference 2020 focused on how individuals, their families and communities are impacted by gangs and violence. The conference brought together former gang members, ... Read more

The Visual and Critical Representation in an Age of Impact Seminar

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Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ 9.15 - 17:30pm, Friday 6th March 2020 Organised by The Politics of Representation Collective, funded by The Sociological Review and The Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. StoryLab’s Director, Shreepali Patel presented on the panel 'Learning from other sectors: Competing Aims and Goals in Representation' at ... Read more

Queens and Harlots: Chloe Thomas

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In conversation with BAFTA & RTS nominated film & TV director, Chloe Thomas Cos 117, Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge CB1 1PT. 5.30 - 7pm, Wednesday 12th February 2020 A special Royal Television Society and StoryLab event with BAFTA and RTS nominated tv and film director, Chloe Thomas. Her first comedy Angelo's, starring Sharon Horgan ... Read more

Building Partnerships for Global Heritage Research

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Transcending Disciplinary Barriers Through Strategic Research Themes Presentation by Professor Mohamed Gamal Abdelmonem Wednesday 29 January 2020, 1:30 - 3:30pm Room: Coslett 117, ARU Abstract Cultural heritage is increasingly threatened by destruction, climate change, rampant commercialisation, and overexploitation by tourism, whilst heritage institutions are struggling due to lack of funding and limited vision towards their ... Read more

The David Parr House Film Project

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In 1886 a small house in Gwydir Street, Cambridge was bought by David Parr, a working-class decorative artist. So began his forty-year project to decorate his modest home in the style of the grand interiors he worked on every day. After Parr’s death in 1927, his granddaughter Elsie Palmer came to live in the house ... Read more

Havens East Online Exhibition

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Telling the stories of the child refugees and those who helped them escape the Spanish Civil War Access the Online Storybook here. About New Routes, Old Roots at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) is an arts-based research network focusing on contemporary and historical experiences of exile and migration. In 2020, they received a National Lottery Heritage ... Read more

UN Human Rights Day

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The Crossing: Your Impact On Modern Day Slavery Online (all day programme), 10 December 2019 Agenda: UN Human Rights Day - Agenda (pdf) It is estimated that there are more slaves in the UK today than at any other point in history. 21 million people are trafficked each year. A third of those detected are ... Read more

StoryLab Symposium

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Storytelling in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Tuesday 26th November 2019, 9.30-4.30 Room: RUS203, ARU Cambridge This symposium was part of an events programme for StoryLab’s exhibition. The Fourth Industrial Revolution may indeed have the potential to ‘robotize’ humanity and thus to deprive of our heart and soul. But as a complement to the best parts ... Read more

Arriving

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Objects & Discoveries Portrait and soundscape driven project exploring migration Access the online storybook here ‘Arriving at a new place’ is a core aspect of migration, but stories of arrival are not limited to the migration experience. We all have stories of arrival (e.g. school, workplace, new home) to tell, reflecting commonalities of human perceptions, ... Read more

RTS East Networking Drinks

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Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge School of Art, ARU 5-7pm, Monday 11th November 2019 Networking with other filmmakers, creatives and production companies People joined us for a drink and the opportunity to meet other storytellers and experience Storytelling in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, an exhibition of Film, VR & XR, Documentary, Photography and Soundscapes, hosted by StoryLab ... Read more