Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
News from CCRI researchers and their projects
UNLAND has received coverage in Parathyro, the cultural edition of Cyprus’ Politis newspaper. Read more here. UNLAND: 18th April – 10th May 2023 at NeMe, Limassol, Cyprus. Opening Evening Friday 7th April 7.30pm – 10.00pm UNLAND presents both documented and fictional material of the Cyprus buffer zone, Varosha and British military bases, as well as areas of bicommunal activity and farming. […]
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Lab4Living: What’s on in the White Building March 2023 This month the White Building hosts Postgraduate Open Day activities, workshops and seminars with groups of Nursing and Social Care students, community groups, a pop-up exhibition by Art and Design students, and Lab4Living Cinema Club. As part of a varied programme of activities and meet-ups this month, Lab4Living welcomes a range […]
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Dr Becky Shaw (Reader in Fine Art in CCRI and Postgraduate Research Tutor for ADMRC) begins role as lead artist and co-I on the Justheat research project, and five-artists are appointed to the pan-European research team . Justheat: Looking backwards to move forwards is a three-year interdisciplinary, pan-European project to explore how major changes to home heating and heating technology […]
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A pop-up exhibition in the White Building on Thur 9 Mar 2023 Mon 13 Mar 2023 presents the work of Sheffield Hallam University MA Design students working with Lab4Living researchers on the theme of BioHacking. It invites visitors on a speculative journey about the human’s future, challenging us to rethink and reinvent the interplay between humans, nature and technology. The […]
Read moreLab4Living researcher and CCRI PhD candidate Ursula Ankeny shared their stories and thoughts as part of Sheffield Children’s Hospital’s International Women’s Day celebrations, celebrating the skills and prowess of their colleagues in the Research and Digital teams. To read more please visit the International Women’s Day 2023 post on the Sheffield Children’s Hospital website.
Read moreAssociate Professor Kaisu Koski’s films are being screened at the following film festivals: City Reindeer (2022) in the National Competition of the 53rd edition of Tampere Film Festival, March 8-12 in Finland, and in the Official selection of the FAUNA Tepoztlán Animal Festival, March 23-26, in Mexico. Permafrost refreeze: The Reindeer factor (2022) at Academia Film Olomouc AFO58 Official Selection – Short Film Competition, Olomouc, Czech Republic. Lunchtime […]
Read moreCCRI PhD candidate Kuang-Yi Ku is holding two ‘Bat Brunch Lab’ events this month. ‘Bat Banquet’ is a collaboration between Kuang-Yi Ku and Robert Johnson exploring biotechnology, speculative futures, food racism and environmental protection. All welcome at Bat Brunch Lab, at which you’ll see how bio-engineered bats can become a superfood for humans, protect this endangered species and prevent future […]
Read moreProfessor Esther Johnson will screen and discuss her research ‘Dust & Metal’ during the inaugural REAL Documentary Festival, at the Phoenix Cinema and Art Centre, Leicester, screening on 21 April at 5:30. She will also present a paper on ‘Dust & Metal’ at 11th Annual BAFTSS Conference: Sustainable Futures: Ethics, Responsibility and Care in Film, Television, Screen Studies and Practices at the University of Lincoln, 4—5 April. Esther will present […]
Read moreDr Becky Shaw‘s chapter ‘How Deep is Your Love? Spurting, surging, leaking and hissing in Calgary’s pressurised drinking water infrastructure’ has been published in a new interdisciplinary book: Living with water: Everyday encounters and liquid connections, edited by Charlotte Bates and Kate Moles (book published by Manchester University Press).
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Academics and students from Sheffield Hallam University have added to the new Ruskin Collection displays at the Millennium Gallery reflecting on the impacts of flooding in Sheffield. Find out more on the SHU News website here. Comes the Flood is a redisplay of the Ruskin Collection which reimagines objects from Sheffield’s major floods and artworks of Venice as fragments from cities destroyed […]
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