How do cities and urban environments nourish creativity? Network is collaborator to a European research project that aims to study the role of cultural places and creative networks in generating and sustaining the dynamics of local areas. The project will compare three geographical areas: the North of Paris / Seine-Saint-Denis, East London (Hackney Wick / […]
The People Speak are inviting local residents of Hackney Wick & Fish Island to step into their DIY mobile Screen Test Booth, which will be popping up in the area throughout July, and tell them about the music and the Hackney Wick they know. Join them at one of the Screen Test Booth sessions on […]
Monday, 12 April: 2-3.30pm Network Centre is delighted to present an online conversation as part of the QMUL Arts & Culture Conversations Week for 9-16 April 2021. Our panel will draw on international perspectives to explore contemporary craft practice and economy. Facilitated by feminist craftivist practitioner and researcher Dr Katja May they will consider the role […]
Digital platforms for craft was an 20-month project that aimed to map out the use, features and potential of digital platforms in craft sectors in the UK and China. It was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council in the UK and supported by the Crafts Council, and was a partnership between researchers at […]
In January 2020, Professor Morag Shiach, Director of Network, gave a lecture in Paris that analysed the development of policies for the creative economy in the UK over the past ten years. The lecture has been published here. The diversity of creative economy policies across different parts of the UK is foregrounded, as well as […]
Network Centre has brokered a small knowledge exchange project between QMUL Reader in Management Practice / Deputy Director of Education, Patrick McGurk, and local Hackney based enterprise, Echo (economyofhours.com) to analyse the social value of its project, The Match. Echo is a network which connects community projects, many of them within the creative industries, and […]
Network Centre has brokered a small knowledge exchange project between researcher Jessica Jacobs and 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning in Brixton. Brixton has undergone rapid regeneration, redevelopment and gentrification since the 1981 Brixton riots. Many of the impacts of this for local, long-term residents are controversial. Building on previous work with Brixton Housing Co-op and […]
A range of resources and information links about the impact of coronavirus on the arts and cultural sector, which we hope you will find useful to help navigate and survive these challenging times and their aftermat Queen Mary Arts & Culture Support Centre Resources and support for arts and culture workers across the following areas: legal […]
| Venue: | 3.20 Bancroft Building, Queen Mary University London |
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| Date: | 27-03-2020 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
A lunchtime lecture with visiting lecturer Dr. Rua Sen Chatterjee from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
Due to restrictions on international travel in response to the spread of corona virus, we are postponing this conference so that our international collaborators and contributors can join us at a later date. How can the creative practice involved in festivals be better sustained? Network is delighted to bring together a range of dynamic voices […]
| Venue: | QMUL |
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| Date: | 21-01-2020 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
A collaborative lunchtime workshop exploring key roles and services within creative workspaces led by Network Senior Research Fellow, Davi Nakano, on the occasion of his visit from Brazil. Places are free but limited. Please follow the link to Eventbrite to book a place. The workshop aims to identify existing services and explore potential actors that […]
Network was delighted to partner with People’s Palace Projects and with the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre in a series of workshops exploring priorities for the development of the creative-industries policies we will need to address the challenges and opportunities of the coming decades. These workshops were held in Glasgow, in Manchester, in Cardiff […]