News in 2019/2020 Seedcorn
- Scrutinising the Immigration System Through Collaborative Filmmaking with Refugees and Asylum Seekers 22 February 2020 Can a collaborative filmmaking process provide an empowering space for refugees and asylum seekers? Can filmmaking be used as a critical tool in examining the current immigration system?
- MAPHIS: Mapping History - What historical maps can tell us about urban development 1 February 2020 What are the forces that shape the structure our cities? How do pollution and slums impact urban development in the long run?
- Narratives and the Grapevine: New modes for literature and storytelling 1 February 2020 How can you source and generate content from languages and stories underserved by the wider publishing industry?
- Kept Apart: Making prose-poetry with people separated from families by the immigration system 1 January 2020 How do families separated by UK Immigration Laws cope with uncertainty? How can they be supported? This research project seeks to experiment with new ways to provide support for those affected.
- How can flood data be more useful? 1 January 2020 In emergency flood disasters, what information is needed from scientists? How should data be presented and within what timeframe?
- Once upon a Hill: An action research inquiry into community engagements with Robinswood Hill Country Park 1 January 2020 What is the value of local parks in lifting the wellbeing of local communities? How do communities relate to their green spaces?
- Tackling uncertainty across the centuries: medievals and moderns in conversation 1 January 2020 How can medieval churches tackle longstanding issues of uncertainty in contemporary rural life? How can we draw on the roles of heritage sites to help develop place-based responses to this question?
- Digital Tattoo: Designing interface for controlling smart ink in programmable tattoo 1 January 2020 Can active particles be used to create interactive tattoos? What mechanisms are needed in order to make functional tattoos for a variety of applications?
- From Anxiety to Insight to Action: How can we best support young people from diverse backgrounds to make their own response to the climate and ecological emergency? 1 January 2020 What support do young people of diverse backgrounds need to deal with the climate and ecological emergency in their own way? What types of knowledge and understanding young people feel they need in order to better deal with the issue, how they prefer to learn about these topics, and how the arts can facilitate this process?
- Becoming Elizabeth Blackwell 1 January 2020 How can you stage Elizabeth Blackwell’s experiences as a disabled woman and a pioneering doctor? How can we explores embodiment of disability in performance while exploring what we might learn from such life stories?
- I Didn't Buy: Empowering online consumer activism against environmental collapse 1 January 2020 Can digital tech empower online consumers to respond to environmental emergencies? Can we create a tool that can connect with consumer practices to give people the opportunity to make ethical consumer choices?
- Stitching - Obsession - Wellness: Reclaiming the therapeutic value of stitch 1 January 2020 Can both productive stitch and subversive stitch be understood as therapeutic? How can researchers explore the role of sewing in 19th century asylums and its relevance to contemporary wellbeing?
