Tag: talk
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Who is the digital revolution for?
The University of Sussex’s SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit) are running this event as part of Brighton Digital Festival: Who is the Digital Revolution For?: How can we re-discover our sense of enchantment with digital technology? For many of us, digital technologies have been revolutionary. Yet at the same time, some feel disenchanted with the…
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Talking at Make:Shift
I’ll be taking part in this year’s Crafts Council biennial Make:Shift Innovation Conference. I went to the 2014 event at Ravensbourne in London, which was one of the best conferences I’d ever been to, with inspiring talks, a lively atmosphere, and the sense that you could say hello to anyone there, and be sure to have just…
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Talking repair on Restart Radio
This week, I was invited to be a guest on the Restart Project’s radio show on Resonance FM. we talked about the intersection of making and repair cultures, making a spot welder out of a microwave, and a bit of juicy news, “Error 53” (which will be long-forgotten in no time at all…). Restart Radio:…
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Loughborough Market Town
I spoke today at an event organised by Loughborough University Arts, as part of their Market Town programme. I promised I’d post my slides, and some useful links, and so here they are. Makerspaces on the High Street There is a great deal of interest in the rise of makerspaces and other sites of autonomous…
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My slides and notes from Made North
Hello Sheffield! If you were at the Made North conference, and want to refer back to anything I said, here are my slides, and a few links for reference.
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Speaking at Made North
I’ll be speaking, and on a panel talking about the New Maker Economy, at the Made North Conference on 18 June, which is part of Sheffield Design week.
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Story Making: a talk for the Sandberg @ Mediafund Masterclass
On Saturday, I gave a presentation to participants in the Sandberg Instituut’s “Unmapping Europe” masterclass. As part of this, 16 documentary makers, artists, programmers, researchers and designers work in small teams on innovative projects, and to kick things off, came to Brighton for a ‘sensing weekend’.
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Brighton Strategy and Planning Meetup
On Wednesday, I spoke at the Brighton Strategy and Planning Meetup, alongside Matthew Bagwell from AKQA, and Krystle Lampshire from Comic Relief.
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Somewhere to_ create
I’ll be on a panel tonight with a bunch of smart people working in the creative/culture world, talking about the paths we took to get to where we are today. My path has been meandering, and rarely well-mapped in advance. I hope that will be some consolation to the young people in the audience, who…
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My talk at Create Brighton
Last night I spoke at Create Brighton, an event about social innovation and workplace culture (but no relation to Create, Brighton Mini Maker Faire sponsors). I talked about maker culture, and some of the things that makers do that we can apply more broadly in our lives, particularly in enterprise and in business culture.
Andrew Sleigh 