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Belong

Posted on 26th August 202115th May 2022 by brigstow

In a conversation recorded at the plot in summer 2021, Tim Cole, Professor of History, and Peter Watts, Gardener at Royal Fort Gardens, talk about nettles, weeds and cultures of gardening.

https://brigstowinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/files/2021/08/Peter-and-Tim-2-1.mp3…
Posted in (de)Bordering, News

Land

Posted on 26th August 202115th May 2022 by brigstow

In a conversation recorded at the plot in summer 2021, Tim Cole, Professor of History, and Peter Watts, Gardener at Royal Fort Gardens, talk about landscapes of power, the history of Royal Fort, and how we navigate garden spaces.

https://brigstowinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/files/2021/08/Peter-and-Tim-2.mp3…
Posted in (de)Bordering, News

Hostile

Posted on 26th August 202115th May 2022 by brigstow

In a conversation recorded with artists Charli Clark and Paul Hurley in summer 2021, Nariman Massoumi, Lecturer in Film and Television, talks about photographic representation, collaboration, institutional barriers, cultural specificities of gardening and environmentalism.

https://brigstowinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/files/2021/08/Nariman-1.mp3…
Posted in (de)Bordering, News

Pathway

Posted on 26th August 202115th May 2022 by brigstow

Artist Paul Hurley talks about the creation of the (de)bordering plots, on the inspiration of the structural design and on its potential habitation.

https://brigstowinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/files/2021/08/Paul-post.mp3…
Posted in (de)Bordering, News

Grounded

Posted on 26th August 202115th May 2022 by brigstow
https://brigstowinstitute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/files/2021/08/Erithacus-rubecula-Robin-Turdidae.mp3

Field recording of the European Robin, a bird that resides in the UK and can be sedentary, or sometimes migrates from the UK to Southern Europe or to the UK from Scandinavia, continental Europe and Russia. Recording made by …

Posted in (de)Bordering, News

Native

Posted on 26th August 202115th May 2022 by brigstow

Part 1: In a conversation recorded at the plot in summer 2021, Katharine Charsley, Professor of Migration Studies, and Savita Wilmott, CEO The Natural History Consortium , talk migratory and flagship species and demonised categories of humans and nonhumans.

Part …

Posted in (de)Bordering, NewsTagged immigration, movement

Temperature life stories: Feeling the heat

Posted on 24th August 202115th May 2022 by brigstow

Experiencing a changing climate through stories, poetry and data

We all feel the heat, but how do our personal experiences and circumstances affect what we feel? Join the Brigstow Institute at the University of Bristol to create an online exhibition …

Posted in Call for participation, News, Opportunity

Bristol by Heart – The Awards

Posted on 5th August 202115th May 2022 by brigstow

The Metre and Memorisation Project, funded by the Brigstow Institute at the University of Bristol, announces the awards from the the Bristol by Heart poetry recitation contest in collaboration with Poetry by Heart 

The judges were much impressed by …

Posted in Metre and Memorisation, News

Stories of local everyday actions: Enhancing a key area of environmental communication

Posted on 5th August 202115th May 2022 by brigstow

Awareness of the climate and ecological crises has increased, with new patterns of behaviour emerging across the globe and ever-louder calls for even more action.

Bristol is widely seen as a leader in this change. 86% of Bristolians…

Posted in Uncategorised

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