Brigstow brings researchers from different disciplines together with a range of partners across the city and beyond to experiment in new ways of living and being.
This research asked how can we talk about trans lives by exploring the life of Jenny Moore. Jenny lived in the early 1900s, and was an outsider both in terms of gender non-conformity, and the …
Global temperatures are changing: the impacts of these changes will be widespread but will not be felt equally. Despite its ‘temperate’ climate, the UK regularly experiences summer heatwaves capable of causing discomfort, health impacts and even mortality. How exposure to …
Play makes us human. We play to have fun, to socialise, to learn, to de-stress, and to exercise. Over the past few decades, video gaming has evolved into a worldwide entertainment phenomenon. However, most video games are not accessible or …
Poetry memorisation is undergoing a revival, with the increase in popularity of performance poetry and the introduction of 2012’s statuary requirement to include poetry memorisation in the Primary English curriculum. Advocates of poetry memorisation stress its virtues as a distinct …
How does ecological literacy affect the ability of humans to comprehend and interact with current crises? How does access to land affect the uptake of agroecology in the South West? What are the deep-set beliefs and behaviours of farmers and …
The Anthropocene names a new epoch: an age in which humans are leaving an indelible mark on the fabric of the planet. It is an essentially temporal concept, based on a geological sense of ‘deep time’ which cannot easily be …