For three weeks (5 - 26 June 2016) I took part, as one of fifteen artists, in the Chant des pistes / Songlines artist residency on the Magdalen Islands archipelago in Quebec, Canada, hosted by AdMare Centre D'Artistes en Art Actuel and curated by Caroline Loncol...
Yolande Strengers discusses the mobile extensions of the home in the age of the Internet of Things. The Internet of Things and smart devices are increasingly entwined in the performances of local practices inside the home. However, they are also...
Hannah Morgan, Lecturer in Sociology, discusses how disability studies relate with mobilities. My research interests lie predominantly in the field of disability studies and include the self-organisation and citizenship of disabled people; independent...
Carlos López Galviz, Lecturer in The Theory and Methods of Social Futures, tells us how past futures connect with mobility and place. I am interested in the relationship between the past and the future, particularly in the context of cities. One way of...
Dan Richards, Lecturer in Data Prototyping and Visualisation, at Imagination Lancaster, talks about emerging design practices which require increased disciplinary and informational mobility. This research explores new interdisciplinary design practices...
The aim of the workshop 'Mobilizing the Urban Model: A Workshop on Spatial Analysis and Mobile Utopias of Consumption' was to explore mobilities of urban consumption through a mixed methods approach, combining the emerging and fast-developing method of spatial...
Frank Pearson, PhD student at Lancaster University, presents his research on the mobilities of caving. Caving has its origins in mining and cave and karst science. It has been synonymous with the term speleology: the exploration and study of limestone...
'From Terror to Grace' Chapter 1 from Ruth Levitas Utopia as Method: The Imaginary Reconstitution of Society 4-5PM, Bowland North B37 (Mobilities Lab). The second reading of our Utopia-themed mobilities meetings. Everyone is invited to attend and join in the...
Work that has been engaging with mobilities research in the Humanities includes a new book by Professor Cathy Coleborne, Insanity, Identity and Empire. Her book engages with issues of the mobility of people across the British Empire to Australia and New Zealand in the...