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Event: The School of Art and Media Research and Knowledge Exchange Festival | 10-14 November 2025 – various

Dear Colleagues,   The School of Art and Media (SAM) Research and Knowledge Exchange (R&KE) Festival is taking place next week see the RKE Festival Blog for the schedule. This is an important event in our annual calendar, providing an inclusive opportunity to share our research and knowledge exchange activities with colleagues and students, and to enhance our creative, collaborative and supportive research culture. Through our R&KE activities, we work in partnership with the community, industry and third sector organisations to make a difference to the economy, society, and culture, benefiting communities at a local and international level.   There are a rich array of activities running throughout the week including sessions delivered by the Research Excellence Groups: Sonic and Visual Cultures led by Emilia Taliban, Caleb Madden, Shara Rambarran, Material Histories, presenters Vanessa Marr and Sue Breakell, Space and Place hosted by Mark Wells and Stuart Hedley, Communication and Creative Ecologies hosted by Jules […]

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Event Outcome: REG Communication and Creative Ecologies meet up – What’s in a Pebble | 8 July 2025 10.30 – 14.30 at Grand Parade, 204

This workshop, led by Jules Findley and Julie Doyle, successfully brought people together from different academic disciplines and professional practices and  provoked new ideas, insights and thoughts for research and collaboratiion. To be continued. What’s in a Pebble? Exploring creative research practice and making connections Participants walked  down to the beach where each picked up a pebble and brought it back  (as a loan from the beach) to observe, reflect and discuss as a potential object for research. Initially each person examined their selected pebble, describing it either in drawn or pictorial form, or written narrative or poem, Then the group  collectively shared reflections exploring how the object and the responses to it could spark research ideas. Particapant’s  renderings of the pebbles  

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Event: REG Communication and Creative Ecologies meet up – What’s in a Pebble | 8 July 2025 10.30 – 14.30 at Grand Parade, 204

What’s in a Pebble? Exploring creative research practice and making connections REG Communication and Creative Ecologies meet up July 8 10.30 – 14.30 Rm GP204 Join us for a walk down to the beach where we will each pick up a pebble and bring it back with us for observation, reflection and discussion as a potential object for research. We will meet up in GP rm 204 initially for introduction, then walk down together to the beach to choose a pebble and return to rm204. Initially you will be examining your pebble individually, describing it either in drawn or pictorial form, or written narrative or poem, whatever is comfortable for your analysis. Over a vegan working lunch, we will then collectively share our reflections exploring how the object and your response to it could spark research ideas. The event is intended to bring people together and to provoke new ideas/thoughts […]

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Event: Communication and Creative Ecologies REG – Colloquium | 21 May 2025 13.30–15.30 at Grand Parade, M204

Members of the Communication and Creative Ecologies REG Alex Esculapio Mark Wells Jules Findley Will discuss their recent work. All  are very welcome. See :Details Please join online here Jules Findley: Location for the online part of the colloquium. 13.30 – 15.30 If you would like to be added to the mailing list please email Jules Findley, j.findley@brighton.ac.uk (Participants external to the organisation University of Brighton will need to email Jules to be added to the Team as a guest) Looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible either in person or online.