Grounded
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 Lawrence Shove and held in the British Library.
Native
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 2: In a conversation recorded at the plot, in summer 2021, Katharine Charsley, Professor of…Continue reading→
Temperature life stories: Feeling the heat
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 exploring our personal temperature life stories through poetry and data. Poetry workshops, led by Bristol City Poet Caleb…Continue reading→
Bristol by Heart – The Awards
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 the range, enthusiasm, ambition and accomplishment of the different entries to the competition and would like…Continue reading→
Stories of local everyday actions: Enhancing a key area of environmental communication
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 are concerned about climate change, and levels are high across different ages, ethnicities and the city’s 34…Continue reading→
Could you be the next Director of Brigstow Institute?
The Brigstow Institute is advertising for a new director to take up the role from 1st August 2022. The Director will provide strong intellectual, creative and organisational leadership for Brigstow, and engage with a range of academic, creative and community partners. The role is open to University of Bristol academics. Closing date is 29th September. The…Continue reading→
Narratives and the Grapevine
The Narratives and the Grapevine project was an exercise in global literature creation and distribution funded by the University of Bristol’s Brigstow Institute. It brought together Grapevine’s Lily Green and Tim Kindberg with Prof Madhu Krishnan and Dr Edward King of the university. We wanted to explore the potential of Grapevine by working with artists and writers in three very different…Continue reading→
Metre and Memorisation call for participation
Brigstow Institute Experimental Partnership “Metre and Memorisation” will be exploring different ways of learning poetry. What’s the best way to learn a poem? Is silent rote learning effective, or is it better to repeat things aloud, to visualise the poem’s content, or to move about when trying to memorise it? The research team are looking…Continue reading→
Bristol by Heart poetry recitation contest
The Metre and Memorisation Project, funded by the Brigstow Institute at the University of Bristol, announces the Bristol by Heart poetry recitation contest in collaboration with Poetry by Heart Deadline Extended to the 16th July. Details of the Prize Contestants are required to recite a poem from memory. Poems chosen should be poems or extracts…Continue reading→
Research is difficult.
Research is difficult. Interdisciplinary, co-produced and collaborative research is even more difficult. Research involves risk as we ask new questions, of new data, using new methods. The novelty and originality that characterises researching is what attracts us to it, but also can be a source of anxiety. What if it doesn’t ‘work’? And this can…Continue reading→