GeoNet, the fusion-funded interdisciplinary seminar project, held our first lunchtime session ‘A conversation about climate change’ recently. We were really pleased to see the Coyne so packed out (come early next time to be sure of getting a cookie!) with a wide range of students, PGRs and staff from across the university. Short talks to…

This spring semester, thanks to a Fusion CCCP grant, we’ll be turning our BU research into interactive media, designed for making an impact. If you are like me, dishwashing, hanging laundry, answering emails and even updating your BRIAN profile are more fun than writing academic papers. Beyond the jargon, peer review terror and endless citations,…

On February 18, 2015 Civic Media’s Anna Feigenbaum delivered a workshop on data visualisation for the IRIN news network. As part of the United Nations, IRIN reported from the frontlines of conflicts and natural disasters around the world for nearly 20 years. In January 2015, IRIN spun-off from the UN to become an independent non-profit media…

21st May – Cultural heritage landscapes and deathscapes – 13.00-14.00, PG19 (Talbot Campus) Craig Young (Reader in Human Geography at Manchester Met University), Tim Darville (BU SciTech AAFS), Anne Luce (BU M & C) Craig is currently organising a seminar series which will include the politics of (re-)burial, trade in body parts, dark tourism, body…

From drone strikes to racist attacks, from precarious labour to gentrification, how do maps help us understand injustice and illuminate struggle? In this public showcase and discussion we explore how mapmakers engage our geographical imaginations and use the power of maps for social change. From oral history to twitter data-mining, our featured mapmakers use a…

Digital transformations in communications have led to the increasing popularity of data visualisations and the use of maps and other multimedia interactives for representing complex data. Often, these visual data stories can better communicate the significance of research findings to policy-makers and the public. Beyond engendering greater comprehension, this turn to the visual can also…

20th April 14.00-15.00 PG16 (Talbot Campus) Human/wildlife conflict and nature tourism (Gaius Wilson, external, plus Susanna Curtin (BU Tourism) and Amanda Korstjens (BU SciTech) In this engaging Geonet event,  Gaius told us about his PhD research, where he investigated the impact of an invasive plant species on elephant foraging behaviour and habitat use in India.…

Digital technologies like google maps have transformed the ways people relate to visual representations of geographic space. From zoom functionality on street view, to rainbow coloured social network graphs, people are engaging their geographical imaginations to produce visual representations that matter to them and their research. This second Datalabs event introduces participants to mapping tools and…

Tear gas is used around the world nearly everyday, yet major international organisations, including the World Medical Association  and NATO, state that not enough is understood about the real-life impact and health effects of these technologies. Responding to this lack of accessible information, in 2013 Dr. Anna Feigenbaum won a Fusion Fund grant to form…

CMC Media School Lecturer and CEMP Fellow, Dr. Anna               Feigenbaum, was awarded a Wellcome Trust Small Grant in Medical Humanities for her project ‘Communicating Medical Knowledge in the History of Tear Gas’. Aiming to inform new medical knowledge about tear gas, as well as provide resources for policy-makers…