Slightly last minute here, but if anyone is interested in hearing about an alternative assessment technique in media/urban studies, I have just the thing for you. Tomorrow (1 March 2017) I will be giving a 4pm talk at Birkbeck’s Centre for Transformative Practice in Learning and Teaching, around the ‘urban media inventory’ assessment that I … Continue Reading
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Birkbeck announces Stuart Hall PhD scholarship
This has caught me by surprise, but I’ve just learned that my institution Birkbeck is offering a Stuart Hall PhD Scholarship for 2017-18, in partnership with the Stuart Hall Foundation. Some great news, making me proud to work at the institution (as, by the way, did the College’s recently-announced Bridges to Study programme for asylum … Continue Reading
In the name of pedagogy: temporary reductions of media technology and culture
How the years pass. Tonight I begin my sixthfifth run of my module that is currently titled Media, Technology and Society. I realise sixfive(!) runs of a module might not sound like a lot particularly, but this is a module that has evolved significantly through the previous fivefour run throughs. I received it in 2010 … Continue Reading
MPhil/PhD studentships at Birkbeck: Applications Due 17 February 2014
Birkbeck’s School of Arts is currently inviting applications for up to 17 Postgraduate Research Scholarships, which consist of full home/EU postgraduate fee waivers and an annual stipend at research council rates. Some of these studentships may be awarded for research proposals in the areas covered by the Department of Film, Media and Cultural Studies. I … Continue Reading
The ouster of Blockbuster (or, formats dying a slow death)
I’ve been meaning to get this photo off of my camera and post it for a while. At least a year ago, I took a photo of this same Blockbuster outlet (in Crouch End, North London) and the sign read ‘OC BUSTER’. It may or may not be surprising that they’ve simply let their presence … Continue Reading
Hobsbawn reflects on his career at Birkbeck
One point of pride for me being based at Birkbeck is that it was the home of renown Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawn for 65 years. Just one month before he passed away, he sat down with David Latchman, the Master of Birkbeck, to discuss the ways in which his research career intersected with the peculiarities … Continue Reading
Academia in a digital/networked world: a Guardian HE Network ‘live chat’
Along with my colleagues Sophie Hope and Lorraine Lim – with whom I am co-organising a postgraduate workshop series – I have been invited to partake in a ‘Live Chat’ hosted by the Guardian Higher Education Network. That chat, which takes place on 3 June 2011, addresses the topic ‘Breaching the digital divide: How could … Continue Reading
Media production sites and urban public space: or, stumbling into The Apprentice
Earlier today, as I approached Euston Station in search of a bite to eat, I was approached by a woman politely offering a very small container of mixed fruit. She didn’t state a price, though I later learned it was on sale for a seemingly steep £2.50. I walked on … and in my fast-paced-negotiating-London-myopia, … Continue Reading
The heat of approaching term time
I am on the precipice of my first full and proper new teaching year since joining Birkbeck College in January 2010, and I must say, I can feel the heat. But I have good reason for my senses to be a little on the edge – I am starting two (more or less) completely new … Continue Reading
Intensive media-cultural-urban Amsterdam summer course
For all you undergraduate and master’s students with interests in the intersections of media, cultural and urban studies, note that The University of Amsterdam is sending out a last call for applications for an intensive summer programme running from June 27 – July 10, 2010. The programme on Popular Culture and the City explores media, … Continue Reading