Bookmark_Shifting to Graphic Medicine: Health Narratives and the Comics Medium

Posted on September 25, 2018September 26, 2018 by Alexandra Alberda

The comics medium is a possible tool and approach to creating more affective communications. Looking to shift your communications and wanting to try something new? The comics medium is approachable, accessible and relatable and can communicate serious topics of health, wellbeing and illness. These works, categorised as Graphic Medicine, both create emotive narratives and deliver Read more about Bookmark_Shifting to Graphic Medicine: Health Narratives and the Comics Medium[…]

Who are the World’s Heaviest Tear Gas Users?

Posted on March 21, 2016March 19, 2016 by Anna Feigenbaum

Our 2015 Mapping the Media project on Tear Gas is now live! Check out the maps on our BU Civic Media Hub website. Everyday tear gas is used around the world, from Brazil to Bahrain, from Thailand to the Occupied Territories of Palestine. Yet, while journalists file news stories of tear gas deployments, there is no national Read more about Who are the World’s Heaviest Tear Gas Users?[…]

Data storytelling for social sciences

Posted on December 7, 2015December 7, 2015 by Ozlem Demirkol

Data Storytelling for Social Sciences Workshop took place in Bournemouth at 12th November as a part of ESRC Festival of learning events with the participation of 25 professionals both from NGOs and academia. The workshop started with the presentations of Dr. Anna Feigenbaum, Dr. Einar Thorsen, and Brad Gyori which were structured to give practical knowledge Read more about Data storytelling for social sciences[…]

Always Show Cute Elephants

Posted on December 5, 2015December 5, 2015 by Anna Feigenbaum

…and other lessons in #Dataviz were presented by our BU Datalabs team at the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement’s Engage 2015 event in Bristol last week. The annual Engage event brings together university leaders in public engagement from across the UK. Representing BU Datalabs, Dr. Anna Feigenbaum and community partner James Marchant from Small Read more about Always Show Cute Elephants[…]

A Conversation on Climate Change: from the cult of celebrity to soundbyte science

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Anna Feigenbaum

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 Read more about A Conversation on Climate Change: from the cult of celebrity to soundbyte science[…]

GEONET hosts lecture on scientist and activist Alfred Russell Wallac

Posted on March 19, 2015March 19, 2015 by Anna Feigenbaum

For our second GeoNet seminar guest lecturers Paul Sochaczwski and David Hallmark joined us to discuss the work and contributions of scientist and activist Alfred Russell Wallace. Paul recounted Wallace’s heroic journey to Rio Negro and South-Asia where he collected over 125,000 species, including orang-utans, birds of paradise, butterflies and beetles. This epic journey was Read more about GEONET hosts lecture on scientist and activist Alfred Russell Wallac[…]

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