MMB Film Group: ‘La Permanence’/ ‘On Call’ (Alice Diop, 2016)
The Cinema, Department of Film and Television 5th Floor, Richmond Building, BristolScreening and discussion of Alice Diop's documentary film 'La Permanence'/ 'On Call' (2016). In French with English subtitles, 97 mins. Migrants file in and out of a refugee medical centre […]
CLW talk: Decent Work for Displaced People: Organizing in Response to Labour Abuses of Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in Colombia and Brazil
Lady Hale Moot Court Room, 8-10 Berkeley Square, BristolA talk by Jennifer Gordon (Fordham University School of Law), hosted by the Centre for Law at Work. How much difference does a work permit make for migrants and refugees? […]
Privatisation of the Digital Hostile Environment: A Seminar with Kaelynn Narita
Room 2D2, Priory Road Complex Block D, Priory Road, Bristol, United KingdomThis talk explores the pattern of using private actors to build, design and maintain border technology in the UK. By exploring the privatisation of the so-called Digital Hostile Environment I reveal the […]
MMB Drinks: ‘What Went Wrong With My Bid?!’
Faculty of Arts Research Space, Room 1.H020, 7 Woodland Road, BristolJoin us to celebrate all the hard work that has gone into your failed grant applications! We know how much energy and labour are put into developing a bid and […]
Workshop: ‘Seeing Globalization – Alternative Perspectives on Production Today’
Verdon Smith Room, Royal Fort House, Bristol, United KingdomThis workshop takes as its starting point that our notions of production are changing. Old assumptions about what makes globalization work are being challenged on many fronts. Some of those areas, such as infrastructures, have already become established fields of enquiry to examine both the material aspect that sustain and support modern life, as well […]
Bordering Bristol: Visuality Workshop
Verdon Smith Room, Royal Fort House, Bristol, United KingdomA day-long workshop run by Victoria Hattam (MMB Leverhulme Visiting Professor) and Nariman Massoumi to explore the dynamics of visual fields through the collaborative making of visual essays. Further details and a link to register coming soon.
MMB Leverhulme Public Lecture: Victoria Hattam: ‘Seeing Gold: Imagination and Evidence’
G.10 Lecture Theatre, Fry Building, Woodland Road, BristolA public lecture by our Leverhulme Visiting Professor Victoria Hattam from The New School for Research, New York. Followed by a drinks reception. Chair: Professor Phil Taylor, Pro-Vice Chancellor for […]