Tag ARTS & HUMANITIES

Our Digital Afterlives at ESRC Festival of Social Science

How can grief technology (‘grief tech’) help us to remember someone after they die? What are the real-world implications of this technology? And finally how can immersive theatre help us to ask these questions?.

Book Launch: Design for Dementia, Mental Health and Wellbeing

Our online book launch will bring together the editors and contributors of this exciting volume. We will explore key issues of co-design, design interventions and design policy for enhancing mental health and wellbeing, including advancements, benefits and gaps for discussion by our speakers and panel.

ESRC Festival of Social Science : Inclusive Digital Access: Learning from Lived Experiences

Manchester is on a mission to establish itself as a global digital leader by 2026. As a globally recognised digital city, leading researchers in Digital Inequalities from Manchester Metropolitan University, in collaboration with experts with learning disabilities, have joined forces to demonstrate how digital strategies across the UK can be co-produced and include the perspectives of people with learning disabilities.

Tree Equity Day ‘Voices of the Future’

Tree Equity Day was attended by representatives from DEFRA, Natural England, the Community Forests, the Tree Council, the Chartered College of Teachers and the National Trust

SODA announces new innovative partnership

An innovative programme of exhibitions and events exploring emerging technologies and digital futures will be presented at Modal gallery at our School of Digital Arts (SODA) as part of a new partnership with arts organisation Abandon Normal Devices (AND).