Past events
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In Our Own Words: A performance and discussion on supporting NHS staff to tell their own stories
12:00 - 15:30 26 April 2024
Join us for In Our Own Words, for an exploration of ways in which NHS staff have been and can be supported to tell their stories, make sense of their NHS experiences and feel heard. The workshop begins with a short performance by Wake The Beast Theatre Company drawn from the words of NHS staff and is...
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Research Café: Materials in Civic Futures
11:30 - 13:00 24 April 2024
‘Materials in Civic Futures’ brings together academics working across Humanities and Science and Engineering to discuss interdisciplinary perspectives on the lives of materials and material thinking. It’s an opportunity to connect with others working on issues of production and consumption, over...
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David Nicholls in Conversation
22 April - 15 October 2024
A welcome return to Manchester Literature Festival for one of the UK’s best loved authors. David Nicholls joins us to discuss his witty and engrossing new novel, You Are Here. The story of two lonely people, thirty-eight-year-old Marnie and forty-two-year-old Michael, battered by break-ups and the...
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AMBS Event: Sustainable manufacturing: from good to great
16:30 - 18:00 17 April 2024
Join us for this Vital Topics event where our panel of industry experts and academics will discuss the improvement of sustainable manufacturing. Hear from industry experts and academics in the field as they discuss innovative ways of working to support and advance sustainable manufacturing, the circular...
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Research Café: Plants in Civic Futures
11:30 - 13:00 10 April 2024
‘Plants in Civic Futures’ brings together academics working across Literature, History, Geography, and Cultural Practices to discuss interdisciplinary multispecies perspectives on plant lives and plant thinking. It’s an opportunity to connect, over an informal lunch, with others working on Plant...
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Percival Everett in Conversation
10 April - 15 October 2024
With my pencil, I wrote myself into being.’ In James, Percival Everett’s thrilling retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the enslaved Jim is allowed to tell his story for the first time. While journeying down the Mississippi with Huck, Jim has a series of adventures and encounters. Often...
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Jeremy Deller in-conversation
14:30 - 16:00 7 April 2024
This in-conversation event with Jeremy Deller will explore some of his public collaborations and the films which they have generated. Hosted by Rupert Cox from the Granda Centre for Visual Anthropology, it will highlight connections between art and anthropology and touch on his new book ‘Art is Magic’. Secondly,...
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The CreaTech Network | Fashion
14:30 - 18:00 28 March 2024
The Creative Tech Network | Fashion Thursday 28 March 2024, 14:30-18:00, Hallé St Peter's, Ancoats In collaboration with Creative Manchester, the Turing Innovation Catalyst Manchester, Digital Futures are thrilled to deliver an exciting series of events, focused on CreaTech - the intersection of the...
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The CreaTech Network | Sound
14:30 - 18:00 21 March 2024
The Creative Tech Network | Sound Thursday 21 March 2024, 14:30-18:00 , Arbeta In collaboration with Creative Manchester and the Turing Innovation Catalyst Manchester, Digital Futures are thrilled to announce an exciting series of events set to unfold in Manchester in the new year, focused on the intersection...
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The Creative Tech Network | Digital Artisans
15:00 - 18:00 14 March 2024
The Creative Tech Network will focus on bringing together a vibrant community of digital and creative professionals in Greater Manchester. Digital Artisans Network Session In collaboration with Creative Manchester and the Turing Innovation Catalyst Manchester, Digital Futures are thrilled to announce...
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