Maps have changed the world. If you’ve visited Madrid’s Naval Museum, you will have seen a map drawn by an … More
Category: Workshops and conferences
LERU Summer School – Citizen science and public participation in the digital age
When the words “Doctoral”, “summer”, and “school” are put together, there is little insight as to what someone might expect … More
Learning DIY glow-worm making
“Learning by teaching”, a reflection on running a DIY Arduino glow-worm-making workshop.
The Paris Climate Agreement and Indigenous Rights – a view from the side at COP21
ExCiteS’ two intrepid anthropologists, Gill and Carolina, were reunited for a brief period in Paris during December, each participating in … More
Mapping Accessibility with Sapelli
On 19th June the ExCiteS research group and Mapping for Change, teamed up with Dr Catherine Holloway and Sarah Nicholson, … More
Producing Anthropology, Producing Science: Citizen Science and Emerging Problematics
In the emerging sphere of citizen science, new forms of knowledge production are increasingly reworking scientific boundaries to incorporate lay … More
Complex Systems: YRNCS Workshop 2014
This September the Young Researchers Network on Complex Systems (YRNCS) held their first workshop in Lucca (Italy) which featured a … More
The Amazon in focus: development challenges and participatory monitoring tools for the rainforest
The past two weeks were extremely busy. Between August 22nd and 24th I attended the Brazilian Studies Association Conference, which … More
From climate change to isolated tribes: notes on the 66th Meeting of the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science
The 66th annual meeting of the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science (SBPC) took place between July 22-27, in … More
ASA14 Decennial: Anthropology and Enlightenment
The end of last week saw the decennial gathering of the Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth, … More
