Interdependence
Lead Research Organisation:
The Open University
Department Name: Faculty of Social Sciences
Abstract
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Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Joe Smith (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Smith J
(2007)
Interdependence
in Geography Compass
Tyszczuk R
(2009)
The Interdependence Day Project: Mediating Environmental Change
in The International Journal of the Arts in Society: Annual Review
Tyszczuk, Renata; Smith, Joe; Clark, Nigel, Butcher, Melissa
(2012)
Atlas: Geography, Architecture and Change in an Interdependent World
| Description | The seminar series supported a number of findings, some theoretical, some more practical: 1. Global environmental change issues need to be communicated as more dynamic and plural than some of the dominant framings 2. Interdisciplinary working is rewarding but relies heavily on 'interdisciplinary people': event and publication design helps, but there is little replacement for engaged and open-minded people in permitting a culture of exchange 3. A diverse but integrated programme of outputs can help to reach different audiences. 4. Interdependence is a potent but diffuse term: we found it a good word to gather around, but more difficult to then work with, and found ourselves pursuing more focused questions that spurred off it. |
| Exploitation Route | We know that the popular book 'Do Good Lives' has, for example, inspired the Good Museums project and been drawn on widely by people in the new economics and transition movements. With a bundle of outputs that have included podcasts, a popular edited book (translated into Catalan), a more academic/arts community book, two journal articles and a sellout event at the Southbank Centre's Purcell rooms we offered plenty of different ways for different kinds of audiences to engage with the work that was initiated in the seminar series. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Creative Economy,Energy,Environment,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Government, Democracy and Justice,Manufacturing/ including Industrial Biotechology,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Retail,Transport |
| URL | http://www.open.ac.uk/socialsciences/interdependenceday/index.shtml |
| Description | New Maps for an Island Planet |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | OU geographer Doreen Massey, architect and author of Hungry City, Carolyn Steel, and campaigner and writer Andrew Simms sketch out ways of navigating the complex challenges presented by global economic and ecological crises. Chaired by Quentin Cooper, and joined by poet Lemn Sissay, the panel were part of an event to launch ATLAS: Architecture, geography and change in an interdependent world, edited by Renata Tyszczuk, Joe Smith, Nigel Clark, Melissa Butcher (Black Dog, February 2012). The production of the ATLAS was supported by the Frederick Soddy Trust which offers support for study which includes human geography: the social, economic and cultural life of specific regions within the United Kingdom, Ireland or elsewhere in the world. ATLAS presents new work by the Open University OpenSpace Research Centre and its collaborators, including the University of Sheffield Department of Architecture. The panel discussion was followed by public 'doctors' surgeries', conversations in the company of a specialist to help diagnose the challenges we face. The event marked the fourth of the OU Open Space annual Doreen Massey Lectures and was co-organised by the Southbank Literary programme. Over 1/3 of the audience (around 100 people) participated in small group discussions exploring specific chapters and themes with authors from the ATLAS, which itself represented a gathering together of many threads of the Interdependence Day project, which had been initiated with support from a seminar series funded by ESRC/NERC. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.open.ac.uk/researchcentres/osrc/events/doreen-massey-4-new-maps-for-an-island-planet |