Festival of Ideas on Saturday 31 October

Photography: Chris Frazer Smith

Saturday 31 October Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge campus

Welcome to the Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2015 Welcome to Anglia Ruskin University!

We’re delighted that you’ve joined us for this special day of activities as part of the 8th Cambridge Festival of Ideas.

Today’s events include music, dance, art,

children’s activities, and talks on everything from 21st century consumerism to the Norman Conquest. We hope you have an enjoyable and inspiring experience. And whether you’ve come for a specific event

or just want to sample the atmosphere and see what’s going on, please take the opportunity to explore our campus.

Exhibitions 11am–7.30pm, drop by anytime Lord Ashcroft Building, foyer near LAB027 Interior design students present their design interpretations of nine sites around Cambridge that raise questions of city identity and use.

e-Luminate Light Lab 11am–7.30pm, drop by anytime Lord Ashcroft Building, LAB027 An exciting exhibition showcasing groundbreaking, light-based technologies organised by e-Luminate Cambridge for the UNESCO International Year of Light.

Art Language Location: Supertext 11am–7.30pm, drop by anytime Around campus An exhibition of contemporary art featuring work by artists from across the UK.

Pulsar Light, Ana Collins Photography, 2014

Cambridge Intervention Through Design

Workshops, hands-on activities and tours Safe and Sound Drive

Fractal sound

Get Britain Talking

11am–7.30pm, drop by any time, age 8+ The Street Café

12–2pm, drop in anytime, age 8+ Helmore building, HEL040

Join us and try our Safe and Sound Drive simulator. Take a test drive, compete with your friends, and give us feedback on our new gaming development.

Come and visit the computer music studios at Anglia Ruskin and create your own fractal sounds using specially designed computer software. No prior expertise is required.

11am–7.30pm, drop by any time, all ages Lord Ashcroft Building, Foyer outside LAB027 Cambridge University Press and Lancaster University are creating a new collection of day-to-day conversations called the Spoken BNC 2014, cambridge.org/bnc. Get involved in our language research. Look out for live recording sessions.

Art Language Location: Supertext guided tours 1–2pm and 3–4pm, pre-book, age 15+ Meet outside the library

SPLINTER – blurring the line between biology and technology

Join Art Language Location organiser Robert Good for a guided tour of Supertext, an exhibition of contemporary art featuring work by artists from across the UK.

5.30–7.30pm, drop in anytime, all ages Lord Ashcroft Courtyard An interactive light installation where you can create your own “light print” that will be projected onto a building.

The great British dialects quiz 2–4pm, drop in anytime, age 12+ Lord Ashcroft Building, LAB005

Digital Robin Hood

Test how good you are at recognising British accents and find out what the least/most preferred dialects are, as well as why we speak the way we do.

11am–1pm, pre-book, age 8+ Lord Ashcroft Building, LAB111

Semaphore & #selfies – workshop 3–4.30pm, drop in anytime, all ages Lord Ashcroft Building, LAB028 Participate in an exploratory workshop investigating dance, music and film.

Workshop led by Richard Hoadley, Jane Turner and Turning Worlds dance company.

Emily Wenman

Digital comics workshop for children.

Children’s own versions of the famous outlaw tales retold as short digital comics, using iPads and Storyrobe software.

Performances Rogues, rebels, resistors and refuseniks

Semaphore & #selfies – performance

4–5pm, pre-book, age 15+ Lord Ashcroft Building, LAB111–112

5.30–6.20pm, pre-book, all ages Mumford Theatre

Art students present short extracts of prose, poetry, ballads and song celebrating the ‘Awkward Squad’.

Dance, music and film streamed in multiple environments. Presented by Richard Hoadley, Jane Turner and Turning Worlds dance company.

Anglia Ruskin Trio – conflict, power, music

Violinist Mifune Tsuji, pianist Paul Jackson and saxophonist Jin Theriault explore music that evokes strong sentiments of power and conflict.

Chris Frazer Smith

Bethan Woollvin

7.30–8.30pm, tickets on the door, 80 seats available, all ages Helmore Building, Recital Hall

Talks Assisted dying?

Thoughts from the disabled

Consumerism and identity: Is marketing shaping who we are?

12–1pm, pre-book, adults Lord Ashcroft Building, LAB006

3–4pm, pre-book, age 15+ Lord Ashcroft Building, LAB109

Tom Shakespeare (UEA) and Mik Scarlet (broadcaster, journalist and disability consultant) from the disabled community who hold opposing views will debate the issues.

The talk explores how peoples’ identities are intertwined with what they consume and how marketing has a pivotal part to play in this.

Thoughts. Facts or fictions?

12–1.30pm, pre-book, adults Lord Ashcroft Building, LAB002 Camyoga’s mindfulness expert Dr Burr presents an experiential journey into the nature of mind. What are thoughts made of?

Where do they come from? How do they impact on our daily lives?

Relinquishing power while resisting change 1–2.30pm, pre-book, adults Lord Ashcroft Building, LAB207 Attitudes toward gay men has evolved in the UK, but what has it evolved into, how do psychologists measure it, and how do these attitudes affect sexual minorities?

English meets the Normans 1–2pm, pre-book, age 12+ Lord Ashcroft Building, LAB220 In 1066, the Normans invaded England, bringing with them their French language – and for the next 300 years the ruling classes of England spoke French. How did English survive the invasion?

Audio films for visually impaired audiences 1.30–2.30pm, please arrive on time, adults Lord Ashcroft Building, LAB107 Dr Mariana Lopez explores groundbreaking research on audio films, a format of sonic art developed as an alternative to audio description (AD) for visually impaired audiences. This talk is linked to the demos entitled ‘Lamb to the Slaughter: an audio film’.

Pornography, feminism and resistance 2.30–3.30pm, pre-book, adults Lord Ashcroft Building, LAB002 This talk looks at the nature and prevalence of mainstream pornography, considers its impact and effects and raises critical questions regarding feminist resistance.

Challenging the gender binary through science fiction and fantasy 3–4.30pm, pre-book, age 12+ Lord Ashcroft Building, LAB003 Cheryl Morgan examines how writers of science fiction and fantasy fiction have imagined worlds where the dominance of binary gender is challenged, subverted, and even swept away.

Of memories, mental time travel and The Moustachio Quartet 5–6.30pm, pre-book, adults Lord Ashcroft Building, LAB002 Screening and discussion of the film La Jetee and readings from The Moustachio Quartet.

Both works explore the shifting nature of memory and our assumptions of how time unfolds.

Film Lamb to the Slaughter: an audio film Morning sessions: 11–11.30am, 11.30am–12pm, 12–12.30pm, 12.30–1pm Afternoon sessions: 4.30–5pm, 5–5.30pm, 5.30–6pm, 6–6.30pm Sign up on the day, adults Helmore Building, HEL041 A chance to experience an audio film based on a Roald Dahl short story for adults and played back in immersive surround sound.

The demo is linked to the talk ‘Audio Films for visually impaired Audiences’.

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For more information about community events at Anglia Ruskin

Please take the time to complete a feedback form before you leave as we would really like to know what you thought of the events.

You can pick up a form from the information desk at the main reception.

What did you think?

If you would like to book a ticket for any of the events today please speak to one of the festival helpers.

Festival booking

Lost people/property – if you lose a member of your party or an item of property please go to the Helmore Building Reception area and request assistance from a member of staff or a festival helper.

First aid – First Aid is situated near the Helmore Building Reception. If you require assistance please ask a member of staff or one of our festival helper.

Fire alarm – if the fire alarm sounds please remain calm and head for the nearest exit.

Refreshments – light refreshments are available to purchase in The Street Café.

Open 10.30am–7.30pm.

Lifts

Parkside

Recycling point

Pedestrian route

Smoking area

Restaurant / café

Toilets

Motorcycle parking

Cycle parking

Disabled parking

Festival events East Road

East Road Gonville Place

Festival helpers – helpers are on hand to give directions and answer any questions you may have about the events.

Kelsey Kerridge Centre

2 mins

Main Reception

University Eye Clinic (UEC)

Bradmore Street

The Street Helmore (HEL)

Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB)

et Broad Stre

Science Centre (under construction)

Mumford Library (MUM)

Mill Road

Swinhoe House

Mumford Theatre

The Street Cafe

Collier Road

Ruskin (RUS)

Optometry Portakabins (OPT)

David (DAV)

Peter Taylor House

Ruskin Gallery

Webb (WEB)

Peter Taylor House

Covent Garden Studio

2 mins

Coslett (COS)

Mackensie Rd

Covent Garden