The Festival of Ideas Programme 2012

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Wednesday 31 October

1pm – 4.30pm

128. Masks: piece by piece Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Downing Street This is a banquet of masks! Come and enjoy playing with masks from around the world. Be prepared for a feast of colours, shapes, music and expressions! Map: 23, Hands on, Drop in, Ages 5+ 1.30pm – 4pm

129. The great global sustainability treasure hunt! Avenue entrance to Mill Road Cemetery, Mill Road Can your team follow this trail of clues (and treats) hidden in unusual spots? Enjoy a series of hands on activities. Presented by the Global Sustainability Institute team from Anglia Ruskin University. Bring footwear suitable for wet terrain. Arrive 1.30pm – 2pm, hunt 2pm – 3.30pm, prizes 3.30pm – 4pm. Map: 58, Hands on, All ages, for a bonus point pre-register your team at: www.anglia.ac.uk/gsi_treasurehunt Presented by Anglia Ruskin University 3pm – 4pm

130. Why I dreamed me Anglia Ruskin University, East Road Why is the dreaming self so bizarre? Your body may be absent; you may be someone else. Dr Jane Aspell, Lecturer in Psychology at Anglia Ruskin University, will discuss new, exciting research on this topic and what it suggests about how the feeling of being me is constructed by the brain. Map: 34, Talk, Ages 14+, Pre book tel: 0845 271 3333 or visit: www.anglia.ac.uk/communityengagement Presented by Anglia Ruskin University

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CARLO KESHISHIAN

OWEN XU

Faith dreams and signs

Outside In: exploring the margins 3pm – 5pm

131. Faith, dreams and signs Anglia Ruskin University, East Road An exploration of the religious and mythical significance of dreams. Panel includes Professor Eugene Giddens and Mick Gowar (Chair), Anglia Ruskin University; Dr Angus Gowland, University College London; Gillian Mead, Hills Road Sixth Form College; Dr Vayu Naidu, storyteller and independent scholar and Dr Matt Russell, University of Cambridge. Map: 34, Talk, Ages 16+ Presented by Anglia Ruskin University 6pm – 7pm

132. Outside In: exploring the margins Arts Picturehouse, 38-39 St. Andrews Street Outside In (www.outsidein.org.uk) helps artists who find it difficult, because of either health or social circumstance, to access the art world. A new exhibition, Outside In: East will take place at the Ruskin Gallery during 2013. This event includes a film (PG rated) and discussion. Organised in collaboration with the Cambridgeshire Film Consortium. Map: 31, Talk & Film, Ages 12+, Pre book* 6pm – 7pm

133. Exposed in cyber space Mill Lane Lecture Room 3, 8 Mill Lane What you do online can say more about you than you realise. Just clicking the “Like” button can reveal your sexual orientation, ethnic origin, religion, political preferences, intelligence or satisfaction with life. Michal Kosinski of the Psychometrics Centre will explain how. Map: 16, Talk, Ages 14+

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