Asylum Magazine
ASYLUM magazine is an international forum for free debate, open to anyone with an interest in psychiatry, psychology and mental health.
Perspective on Recurring Controversies In Education
In trying to get bearing on many of the discussions that arise when thinking about education, I took to the books. 1993 Ruth Jonathan was Head of the Department of Education at the University of Edinburgh and was Chairman of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain. In her work she examines the complex notion of education. This blog entry revoices and examines some of the thinkers and issues highlighted in her contribution to the Handbook of Educational Ideas and Practices. Read more…
The Multilingual Language Quiz Superdooper Test
Ok, here is a collection of questions in various languages. Can you identify the language and also answer the question correctly ? Take the challenge…
17th August 2012: Makmed the Miller presents The Grief of Isis
On August 17th in the Edinburgh Festival at the Central Library (7-9 George IV Bridge. Postcode, EH1 1EG) Makmed the Miller presents The Grief of Isis and Peter Barratt talks about his Great Grandmother, Alice Hawkins and her life of as a suffragette.
Nick Dixon and Annie Harrison talk about ExtInked tattoos
Nick Dixon with a tattoo on his shoulder of a Capercaille, and Annie Harrison with a Cornflower tattooed on her ankle. What do they have in common ? They are two of the 100 selected ambassadors from the unique ExtInked partnership project spoke about their work, including their motivation for taking on the challenge, the experience of the tattooing and subsequent endeavours on behalf of their endangered species.
ExtInked is an art and ecology project in which one hundred original drawings of endangered British species were tattooed onto one hundred volunteers.
Alice Hawkins The Life of a Suffragette by Peter Barratt
When the role of the suffragette movement, at the turn of the last century, in gaining the right for women to vote is raised, many people immediately think of the Pankhurst family and their achievements. Whilst this, to a large extent is rightly so, there were many women of all social backgrounds who also supported the cause, and in so doing, suffered much hardship and imprisonment at the hands of an uncaring Government of the day. Read more…
Conference: Rethinking Inequality in Historical Perspective
Through working with the Public Engagement Policy of the University of Manchester and working closely with Susan Brown, I was called to do a presentation in University of Manchester on ‘Rethinking Inequality in Historical Perspective’. Pedro Ramos Pinto and Patrick Joyce were the key organizers and invited me to make a contribution by virtue of the Ragged project, as it is both an inclusive project and one borrowed from history.
Artist Development
To effectively help an artist on the road to realizing their work pragmatic and strategic goals must be worked towards. This involves some very simple elements.
Dead Stock
Artists have an incredible amount of dead stock which ‘produces nothing’ – work which has been produced but sits in the back of a drawer for various reasons. Ragged Music will actively encourage the exposure of these materials to the musical market so that their potential is valued. There is good reason to think that there is a lot of great music, already produced, which could be more widely available. Read more…
The Ethos Of Ragged Music
The core of the project is expressed within the Ethos. The philosophy of the Ragged project draws from old and new thinkers, directly and indirectly, and this is key to its success and longevity. These thinkers are being drawn together in supplements to inform the project. Read more…