“Claims about ‘horizontalism’ and the use of terms such as ‘leaderlessness’ to describe the nature of contemporary revolutionary politics…are” declares Paolo Gerbaudo in a recent posting entitled Roots of the Coup, “..empirically flawed”. But are we ready for such a definitive conclusion? In a public discussion at the LSE in 2012… read more →
Facebook Court is a social experiment by artist Martin Butler to see if it is possible to create a model for online legal discussion, using Facebook as a democratic social and legal tool. Through its “sharing”, “liking”, debating and commentary, Facebook allows for an ease of opinion and view points to be… read more →
We do not yet know the future of research funding for the arts and humanities in the UK. But the likelihood is that a new regime will emerge that will be more experimental in how it builds partnerships both inside and outside of the academy. One possible direction of travel… read more →