Creative and cultural industries
Discover how we are combining research, community and technology to provide a catalyst for innovation in the creative and cultural sectors.
Why Bristol?
- Top 10
for History of Art Complete University Guide 2024
- £30m
for CreativeTech Bristol-led MyWorld initiative
- 20th
for Philosophy QS World Rankings by subject 2023
How puppets help discussions around FGM
Talking about sexual intimacy with your partner can be embarrassing, shameful, awkward and/or frightening. Talking about sexual intimacy with your partner when you have experienced Female Genital Cutting or Modification (FGMo) can make that conversation much more difficult. Puppetry is a safe yet powerful tool through which embodied experiences can be investigated sensitively.
Games as a Public Service
Video games are more popular than ever, and their potential to influence public policy, health and education is becoming increasingly clear. In this video, learn how the Bristol Digital Game Lab is utilising this opportunity by bringing together academia and the games industry to tackle complex challenges in society.
Creative research in action
PODCAST: Empowering Indigenous Voices
Using animation, Dr. Camilla Morelli has been co-producing films with rainforest communities to empower young people to tell their stories and shape policy.
FILM: Animated film wins festival prize
With support from Aardman Studios, Reynard the Fox, a stop-motion puppet animation directed by a former Film & TV student, has won first prize for best animation at the Animalis Fabula film festival.
NEWS: A ‘British Library’ for the AI age
The University of Bristol develops a multimillion-pound new National AI Data Facility in the West of England as part of the Government’s AI for Science Strategy.
In Conversation
Discover the real reason states first emerged thousands of years ago. Globalisation, migration, climate change and war – nation states are currently under huge pressure on many fronts. In this article from The Conversation, Christopher Opie, Senior Lecturer in Evolutionary Anthropology, looks at the forces that initially drove the emergence of states across the world to help explain why.
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