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a haunting at the cloud factory
Morgan Jennings visits planned demolition sites, tracking ghosts left behind by the UK's energy network and Northern 'regenerations', and hauntings yet to come.
Human Adventures
in Creative Technology
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Podcast: Stream If You Wanna Die Faster
Exploring the environmental impacts of data streaming and who should take responsibility.
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How Low-Cost, Low-Tech, High Data Smart Cities are Paving the way for the Future
City governments are using data in attempts to identify residents’ needs, make services more efficient and equitable, and enable citizen participation in decision making.
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The Promise of Salvation from ‘Smart’ Borders
The UK aims to have “the most effective border in the world” by 2025. But how did we get to this situation, where border surveillance is a multi-billion dollar industry? And what does it mean for people seeking asylum, for whom crossing borders is a matter of life and death?
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What happened to performance post-pandemic?
In 2020, Container published a long read on the pandemic's effect on live performance. Two years on, we're going back to ask how things stand. What was temporary and what's permanent? Has access to events changed for good? What was learned along the way?
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Homecooking, by robots, with love
Many local food cultures in developing countries are feeling the pressures of modernity, but is automation the solution?
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Podcast: From Cyber Punk To Time Hunting
Russel Hlongwane and Mark Mushiva talk hip-hop, cyber punk and finding new theories of creative technology for Africa.
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Window to a Betterverse
A 'preferred futures' narrative and vision for future online experiences. From the project 'MetaversEngine', a collaboration between Awarri and UWE Bristol - funded by MyWorld.
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The Future of Performance Post-Pandemic
2020 will be known, amongst other things, as the year culture went online. How are individuals and organisations in the live sector adapting and evolving, and can technologically mediated live events save an industry from collapse?
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The Making of a Virtual Influencer
A peek behind the curtain at this million dollar industry. Can virtual influencers make a positive social impact or are they just a dystopian money-making tool from big marketing?