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Nikita Mazurov is since August post-doc with the Living Archives project. His interest lies in looking at practices of archival protection. For a brief introduction to his work and approach, see the video embedded below (or here on YouTube). Scroll down for a longer introduction. Video production: Jacek Smolicki Text: Nikita Mazurov… Continue reading
Alessandro Carboni is an interdisciplinary artist whose projects explore the relationships between body and space. From May to September, Carboni will explore the city of Malmö through performative practices of urban mapping. Always Becoming #Malmo – Tools for urban mapping and performance practice Text: Alessandro Carboni, artist-in-residence in the Living… Continue reading
The Living Archives project at Malmö University now looks for its second Post Doc. We invite Post Doctoral applicants to coincide with one or more of the following approaches to archives: Augmented Reality, Media Art, or Open Data. Last date for applications is May 11, 2015. Continue reading
People of African descent have been represented in the West as an ‘other’ – a foreign presence. The stereotypes that have been created around this foreign presence, and how these stereotypes are replicated and reproduced over time, are at the centre of Dr Temi Odumosu’s research. Dr Temi Odumosu is… Continue reading
When you move from one apartment to another, you are forced to face all your belongings – from the piano to the smallest pieces of chewing gum. You have to decide what to take to the new location, and what to do with the rest. This “gap in accommodation” is… Continue reading
How may augmentation technologies be used to mediate ‘stories’ based on archival material? And how do you design for it? These are a few of the questions that Maria Engberg, assistant professor in media technology at Malmö University, will explore in the Living Archives research project. For a brief introduction… Continue reading
Urban Gardening is one of the themes that researchers in the Living Archives project are working with. The aim is to explore how cultural-heritage archive material, and open-data sets, can be social resources that support and stimulate urban gardening practices, and contribute to social change and sustainable urban development. This… Continue reading
On Dec 2 at Garaget in Malmö there is a workshop between 18.30–20.30 specifically on women’s stories related to immigration to Malmö. It is part of the project “One Hundred Years With Immigrant Women In Malmö”. It was initiated by the Iranian activist Parvin Ardalan, but is now running with… Continue reading
Update: deadline for these two positions have now passed. Thanks for your interest. Two Post Doctorate positions with the Living Archives project have been announced, one at the Faculty of Technology and Society and one at the Faculty of Culture and Society. A brief description of these positions can be… Continue reading
Jacek Smolicki is since September PhD student in Media and Communication Studies at the School of Arts and Communications, Malmö University. He is also a member of the Living Archives project. Here’s an introduction to him and his work! Jacek Smolicki has a background in interdisciplinary art and design. Drawing on conceptual… Continue reading
Camilla Ryd, masters student in Interaction Design at the School of Arts and Communication, Malmö University, has for several months been working in collaboration with the Living Archives project. Ryd explores how interactive materials can be a part of a circus act, to create poetics and magic, and what methods a… Continue reading
The Living Archives project group meets in person on a bi-weekly basis for seminars on poignant topics and discussions on what directions we should take. This week’s meeting was on the topic of Augmented Reality (AR), led by Daniel Spikol. The discussion on future directions of AR in this project… Continue reading
The notion of Memory in the digital age is at the core of the Living Archives project. On April 17, the Glasgow Memory Group hosts a symposium called Digital/Social Media and Memory. They write: Continue reading
