Welcome!
Welcome to Techne's July Student Congress! We hope that you enjoy the sessions that we have planned over our three Congress days and get a chance to catch up with each other, meet some new fellow researchers, and enjoy hearing from our exciting line up of speakers.
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Thank you to Loughborough University London for hosting this Techne Congress. Although we're not physically at their campus, it is mostly Loughborough London colleagues who have organised and are delivering this programme, and we hope it gives you a flavour of some of their research. They hope to welcome Techne students to their London campus on another occasion!
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We are aware that attending an online conference is quite a different experience to an in-person conference, and that tuning in for long hours of back to back online sessions can be quite draining. We want to reassure you that while we have three whole days of sessions running, we don't expect attendees to sit through all sessions back-to-back. We hope that you will be able to pick as many or few of the sessions as you like - please feel free to dip in and out of the programme to suit your interests and schedule.
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As well as using Zoom for our lecture and panel sessions, we have set up a virtual Congress space on Gather which will be available for social space, networking, poster presentations and a pub quiz amongst other things. You can find more information about how to use Gather here, and the programme shows which sessions will be held on Zoom and which on Gather. We hope you enjoy this more fun and interactive platform as an addition to our online Congresses.
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Where possible please pre-register for the sessions you are interested in by clicking the links on the programme page.
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This is how the online conference will work:
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Take a look at the programme and speakers to familiarise yourself with the sessions.
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You need to pre-register for individual sessions. On the programme, please click the relevant registration link for any sessions you would like to attend.
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When you register for a session it will send you an email with a joining link and the password. When it is time for the session to start, you should follow this link to enter the Zoom meeting.
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We will also send out an email on each day of the Congress with a reminder of sessions happening that day and how to access them.
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If you have any questions or need any help please email techne@rhul.ac.uk.
Hello from your Congress organising team!
PROF. JO TACCHI
Loughborough University London (Techne Academic Lead)
Professor Jo Tacchi is a media anthropologist with a record of research collaboration with academic, commercial, government and community partners. She has led a number of complex, multi-country research projects and developed ethnographic and action research approaches and methodologies that have been taken up globally.
Her research is mostly concerned with media, communication and development. She also has a long standing interest in media and affect, participatory content creation, and the role of radio and new audio technologies in domestic spaces. She has developed methodologies that combine ethnographic principles with action research cycles (ear.findingavoice.org), and recently published Evaluating Communication for Development (2013 Earthscan, Routledge), and Digital Ethnography: Principles and Practices (2016 Sage).
BEN COLE
Loughborough University London (Techne Partners Lead)
Ben looks after the partners for Techne. For the past 5 years Ben has been part of establishing Loughborough University’s campus on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London – LU LDN . The multi-disciplinary research led campus is seen as a model for modern universities developing second campuses and has been integral to both the ongoing success of the university and the regeneration of east London. Ben has worked to develop the LU LDN campus USP of innovation and entrepreneurship. He was involved in developing its cutting edge curriculum and most recently developing the partnerships to bring this alive for its staff, students and graduates. Being at the heart of the Here East complex, Ben has been integral to developing partnerships that deliver both societal value and value to the university. An example of this would be his work as part of establishing the Global Disability Innovation Hub or his role on the leadership group for Citizens UK .
EMMA MOLYNEUX
Techne Senior Administration Officer
Emma has been working for Techne since 2018, organising all of the training, events and conferences for Techne students and keeping everyone informed about what Techne has going on. Her favourite part of the job is organising conferences because she enjoys the challenge of spinning lots of plates at the same time! She also enjoys the opportunity to sit in on conference sessions and relive her academic days. Emma has a BA in English and an MA in Victorian Literature, Art and Culture from Royal Holloway.
GRACE BAIRD
Loughborough University London
Grace’s main role is working as the Digital Skills Project Assistant at Loughborough University London ensuring the programme runs effectively whilst supporting students and organisations that take part in workshops and work-insight projects as part of the programme. Grace also supports the organisations of various events and activities at Loughborough University London including Monday Mentoring and the Inspiring Success programme. Grace is a Loughborough University alumni having graduated from Loughborough University in 2019 with a MSc in Sport and Exercise Psychology. Grace also has a BSc in Psychology from Canterbury Christ Church University (2017).