9.00 to 9.30

Yoga for Anxiety with Terri Sinden

This session will be held on Zoom.

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A few simple techniques to slow the momentum of thoughts using internal and external focal points. Meditation isn't 'clearing the mind', it's more about learning how to tame it. A short and easy to remember meditation: an 'embodied check-in' to establish your mental, physical and energetic baseline, followed by a solar plexus focussed Vinyasa flow aiming to ease the physical sensations anxiety can cause. Equipment needed: something to sit on; a pillow or blanket, a yoga mat or towel.

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10.00 to 11.15

How To Network For a Placement or Job - Liz Wilkinson, Ben Cole, Dr Sean Cunningham, Alison Hess, Fiona Ainsworth, Natalie Mann

This session will be held on Zoom.

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Liz Wilkinson, the Techne Careers Consultant and Ben Cole, the Techne placement lead will explore:

• Why is networking important for finding jobs and placements

• How to build on your existing contacts and reach out to new people appropriately

• How to network with authenticity and confidence

• How to curate your online profile so that it reflects your best professional self  

Some representatives of Techne Partner organisations will be joining this session, including Dr Sean Cunningham (The National Archives), Alison Hess (The Science Museum), Fiona Ainsworth (Kew) and Natalie Mann (Wellcome Trust).

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11.45 to 13.00

Technecast: Utopia(s) & the Commons - Julien Clin, Polly Hember, Dr Robin van den Akker, Dr Raphael Kabo

This session will be held on Zoom.

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Step away from the screen and join us for a special episode of the Technecast on “Utopia(s) & the Commons.” Dr Robin van den Akker (Senior Lecturer at Erasmus University, Rotterdam) and Raphael Kabo (PhD 2020, Birkbeck) will each discuss how reframing the past can help build the future, and how this manifests in contemporary culture. Key terms are “metamodernism”, “utopia” and “the commons”. The podcast will become available on the Technecast platform at 8am on the morning of 6 July. Please subscribe to the podcast by searching “Technecast” on your favourite podcasting app, or visit the website on the day: www.soundcloud.com/technecast

11.45 to 12.30: This session will start with off-screen time to listen to the podcast - sit down and grab a drink, or go for a walk while you listen.

12.30 to 13.00: Join us on Zoom for a 30-minute panel discussion and Q&A to discuss the contributions.

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11.45 to 13.00

Techne Drop-In

This session will be held in the virtual Congress space on Gather. Please follow this link to access the Gather space, and follow the sign to the classroom area.

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Do you have questions about Techne funding, how to apply for stipend extensions for placements, or about running Techne student-led events? Come along to our Techne drop-in to speak to one of our Techne administrators: Louise Davies (Techne Manager), Carol Hughes (Techne Administrator - Funding & Recruitment), Emma Molyneux (Techne Administrator - Training and Communications) and Michelle Snelling (Techne Training Officer).

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13.00 to 14.00

Technecast Drop-In

This session will be held in the virtual Congress space on Gather.

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Want to know more about how to contribute to our Technecast podcast, or have questions about recording your podcast? Polly Hember and Julien Clin from our Technecast team will be in the Gather social space waiting to chat to you and answer your questions during this lunch break. Please follow this link to access the Gather space, and look for Polly and Julien in the foyer area.

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13.30 to 13.45

Student Poster Conversations

This session will be held in the virtual Congress space on Gather. Please follow this link to access the Gather space, and follow the sign to the posters room.

 

Some of our Techne students are busy creating posters relating to their research, which will be on display on Gather throughout the Congress. Although you can view the posters at any time, the students who have made them will be present in the poster room on Gather to talk about their research during this time slot - please drop in during those times to ask questions and hear more about their research.

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14.00 to 15.00

Keynote Lecture: Justice in the Post-public Sphere: The New Challenge for Global Communication Governance - Anita Gurumurthy

This session will be held on Zoom.

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Anita Gurumurthy is a founding member and executive director of IT for Change (ITfC) where she leads research on emerging issues in the digital context such as the platform economy, data and AI governance, democracy in the digital age and feminist frameworks on digital justice. She also directs ITfC’s field resource centre that works with grassroots rural communities on ‘technology for social change’ models. Anita actively engages in national and international advocacy on digital rights and contributes regularly to academic and media spaces. More information about this lecture TBC.

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15.30 to 16.45

Digital/Data Justice and Social Movements - Prof. Thomas Tufte, Dr Emiliano Treré, Dr Paola Ricaurte, Dr Maria Bogdan, Dr Rafael Grohmann

This session will be held on Zoom.

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This roundtable discussion will focus on issues of datafication, digital access, justice and inequalities. It will bring together academics working on a range of empirical and contexts (digital exclusion of Roma communities in eastern Europe, gig economy/work and datafication in Brazil, data epistemologies and colonial power in Mexico, and data justice in the Global South). The panel will contemplate questions on the impact of COVID-19 on issues of voice, agency, data inclusion and poverty as well as digital justice.

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15.30 to 16.45

Exploring Imagine PhD

This session will be held in the virtual Congress space on Gather. Please follow this link to access the Gather space, and follow the sign to the classroom area to join the session.

 

During this session participants will be introduced to and have an opportunity to explore and discuss the Imagine PhD online careers resource for humanities and social sciences PhD graduates (https://www.imaginephd.com/). This session is part of a Techne-funded project to build companion resources relevant to PhD careers the UK context including resources created with Techne partners. We begin with an orientation of the website and key resources, followed by time for individual of the self-assessment tools and the job family resources. As the self-directed exploration is taking place, breakout spaces will be running for participants to join small-group reflection and discussions with careers consultants. Participants are welcome to begin exploration the self-assessments and job families in advance in order to make more use of the opportunity to discuss insights with peers and facilitators. This session will be jointly run by the Techne careers consultant and careers advisors and academics from Loughborough University London and the University of Surrey. The session takes place in the classroom on Gather.

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*Please note, the Imagine PhD Part 2 networking session will no longer run. Participants are encouraged to join the ‘How To Network For a Placement or Job’ session at 10-11:15 on July 6, and are welcome to discuss networking strategies with facilitators during the Imagine PhD session.  

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