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Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · 22d

How can Bristol communities support migrant families better?

The Find Your Village project shows how peer support in the first 1,001 days boosts wellbeing, trust & child development.

📖 theconversation.com/focusing-on-...
✒️ @profdebw.bsky.social and Tom Allport

#CommunityHealth #PeerSupport

Focusing on children’s first 1,001 days can build neighbourhood support for migrant families

Peer support can help parents build secure relationships and grow in confidence bringing up their children.

theconversation.com

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Debbie Watson @profdebw.bsky.social · Aug 21

A fantastic opportunity to challenge the impact of technological advancements on humanity - do come along!

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ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures @sociodigfutures.bsky.social · Aug 21

Reserve your webinar place now!

Charisse Louw, researcher at Stellenbosch University who visited us in the summer, will be hosting two webinars this autumn with @britsoci.bsky.social British Sociological Association:

📍 6 October seminar: 👉 bit.ly/3JjQpDI

📍 27 October workshop: 👉 bit.ly/3HxInGL

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School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol @uob-policystudies.bsky.social · Jun 20

Prof Debbie Watson @profdebw.bsky.social teams up with
Baroness Anne Longfield, Executive Chair of Centre for Young Lives, on #BBCWomansHour to promote the creation of more outdoor spaces for children to play and grow!🌳✨ @cfyounglives.bsky.social

Listen again at 49.06
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Woman's Hour - Comedian Rosie Jones, Grooming gangs, Playing outside - BBC Sounds

Actor, comedian and writer Rosie Jones joins us to discuss her first sitcom, Pushers.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Debbie Watson @profdebw.bsky.social · Jun 19

Such a fabulous opportunity to champion the importance of supporting all children to play in unstructured ways and enjoy the freedoms we assume come with being a child!

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Debbie Watson @profdebw.bsky.social · May 29

This will be a fabulous day! Do sign up if you are interested

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Debbie Watson @profdebw.bsky.social · May 2

This promises to be a fantastic international conference- do consider registering and joining us in Bristol!

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Florie Schmits @florieschmits.bsky.social · Mar 25

I am excited to announce that the first International Child and Family Conference is now open for registration to all delegates. Join us 17-19 June at the University of Bristol.

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Debbie Watson @profdebw.bsky.social · Mar 21

Children's encounters with nature through art-making in the city- read our new paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... thanks @hellobrigstow.bsky.social

Multi-species encounters in the city: a more-than-human perspective on children’s arts-based exploration of urban natural spaces

In this paper, we suggest that being with/in nature is important for all children but is experienced differently, particularly for urban or city-dwelling children. Recent anxiety about marginalised...

www.tandfonline.com

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Debbie Watson @profdebw.bsky.social · Mar 7

Are you a social worker working with foster carers and adoptive parents about difficult conversations they need to have with their child/ren? Free training films and resources available here: difficultconversations.info

difficultconversations.info

Debbie Watson @profdebw.bsky.social · Feb 28

Call for papers! Materiality, society and the more-than-human conference takes place in London this June. Innovative presentation styles welcome! Deadline 7 April. @sociodigfutures.bsky.social

More details- www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

Materiality, society and the more-than-human

www.britsoc.co.uk

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Debbie Watson @profdebw.bsky.social · Feb 10

Looking forward to speaking at this event - do register if you are interested - it is hybrid!

Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · Feb 10

This fantastic hybrid event at @londonmuseum.bsky.social invites participants to reflect on the potential of participatory research in museums and how it can shape more equitable and inclusive practices.

Speakers include Brigstow's @profdebw.bsky.social

www.londonmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/ref...

Reframing museum-based research: Exploring participatory practices

www.londonmuseum.org.uk

Debbie Watson @profdebw.bsky.social · Jan 15

We have been honoured to work with young people to think about how technologies could be influencing their futures and what they can do about this

Debbie Watson @profdebw.bsky.social · Jan 9

We are very excited to see how these projects develop

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Debbie Watson @profdebw.bsky.social · Dec 19

Wishing you all a restful and fun filled festive break!

Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · Dec 19

Seasons Greetings from the Brigstow Team!
We hope that this season brings you joy, connection and peace.

Brigstow will be closed 24th Dec 2024 - 2 Jan 2025 inclusive. We look forward to spending the new year supporting even more interdisciplinary, co-produced and creative research activities!

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Marianna Dudley @dudleymarianna.bsky.social · Dec 19

One of my year highlights was working on this project. We explored how to make sense of the Anthropocene and its casting backwards and forwards in time, the long lives of some materials, and how wasting generates meaning and value. You can view the zine we made at the link.

Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social · Dec 19

Join "Wasting Time" on a journey that moves from deep history to the deep future, as they use speculative storytelling and creative practices to follow wastes and their processes, to bring different aspects of the Anthropocene into focus.

Zine: brigstow-institute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/wasting-time...

Wasting Time Zine

Welcome to the Wasting Time zine! Come with us on a journey that moves from deep history to the deep future, as we use speculative storytelling and creative practices to follow wastes and their proces...

brigstow-institute.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

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ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures @sociodigfutures.bsky.social · Dec 10

New to the Centre for Sociodigital Futures? We're an interdisciplinary research centre exploring sociodigital futures in the making. We're funded by the ESRC & based @bristoluni.bsky.social in collaboration with 12 other universities.

Read more about the Centre at www.bristol.ac.uk/research/cen...

About the Centre

Founded in 2022, the Centre for Sociodigital Futures (CenSoF) is a flagship £10m research centre, funded by the ESRC and led by the University of Bristol in collaboration with 12 other Universities in...

www.bristol.ac.uk

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Dec 10

This paper involved the great team of Carolina Valladares Celis @arathings.bsky.social Jess Pykett and @kerifacer.bsky.social as part of our work @sociodigfutures.bsky.social

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ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures @sociodigfutures.bsky.social · Dec 10

Hear our Co-directors @susanjhalford.bsky.social and Dale Southerton discuss how sociodigital futures are shaping the world today and ways the Centre’s research aims to make a difference in the present.
youtu.be/3axk3L5xUxo

What are sociodigital futures? | Centre for Sociodigital Futures

YouTube video by University of Bristol

youtu.be

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