Scoop June 2011
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==SATURDAY 18 JUNE in The CUBE AT THE FORUM== | ==SATURDAY 18 JUNE in The CUBE AT THE FORUM== | ||
Dr. Sheila Aikman will talk on ‘Gold Exploration and the Indigenous Peoples of the Peruvian Amazon’ | Dr. Sheila Aikman will talk on ‘Gold Exploration and the Indigenous Peoples of the Peruvian Amazon’ | ||
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| + | ==Cafe Conversations - Aladdin's Cafe, Magdalen Street== | ||
| + | Hot topics will be discussed in a series of cafes run by UEA MED lecturer Dr Stefi Barna. Free of charge and all welcome. The cafe conversations are sponsored by CUE East, Magdalen Street Celebration and Transition Norwich. More details and full programme at: http://www.uea.ac.uk/ssf/cue-east/events | ||
| + | ===COMMUTE, WORK, COMMUTE, SLEEP... WHAT IS WORK/LIFE BALANCE? Wed, 1 June, 12.30=== | ||
| + | What is the relationship between 'work' and 'life'? Does a 'work/life balance' suggest that | ||
| + | when we're working we're not really living? Is work simply the means by which we | ||
| + | acquire resources to keep us alive? These are some of the questions we'll discuss, and I'll | ||
| + | outline ways in which people thought differently about the relationship between work and | ||
| + | life in the past. | ||
| + | Ross Wilson | ||
| + | School of | ||
| + | Literature and | ||
| + | Creative Writing | ||
| + | ===INTRODUCTION TO TRANSLATION, Saturday, 4 June, 3 pm=== | ||
| + | What is involved in translating a piece of writing from one language to another? After a | ||
| + | general background to what translation is, we will practice a short translation/adaptation | ||
| + | exercise together, either into another language or from English to English. | ||
| - | + | BJ Epstein | |
| + | School of | ||
| + | Literature & | ||
| + | Creative Writing | ||
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| + | ===BIOPLASTICS: WASTE PRODUCT OR GOLD MINE? tbc=== | ||
| + | The food and drink industry generates 12.6 million tonnes of waste per year, more than | ||
| + | 10% of UK’s total. Can food waste be used to make ‘bioplastics’ for packaging and other | ||
| + | sustainable materials? | ||
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| + | Dominique | ||
| + | Georget | ||
| + | School of | ||
| + | Chemistry | ||
==Peace Camp & Peace Cycle Saturday 25th June 2011, 10 am - 4 pm (tbc), Forum== | ==Peace Camp & Peace Cycle Saturday 25th June 2011, 10 am - 4 pm (tbc), Forum== | ||
[[Image: NorwichPeaceCamp.jpg|left|100px|Norwich Peace Camp Logo]] | [[Image: NorwichPeaceCamp.jpg|left|100px|Norwich Peace Camp Logo]] | ||
