About the Author: Peter Arnds is the Director of the MPhil. in Comparative Literature at Trinity College Dublin. His current research examines the links between cultural production and species politics as well as the philosophy of walking in world literature. He is a member of the PEN Centre for German-Speaking […]
Virtually Visiting Val Grande Parco Nationale – Comuniterrae Project
Commonlands: A Rural Participatory Path of Territorial Enhancement in the Southern Aps of Italy This week I participated in a virtual visit of the Commonlands in ValGrande, Italy. The three-day visit, focused on the Comuniterrae Project funded by Creative Europe, was hosted by Cultural Heritage in Action. Read a quick […]
The Walking Meeting In Lockdown Times
This is sort of a follow-up to my post on the idea of the Virtual Power Hour for academic productivity during COVID. I have been talking ‘Walking Meetings” lately and have made a few observations that I wanted to share. From my experience to date, a Walking Meeting is usually […]
European Heritage & Identity: Stories from Border Regions – A Virtual Panel
My inspiration for organising this event I completed my PhD in Digital Humanities at Trinity College Dublin at the end of 2020. My research focuses on the use of transmedia storytelling for cultural heritage projects for public audiences. I am now a Postdoctoral Researcher at Studio Europa and my project […]
What is Community-Engaged Research in Higher Education?
My Research Approach – Engaging Communities Earlier this week I had some virtual meetings with some new colleagues in Maastricht and a theme that arose was our shared value and approach of “community-engaged research.” I realised how stimulating it is to speak with others who are using this approach, but […]