Yasmin Thomas has just finished as a Junior Digital Producer at Knowle West Media Centre. Here she looks back at her time working on the Who Decides What’s in my Fridge? project. I have lived in Knowle West since the age of four, but I didn’t know that my first role in the media and arts […]
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Mark Stephens, CBE Q & A Lecture at Single Parent Action Network
Friday 20th of May, 10-12 followed by lunch and conversation 12-2. Described as the ‘Patron solicitor of previously lost causes’ renowned media and human rights lawyer, Mark Stephens is coming to the Single Parent Action Network (SPAN). The Productive Margins ‘life-chances’ research program has been investigating experiences of regulatory bodies, poverty and routes out of […]
Welcome to Productive Margins new website
After a 6 month labour of love we are launching our new more interactive, reflective and user friendly website! Here you will find multidisciplinary projects’ outputs, reflections on co-production and a range of resources. We wanted a website that, besides communicating research news and outputs, would enable us to share our experience of the dilemmas […]
Made in Knowle West
Did you know that Ribena was first made in Bristol not far from Knowle West? Join us for ‘Made in Knowle West’, an afternoon of creating new delicious drinks, celebrating both our local landscape and the creativity of residents. In the afternoon we will search the local landscape for fruit and herbs to make summer drinks and other seasonal […]
COOK ‘N CONVERSE – ‘TOO MANY TAKEAWAYS!’
The Cook & Converse events bring together those facing significant challenges when it comes to accessing good healthy food, with those in a position to do something about it. Through a cooking demonstration showing people how to make their own breaded chicken, homemade slaw and sweet potato chips, participants will be given suggestions as to […]
Who decides what is in my fridge? Interactive fridge survey results
On Saturday 16th April Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC) and their team of Junior Digital Producers (JDPs) worked with Knowle West organisations and local residents to stage a celebration of all things food – from the produce grown in local gardens to meals freshly cooked in homes. For the last six months the JDPs have […]
A View from 2014: Looking Back, Moving Forwards by Helen Thomas-Hughes
What follows here is an extract all about Productive Margins, Regulation and Co-Production from own ill-fated and much neglected blog which I started when I began working on PM. My dive into blogging was on the back of sound advice from colleagues that my ‘online presence’ would be an essential block in any attempt to […]
Artist Commission: Bristol-based food project
Productive Margins is seeking an artist or collective/team to work collaboratively on a socially engaged arts project exploring access to food in community settings in Bristol. Applications are invited from from artists and creative practitioners from a range of disciplines including visual arts, performance, installation, and public art. The project will run from May to July 2016 and the […]
Eat and Greet and Knowle West Media Centre
Productive Margins invites you to KWMC EAT and GREET event. This Saturday, 11-3.30pm – all welcome!
Know Your Bristol Co-Production Video
The following animation attempts to answer in less than a minute and a half, a key question that has run through Know Your Bristol – and indeed through Productive Margins What is Co-production
