Past events
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'Fare Money' Stories: Transportation and everyday practices in the periphery of Rio de Janeiro
15:00 - 16:30 25 February 2025
This presentation contributes to ongoing debates on Southern urbanisms by arguing that taking money seriously - as a practical, moral and material issue and as an integral part of the production of infrastructures - can offer us new insights into the urban experience among the racialized poor in the...
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MIOIR Seminar Series - Artificial Intelligence, between industrial dynamics and industrial policy
15:30 - 16:30 24 February 2025
Artificial Intelligence, between industrial dynamics and industrial policy In this talk, I will combine three of my ongoing projects to offer a bird's eye view of important trajectories in AI economics research: whether AI is poised to follow industry-life cycle patterns; whether software-hardware tandems...
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International Mother Language Day 2025: Not all accents are created equal
12:00 - 13:00 21 February 2025
Not all accents are created equal: A discussion of accentism within British teacher training Join the Linguistic Diversity Collective for a talk by Dr Alex Baratta on accent bias to mark International Mother Language Day 2025. A study involving 41 British teachers, most of whom were...
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International Mother Language Day 2025: Looking for languages trail
13:00 - 16:00 21 February 2025
The Linguistic Diversity Collective invites you to join us for some half-term fun to celebrate International Mother Language Day at Manchester Museum. Grab your activity sheet and follow the language-themed trail around the museum’s enchanting collections, thinking about your own language(s) along...
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Book Launch: 'Beyond the Chair' by Paul Doyle
16:00 - 18:30 21 February 2025
Join us at the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures for the launch of 'Beyond the Chair', a new book by Manchester Metropolitan University Postgraduate Researcher Paul Doyle Paul has Cerebral Palsy, which has a significant impact on his motor functions and speech. Despite the barriers he faced Paul...
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