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Public Engagement in Classics CX276/376

 

Public Engagement General

Being Human Festival website https://beinghumanfestival.org

Being Human Festival website – Case Studies broad humanities focus, with some classically-inspired projects) (https://beinghumanfestival.org/apply/case-studies/

Boyask, Ruth; Katy Vigurs Developing a methodology for public engagement with critical research in Policy Futures in Education Article (02/2018)

Chivers, Barbara and Michael Shoolbred A Student′s Guide to Presentations : Making your Presentation Count - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/warw/detail.action?docID=420910

Dolan, Erin L. Education outreach and public engagement, 2008 (eBook)

Duncan, Sophie and Suzanne Spicer (2010), ‘The engaging researcher: inspiring people to engage with your research’, Cambridge: Vitae. (https://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/sites/default/files/publication/the-engaging-researchervitae-2010.pdf)

Hart, Angie; Simon Northmore Auditing and Evaluating University-Community Engagement: Lessons from a UK Case Study in Higher Education Quarterly (01/2011) https://content.ebscohost.com/ContentServer.asp?EbscoContent=dGJyMMTo50Seprc4yOvqOLCmsEmep7RSrqy4TLOWxWXS&ContentCustomer=dGJyMPGntk60p65Juerwgd%2FiuY%2Fx1%2B6B&T=P&P=AN&S=R&D=ehh&K=57056203

Langdridge, Darren; Jacqui Gabb; Jamie Lawson Art as a pathway to impact: Understanding the affective experience of public engagement with film in The Sociological Review 05/2019

NCCPE case studies - https://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/do-engagement/inspire-me/case-studies

NCCPE on Websites - https://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/do-engagement/choose-method/websites

NCCPE - How to evaluate PE https://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/sites/default/files/publication/evaluating_your_public_engagement_work.pdf -

NCCPE - Who are the public? https://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/about-engagement/who-are-public

NCCPE - Working with Museums and Libraries https://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/do-engagement/partnership-working/working-with-museums-and-libraries

This UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) https://www.ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/UKRI-1610202-Vision-for-public-engagement.pdf produced in 2019 sets out UKRI’s vision for public engagement. Further sources of information relating to public engagement with research are also accessible via UKRI website https://www.ukri.org/our-work/public-engagement/involving-people-in-research/

Engagement in Humanities

Eades, Michael – the Being Human festival (https://beinghumanfestival.org/) - an annual national festival, based in the UK, during which humanities researchers share their work at events aimed at non-specialist audiences)

Eades, Michael (2016), ‘Kindred spirits’, Arts Professional 10th November 2016. https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/299/feature/kindred-spirits

Classics Engagement

Ancient Drama festival https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/research/outreach/dramafestival/

ICS course recommended sources - https://port.sas.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=170

Bodard, Gabriel and Matteo Romanello Digital classics outside the echo-chamber : teaching, knowledge exchange and public engagement (eBook) 2016

Bridges, E. Public Engagement with Classics Research in the UK: A Survey https://cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2019/10/BRIDGES-Public-Engagement-in-Classics-Survey.pdf

Hughes, Jessica – Classics Confidential (https://classicsconfidential.co.uk/) - a podcast series sharing Classics research

Masseglia, J. (2014). The Ashmolean Latin Inscriptions Project (AshLI). Bringing epigraphic research to museum visitors and schools https://www.eagle-network.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Masseglia-THE-ASHMOLEAN-LATIN-INSCRIPTIONS-PROJECT-AshLI.pdf

Scott, M. Students engage: the future of engagement at universities https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2020/11/11/students-engage-the-future-ofengagement-at-universities/

Scott, M Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profmichaelscott

WCN - https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/warwickclassicsnetwork - specifically #AskAnAcademic videos etc. https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/warwickclassicsnetwork/stoa/videosetc/ and Events https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/warwickclassicsnetwork/events/

Storytelling

Gottschall, Jonathan The storytelling animal: how stories make us human (1 print copy in library) – is it possible to get as an e-book or get another print for 3-day loan?

Pollock, Timothy G. How to use storytelling in your academic writing: techniques for engaging readers and successfully navigating the writing and publishing processes (eBook)

Storr, Will The Science of Storytelling (3 print copies) - is it possible to get as an e-book?

Yorke, John Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them (eBook)

Classics Engagement on TV/books/media

TV

Invisible Cities/Ancient Cities/Delphi/Greatest Show on Earth – Michael Scott (YouTube) https://michaelscottweb.com/profile/documentaries/

In Search of the Trojan War – Michael Wood BBC (YouTube)

Books

Davidson, James Courtesans & Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens (1999) (eBook)

Scott, Michael Delphi : A History of the Center of the Ancient World (2014) (eBook)

Print Media

Tutankhamen discovery - https://www.newspapers.com/topics/world-history/king-tuts-tomb/

Alexander tomb https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1266504/egypt-news-alexander-great-tomb-memphis-saqqara-alexandria-oracle-amun-spt

https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/08/alexander-the-great-tomb-new-theory-location/

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/2019/03/new-clues-lost-tomb-alexander-great-discovered-egypt

Redefining Classics

Zuckerberg, Donna Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age (eBook)

Zuckerberg, Donna - https://eidolon.pub/so-i-wrote-a-thing-6726d9449a2b

Social Media

Classics Twitter – the horror, the horror

 

 Bibliography by Week:

 

Week 1: What is Public Engagement in Classics and why does it matter?

Bridges, E. Public Engagement with Classics Research in the UK: A Survey https://cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2019/10/BRIDGES-Public-Engagement-in-Classics-Survey.pdf

Gottschall, Jonathan The storytelling animal: how stories make us human (print)

Pollock, Timothy G. How to use storytelling in your academic writing: techniques for engaging readers and successfully navigating the writing and publishing processes (eBook)

Storr, Will The Science of Storytelling (print)

Yorke, John Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them (eBook)

This UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) https://www.ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/UKRI-1610202-Vision-for-public-engagement.pdf produced in 2019 sets out UKRI’s vision for public engagement. Further sources of information relating to public engagement with research are also accessible via UKRI website https://www.ukri.org/our-work/public-engagement/involving-people-in-research/

Warwick’s vision for Public Engagement? https://warwick.ac.uk/wie/

 

Week 2: Who are the ‘Public’? Different ‘Publics’ and types of engagement in Classics

NCCPE - Who are the public? https://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/about-engagement/who-are-public

 

Week 3: The work of the WCN/WIE. Developing a reflective blog post on general issues in Classics Public Engagement [assessment part one]

Ancient Drama festival https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/research/outreach/dramafestival/

WCN - https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/warwickclassicsnetwork - specifically #AskAnAcademic videos etc. https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/warwickclassicsnetwork/stoa/videosetc/ and Events https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/warwickclassicsnetwork/events/

WIE - https://warwick.ac.uk/wie/

 

Week 4: Public Engagement with Research. Seminar 1 – Developing a research-driven Classics engagement project

Bridges, E. Public Engagement with Classics Research in the UK: A Survey https://cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2019/10/BRIDGES-Public-Engagement-in-Classics-Survey.pdf

Duncan, Sophie and Suzanne Spicer ‘The engaging researcher: inspiring people to engage with your research’, (2010). https://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/sites/default/files/publication/the-engaging-researchervitae-2010.pdf

 

Week 5: Engagement techniques, skills, planning; video skills training for vlog/engagement project assessment. Planning of online video reflective piece on specific question on Classics Public Engagement [assessment part two]

Chivers, Barbara and Michael Shoolbred A Student′s Guide to Presentations: Making your Presentation Count - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/warw/detail.action?docID=420910

 

Week 6: Reading Week

 

Week 7: Engaging with schools and museums Seminar 2 – Developing a Classics engagement project [assessment part three]

Dolan, Erin L. Education outreach and public engagement, (2008) (eBook)

NCCPE - Working with Museums and Libraries https://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/do-engagement/partnership-working/working-with-museums-and-libraries

 

Week 8: Digital engagement and creation of online resources; Developing a Classics engagement project continued [assessment part three continued]

Hughes, Jessica – Classics Confidential (https://classicsconfidential.co.uk/) - a podcast series sharing Classics research

WCN - https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/warwickclassicsnetwork - specifically #AskAnAcademic videos etc. https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/warwickclassicsnetwork/stoa/videosetc/ and Events https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/warwickclassicsnetwork/events/

NCCPE on Websites - https://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/do-engagement/choose-method/websites

 

Week 9: Classics Public Engagement in film and media

TV

Invisible Cities/Ancient Cities/Delphi/Greatest Show on Earth – Michael Scott (YouTube) https://michaelscottweb.com/profile/documentaries/

In Search of the Trojan War – Michael Wood BBC (YouTube)

Books

Davidson, James Courtesans & Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens (1999) (eBook)

Scott, Michael Delphi : A History of the Center of the Ancient World (2014) (eBook)

Print Media

Tutankhamen discovery - https://www.newspapers.com/topics/world-history/king-tuts-tomb/

Alexander tomb https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1266504/egypt-news-alexander-great-tomb-memphis-saqqara-alexandria-oracle-amun-spt

https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/08/alexander-the-great-tomb-new-theory-location/

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/2019/03/new-clues-lost-tomb-alexander-great-discovered-egypt

 

Week 10: How do we assess Public Engagement? Feedback and assessment

Boyask, Ruth; Katy Vigurs Developing a methodology for public engagement with critical research in Policy Futures in Education Article (02/2018)

Hart, Angie; Simon Northmore Auditing and Evaluating University-Community Engagement: Lessons from a UK Case Study in Higher Education Quarterly (01/2011) https://content.ebscohost.com/ContentServer.asp?EbscoContent=dGJyMMTo50Seprc4yOvqOLCmsEmep7RSrqy4TLOWxWXS&ContentCustomer=dGJyMPGntk60p65Juerwgd%2FiuY%2Fx1%2B6B&T=P&P=AN&S=R&D=ehh&K=57056203

NCCPE - How to evaluate PE https://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/sites/default/files/publication/evaluating_your_public_engagement_work.pdf