Virtual walks and talks
Join us for an explanation of what makes Morecambe Bay such a special place for nature and wildlife.
Activities
We work with our partners and members of the public to jointly define and co-create diverse routes to different future places.
The Future Places Centre is undertaking numerous activities. each of these relates to its themes of the natural environment, the built environment and healthy living, and each is addressed in ways that combine the ambitions of the centre with its partners (such as Eden North) with communities that are interested. The Centre is always keen to welcome new collaborators as well as develop new activities under the auspices of its themes.
Current and recent activities
Accordion
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Measures that Matter’ workshop (20th October 2020)
This online event sought to explore how changes in the Bay Area might be judged, the focus of such changes and the human networks required to achieve them. Read the blog on our website.
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A 'Call to Action' video to launch the FPC
The Centre commissioned a ‘Call to Action’ video, which summarises some of the points of view relevant to change in the Bay, and how these might be addressed.
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Cartographic Interventions
The Centre is currently supporting a programme of ‘Cartographic Interventions’.
These are a series of creative explorations of maps about the Bay and its inhabitants. The Interventions will be reporting their activities from May 14th.
- To view the outcomes, please visit Cartographic Interventions
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A 'Writer in Residence'
The Centre is supporting a programme of research looking at the stories told about the North West and how these shape our understanding. Karan Lloyd is our 'Writer in Residence'.
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The Future Places Environmental Essay and Poetry Prize
The Centre is delighted to announce the launch of The Future Places Environmental Essay and Poetry Prize, in partnership with Eden North, Iceland, Kendal Mountain Literature Festival and Saraband publishers.
- To see full details please visit the Environmental Essay and Poetry Prize website.
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Workshops on Innovations in Social Housing and Care Homes
A series of workshops on Innovations in Social Housing and Care Homes are being planned. These will explore how data and other digitally enabled tools can help enrich the experience of living in the domestic space.
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Pop-up Common Rooms for campus researchers
The FPC is hosting a series of Pop-UP Common Rooms for researchers to meet and exchange their ambitions and findings. For invitations to these Pop Ups, please contact fpc@lancaster.ac.uk. To find out more about the breadth of research going on across the Bay read our briefing from the first pop up.
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Mapping the research landscape of Morecambe Bay
The FPC has created a 'Map of Who?' and a 'Map of Where?' with the aim of capturing the rich diversity of research being carried out across the Bay and shared in our 'Pop up Common Rooms'.
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The Future Places Centre Walking Trails
We're hosting a series of interactive walking trails around the Bay. These trails combine visiting physical places with digital content to explore our connection to place, environment and people. Our first trail 'Lancaster's Food Growing Hope Spots' is based in Lancaster City Centre and explores how different urban spaces could be used for food growing.
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Reimagining Landscape: Environment Communication and the Humanities Conference
A Future Places Centre Conference at Lancaster University 7th – 8th July 2022
The Reimagining Landscape conference is called to help us reconfigure our relationships with the natural world. At this time of unprecedented change, our keynote speakers and panel discussions will open dialogue towards new ways in which literature and the arts can disseminate environmental issues and foster engagement amongst the wider community.
For more information visit the Reimagining Landscape webpage