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“Inspirational”, “fantastic”, “an unexpected delight”

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To celebrate Coventry’s bid for the City of Culture (2021), Dr Emma Parfitt, IAS ECF Fellow, University of Warwick, and Fargo village created an exhibition in the centre of Coventry on the 26th November 2016. The exhibition involved 17 artists (from all mediums and crafts) and doctoral students at the University of Warwick. The artists created pieces based on research. This event was an exciting opportunity to bring members of the public, artists and academics together with the aim of bridging the divides between art-science and academia-community.   226 people from Coventry came to the exhibition. Looking into the exhibition what struck me the most was how throughout the day there were always conversations going on. It was a lively, welcoming, social space, with kids, and perhaps I should say kids of all ages, engaging with the artists, researchers and the work that had been produced. Some comments about the collaborations for example were: Useful to see research next t...

World War Z (a film about a zombie apocalypse)

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    I was asked by Iggy to prepare a Sociological reply to the following questions regarding the film World War Z. First I would like to say that I did not enjoy this film. I was bored. This is a personal option, yet, if you want to see a good zombie movie I would recommend the following (in no particular order):   Night of the living dead 28 days later Warm bodies Zombieland   The questions I was asked to consider were, if a zombie outbreak occurred: *What is the most realistic human reaction to the crisis? *In what order would society break down? *Would humanity come together or would it be a case of every man for himself?   Question one: What is the most realistic human reaction to the crisis? Firstly, it is unlikely that social structures would break down (sorry to disappoint). Obviously such themes thrive on dooms day scenarios. But it isn’t real. Investigating the World Health Organisations previous respo...