52 Resident Thinkers
From the moment the expedition team set sail to the Arctic in September 2011 until the final weekend of the Cultural Olympiad in September 2012, Nowhereisland will have a different Resident Thinker each week. Our 52 Resident Thinkers will be drawn from environmentalism to peace activism, broadcasting to stand-up comedy, sustainable farming to human rights. Each week’s letter will be the focus of live public discussion here online and you can follow previous conversations in response to previous thinkers here.
Nowhereisland Resident Thinkers have used the opportunity to test out new ideas about how we might shape our society. These propositions are independent views, imagining Nowhereisland as a place where we might begin again.
The Resident Thinkers programme is published by Situations at the University of the West of England, Bristol, 2012. The views expressed in the Resident Thinkers programme are those of the author and not necessarily those of the Publisher. May Contain Strong Language.
Week 8: 30 October 2011
Kieron Kirkland
Researcher in digital technologies and moonlighting magician
Week 10: 13 November 2011
Stephen Pax Leonard
Research Associate at the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge
Week 11: 20 November 2011
Steve Trent
Executive Director, Environmental Justice Foundation
Consider what it means to be deprived of your roots and home
Week 12: 27 November 2011
Zohra Moosa
Women’s Rights Advisor at ActionAid UK
Start with the challenge that divides one half of our populations from the other
Week 18: 8 January 2012
Marcus du Sautoy
Professor of Mathematics and Public Understanding of Science, Oxford
Week 21: 29 January 2012
Carl Gardner
Writer, lecturer and consultant specialising in constitutional law
Week 22: 5 February 2012
Keri Smith
Illustrator, thinker and author of 'How to be an Explorer of the World'
Week 23: 13 February 2012
Peter Tatchell
Human Rights Campaigner, Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation
Week 24: 19 February 2012
Dr. Sam Thompson
Psychologist and policy analyst specialising in wellbeing and happiness
Week 29: 26 March 2012
Thomas Thwaites
Designer specialising in technology, science and futures research
Week 37: 19 May 2012
Room 13 Hareclive
Independent artists’ studio run by children for children
Week 42: 10 June 2012
Ian Phenna in association with Upfest
Graffiti Artist
