The MCFly co-editors have been invited to run a workshop at an academic talk-fest, on the subject of Manchester’s climate efforts. We said “yes if we can also run a session on the (potential and actual) role academics play in supporting social movements.” It’s all kicking off very imminently. We will be using “ASK” methodology to do this (Novice Lines and small group work).
Anyway, here’s the video. It’s crude (rough) and a first draft – “published in beta” as some of the young folk say. If we found the time to polish the …., what should we add, leave out, change? And if you’re a graphic designer wot would want to help out, please get in touch…
PS If you want to have a laugh about some academics, then there is this fish-barrel-shotgun blog post from a while back…
https://manchesterclimatemonthly.net/2012/12/26/not-news-flash-academics-in-laughable-jargon-shocker/
PPS If you want to have a cry about some academics, then there is this fish-barrel-shotgun post from a further while back…
https://manchesterclimatemonthly.net/2012/06/23/event-report-a-game-of-one-half-witnessed/
PPPS If you want to see how academics could tackle relevant theory and produce useful information for social movements, here’s this from a whiler backer still…
https://manchesterclimatemonthly.net/2012/06/23/article-review-growing-grassroots-innovations/
manchester climate monthly 
Academics pitch in to climate change here:
http://www.acme-journal.org/volume12-1.html
Can’t understand Eric’s piece but some others seem pretty anguished whilst posing for an outdoor video event
ooh, thank you (non-sarcastic!!).
Some more things to read on the stepper. David Featherstone is well cool, imho (an old friend of the wife’s – I’ve met him once).
Best wishes
Marc Hudson
Hi.
If what you really want to get across is the lack of action by Manchester Council, the preamble about the history of climate change is too long – cut to the chase. It feels like a talk rather than a video – a talk in parallel with, but not related to, a slide show. If you just want to use images as visual aids, maybe fewer of them? But ideally get some movement in there, and maybe some of the material delivered directly to camera.
‘Joe and Joan Bloggs’ – really? 🙂
Thanks for this – you are right. I was using the video to make sure that my presentation to a bunch of PhD students didn’t go on for the whole 90 mins that we had with them, because we wanted to run novice lines etc. In that it worked, but the video doesn’t succeed in killing two birds with one stone, so will need major re-engineering. Watch this space, and if you want to meet for a beer, let us know…
Marc Hudson
PS that’s meant constructively – hope your ‘telling it like it is’ principles extend to being on the receiving end. 😉
No, absolutely not. HOW DARE you criticise us in th… no, wait… 🙂