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SUMMARY:The Hidden Architecture: Systems that Shape Research Culture
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for an informal research café exploring how the infra
 structures available dictate the boundaries of the research done.\n\nUni
 versities and cultural institutions must change to allow interdisciplina
 ry\, collaborative research to flourish. This ambition takes many forms 
 – from building shared digital systems to partnering equitably with comm
 unities and embracing the civic purpose of our institutions. Yet these t
 ransformative projects are often held back by a legacy of interrelated t
 echnical and administrative systems.\n\nThese frameworks actively permit
  certain actions while structurally inhibiting others. Within universiti
 es and cultural institutions alike\, this soft infrastructure tends to e
 nable traditional\, siloed work but constrains collaborative\, cross-bou
 ndary projects. From research bid conventions to information inaccessibi
 lity\, and from finance protocols to metadata incompatibility\, the outc
 ome is the same: the infrastructure dictates the boundaries of the resea
 rch.\n\nThis Research Café provides a space for information-sharing and 
 collaborative problem-solving between academic researchers\, GLAM profes
 sionals\, and digital practitioners. How exactly does our shared infrast
 ructure inhibit our practice\, and what essential work are our current s
 ystems failing to support? What informal workarounds are you using to by
 pass these constraints today? And how do we move beyond these temporary 
 stopgaps to redesign the infrastructure itself? Join us on July 8th at C
 ontact Theatre to collectively outline the structural shifts required to
  build an environment that genuinely enables equitable\, cross-instituti
 onal innovation.
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TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Contact Theatre\, Oxford Road\, Manchester\, M15 6JA
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