ACT Research Seminar with Professor Emily Caston, University of West London
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RCH/004, Ron Cooke Hub, Campus East, University of York (Map)
Event details
Join us for this weeks ACT research seminar. The seminars take place once a month during teaching weeks. Lunch will be provided. See you there!
MAPPING CLUSTERS with The Data City and Archives
In this talk, Emily Caston discusses cluster mapping undertaken for a major new report commissioned by the Creative Enterprise Zones in West London. Caston collaborated with The Data City which worked recently for DSIT to map the UK”s innovation clusters. This approach enabled her to identify businesses that had not previously been captured in analyses by the BFI or Creative Industries PEC, and the results reveal a significantly larger and more diverse cluster than had previously been documented. Her methodology also enabled her to connect this cluster mapping with historical archive data on the early emergence of the West London screen industries prior to WWII. Caston reflects on the findings and the methodological challenges involved in undertaking this research.
About the speaker
Emily is Professor of Screen Industries at the University of West London, where she is Director of the Public Research Institute of Screen Media (PRISM). She holds a PhD and undergraduate degree from the University of Cambridge, and an MA in Cinema and Television History from Birkbeck College, the University of London. A former Executive Producer at Ridley Scott Associates, Caston is a Trustee of the Film and TV Charity, a former Board Member of Film London and a member of BAFTA. She has held multiple UKRI and British Academy research grants, published two books and many peer reviewed papers on the UK’s screen industries. Her books on the history of screen advertising (Bloomsbury) and the history of London’s screen industries (Routledge) are due for publication in 2027.
Venue details
Wheelchair accessible