Author Archives: Christina Egan
Social networks — in papercraft and calligraphy
Social networks — in papercraft and calligraphy Did you have a friendship album when you were little? My teachers in primary school were mobbed for entries into our ‘poetry albums’, as they were known in German; my father wrote a … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum Resources
Tagged art education, art history, British Library, exhibitions, Shakespeare, social history
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Bears and bees in the library
You may have been intrigued by the seven book covers posted on our Twitter account without any explanation or link. I hope that the #BookCoverChallenge @IOELibrary and elsewhere has reminded you what a beautiful creation of the human spirit a … Continue reading
Anglo-Saxon art and life – for children and teachers
Golden knots hammered out on jewellery, golden knots painted around pages… a golden knot of letters forming the word ‘Book’, a golden grid of letters with an inbuilt riddle… This exhibition at the British Library held me spellbound, almost as … Continue reading
“Liberty, Fraternity, Labour” : histories of adult education in Germany
What we take for granted today had to be gained in tiny steps, had to be fought for in endless campaigns: learning to read; having something to read; learning to write; being free to write what you think; learning to … Continue reading
Knowledge manufacture at the IOE
Intellectuals like to see themselves as constructors or producers of knowledge – artists and academics, too, make things! Indeed, the Institute of Education, and all of UCL, are huge construction, manufacturing, and storage sites, by which I do not mean … Continue reading
Posted in Library and Archives
Tagged open access, publishing, social justice, UCL IOE Press
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An Erasmus week in Wonderland
Looming gothic spires and elegant baroque buildings… oddly-shaped squares and cobblestoned lanes… rivers and canals cutting across the network of roads and boulevards… flat land full of bikes and then some steep slopes. Which cities of Europe come to your … Continue reading
