Wednesday, 25 February 2009

Psst - what's Cultural Exchanges!?

By Jack O'Sullivan

Right, ok, blogging on the Cultural Exchanges blog... The first port of call was to find out what Cultural Exchanges actually is. The words hung around in my head like a fading smell - I'd heard them before, but it was on one of those occasions where you've more or less only got your brain turned on for the sake of it. Like during adverts or whilst listening to Jeremy Kyle.

Anyway, back on track. My faithful buddy Google knew exactly how to deal with this situation, even kindly correcting my spelling for me after suspecting that I was in fact not intending to search for "cyltural ecchanges" (I should also note that Google achieved this without making me feel like a delinquent). That's what happens when you're trying not to disturb a cat sprawled across your keyboard.

After removing said disgruntled feline, I delved into the hits Google had brought up for me (in 0.31 seconds). The first result seemed suitable, having DMU in the URL, so I clicked away. From the page that flashed up, I discerned that it was a sort of celebration of the Humanities/Art faculties, based initially on the opening of the Clephan building in 2000. This seemed much more plausible than my first theory gleaned from their
advertising logo that it was some kind of obscure tattoo parlour. Many notable guests speakers turn up for the week long festival, and it seems overall to be a very formative experience.

You can expect fascinating talks such as Dr Ian Hunter's "Cult film as a guide to life - which delves into just how emotionally and philosophically attached fans can become of cult movies - ranging all the way to Jonzi D, who will be giving a demonstrative show of "hip hop theatre". That one does sound pretty interesting.

So that's it from me and Google for now, though be sure to look up Cultural Exchanges yourself too! Don't just take our word for it. Learn
more about Cultural Exchanges week.


There is a small fee involved for some of the events, further details can be found by following the above link.

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