{"title": "Archive to Action: Connecting Coastal Community Insights to Policy (Carena seminar)", "start": "2026-11-18T15:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T17:00:00Z", "place": "Birkbeck College", "address": "WC1E 7HX London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/archaeology", "society"], "description": "A seminar and paper presentation exploring how community archives can become active agents in shaping the future. It is hosted at Birkbeck as part of the Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies' series. Speaker Claire Harris, a Palaeolithic and intertidal archaeologist at MOLA and Queen Mary University of London, discusses the Archive to Action project built around the Coasts in Mind Community Archive. This cocreated online platform records coastal communities' lived experience of change so that policymakers can use it within coastal risk governance.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/archive-to-action-connecting-coastal-community-insights-to-p-80558/", "official_url": "https://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event/63972/archive-to-action-connecting-coastal-community-insights-to-policy-carena-seminar", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-18T15:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T17:00:00Z", "place": "Birkbeck College", "address": "WC1E 7HX London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "The Cost of Sustainability: Archaeology and Maritime Dispossession in the Eastern Mediterranean", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T20:00:00Z", "place": "Birkbeck College", "address": "WC1E 7HX London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/archaeology"], "description": "A public talk titled 'The Cost of Sustainability: Archaeology and Maritime Dispossession in the Eastern Mediterranean', given by Georgia Andreou, a Lecturer in Archaeology and Sustainability at the University of Southampton, with Kristin Hopper of Durham University responding. It examines how pursuing heritage and environmental sustainability affects local communities in the Eastern Mediterranean, using maritime heritage examples from Gaza and Cyprus, where rubble-management plans and underwater heritage projects raise ethical, political and environmental questions. The talk is facilitated by the Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies at Birkbeck in partnership with the Palestine Exploration Fund and the Raphael Samuel History Centre.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-cost-of-sustainability-archaeology-and-maritime-disposse-80531/", "official_url": "https://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event/64077/the-cost-of-sustainability-archaeology-and-maritime-dispossession-in-the-eastern-mediterranean", "image": ""}, {"title": "Decolonising Kingston: The Living Archive", "start": "2026-10-30T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T17:00:00Z", "place": "Kingston History Centre", "address": "", "price": "FREE Admission", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/local-history"], "description": "The Living Archive is a community led exhibition exploring how history is recorded, who is remembered and how local people can become active authors of Kingston's story. It was developed through a partnership between the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Kingston Race and Equalities Council, local residents and artists, authors, curators and researchers Jaixia, Rong, and Jacqueline from Sharp Raiser Limited, and is supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The exhibition celebrates the borough's diverse communities and addresses the underrepresentation of marginalized perspectives within local heritage archives, while honouring half a century of Kingston Race and Equalities Council's dedication to race equality, grassroots leadership, and cultural advocacy. Visitors can discover poems, personal stories, interviews, memories and artworks created during the project and contribute something of their own to Kingston's growing Living Archive.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/decolonising-kingston-the-living-archive-36790/", "official_url": "https://www.kingstonheritage.org.uk/events/decolonising-kingston-living-archive", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ce984631e8a6026bf07e259daf9699c69bfd68247f8eeca955640f22353b8582-600.webp"}, {"title": "Conference - Maritime Histories from the Margins: People, Places, and Practices, 1500–Present", "start": "2026-11-11T09:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T17:00:00Z", "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "price": "Adult: £60 | Member: £55 | Early Career Researcher/Student: £30", "price_from": "60.00", "price_to": "60.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/maritime"], "description": "A two-day interdisciplinary conference on maritime histories from around 1500 to the present. 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People from all backgrounds, academic and non-academic, are warmly invited to attend.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/conference-maritime-histories-from-the-margins-people-places-37284/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/conference-maritime-histories-margins-people-places-practices", "image": "https://noky.io/images/611a6bbca41bb79388ca8ea847147219d1cb99d7df33e9425818f356dd21db77-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Bringing Community knowledge into urban planning", "start": "2026-11-19T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Peckham Vision", "address": "Rye Lane 133, SE15 4ST London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/urbanism"], "description": "An evening discussion on bringing community knowledge into urban planning. It follows research developed in partnership between UCL and Peckham Vision. 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The fabric is a travelling piece visiting venues over three years during the refurbishment of RIBA's headquarters, building a community of stitchers. It takes place at The London Archives, a free public archive charting 1,000 years of London's history.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/stitching-time-the-london-archives-65014/", "official_url": "https://www.riba.org/whats-on/stitching-time-the-london-archives-october-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f4411e5c393a51e198d51037293fb158fd29cd88bd3f09327c2603516e2df096-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Against fire and ICE: the lifehouse as community defence", "start": "2026-11-12T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T20:00:00Z", "place": "London School of Economics and Political Science", "address": "Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["nature/climate", "society/activism"], "description": "An in-person public lecture at LSE's Thai Theatre in the Cheng Kin Ku Building, examining how communities can prepare for interlocking crises such as climate emergency and authoritarian rule. It is hosted by LSE's Department of Sociology and chaired by Dr David Madden, with Adam Greenfield speaking and Gargi Bhattacharyya and Dubravka Sekulić as discussants. The talk explores the idea of the lifehouse: how measures that defend a neighbourhood against climate collapse, like cooling rooms and communications networks, can also help it survive hostile authorities, and how such collective capacity can be made durable. 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The season introduces participants to Starting from the Endz, RESOLVE's framework centring the local knowledge, lived experience and creativity of young people as a starting point for collective learning. Activities include emotional mapping, collaborative making sessions and visits to organisations working with and for young people, leading to a youth-led symposium in December 2026.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/season-1-mapping-your-practice-36631/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b1b7873597dbda49982a87f1a64ed4bd5c164b11a0212d66bec9e1f2412bcd86-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Polisonics: Community Listening in Action", "start": "2026-11-19T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-19T20:30:00Z", "place": "The Showroom", "address": "Penfold Street 63, London", "price": "Free, booking essential", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/sound-art", "society/activism"], "description": "A listening session exploring how sound and collective listening can reshape paradigms, challenge systemic inequalities, build communities and resist structural injustice. It is convened by Matt Lewis and Cecilia Wee of the Royal College of Art and facilitated by activist, academic and Migrant Champion for Hackney Manal Massalha, drawing on themes from the book Polisonics: Collective Listening and the Politics of Sound. Working with Radio Alhara, Radio Monteaudio and Grenfell impacted communities and members of the Grenfell Health and Well Being Service, the session features a series of sonic responses followed by discussion with audience members and contributors.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/polisonics-community-listening-in-action-39708/", "official_url": "https://theshowroom.org/events/polisonics-community-listening-in-action", "image": ""}, {"title": "Conference - Maritime Histories from the Margins: People, Places, and Practices, 1500–Present", "start": "2026-11-11T09:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T17:00:00Z", "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "price": "Adult: £60 | Member: £55 | Early Career Researcher/Student: £30", "price_from": "60.00", "price_to": "60.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/maritime"], "description": "A two-day interdisciplinary conference on marginalised maritime histories from around 1500 to the present. It is co-convened by Royal Museums Greenwich and the Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures at the University of Portsmouth. The conference highlights new research on communities and individuals historically underrepresented in maritime narratives, from workers and families to navigators and knowledge-keepers. The fee covers lunches, refreshments and an evening book launch for Black and Asian Seafarers: A Visual History.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/conference-maritime-histories-from-the-margins-people-places-39610/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/conference-maritime-histories-margins-people-places-practices", "image": "https://noky.io/images/611a6bbca41bb79388ca8ea847147219d1cb99d7df33e9425818f356dd21db77-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Walking Tour: mapping histories of migration, community and public art with Kuda Mushangi", "start": "2026-11-07T11:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T13:00:00Z", "place": "Bow Road & Nunnery Gallery, 181-183 Bow Road, London, London, E3 2SJ, United Kingdom", "address": "", "price": "£7.00 – £10.00 (£7 for concessions)", "price_from": "7.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/public-art", "history/migration", "community"], "description": "A guided walking tour exploring Bhajan Hunjan's public art, beginning with samples in the Nunnery Gallery before visiting her public commissions around the local area. It is led by Kuda Mushangi, an award-winning London-based artist and architect whose practice explores migration, memory and belonging. The walk takes in sites speaking to East London's histories of migration, settlement, activism and community-building, including works in Stroudley Walk and on St Paul's Way made with local schools and communities. Participants are invited to consider how public space holds multiple histories and to share their own memories and reflections.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/walking-tour-mapping-histories-of-migration-community-and-pu-35044/", "official_url": "https://bowarts.org/event/walking-tour-mapping-histories-of-migration-community-and-public-art-with-kuda-mushangi/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/74d0ddaf428855060e861a2ad69f00fcdd7dcec0e4f8cfaea29d498f5555acf3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Caribbean Voices: Shaping Docklands trail", "start": "2026-10-29T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-24T00:00:00Z", "place": "London Museum Docklands", "address": "No. 1 Warehouse, West India Quay, E14 4AL London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/colonialism"], "description": "Caribbean Voices: Shaping Docklands is a museum trail that sheds light on the Caribbean community's contributions to London Docklands. It was created by London Museum Docklands in collaboration with local partners. The trail highlights the need to reclaim the histories of colonised Caribbean nations, the role of Caribbean produce in shaping Britain, the contributions of Second World War veterans, and how the community has influenced the area's past and present. Visitors pick up a guide on the Third Floor and follow six stops across the Second Floor.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/caribbean-voices-shaping-docklands-trail-70018/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9f3f3a91b2d89e67aed7831238786e2b4cd8fa91acfcb9d2efb55315825e5300-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Re-sounding the East End", "start": "2026-11-16T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-16T20:00:00Z", "place": "Idea Store", "address": "Churchill Place 2, E14 5RB London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/sound-art", "history/local-history"], "description": "An evening discussion about the three sound art installations 'Everything is different, nothing has changed', set in the context of the East End's social and public history. It is led by curators and historians Nadia Valman, Tamsin Bookey, Rehana Ahmed and Alan Dein. The event is part of the Being Human Festival.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/re-sounding-the-east-end-88042/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/689a13ea5043ba3c9ea06a9b69727dde21ecdd7f9ba3cff0889779a31c8080b8-1200.webp"}]}