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Category: TRANSECTS

(📷 Dan Lee)
TRANSECTS

Opportunities for artists with TRANSECTS project in Orkney

The TRANSECTS project is seeking embedded artist(s) for workshops and a mini-residency roles to explore marine energy transitions and coastal community resilience in Orkney.

By Sigurd TowrieSaturday, September 6, 2025 (10:59am)Saturday, September 6, 2025 (10:59am)
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Flotta terminal oil tanks. (📷 Dan Lee/ORCA)
TRANSECTS

Share your memories of the oil industry in Orkney

Join us for an informal session of sharing stories, photographs or objects relating to Orkney’s role in the oil industry on Saturday, August 30, in the King Street Halls, Kirkwall.

By Sigurd TowrieMonday, August 18, 2025 (11:02am)Monday, August 18, 2025 (11:02am)
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TRANSECTS workshop under way in Stromness.
TRANSECTS

Stromness plays host to TRANSECTS project’s first public workshop

The first public workshop of the UKRI-funded TRANSECTS project was held in Stromness, Orkney, at the end of February.

By Sigurd TowrieThursday, March 6, 2025 (9:45am)Thursday, March 6, 2025 (9:58am)
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Oil rig at sea graphic
Research TRANSECTS

Researcher heading to Orkney under SGSAH scholarship programme

A doctoral researcher from Norway is heading to Orkney as part of the 2025 SGSAH EARTH Scholarships programme.

By Sigurd TowrieSaturday, February 1, 2025 (3:10pm)Wednesday, March 5, 2025 (11:34am)
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Art & Archaeology TRANSECTS

Busy time for MA Contemporary Art & Archaeology at CHAT!

Earlier this month, UHI Archaeology Institute staff and students were at the University of Plymouth to attend the Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in Theory (CHAT) conference.

By Sigurd TowrieFriday, November 22, 2024 (9:48am)Wednesday, March 5, 2025 (11:33am)
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Marine turbines. (📷 Nicholas Doherty)
Research TRANSECTS

Research project looking at how energy transitions in the past can help with future decisions

The TRANSECTS project takes an interdisciplinary place and time-based approach, which allows learning from the experiences of different coastal communities during past energy transitions, to support and inform future decision-making

By Sigurd TowrieMonday, October 14, 2024 (11:52am)Wednesday, March 5, 2025 (11:32am)
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