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Theorising Drones in Visual Culture: Views from the Blue authored by Elisa Serafinelli significantly contributes to the fields of Digital Media and Visual Studies by synthesising diverse studies on drone-generated visuals. It offers readers a comprehensive exploration and specific examples that ground theoretical insights in new and innovative visual applications.

Introduction to healthcare knowledge and library services, coedited by Geoff Walton, , Frances Johnson, David Stewart, Gil Young, and Holly Case Wyatt, Cambridge University Press. Winner of CILIP’s Knowledge and Information Management prize. Brings together health information practitioners and researchers with a variety of experience across health information work within knowledge and library services in the NHS.

Digital Technologies, Smart Cities and the Environment: in the ruins of broken promises, co-authored by Adi Kuntsman and Liu Xin. Drawing on academic scholarship and two case studies from Manchester and Helsinki, this timely and accessible book examines what happens when these promises are broken, as they prioritise technological innovation rather than environmental care.

Programme

1.30-2.00 Theorising Drones in Visual Culture. Respondent: Richard Carter, University of York.

2.00-2.30 Introduction to Healthcare knowledge and library services. Respondents: Sue Lacey-Bryant, MMU Visiting Professor in Knowledge Mobilisation and former NHS Chief Knowledge Officer and David Stewart, former Head of NHS Health Education England North.

2.30-3.00 Digital Technologies, Smart cities and the environment. Respondents: Julian Tate, Chief Execitive, Open Data Manchester, and Lucy Sollit, Creative Director, FutureEverything.