{"id":4643,"date":"2018-08-17T09:38:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T08:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/upgrade-understandingunbelief\/?page_id=4643"},"modified":"2020-09-07T16:44:25","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T15:44:25","slug":"public-engagement-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/research\/public-engagement-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Engagement Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav class=\"breadcrumb \"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/\" rel=\"index\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/research\/\">Research<\/a><\/nav>\n<p>One of our major goals is to improve public engagement and understanding of issues related to &#8216;unbelief&#8217; and &#8216;unbelievers&#8217;. Despite the large numbers of people identifying as nonreligious, academic research and media coverage often hone in on a limited set of perspectives and beliefs. New cultural movements like the Sunday Assembly (or \u2018Atheist Church\u2019) and activist movements associated with prominent figures such as Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris have taken centre stage, while the beliefs and \u2018unbeliefs\u2019 of many millions of nonreligious people around the world who may not share their views are left unexplored and uncommented upon. Moreover, much coverage is pitted \u2018for\u2019 or \u2018against\u2019 the nonreligious person, rather than aiming at better understanding.<\/p>\n<p>We have appointed a number of media professionals, academics, and others experienced in public engagement activities to communicate research data and findings in accessible, compelling and innovative way to wider audiences. Our public engagement projects will produce documentary films, audio and photographic essays, classroom resources, info-graphics and events.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the links below to learn more about the projects.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/unbelief-in-life-story-interviews\/\">Unbelief in life story interviews<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nNational Life Stories at the British Library<br \/>\nProject lead: Paul Merchant<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/research\/public-engagement-projects\/the-temple-of-humanity-brazils-unbeleivers\/\">The Temple of Humanity: Brazil&#8217;s unbelievers<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nTAO Produ\u00e7\u00f5es Artisticas Ltda<br \/>\nProject lead: Ariane Porto<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/between-beliefs\/\">Between Beliefs<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nBanyak Films<br \/>\nProject lead: Briony Campbell<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/research\/public-engagement-projects\/meet-the-unbeleivers-a-history-of-unbelief\/\"><strong>Meet the Unbelievers &amp; A History of Unbelief<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nHistory Hit<br \/>\nProject leads: Sanderson Jones and Becky Rothwell<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/research\/public-engagement-projects\/unbelief-creating-conversations-with-the-press-policymakers-and-public\/\"><strong>Unbelief: Creating conversations with the press, policymakers and public<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nNatCen<br \/>\nProject lead: Kristy O&#8217;Driscoll<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/research\/public-engagement-projects\/lives-of-unbelief-a-photographic-essay\/\"><strong>Lives of unbelief: A photographic essay<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nProject lead: Aubrey Wade<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/understandingunbelief\/research\/public-engagement-projects\/understanding-unbelief-in-the-re-classroom\/\">Understanding unbelief in the RE classroom<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nREToday<br \/>\nProject lead: Stephen Pett<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HomeResearch One of our major goals is to improve public engagement and understanding of issues related to &#8216;unbelief&#8217; and &#8216;unbelievers&#8217;. 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