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purpleSTARS
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purpleSTARS are a inclusive research team with and without disabilities/differences who work with art, sensory materials and technology in collaboration with institutions like museums and universities.
https://purplestars.org.uk/
https://www.rixinclusiver
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Last week to vote if you live, work or study in Newham London UK for our People Powered Places Collaboration
Poster about an intergenerational project about Work and Employment in Newham UK. The poster has a QR code for people to vote if they live work or study in Newham. The QR code takes you to the People Powered Places voting site https://newhamco-create.co.uk/en/projects/people-powered-stratford-west-ham-1
November 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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purpleSTARS Samantha, Ajay, Kate @rixcentre.bsky.social awarded UCL East Engagement Awards high commendation Amplifying Voices: Engaged Event, for Counter Culture Exhibition part of Ranjita Dhital's Architecture of Pharmacies research project #UCL www.architectureofpharmacies.com/exhibition/
6 people pose with a Engagement certificate wearing medals and showing a cushion with pills a pattern Man with glass in a smart suit smiling showing a medal round his neck
December 4, 2024 at 11:20 PM
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Lee @mrlphilimo.bsky.social & Kate presented Operation Dragon Mindsets + Missions research project co-produced with Innovate Trust and St Fagan’s Museum to the Association of Science & Discovery Centres Conference at the Royal Society of Science London
First Slide showing who purpleSTARS are, screen grab from Mindsets + Missions project page and group photo of purpleSTARS protesting at the former Museum of London. Second Slide shows 6 step Action Research towards more inclusive museums, front page of a Rix Wiki and images of purpleSTARS creating Operation Dragon role play quest for St Fagan's Museum Life Is Gallery. Third Slide shows three speech bubbles with impacts for people who took part in the project, and image of Operation Dragon in progress and the start of a video showing a red dragon. Image shows conference panel sitting at a table of 4 men and women and one woman standing at a lectern. On a large screen is a slide titled Citizens of the future:Exploring mindsets, missions and opportunities.
November 18, 2024 at 9:48 PM