{"id":902,"date":"2022-08-18T15:14:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T14:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2022\/?post_type=exhibit1&#038;p=902"},"modified":"2022-09-20T10:27:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T09:27:08","slug":"plastic-a-cheap-luxury","status":"publish","type":"exhibit1","link":"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2022\/futurecade\/plastic-a-cheap-luxury\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic: A Cheap Luxury?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Is plastic rubbish? Despite its reputation, plastics have a number of valuable properties that make them instrumental in day-to-day life. The Many Happy Returns project team, and Gina Allen, artist, have created a mixed media exhibition that questions our view of plastic. Is it a mere waste material or can new relationships with plastic lead to more beneficial environmental outcomes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Plastic: A Cheap Luxury\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=ddm2j-12c5e2a-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=fb0584&#038;font-color=&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=654771\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<div class=\"credits-block \">\n    <h2 class=\"title\">Credits<\/h2>\n    \n\n<p><strong>Research<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffield.ac.uk\/geography\/people\/academic-staff\/rorie-parsons\">Rorie Beswick-Parsons<\/a>, <strong>Department of Geography<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Collaborators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ginaallen.org\/\">Gina Allen<\/a>, Artist<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>With Support From<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Maryam Hoseini<\/li><li>Clare Faulkner<\/li><li>Stefanie Hills<\/li><li>Sarah Greenwood<\/li><li>Harriet Baird<\/li><li>Saima Eman<\/li><li>Paul Mattinson<\/li><li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/grantham.sheffield.ac.uk\/research-projects\/many-happy-returns-plastic\/\">Many Happy Returns<\/a> project team<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grantham.sheffield.ac.uk\/research-projects\/many-happy-returns-plastic\/\">Many Happy Returns<\/a> is a research project funded by the Smart Sustainable Plastics Packaging Challenge (SSPP), delivered via the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"related-content\" style=\"--background-image-tablet-var: url(); --background-image-desktop-var: url(); --background-image-wide-var: url()\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <h2>Accompanying talks &#038; activities<\/h2>\n        <div class=\"content-carousel swiper-container\">\n            <ul class=\"content-carousel__wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\n                                    <li class=\"content-carousel__item swiper-slide\">\n                        \n<a href=\"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2022\/spiegeltent\/plastic-a-cheap-luxury\/\" class=\"grid-list__item\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Website-Header-Image-keep-small-on-website-610x340.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"photo of various plastic bottles and tuperware\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Website-Header-Image-keep-small-on-website-610x340.jpg 610w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Website-Header-Image-keep-small-on-website-800x446.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/>    <div class=\"grid-list__content\">\n                <div class=\"date\">17th Sep 1:00pm<\/div>        <h3>Plastic: A Cheap Luxury?<\/h3>        Dr Rorie Parsons and artist Gina Allen will discuss the ideas and research that informed their mixed media exhibit, Plastic: A Cheap Luxury? 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