Social Tapestries is a Proboscis research programme developed as part of our SoMa research initiative. It builds upon many of the partnerships and collaborations initially developed for Urban Tapestries, with its own special remit to broaden these to include more grassroots community groups and initiatives, public agencies and government departments and businesses and industry.

As with many of our projects, creating a balance and combination of partners and supporters is key to delivering our collaborative ethos as well as dynamic and exciting outcomes. Proboscis welcomes expressions of interest from potential collaborators whether they are community organisations, government departments, art groups, mobile network providers, academics or industry.

Partners & Collaborators

HIRO, Havelock Estate Residents Organisation, London
inIVA, Institute of International Visual Arts
Jenny Hammond School, Waltham Forest, London
Local Level
London Knowledge Lab / Birkbeck College Computer Science Dept, University of London
Media@LSE, London School of Economic & Political Science
St Marks Housing Cooperative, London

Research Affiliates
An initiative bringing together peers in business, industry and government to benefit from the results and knowledge generated by Social Tapestries and to explore policy and common issues in a pre-competitive environment.

Funders

Arts Council England
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (social policy section)
Creative Partnerships Hull
Department of Constitutional Affairs / Ministry of Justice
Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

Other Supporters

Citizens Online
City University Dept of Geo-Informatics, London
Community Development Foundation
EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne)
France Telecom R&D UK
Getmapping.com
Kingswood School, Bransholme, Hull
Ordnance Survey
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
Space Media Arts, London
Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research, London
Stride Design, Cambridge