{"id":295,"date":"2013-04-15T11:48:06","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T10:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ceser\/?p=295"},"modified":"2013-04-15T11:48:40","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T10:48:40","slug":"295","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ceser\/2013\/04\/15\/295\/","title":{"rendered":"U-Caf\u00e9: exploring the potentials of up-cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The concept of upcycling is recognised as only successful if the general public not only recognise these new potentials in waste material, but are also motivated to do something with them too.\u00a0 What is not currently known, is the willingness of people to own a handbag made from materials once regarded as rubbish or waste, or live in a building insulated with material of a similar origin.\u00a0 How, and why would people of very different social, economic and cultural backgrounds choose to engage with up-cycled products, if at all?\u00a0 To gauge a range of possible perceptions around notions of waste, value and utility, an interdisciplinary team of academics and students from Newcastle University are constructing a Caf\u00e9 made from materials described as rubbish or waste. The structure of \u2018U-Caf\u00e9\u2019 will be cardboard and plastic, and has been designed to function as a working caf\u00e9.\u00a0 This is intended as a space where people of different ages, and from different neighbourhoods of Newcastle, will be invited to participate in a research dialogue with members of the project team. It is hoped that, by encouraging research participants to experience waste materials in new<\/p>\n<p>ways, it will be possible to explore the potential value of up-cycled products and components.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/research.ncl.ac.uk\/utec\/\">http:\/\/research.ncl.ac.uk\/utec\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ceser\/files\/2013\/04\/Logo_U-cafe2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-299\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ceser\/files\/2013\/04\/Logo_U-cafe2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"98\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>U-Caf\u00e9<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>will be open for business between Tuesday 16 and Thursday 18 April, and we invite you to come along and get involved.\u00a0 All \u2018customers\u2019 will get a free cup of coffee.<\/strong>\u00a0 You will find Caf\u00e9 in the new Fine Art Lobby &#8211; opposite Northern Stage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 16th April\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>0930 to 1700<\/p>\n<p>With recitals from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hadrianprimary.org\/\">Hadrian Primary School&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0upcycled orchestra<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday 17th April<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>0930 to 1600<\/p>\n<p>Featuring screenings of short film, &#8216;Second Hand Sureshots&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday 18th April<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>0930 to 1700<\/p>\n<p>With an afternoon of live music from Junk Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The concept of upcycling is recognised as only successful if the general public not only recognise these new potentials in waste material, but are also motivated to do something with them too.\u00a0 What is not currently known, is the willingness &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ceser\/2013\/04\/15\/295\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4914,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ceser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ceser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ceser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ceser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4914"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ceser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ceser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ceser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295\/revisions\/305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ceser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ceser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ceser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}