Ellie Harrison

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2016

  • Media

    Glasgow subway anniversary marked with campaign for integrated public transport

    14 Dec 2016
    CommonSpace

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    Glasgow group puts money where its mouth is with alternative currency

    8 Dec 2016
    CommonSpace

  • Social / Networks
    People Powered Money event at Glasgow City Chambers in November 2016

    People Powered Money

    From March 2016 – March 2017, Harrison worked as part of the ‘Glasgow Pound Working Group’, to explore possibilities for developing a citywide community currency to serve the people of Glasgow and build a stronger local economy.
    Project website

  • Media

    Bartering, exchanges and local currencies, communities create their own economies

    27 Nov 2016
    The Sunday Herald (p.3)

  • Media

    Rail re-nationalisation debate

    21 Nov 2016
    Kaye Adams, BBC Radio Scotland

  • Media

    The 2016 Hot 100

    3 Nov 2016
    The List (p.31)

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    Dundee lecturer Ellie finding Glasgow Effect taking its toll

    15 Oct 2016
    The Courier (p.19)

  • Political Campaigns, Writing

    A Better Railway for Britain

    Writing as founder and coordinator of Bring Back British Rail, Harrison reflects on the last seven years’ campaigning for the public ownership of our railways in this preface for the campaign’s first report, launched in the Houses of Parliament in London on 13 October 2016. (Word count: 663)

  • Lecture

    Scottish Artists Union AGM

    Harrison was invited to be guest speaker at the 2016 AGM of the Scottish Artists Union, the union she has been a member of since 2010. She offered some insights into her research and work during The Glasgow Effect, in relation to some timeless trade union themes: solidarity and exploitation.

  • Newsletter

    The Sustainability of a Sustainable Lifestyle

    22 Sep 2016

  • Lecture

    Get Glasgow Moving

    Speaking as founder of the Bring Back British Rail campaign at the Get Glasgow Moving! Building a citywide Public Transport campaign meeting, Harrison gives an account of her experience of various public transportation systems in cities around the UK to show how and why Glasgow must radically transform its own. (Timecode 08:54-19:25)

  • Exhibition

    Art – Possibility – Action

    10 Sep 2016
    Bloc Projects, Sheffield

  • Media

    Rail re-nationalisation debate

    27 Aug 2016
    Today, BBC Radio 4

  • Media

    RT News

    16 Aug 2016
    RT UK

  • Media

    Interview with Ellie Harrison

    16 Aug 2016
    Julia Hartley-Brewer, TalkRADIO

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Ellie Harrison is an artist & activist based in Glasgow (UK). On Sunday 24 April 2022 she staged Bus Regulation: The Musical at the CCA Glasgow.
In autumn 2021, a new and updated edition of Harrison’s book The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint was launched at the UN Habitat’s Innovate4Cities conference to mark the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. Her Early Warning Signs were also exhibited at Glasgow’s Mitchell Library during COP26 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the project. Harrison’s Vending Machine continues to feature in the 😹 LMAO exhibition exploring humour in data visualisation at the Open Data Institute in London.

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Wondering how to spend your Thursday evening? Why not help us demand the public ownership of rail by responding to the Department for Transports consultation on the legislative changes required to deliver #GreatBritishRailways πŸš‰ Ive been working with We Own It to create this handy guide πŸ‘‡ Takes 15 mins!
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Wondering how to spend your Thursday evening? Why not help us demand the public ownership of rail by responding to the Department for Transport's consultation on the legislative changes required to deliver #greatbritishrailways πŸš‰ I've been working with We Own It to create this handy guide πŸ‘‡ Takes 15 mins!
weownit.org.uk/gbr-consultation
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Done!

The railways are already nationalised. This clearly shows a lack of understanding.

Check out MOBILITY - my exclusive interview about the links between literal and social mobility for Dani Admiss' #sunlightdoesntneedapipeline project at Stanley Picker Gallery πŸš²πŸšΆβ€β™‚οΈπŸš΄β€β™‚οΈ It features my newly updated Carbon Graph showing the full carbon impact of the lockdowns in 2020 and 2021 πŸ‘‡ ... See MoreSee Less

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Mobility

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I really enjoyed the interview Ellie, great catching up with everything you’ve been working on x

Join me this Tuesday 26 July at 7pm for the Studio Social: An Online Talk with artist Ellie Harrison event with Pier Projects πŸ‘‡ Register here πŸ‘‡ ... See MoreSee Less

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Studio Social: An Online Talk with artist Ellie Harrison

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Essential reading for all Glaswegians.

I loved chatting with Craig about public transport past, present & future for The Common Weal - a vision for a better Scotland Policy Podcast this week πŸšŒπŸ˜πŸšƒ Have a wee listen here πŸ‘‡ ... See MoreSee Less

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The Common Weal Policy Podcast – Episode #132

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