Blogroll up, blogroll up

November 24, 2011 by
Filed under: Arts and Society 

Technically speaking there is not actually a blog roll up yet.  But stay with me, this is what I am working on and the reason for this missive.  The more I dip my big toe into the world of social media the more you realise that there is a whole load out there for the taking.  I don’t mean in the illegal download sense, no, why that would be wrong, I mean in the sharing of information, views and news sense.  I’m in up to my waist now and keen to go further.

Excitingly as the number of blog posts here at the RSA increase (and you may have noticed some changes with our blog appearance lately), the more readers there are coming to check out what is being said and being mulled over.  There are also more bloggers out there than ever before and I’m here to reach out.  I’m creating an ‘arts and society’ blogroll.  I pledge to keep it updated and make the blogs suggested ones that we think are genuinely interesting, perhaps provocative, generous and with something great to say (no pressure there then) all contained in a short and sweet dedicated area just to the right hand side here where different blogs will come and go.

So how to compose this list then, well I have a few ideas already and in going through an organic process of finding out what is out there, seeing what I read myself, tweeting on this, looking at online newspapers and asking colleagues I arrive at the next step in that process… asking you.  I’ll just jump straight in with it – which arts and culture, social commentary-type blogs would you recommend taking a read of?  Got one you write yourself?  One that makes you think?  I’m all ears.  And eyes.

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  • http://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/ Ann Morgan

    Hi Georgina. Here’s the link to my blog about my global reading project next year: http://ayearofreadingtheworld.com/ I’m trying to read one book form every country in 2012 and I’m going to need all the help I can get!

    • Georgina Chatfield

      Hello Ann, what a fantastic challenge you have set yourself there, I’m guessing you must be a very quick reader! Good luck and thank you for posting your link.  

  • http://twitter.com/CCLtd Corporate Culture

    You can find some interesting cultural, social and economic discussions happening on the Corporate Culture blog: http://corporateculture.co.uk/blog

    • Georgina Chatfield

      Thank you Corporate Culture.  You might want to check out Matthew Taylor’s last annual lecture, he spoke about ‘enlightened enterprise’ the growing need for businesses to taken on social responsibilities and what that might mean (not just paying lip service to the idea). You can find it here… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T9XNsHni7A

  • http://alexiaserpentini.com Alexia S

    This such a lovely idea! My blog is more about how i’m coming to define art for myself personally and within the context of an increasingly globalized society, but as I’m only just out of undergrad and new to blogging I feel like I really have a ways to go to being a big contributor. I can’t wait till this is launched; I am constantly scouring trying to learn as much as I can about the world outside of what I know, thank you for taking the time to put this together. 

    • Georgina Chatfield

      Hello Alexia S, send me the link to your blog if you like.  All blogs have to start somewhere and there is nothing wrong being at the beginning!  Hope to launch the blogroll by the end of next week (requires thetechnical skills of our web editor so may take a little longer).  Watch this space.