Proboscis | SoMa | research

SoMa is a think tank for culture which conducts research into creative practices and their effects on culture and society.

SoMa aims to enhance the role of creativity in society by building up bodies of knowledge and experience that reveal the social matrices which make culture the keystone of society.

SoMa's activities are based on the umbrella theme of Cultures of Listening. Our research projects focus on how social, cultural and political processes and structures influence how we live, and the ways in which we define our relations to space and place.

SoMa is the research programme of parent organisation, Proboscis.

PARTNERSHIPS
Academic	MEDIA@LSE, London School of Economics & Political Science
	Birkbeck College, University of London
	EPFL, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne
	Royal College of Art, London

Projects
Topographies & Tales	Canadian High Commission
	Klondike International Arts Centre
	Glenmore Lodge Outdoor Training Centre
	Jenny Hammond Primary School

Social Tapestries	Local Level
	Havelock Independent Residents Organisation & Partnerships in Change
	St Marks Housing Cooperative
	Jenny Hammond Primary School
	Getmapping.com
	Space Media Arts
	Kingswood School, Bransholme
	Ordnance Survey
	France Telecom R&D

Urban Tapestries	Ordnance Survey
	France Telecom R&D
	Orange
	Hewlett Packard Research Laboratories

Liquid Geography	inIVA – Institute of International Visual Arts

P2P Creative Labs	Lighthouse Media Centre, Brighton

FUNDING
Social Tapestries	Department of Constitutional Affairs
	Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
	Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
	Creative Partnerships

Urban Tapestries	Department of Trade & Industry
	Arts Council England
	Daniel Langlois Foundation, Montreal

Private Reveries, Public Spaces	Daniel Langlois Foundation, Montreal
	Arts Council England

Species of Spaces eBooks	London Arts

P2P Creative Labs	Arts Council of England Collaborative Arts Unit
	South East Arts

Initial Seed Funding	Arts Council of England Collaborative Arts Unit

SPONSORSHIP
Urban Tapestries	Apple Computer UK
	Sony
	Garbe UK

Proboscis welcomes interest from potential collaborators and from universities, corporations, public and private funding bodies and others interested in supporting or working with us.