#britishcouncil

[grey-spaces]

Awarded the British Council UK Alumni Award Finalist for the year 2018 (Entrepreneurial Category) by UK MP Matt Hancock. Special thanks to University of Bristol for nominating me. 

[harriet-hanyu]

60 DAYS OF 汉语 // 2017 年 6 月 6 日

Spot the 熊猫 🐼！

This is my planner! I usually jot down day-to-day stuff, because I’m doing so many new things and visiting so many new places, and it is useful for keeping all my tickets and leaflets in the same place. For general to-do lists, I use post-it notes and them stick them in the journal, near the corresponding week.

[monochromelagos]

1. Monochrome Lagos goes to Ukraine, to be showcased as part of an exhibition titled : Reframed : New Photography in Nigeria: at the Odessa/Batumi Photo Days festival which opens today in Ukraine. 2. @logorofafrica will be speaking today at the AAND symposium titled : Mind The Gap - Rethinking and Reclaiming Interstitial Spaces in the city of Lagos, in line with the years theme of Resilience which is also part of the Open HOUSE Lagos 2017 programme. The symposium will be at the British Council, Ikoyi. Starts at 6pm. 3. Lowkey today is 4 : 20 #DailyAesthetics #MonochromeLagos #OdessaBatumiPhotoFestival #AAND #BritishCouncil (at Lagos, Nigeria)

[andilebuka]

Oxford Circus, London 2016 | @kabelokungwane

[mylolitas]

Word 37: #sentiment #mumsthewordseries #britishcouncil #britishcouncil70thanniversary #mylolitas and #cat and #Saul #adrawingaday #drawingchallenge #kernowmemories #basedonrandompicture #2017series

[benjaminphillips]

Illustration from a recent project with @britishcouncil as part of their DICE programme (Developing Inclusive and Creative Economies). I produced a series of illustrations that reflect their approach to building creative communities across the world and different cultures. Both through meeting in person and via technology. This piece reflects on how some of their online conferences may have as many as 600 participants! Such an enjoyable project to be involved with. #britishcouncil #zoom #zoommeeting #benjaminphillips https://www.instagram.com/p/CMubAuaBJJL/?igshid=1h3hopofcku05

[harriet-hanyu]

60 DAYS OF 汉语 // 2017 年 5 月 23 日

I’ve been writing hànzì over and over for what seems like forever! You should write Chinese characters using a specific stroke-order (left to right, top to bottom) and I find this helps with memorising. However, there are some characters I remember simply because they look (a little bit) like what they represent. For example, diànnǎo 电脑, which means computer. I think the second character looks a standing computer hard drive and a computer screen. Similarly, zhíyuán 职员, which means office worker, kinda looks like a filing cabinet, a water cooler, and a little guy in a tie. So logical.

[harriet-hanyu]

60 DAYS OF 汉语 // 2017 年 7 月 10 日 // 北京

On my last day, I visited the Pangjiayuan antiques market, and bought some souvenirs and gifts for my family, including a little red book of Maoisms. Here’s my journal complete with all the tickets from my sightseeing trips. 

In terms of language, I didn’t have to use Pleco once while I was there! The sellers at the market told me I had good Chinese, and I argued with a taxi driver who had shortchanged me, and won! I was also able to hold a conversation with a taxi driver back in Chongqing, so I’m pretty happy with my progress!

For more information about my trip, please read my main travel blog.