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Exploring Philosophical Devices for Thinking About Ethics in Socially Engaged Design: Reflections on a Workshop (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buwert, P., Bianchin, M., & Heylighen, A. (2019, October). Exploring Philosophical Devices for Thinking About Ethics in Socially Engaged Design: Reflections on a Workshop. Presented at Socially Engaged Design Conference, Limassol Cyprus

Socially engaged design seeks to tackle tangible problems of our society. Yet, all too often attempts to use design in this way bring new problems into being. In this sense, designers are pervasively asked to confront and reason about ethical questio... Read More about Exploring Philosophical Devices for Thinking About Ethics in Socially Engaged Design: Reflections on a Workshop.

The Language of Scent in Real and Constructed Languages (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gawne, L., & Freestone, P. M. (2020, December). The Language of Scent in Real and Constructed Languages. Paper presented at Australian Linguistic Society annual conference, Online

An examination of the linguistics of scent in real-word languages and in Aramteskan, the linguist-constructed language of the Shadowscent duology by P. M. Freestone.

'Need we Say More': Contemporary Responses to the Fairlight CMI (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2020, December). 'Need we Say More': Contemporary Responses to the Fairlight CMI. Paper presented at Sound Instruments and Sonic Cultures: An Interdisciplinary Conference, National Science & Media Museum, Bradford/Online

Often described as the first digital sampler, the Fairlight Computer Musical Instrument (CMI) was primarily a digital synthesizer and computer workstation. Launched in 1979, it was one of the technologies that were used to re-shape the practices of m... Read More about 'Need we Say More': Contemporary Responses to the Fairlight CMI.

Interview with Bella Caledonia (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hook, D. (2020, November). Interview with Bella Caledonia. Presented at Bella Chats

https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2020/11/26/bella-chats-solareye/

Creative Assessment (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cochrane, R. (2020, November). Creative Assessment. Presented at Edinburgh College Research, Innovation & Improvement Project Forum, Online

This paper focuses on students’ use of a novel programme-focused feedback tool we have developed and utilised across Product Design at Edinburgh Napier University. In the context of the creative industries feedback needs to become a shared responsibi... Read More about Creative Assessment.

Improving Emergency Vehicles’ Response Times with the Use of Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bram-Larbi, K. F., Charissis, V., Khan, S., Harrison, D. K., & Drikakis, D. (2020, July). Improving Emergency Vehicles’ Response Times with the Use of Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence. Presented at 22nd HCI International Conference (HCII 2020), Copenhagen, Denmark

The rapid mobilization of Emergency Services (ES) could be particularly challenging for ES drivers and staff that have to navigate and manoeuvre through various traffic and weather conditions. Driving, in high speeds through dense traffic is a partic... Read More about Improving Emergency Vehicles’ Response Times with the Use of Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence.

Scotland's Surging Hip-Hop And Grime Scene (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hook, D. (2020, October). Scotland's Surging Hip-Hop And Grime Scene. Presented at Dumfries Music Conference, Dumfries [Online]

An artist-led panel looking at current sounds, and trends emerging in Scotland and how the scene is attracting national recognition.

Daydream Believers and a Qualification in Creative Thinking (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cochrane, R. (2020, October). Daydream Believers and a Qualification in Creative Thinking. Presented at Fusion Cities 2 (Virtual) City of London Corporation, London [Online]

What if there was a Higher/A Level in Creative Thinking?

Invoking Deaf Heritage: A case for the future-making capacity of critical design (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jamieson, K., & Discepoli, M. (2020, August). Invoking Deaf Heritage: A case for the future-making capacity of critical design. Paper presented at Association of Critical Heritage Studies 2020, Online

Design is inseparable from heritage in its capacity to invoke the material presence of the past, but as this pa- per argues, it is critical design’s future-making capacity that offers critical heritage a much-needed speculative representational frame... Read More about Invoking Deaf Heritage: A case for the future-making capacity of critical design.

Antagonism as Method: Critical Heritage Meets Critical Design (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jamieson, K., & Discepoli, M. (2020, August). Antagonism as Method: Critical Heritage Meets Critical Design. Paper presented at Association of Critical Heritage Studies 2020, Online

This paper reflects upon the critical intent of an inter-lingual and inter-modal heritage research project that brought together Scotland’s heritage professionals and Deaf activists. We describe how the collaborative methods of critical design facili... Read More about Antagonism as Method: Critical Heritage Meets Critical Design.

Collision avoidance head-up display: design considerations for emergency services' vehicles (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bram-Larbi, K., Charissis, V., Harrison, D., Khan, {. S., Lagoo, R., & Drikakis, D. (2020, January). Collision avoidance head-up display: design considerations for emergency services' vehicles. Presented at 2020 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), Las Vegas, NV, USA

Emergency Services' (ES) vehicles primary objective is to attend an accident or other incident scenes in a fast, safe and efficient manner. Yet this task is becoming increasingly difficult due to the increasing population and the plethora of emergenc... Read More about Collision avoidance head-up display: design considerations for emergency services' vehicles.

Piloting ‘Creative Musicianship’ in Scotland: An analysis of the experiences of students and teachers (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z., & Stillie, B. (2020, August). Piloting ‘Creative Musicianship’ in Scotland: An analysis of the experiences of students and teachers. Paper presented at International Society for Music Education World Conference, Helsinki

Secondary music courses in Scotland currently do not provide applicants with the necessary knowledge, understanding or skillsets to be able to engage with music study at HE. Based on research conducted by the authors in 2016, it is clear that there i... Read More about Piloting ‘Creative Musicianship’ in Scotland: An analysis of the experiences of students and teachers.

Free Improvisation As Radical Musicing in Higher Popular Music Education: Community, Belonging, and Dialogic Space (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z. (2020, August). Free Improvisation As Radical Musicing in Higher Popular Music Education: Community, Belonging, and Dialogic Space. Paper presented at International Society for Music Education World Conference, Helsinki

Moir, Z. (2020, August). Free Improvisation As Radical Musicing in Higher Popular Music Education: Community, Belonging, and Dialogic Space. Paper presented at International Society for Music Education World Conference, Helsinki.

Social Inequalities in Music Education: Whose Problem? (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z. (2020, July). Social Inequalities in Music Education: Whose Problem?. Paper presented at Association For Popular Music Education World Conference, Edinburgh

Moir, Z. (2020, July). Social Inequalities in Music Education: Whose Problem?. Paper presented at Association For Popular Music Education World Conference, Edinburgh.

Free Improvisation as Radical Musicking: Community, Belonging, and Dialogic Higher Popular Music Education (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z. (2020, July). Free Improvisation as Radical Musicking: Community, Belonging, and Dialogic Higher Popular Music Education. Paper presented at Association for Popular Music Education World Conference, Edinburgh

Moir, Z. (2020, July). Free Improvisation as Radical Musicking: Community, Belonging, and Dialogic Higher Popular Music Education. Paper presented at Association for Popular Music Education World Conference, Edinburgh.

Trying Something New: Student and teacher responses to the pilot of an alternative secondary music curriculum for Scotland (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z., & Stillie, B. (2020, July). Trying Something New: Student and teacher responses to the pilot of an alternative secondary music curriculum for Scotland. Paper presented at Association for Popular Music Education World Conference, Edinburgh

Moir, Z., & Stillie, B. (2020, July). Trying Something New: Student and teacher responses to the pilot of an alternative secondary music curriculum for Scotland. Paper presented at Association for Popular Music Education World Conference, Edinburgh.

Gamified Formative Assessment – Developing Assessment Confidence through Research (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stillie, B. (2020, July). Gamified Formative Assessment – Developing Assessment Confidence through Research. Paper presented at Association of Popular Music Education, Edinburgh Napier University

Formative assessments can play a powerful role in supporting the student learning process (Black &William, 2009; Andrade & Cizek 2010) and they can be an effective tool for supporting and evaluating the development of student skills and knowledge. Ho... Read More about Gamified Formative Assessment – Developing Assessment Confidence through Research.

Exploring the Potential Uses of Ocean Plastic and Public Engagement Activities for Raising Awareness (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tao, X. (2020, July). Exploring the Potential Uses of Ocean Plastic and Public Engagement Activities for Raising Awareness. Presented at International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, San Diego

This research explored the qualities and properties of ocean plastic as an accessible material in design and examined public perception by conducting public engagement activities. From addressing the needs of ocean plastic challenge by reviewing the... Read More about Exploring the Potential Uses of Ocean Plastic and Public Engagement Activities for Raising Awareness.