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The Dichotomy of Gallery Lighting. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Innes, M. (2013). The Dichotomy of Gallery Lighting

Sight is the principal sense used by most gallery visitors, hence light is an essential element required for visitors to appreciate the exhibits, but light can also damage the precious objects it allows us to see. Therefore, light itself reflects the... Read More about The Dichotomy of Gallery Lighting..

Cultures of Listening: The popular aesthetics of 'difficult music'. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Atton, C. (2013, October). Cultures of Listening: The popular aesthetics of 'difficult music'

Difficulty and complexity are values most often associated with a modernist avant-garde of ‘serious’ music. Their presence in popular music tends to attract the opprobrium of critics who seek to maintain a purity for popular music founded on values... Read More about Cultures of Listening: The popular aesthetics of 'difficult music'..

Are we all designers? (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rodgers, P., Hall, A., Winton, E., Land, E., & Aurisicchio, M. (2013). Are we all designers?.

Several design writers have proposed, or at least implied, that “…we are all designers…” through the way we manipulate the environment around us, select the items we wish to own, plan, build, buy, arrange, and restructure things all in a form of desi... Read More about Are we all designers?.

Towards the Posthuman: Materiality and process in the creation of stimulus-responsive jewellery objects (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vones, K. (2013). Towards the Posthuman: Materiality and process in the creation of stimulus-responsive jewellery objects. In All Makers Now?

The idea of creating a jewellery organism that comes alive on the body has fascinated and inspired my research ever since learning about the potential inherent in smart materials almost ten years ago. While smart materials have been known to scientis... Read More about Towards the Posthuman: Materiality and process in the creation of stimulus-responsive jewellery objects.

Technological Microcosms – Considering Materiality and Collaborative Practice in the Creation of Wearable Futures (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vones, K. (2013). Technological Microcosms – Considering Materiality and Collaborative Practice in the Creation of Wearable Futures. In Praxis and Poetics - Research Through Design 2013 (59-62)

With the increased prevalence of digital technologies in our everyday lives, the questions posed to the contemporary craft practitioner regarding creation of an emotionally resonant interaction between the digitally enhanced object and its wearer hav... Read More about Technological Microcosms – Considering Materiality and Collaborative Practice in the Creation of Wearable Futures.

Thermochromic dyes and sunlight activating systems - An alternative means to induce colour change. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ledendal, M., Christie, R. M., & Vettese-Forster, S. (2013). Thermochromic dyes and sunlight activating systems - An alternative means to induce colour change

The general purpose of this work is to investigate the potential of a mobile phone to capture soil colour images and process them, returning the corresponding Munsell colour coordi- nates from the digital RGB captured images, and also estimate the tr... Read More about Thermochromic dyes and sunlight activating systems - An alternative means to induce colour change..

Hugh MacDiarmid and the Limits of Community (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lyall, S. (2013, July). Hugh MacDiarmid and the Limits of Community. Paper presented at Community and its Limits, University of Greenwich, London

No abstract available.

Analysing, Evaluating, and Assessing Musical Improvisation (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z., MacDonald, R., Moran, N., & Edwards, M. (2013, July). Analysing, Evaluating, and Assessing Musical Improvisation. Presented at International Conference on Analysing Popular Music, University of Liverpool, UK

No abstract available.

Comics Theory: Perspectives, Texts, Authors, Format (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kohlert, F. B. (2013, May). Comics Theory: Perspectives, Texts, Authors, Format. Presented at Nordic Network for Comics Research International Conference, University of Helsinki, Finland

Using Low-Latency Net-Based Solutions to Extend the Audio and Video Capabilities of a Studio Complex. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ferguson, P. (2013). Using Low-Latency Net-Based Solutions to Extend the Audio and Video Capabilities of a Studio Complex

Two low-latency IP-based systems, RedNet and LOLA, were selected by Edinburgh Napier University to link a new music building with existing broadcast and drama facilities and to allow low-latency audio and video collaboration with other institutions/o... Read More about Using Low-Latency Net-Based Solutions to Extend the Audio and Video Capabilities of a Studio Complex..

Alternative media, performance and power in cultures of technology. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Atton, C. (2013, May). Alternative media, performance and power in cultures of technology. Presented at Cyberspace, Alternative Media and Activism Symposium

If, as Michel de Certeau argued, space is a practiced place, then what social practices enable what we might term an activist geography of cyberspace? Alternative media have a key role to play in online activism, particularly when they are understoo... Read More about Alternative media, performance and power in cultures of technology..

Digital gardens with real toads in them: the place of heritage media in a digital art and design education. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macdonald, I. (2013). Digital gardens with real toads in them: the place of heritage media in a digital art and design education. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference for Design Education Researchers (577-589)

At a time when digital media is regarded as orthodoxy in education, in advanced global economies there is a pressing argument to review the lessons of the past and reflect on whether they are still applicable. This paper will enquire into today’s iss... Read More about Digital gardens with real toads in them: the place of heritage media in a digital art and design education..

Groovin’ High and Low: exploring the jazz vernacular. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Medbøe, H. (2013, April). Groovin’ High and Low: exploring the jazz vernacular. Paper presented at Rhythm Changes 2013

Debate over origin and authenticity aside, the musical language of jazz is today spoken and understood amongst a diversity of communities the world over. Standard repertoire, evolved formal structures, and aesthetic tenets provide a lingua franca sup... Read More about Groovin’ High and Low: exploring the jazz vernacular..

Guided Experience: Cochlear Implants and Music (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moir, Z. (2013, February). Guided Experience: Cochlear Implants and Music. Presented at Guided Experience Workshop, Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities, University of Edinburgh,

No abstract available.

Social Networking and Affinity Spaces – The Virtual Atelier (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pengelly, J., & Thompson, P. (2012, December). Social Networking and Affinity Spaces – The Virtual Atelier. Presented at Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens

This paper examines the impact digital culture, Web 2.0 and Online Networking, an area we might collectively define as e-culture, is having on the practice, modes of collaboration, distribution and consumption within contemporary printmaking. The aut... Read More about Social Networking and Affinity Spaces – The Virtual Atelier.

“You play your part: an ethnographically informed, practice led approach to documentary knowledge.’ (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macleod, K. (2012, November). “You play your part: an ethnographically informed, practice led approach to documentary knowledge.’. Paper presented at Media Discourse Group, MeCCSA PG Network, 2012, De Montfort University,

Media Discourse Group, MeCCSA PG Network, 2012, De Montfort University, “You Play Your Part: an ethnographically informed, practice led approach to documentary knowledge.’

‘You Play Your Part: an ethnographically informed, practice led approach to... Read More about “You play your part: an ethnographically informed, practice led approach to documentary knowledge.’.

Nordic Tone: Redrawing borders of culture and boundaries of style. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Medbøe, H. (2012, July). Nordic Tone: Redrawing borders of culture and boundaries of style. Paper presented at International Musicological Society

Historians and educators have traditionally presented the century long evolution of jazz in a linear, canonical fashion. Applications of this model are often limited to the music’s domestic evolution, paying scant heed to activities outside the USA.... Read More about Nordic Tone: Redrawing borders of culture and boundaries of style..

The Steampunk Detective: Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Artt, S. (2012, June). The Steampunk Detective: Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock. Paper presented at Neo-Victorian Networks: Epistemologies, Aesthetics and Ethics, University of Amsterdam

This paper will examine the recent refashioning of Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous creation as steampunk action hero in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes(2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), and alternatively as obssessive compulsive odd... Read More about The Steampunk Detective: Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock..