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The Pacific Community Filmmaking Consortium – Doing Impact and Engagement during a global pandemic (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MacLeod, K. (2021, March). The Pacific Community Filmmaking Consortium – Doing Impact and Engagement during a global pandemic. Paper presented at MPE/MeCCSA Practice Network Symposium 2021, Bournemouth University

The presentation will discuss initial reflections on a UKRI funded impact and engagement project in the Pacific, aimed at addressing community based and participatory media production as a development methodology to tackle gender inequality and speci... Read More about The Pacific Community Filmmaking Consortium – Doing Impact and Engagement during a global pandemic.

The Scottish Revival Network (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lyall, S. (2021, March). The Scottish Revival Network. Paper presented at The Future of Scottish Cosmopolitanism at the Fin de Siècle, University of Glasgow [Online]

Daydream@Creative Leadership (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cochrane, R. (2021, March). Daydream@Creative Leadership. Presented at Creativity in Leadership and Learning, Online

In August 2021 secondary schools across Scotland will pilot the new Creative Thinking qualification. This will be resourced and supported by Daydream Believers. You are invited to be part of this exciting opportunity and help put creative thinking at... Read More about Daydream@Creative Leadership.

Utilising Ocean plastic Towards Bespoke Souvenirs Through Digital Techniques (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tao, X. (2021, March). Utilising Ocean plastic Towards Bespoke Souvenirs Through Digital Techniques. Poster presented at Global Research & Innovation in Plastics Sustainability (GRIPS), Online

One of the most significant environmental problems facing this planet today is plastic pollution in the marine environment. It is widely agreed that human and human activities are the sources and solutions to the threat posed by ocean plastic. This p... Read More about Utilising Ocean plastic Towards Bespoke Souvenirs Through Digital Techniques.

Advocacy in Action: How a university shared reading project reaches homeless readers in Scotland (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gray, A. (2021, March). Advocacy in Action: How a university shared reading project reaches homeless readers in Scotland. Paper presented at AdvanceHE Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Conference, Online

This paper provides genuine insight into the rationale for an approach to inclusivity that penetrates to the very edges of society. It underpins the need to find better methods to reach readers beyond the boundaries, for whom “books are more importan... Read More about Advocacy in Action: How a university shared reading project reaches homeless readers in Scotland.

Creativity is the ONLY answer (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cochrane, R. (2021, March). Creativity is the ONLY answer. Presented at Creativity in Leadership and Learning event, Online

There are known knowns in life - ice-cream on a summer’s day makes you happy or a blanket in front of the fire in winter is comforting. Another of these known knowns is creativity is the only answer – it solves all problems: boring maths, a disillusi... Read More about Creativity is the ONLY answer.

Uncertainty in Entrepreneurship (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cochrane, R. (2021, February). Uncertainty in Entrepreneurship. Presented at Design Entrepreneurship Series, Maynooth University, Ireland

Uncertainty. The power and risk of working with the unknown.
Ruth will be drawing on her experience as a designer for Tannoy, Linn, Aston Martin and her company Love Scotland, to talk about service design with social impact. Uncertainty requires ski... Read More about Uncertainty in Entrepreneurship.

AR guidance system for traffic circumvention and collision avoidance: emergency services case study (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bram-Larbi, K., Charissis, V., Khan, S., Lagoo, R., Drikakis, D., & Harrison, D. (2021, January). AR guidance system for traffic circumvention and collision avoidance: emergency services case study. Presented at 2021 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), Las Vegas, NV, USA

Circumventing motorway traffic can be a challenging task for the Emergency Services{\textquoteright} vehicles. This work presents a preliminary Human-Computer Interface (HCI) design which employs Augmented Reality (AR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI... Read More about AR guidance system for traffic circumvention and collision avoidance: emergency services case study.

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.

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.

'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.

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?