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Bleeding Free – advocacy and activism in the production of a student led documentary on period poverty and menstrual health education
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MacLeod, K. (2021, October). Bleeding Free – advocacy and activism in the production of a student led documentary on period poverty and menstrual health education. Paper presented at Menstruation in the Media (in collaboration with Menstruation Research Network), Sheffield Halam University

This paper will discuss the a university produced social impact documentary, Bleeding Free, produced by an advocacy and impact collective, Bleedin Saor . The collective (meaning Bleeding Free in Scots & Gaelic) aimed to increase access to period prod... Read More about Bleeding Free – advocacy and activism in the production of a student led documentary on period poverty and menstrual health education.

Documentary Practice as Research Methodology
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MacLeod, K. (2018, June). Documentary Practice as Research Methodology. Paper presented at Meccsa Practice as Research Network Symposium, University of Lincoln

This paper proposes documentary filmmaking as creative practice and as a methodological approach to research. This is relevant to the specific research contexts in which documentary production is situated, as well as to a broader critique of the vali... Read More about Documentary Practice as Research Methodology.

The past in the present: constructions of community through participatory and collaborative documentary production
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MacLeod, K., & Scott, A. (2019, January). The past in the present: constructions of community through participatory and collaborative documentary production. Paper presented at Meccsa Practice Research Network Annual Conference 2019, University of Stirling

This paper will examine ways in which processes of documenting the past in community-based media are informed by the present. Through collaborative and participatory approaches to production which validate local knowledge and experience, individuals... Read More about The past in the present: constructions of community through participatory and collaborative documentary production.

A Conceit of Coney: Philip Harben and Britain’s First Television Food History Programme
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Geddes, K. (2021, July). A Conceit of Coney: Philip Harben and Britain’s First Television Food History Programme. Presented at Food & Imagination: Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2021, Online

We almost take for granted today that ‘food history’ on television is a commonplace and well-established genre of its own, with programmes taking us back to imagine food production and consumption through the ages. We think nothing of seeing Annie Gr... Read More about A Conceit of Coney: Philip Harben and Britain’s First Television Food History Programme.

Reflections on the 35th BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference at Keele University
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Woolley, S., de Quincey, E., Flint, T., Grandison, T., Rugg, G., Fleck, R., Whittington, P., Ortolani, M., Misirli, G., & Collins, T. (2022, July). Reflections on the 35th BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference at Keele University. Presented at 35th International BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference (HCI2022), Keele

The following are short reflections from interactions gallery chairs, workshops organisers and members of the host organising committee.

Finding the Female Users: A Feminist Historiography of the Fairlight CMI
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P., & Blackburn, M. (2022, June). Finding the Female Users: A Feminist Historiography of the Fairlight CMI. Paper presented at Rethinking the History of Technology-based Music, University of Huddersfield

The story of the Fairlight CMI, a digital synthesizer that was designed in Sydney, Australia in the mid-to-late 1970s, is dominated by a few high-profile male users: Peter Gabriel, Herbie Hancock, and Stevie Wonder. In both academic and popular histo... Read More about Finding the Female Users: A Feminist Historiography of the Fairlight CMI.

Digi-Mapping: Creative Placemaking with Psychogeography
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grandison, T., Flint, T., & Jamieson, K. (2022, August). Digi-Mapping: Creative Placemaking with Psychogeography. Presented at 35th International BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference (HCI2022), Keele University

This exhibit consists of four large (2m x 1.5 m) tactile talking maps that were co-created with primary school children in Wester Hailes Edinburgh, UK. In a collaborative partnership with local arts organisation WHALE Arts, the Digi-Mapping project s... Read More about Digi-Mapping: Creative Placemaking with Psychogeography.

‘To “meddle wi’ the thistle”’: The Scottish Chapbook, Modernism, and Renaissance
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lyall, S. (2022, August). ‘To “meddle wi’ the thistle”’: The Scottish Chapbook, Modernism, and Renaissance. Paper presented at MacDiarmid at 100, Online

The first number of The Scottish Chapbook was published in August 1922 and the journal ran until November/December 1923. The most important of MacDiarmid’s several journal projects, it is significant in several ways. Edited by C. M. Grieve, the first... Read More about ‘To “meddle wi’ the thistle”’: The Scottish Chapbook, Modernism, and Renaissance.

Beyond Sustainability: The Music Industries Declare Emergency on Planet Earth – or do they?
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harkins, P. (2022, August). Beyond Sustainability: The Music Industries Declare Emergency on Planet Earth – or do they?. Paper presented at IASPM UK and Ireland Conference, University of Liverpool

In December last year, a number of record labels based in the UK signed the Music Climate Pact in which they committed to reducing the emission of greenhouse gases by 50% by 2030 and achieving net zero by 2050. Signatories of the pact included the th... Read More about Beyond Sustainability: The Music Industries Declare Emergency on Planet Earth – or do they?.

Exploring the Potential Uses of Ocean Plastic and Public Engagement Activities for Raising Awareness
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.

Channel 4 - then and now - the view from Scotland: the evolution of the Channel’s relationship with the Scottish production sector
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Scott, A., & Correia, N. (2022, September). Channel 4 - then and now - the view from Scotland: the evolution of the Channel’s relationship with the Scottish production sector. Paper presented at Channel 4: Then and Now, BFI Southbank, London

This paper examines the historic relationship between Channel 4 and the Scottish independent production sector over four decades and investigate how the opportunities and support for Scotland’s producers and freelance workforce today compares with th... Read More about Channel 4 - then and now - the view from Scotland: the evolution of the Channel’s relationship with the Scottish production sector.

81 Steps by Paul Holmes
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holmes, P. (2022, December). 81 Steps by Paul Holmes. Paper presented at 7th "MEMORY, MELANCHOLY AND NOSTALGIA" International Interdisciplinary Conference, Gdansk, Poland

In a new Context, we are all Apprentices: How Dialogue Between the Three States of Craft Education is a Catalyst for Adaptation
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kerlaff, P. (2022, November). In a new Context, we are all Apprentices: How Dialogue Between the Three States of Craft Education is a Catalyst for Adaptation. Presented at Cumulus Detroit 2022: Design for Adaptation, Detroit, Michigan

This essay argues that dialogue between the three states of craft education is a key mechanism for adaptation. Adaptation here is taken as the act or process of adjustment to changing circumstances (Merriam-Webster 2022), with a particular focus on c... Read More about In a new Context, we are all Apprentices: How Dialogue Between the Three States of Craft Education is a Catalyst for Adaptation.

Exploring Philosophical Devices for Thinking About Ethics in Socially Engaged Design: Reflections on a Workshop
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.

Weird Sisters: Victorian women’s ghost stories and a new look at the weird tale
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alder, E. (2019, August). Weird Sisters: Victorian women’s ghost stories and a new look at the weird tale. Paper presented at Victorian Renewals: British Association of Victorian Studies Conference 2019, University of Dundee

In the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, weird fiction looks like a masculine tradition. While there are numerous women among recent ‘New Weird’ writers, female authorship of early weird tales barely shows up next to the success of H. P.... Read More about Weird Sisters: Victorian women’s ghost stories and a new look at the weird tale.

A classification of consumer involvement in new product development
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sinclair, M., & Campbell, R. I. (2014, June). A classification of consumer involvement in new product development. Presented at Design's Big Debates - DRS International Conference 2014, Umeå, Sweden

Processes such as co-design, crowdsourcing and open design are challenging previously held notions about the role of the consumer within New Product Development. The degree and validity of consumer involvement in product creation varies according to... Read More about A classification of consumer involvement in new product development.

Short Paper: Initial Recommendations for the Design of Privacy Management Tools for Smartphones
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Carelli, A., Sinclair, M., & Southee, D. (2019, September). Short Paper: Initial Recommendations for the Design of Privacy Management Tools for Smartphones. Presented at IFIP Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Paphos, Cyprus

The continuing rise in the popularity of smartphones has led to an accompanying rise in the exposure of users to privacy threats as in the case of unintended leakage of personal information from apps. To improve transparency and the ability of users... Read More about Short Paper: Initial Recommendations for the Design of Privacy Management Tools for Smartphones.

Developing scenarios for product longevity and sufficiency
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dewberry, E., Sheldrick, L., Sinclair, M., Moreno, M., & Matkatsoris, H. (2017, November). Developing scenarios for product longevity and sufficiency. Presented at Product Lifetimes and the Environment (PLATE) 2017, Delft University of Technology

This paper explores the narrative of peoples' relationships with products as a window on understanding the types of innovation that may inform a culture of sufficiency. The work forms part of the ‘Business as Unusual: Designing Products with Consumer... Read More about Developing scenarios for product longevity and sufficiency.