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Dr Tom Flint's Outputs (56)

The Other Extreme (2024)
Exhibition / Performance
Flint, T. (in press). The Other Extreme. [Projection]. 10 October 2024 - 14 October 2024

This work considers binaries and opposites., boundaries and classifications in an effort to understand and deconstruct. Intentional or not, the words that are used in these classifications have the effect of excluding. It is clear that we do not li... Read More about The Other Extreme.

Art Directing Blended Experiences (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mastermaker, M., Okeefe, B. J., Flint, T., & Resmini, A. (2024, July). Art Directing Blended Experiences. Presented at Designing Interactive Systems Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark

Interactions between the physical and the digital have become increasingly ubiquitous. They are particularly challenging to visualize and illustrate, as they usually unfold over time and space and involve multiple devices, locations, services, and ac... Read More about Art Directing Blended Experiences.

Designing Blended Experiences Workshop: Pedagogies across digital and physical spaces (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Okeefe, B. J., Resmini, A., Flint, T., Chirico, A., Carter, A. R. L., Mastermaker, M., Lindenfalk, B., & Sturdee, M. (2024, July). Designing Blended Experiences Workshop: Pedagogies across digital and physical spaces. Presented at Designing Interactive Systems Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark

Digital transformation is increasingly blurring the line between what software is and what the physical world can be. This requires designers to harmoniously blend digital and physical products, services, and spaces to orchestrate meaningful experien... Read More about Designing Blended Experiences Workshop: Pedagogies across digital and physical spaces.

Designing Blended Experiences: Laugh Traders (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Keefe, B. J., Mastermaker, M., Flint, T., Resmini, A., Chirico, A., & Sturdee, M. (2023, June). Designing Blended Experiences: Laugh Traders. Presented at 15th Conference on Creativity and Cognition, Online

Digital transformation is increasingly blurring the line between what is software and what is the world, requiring designers to harmoniously blend digital and physical products, services and spaces if they want to orchestrate meaningful experiences t... Read More about Designing Blended Experiences: Laugh Traders.

Digital Play Psychogeography and Creative Placemaking (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Flint, T., Stewart, F., & Grandison, T. (2023, June). Digital Play Psychogeography and Creative Placemaking. Paper presented at 2023 IPA Word Conference, Glasgow

This is a presentation of two creative placemaking projects with primary school children in three schools in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh. The projects were undertaken with local arts centre WHALE Arts and researchers from Edinburgh Napier University. Bo... Read More about Digital Play Psychogeography and Creative Placemaking.

Participatory polyvocal performative and playful interpreting Resnik's 4 for creative placemaking with digital tools (2023)
Book Chapter
Grandison, T., Flint, T., & Jamieson, K. (2023). Participatory polyvocal performative and playful interpreting Resnik's 4 for creative placemaking with digital tools. In D. Giglitto, L. Ciolfi, E. Lockley, & E. Kaldeli (Eds.), Digital Approaches to Inclusion and Participation in Cultural Heritage: Insights from Research and Practice in Europe (114-140). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003277606-7

This chapter discusses inclusive playful encounters made possible through a Digi-Mapping project that ran in partnership with local arts organisation WHALE Arts and participants aged between 8 and 11 from three local primary schools. As part of a bot... Read More about Participatory polyvocal performative and playful interpreting Resnik's 4 for creative placemaking with digital tools.

Blended Experience Narratives (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Flint, T., O'Keefe, B., Mastermaker, M., Sturdee, M., & Benyon, D. (2022, July). Blended Experience Narratives. Presented at 35th International BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference, Keele

Our work employs conceptual integration, otherwise known as blending, as a tool for designing interactions that work across and between the digital/physical divide. Theoretical approaches to blends can be difficult to navigate and a hard subject to g... Read More about Blended Experience Narratives.

Reflections on the 35th BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference at Keele University (2022)
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.

Emotional Data Visualised - EDV (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Flint, T., & Shore, L. (2022, July). Emotional Data Visualised - EDV. Presented at 35th International BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference (HCI2022), Keele

This installation is an attempt to reflect the emotional state of a population of people. Emotional Data Visualised (EDV) poses the question: In a post-pandemic digital world how can we be expressive in a subtle yet personal way? EDV reflects the obs... Read More about Emotional Data Visualised - EDV.

Digi-Mapping: Creative Placemaking with Psychogeography (2022)
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.

Let’s Play the Arcade Machines (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stewart, F., Flint, T., Grandison, T., Webster, G., & Tyrie, C. (2022, July). Let’s Play the Arcade Machines. Presented at 35th International BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference (HCI2022), Keele

“Let’s Play the Arcade Machines” showcases games made by children in schools in the Wester Hailes area of Edinburgh. The project aims to expose the children to a constructionist style of learning; supporting them to create and remix games about their... Read More about Let’s Play the Arcade Machines.

When will Immersive Virtual Reality have its day? Challenges to IVR adoption in the home as exposed in studies with teenagers, parents and experts (2021)
Journal Article
Hall, L., Paracha, S., Mitsche, N., Flint, T., Stewart, F., MacFarlane, K., & Hagan-Green, G. (2022). When will Immersive Virtual Reality have its day? Challenges to IVR adoption in the home as exposed in studies with teenagers, parents and experts. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 28, 169-201. https://doi.org/10.1162/pres_a_00347

In response to the pandemic, many countries have had multiple lockdowns punctuated by partial freedoms limiting physically being together. In 2020-21, during the COVID-19 pandemic parents were stressed and exhausted by the challenges of work, home sc... Read More about When will Immersive Virtual Reality have its day? Challenges to IVR adoption in the home as exposed in studies with teenagers, parents and experts.

Still looking for new ways to play and learn… Expert perspectives and expectations for interactive toys (2021)
Journal Article
Hall, L., Paracha, S., Flint, T., MacFarlane, K., Stewart, F., Hagan-Green, G., & Watson, D. (2022). Still looking for new ways to play and learn… Expert perspectives and expectations for interactive toys. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 31, Article 100361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2021.100361

The use of interactive, smart and connected toys is expected to increase rapidly with many claiming not only new ways to play, but also to have educational benefits. However, there is a lack of evidence to support such claims and the purpose of the c... Read More about Still looking for new ways to play and learn… Expert perspectives and expectations for interactive toys.

Designing Blended Experiences (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O’Keefe, B., Flint, T., Sturdee, M., Mastermaker, M., & Benyon, D. (2021, June). Designing Blended Experiences. Presented at 2021 ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS), Online

The increasing ubiquity of interactions as a mix between digital content and physical objects and spaces, brings about new challenges for designers. There is a need to embed designs in legacy systems, whether those are existing physical structures or... Read More about Designing Blended Experiences.

Digi-Mapping: Unpacking Meaning of Place Through Creative Technology (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grandison, T., Flint, T., & Jamieson, K. (2021, February). Digi-Mapping: Unpacking Meaning of Place Through Creative Technology. Paper presented at Cultural Heritage and Social Impact: Digital Technologies for Inclusion and Participation, Online

Examining heritage can provide opportunities for marginalised communities to consider and valorise both their collective past and the relationality of more personal and mundane experiences (Rose, 2016). This paper argues that design methods offer her... Read More about Digi-Mapping: Unpacking Meaning of Place Through Creative Technology.

Designing Blended Experiences: Laugh Traders Design Fiction (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O’Keefe, B., Flint, T., Mastermaker, M., Sturdee, M., Chirico, A., & Benyon, D. (2020, February). Designing Blended Experiences: Laugh Traders Design Fiction. Presented at 5th Annual Frameless XR Symposium 2020, Online

The increasing ubiquity of interactions that involve complementary digital content, physical objects, and spaces, brings about new challenges for designers. There is a need to embed designs in legacy systems, whether those are existing physical struc... Read More about Designing Blended Experiences: Laugh Traders Design Fiction.

Digi-Mapping: Unpacking meaning of place through Creative Technology (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grandison, T., Flint, T., Jamieson, K., & Muir, L. (2020, August). Digi-Mapping: Unpacking meaning of place through Creative Technology. Paper presented at ACHS 2020 FUTURES – Association of Critical Heritage Studies 5th Biennial Conference, University College London, UK

Personal meaning attached to space through digital media gives rise to contested narratives and reveals a polyvocality of place (Farman, 2018). Attributing meaning or ensoulment (Blevis & Stolterman 2007) plays a key role in understanding the complex... Read More about Digi-Mapping: Unpacking meaning of place through Creative Technology.

Reflections on the Doctoral Consortium (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, L., Dix, A., Woolley, S., Bond, R., Sim, G., & Flint, T. (2020, July). Reflections on the Doctoral Consortium. Presented at 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference, Keele

This paper provides a reflective commentary on the British HCI Doctoral Consortium from the perspective of the Organising Committee. We discuss the approach to holding a Human Computer Interaction Doctoral Consortium in July 2020 and the outcomes. We... Read More about Reflections on the Doctoral Consortium.

Blended Interactions Exhibition 2019 (2019)
Exhibition / Performance
Flint, T. Blended Interactions Exhibition 2019. [https://www.list.co.uk/event/1303469-blended-interactions-exhibition-2019/]. 3 August 2019 - 3 August 2019

Farmingdale State College, New York and Edinburgh Napier University

Enjoy visions of tomorrow with a glass of wine. Celebrating the third year of collaboration between the two universities, this exhibition communicates work undertaken in a two-wee... Read More about Blended Interactions Exhibition 2019.