Mr Callum Egan

Lions' Gate Open Day
Sep 24, 2022

Description Lions' Gate Garden free event as part of the Climate Fringe and the Great Big Green Week, supported by the Permaculture Association.

At 3.30pm influential, Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at Aberdeen University Tim Ingold, presented his latest work ‘Generation Now‘ from our Storytelling Chair.

Tim has made a huge impact on design philosophy, and was a favourite of Edinburgh Napier’s late, great Prof. David Benyon, whose own design work on Blended Spaces has fundamentally informed The Lions’ Gate.

Other wholesome and life-affirming activities of the day included:

Holistic Therapies by Emma J @ Blue Butterfly Therapies
Student exhibits from the School of Arts and Creative Industries
Campus-grown food
Cocktails and drinks
Music, including DJ Someone’s Dad and Blue Heron
Garden tours

All 100 Eventbrite tickets were used.

A blog post on the event is available here:
https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/thelionsgate/thinking-back-on-the-lions-gate-open-day/

Location Lions' Gate Garden, Merchiston Campus

People Callum Egan

Org Units School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

Research Areas Art and design
Conservation / Restoration / Rewilding
Cultural heritage
Education
Environmental Management/Climate change
Health and wellbeing
Interaction design
Interactive graphics and simulation
Internet of Things
Music
Pedagogy
Social informatics
Terrestrial Ecosystems/Species

Themes AI and Technologies
Culture and Communities
Environment
Health

Research Centres/Groups Centre for Interaction Design

URL https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/thelionsgate/thinking-back-on-the-lions-gate-open-day/

Description	Lions' Gate Garden free event as part of the Climate Fringe and the Great Big Green Week, supported by the Permaculture Association. At 3.30pm influential, Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at Aberdeen University Tim Ingold, presented his latest work ‘Generation Now‘ from our Storytelling Chair. Tim has made a huge impact on design philosophy, and was a favourite of Edinburgh Napier’s late, great Prof. David Benyon, whose own design work on Blended Spaces has fundamentally informed The Lions’ Gate. Other wholesome and life-affirming activities of the day included: Holistic Therapies by Emma J @ Blue Butterfly Therapies Student exhibits from the School of Arts and Creative Industries Campus-grown food Cocktails and drinks Music, including DJ Someone’s Dad and Blue Heron Garden tours All 100 Eventbrite tickets were used. A blog post on the event is available here: https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/thelionsgate/thinking-back-on-the-lions-gate-open-day/
Location	Lions' Gate Garden, Merchiston Campus
People	Callum Egan
Org Units	School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Research Areas	Art and design Conservation / Restoration / Rewilding Cultural heritage Education Environmental Management/Climate change Health and wellbeing Interaction design Interactive graphics and simulation Internet of Things Music Pedagogy Social informatics Terrestrial Ecosystems/Species
Themes	AI and Technologies Culture and Communities Environment Health
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Interaction Design
URL	https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/thelionsgate/thinking-back-on-the-lions-gate-open-day/

Hasten Slowly
Aug 26, 2021

Description Over 30 attendees ate, drank, blethered, engaged, questioned, laughed, listened, chilled-out, and learnt a thing or two about what living sustainably actually is.
We unveiled our interactive storytelling chair and memorial to Professor David Benyon, crafted by Neil Fyffe (https://www.facebook.com/Neil-Fyffes-Workshop-1405191703026383). Brian Davison demonstrated an environmental sensor network developed in collaboration with students. Kris Plum exhibited an interactive plastics-recycling bin. Aisling Murphy delved into the wildlife and plants of The Lions' Gate and demonstrated Shona Burns' interactive Lions' Gate audio tour. Graham Bell talked eloquently of the history of Hasten Slowly (Festina Lente), the impact of climate collapse, and shared insights into how to live sustainably. Participants added their wishes to our COP26 Wishing Tree on tags with seeds embedded in them, that we'll plant up as a COP26 garden. Juliete, Sally and Zhoa served up - herb teas, courgette cake and pizzas. Allan MacMillan provided soothing background to it all with delightful acoustic guitar work.
We kept the door to the library open, and inside was a wee chill-out area next to our book case.

Location The Lions' Gate Garden: ENU, 10 Colinton Road, EH10 5DT

People Callum Egan

Org Units School of Computing
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

Research Areas Ethics and sustainability

Themes Culture and Communities
Health
AI and Technologies

Research Centres/Groups Centre for Interaction Design

URL https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/thelionsgate/

Description	Over 30 attendees ate, drank, blethered, engaged, questioned, laughed, listened, chilled-out, and learnt a thing or two about what living sustainably actually is. We unveiled our interactive storytelling chair and memorial to Professor David Benyon, crafted by Neil Fyffe (https://www.facebook.com/Neil-Fyffes-Workshop-1405191703026383). Brian Davison demonstrated an environmental sensor network developed in collaboration with students. Kris Plum exhibited an interactive plastics-recycling bin. Aisling Murphy delved into the wildlife and plants of The Lions' Gate and demonstrated Shona Burns' interactive Lions' Gate audio tour. Graham Bell talked eloquently of the history of Hasten Slowly (Festina Lente), the impact of climate collapse, and shared insights into how to live sustainably. Participants added their wishes to our COP26 Wishing Tree on tags with seeds embedded in them, that we'll plant up as a COP26 garden. Juliete, Sally and Zhoa served up - herb teas, courgette cake and pizzas. Allan MacMillan provided soothing background to it all with delightful acoustic guitar work. We kept the door to the library open, and inside was a wee chill-out area next to our book case.
Location	The Lions' Gate Garden: ENU, 10 Colinton Road, EH10 5DT
People	Callum Egan
Org Units	School of Computing School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Research Areas	Ethics and sustainability
Themes	Culture and Communities Health AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Interaction Design
URL	https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/thelionsgate/

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