Outputs (8)

The Deaf Heritage Collective: Collaboration with Critical Intent (2021)
Journal Article
Jamieson, K., Discepoli, M., & Leith, E. (2021). The Deaf Heritage Collective: Collaboration with Critical Intent. Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics, 15(1), 1-26

The paper reflects upon the Deaf Heritage Collective, a collaborative project led by Edinburgh Napier University’s Design for Heritage team and Heriot Watt’s Centre for Translation And Interpreting Studies. The project aimed to advance discussion aro... Read More about The Deaf Heritage Collective: Collaboration with Critical Intent.

Negotiating privileged networks and exclusive mobilities: the case for a Deaf festival in Scotland’s festival city (2020)
Journal Article
Jamieson, K., & Todd, L. (2022). Negotiating privileged networks and exclusive mobilities: the case for a Deaf festival in Scotland’s festival city. Annals of Leisure Research, 25(1), 5-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2020.1809478

We explore the case for a Deaf festival in Edinburgh, the self-proclaimed 'world leading Festival City'. The formal recognition of British Sign Language in the BSL (Scotland) Act 2015 is paramount to the cultural and political context. Joining Englis... Read More about Negotiating privileged networks and exclusive mobilities: the case for a Deaf festival in Scotland’s festival city.

Exploring Deaf heritage futures through critical design and ‘Public Things’ (2020)
Journal Article
Jamieson, K., & Discepoli, M. (2021). Exploring Deaf heritage futures through critical design and ‘Public Things’. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 27(2), 117-133. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2020.1771750

Increasingly, critical design methods offer heritage scholars new ways of exploring identities, experiences and relationships, extending a dialogic approach that supports the testing and realisation of heritage futures. This paper focuses upon a two-... Read More about Exploring Deaf heritage futures through critical design and ‘Public Things’.

Supporting people with intellectual disabilities to discuss death and bereavement (2020)
Journal Article
Willis, D., Winton, E., Jamieson, K., Muir, N., & Sandison, M. (2020). Supporting people with intellectual disabilities to discuss death and bereavement. Learning Disability Practice, 23(2), 17-22. https://doi.org/10.7748/ldp.2020.e2045

This article describes a public engagement project on bereavement involving people with intellectual disabilities. The project was a practical application of research findings related to discussing death, dying and bereavement with people with intell... Read More about Supporting people with intellectual disabilities to discuss death and bereavement.

The transgressive festival imagination and the idealisation of reversal (2019)
Journal Article
Jamieson, K., & Todd, L. (2021). The transgressive festival imagination and the idealisation of reversal. Leisure Studies, 40(1), 57-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2019.1693090

To consider the festival's potential as an activist tactic may seem naïve and disconnected from the colonising practices of event tourism. However, today's immersive and curated festival experiences are indebted to a wider festival imagination: a spa... Read More about The transgressive festival imagination and the idealisation of reversal.

Tracing festival imaginaries: Between affective urban idioms and administrative assemblages (2013)
Journal Article
Jamieson, K. (2014). Tracing festival imaginaries: Between affective urban idioms and administrative assemblages. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 17(3), 293-303. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367877913487550

This article offers a way of understanding not only Festival Cities, but also the Creative City paradigm and to some extent the practices employed through the convergence of culture and urban planning that has come to dominate the logic of urban spac... Read More about Tracing festival imaginaries: Between affective urban idioms and administrative assemblages.

Journal of Design Practice and Research Volume 1. 2011 (2011)
Journal Article
Lambert, I., MacLeod, M., Firth, R., Winton, E., Dean, M., Innes, M., …Titley, W. (2011). Journal of Design Practice and Research Volume 1. 2011. Journal of Design Practice and Research, 1, 1-40

What is design and what are designers? Good design can change lives and improve services within the public, private and third sectors. Designers are creative problem solvers who can make ideas visible and tangible, using a unique set of skills and st... Read More about Journal of Design Practice and Research Volume 1. 2011.

Edinburgh: the festival gaze and its boundaries (2004)
Journal Article
Jamieson, K. (2004). Edinburgh: the festival gaze and its boundaries. Space and Culture, 7(1), 64-75. https://doi.org/10.1177/1206331203256853

This article examines the temporal and spatial boundaries of Edinburgh’s festival identity. It unravels Edinburgh’s festivals in terms of the spaces and identities they produce and their functions. Although there is no one definitive standpoint from... Read More about Edinburgh: the festival gaze and its boundaries.