All Projects (84)

Scottish community radio journalistic skills assessment Nov 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2023
The objective of the project is to assess the needs of community radio volunteers in Scotland, so that they can assume a bigger role in local news provision. Previous research by the applicant has established that the majority of Community radio stat... Read More about Scottish community radio journalistic skills assessment.

Dr David Summers Trust PhD Studentship: 'Slip out of darkness': A Study of Contemporary Queer Scottish Poetry Oct 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2026
This PhD project will synthesise Scottish literary studies, Queer theory and the developing socio-cultural contexts of modern Scottish society, to investigate a range of queer Scottish poets.

Mountain Biking Data Sonification Sep 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2023
We are embarking on a collaborative project between Music, the Sports, Exercise, and Health Science Research Group, and the Mountain Bike Centre of Scotland (MTBCOS) in a project encouraging people to be active and creative, with targeted benefits t... Read More about Mountain Biking Data Sonification.

Dynamic Range: Immersive Screenwriting for Sound Feb 1, 2022 - Nov 30, 2022
This is a successful bid for a Small Research Grant with Creative Informatics at Edinburgh Napier and Edinburgh University. The proposal is to explore the dramatic potential of Augmented Reality and Dolby Atmos sound in the context of high end TV dr... Read More about Dynamic Range: Immersive Screenwriting for Sound.

Mountain Biking and Music from Data Jul 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2024
1. We will, by working with a range of people with varying experience, explore how an interdisciplinary approach to sports and the arts can encourage engagement in both areas. We will look at ways in which
we can encourage integrated engagement in a... Read More about Mountain Biking and Music from Data.

Global Film Industry, International cultural heritage and public engagement. A Panel Discussion by UNESCO Cities of Film Network Officials/Researchers Jul 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2022
This panel discussion explores the relationship between international cultural heritage/public engagement and research and creative practice with panel speakers from UNESCO Cities of Film Network.

Improvisation Technologies and Creative Machines: The Performer-Instrument Relational Milieu Jun 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2023
This practice-led, artistic research study traces theoretical and practical understandings that explore the technicity and performance-practice of musical improvisation and builds upon the lead’s prior research on the fields of free improvisation, co... Read More about Improvisation Technologies and Creative Machines: The Performer-Instrument Relational Milieu.

Visualisation of Metadata in 2D/3D Digital Cuneiform Artefacts Sep 1, 2022 - Sep 30, 2023
Cuneiform is an ancient writing system that was first used in around 3400 BC (Finkel & Taylor, 2015). Distinguished by its 3D imprinted, wedge-shaped reed marks on clay tablets, cuneiform script is one of the earliest known writing systems in the wo... Read More about Visualisation of Metadata in 2D/3D Digital Cuneiform Artefacts.

The Sound Beneath Our Feet Jun 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2022
This project will develop an immersive audio installation in which to experience sonified seismic data from volcanic activity. The environment will foster new ways of experiencing data from both scientific and artistic points of views, cutting across... Read More about The Sound Beneath Our Feet.

Measuring the capabilities of new, sustainable materials in digital and traditional craft practices towards repeatability and a widening of their usage. Aug 1, 2022 - Nov 30, 2022
This project offers a novel way of engaging with data about creative practice: getting data on the possibilities and best practices for using particular materials out of the heads of individual creatives and makers and into a repository which can be... Read More about Measuring the capabilities of new, sustainable materials in digital and traditional craft practices towards repeatability and a widening of their usage..

Contributing to a circular economy of clothes– repurposing offcuts into accessories fibre for fashion accessories. Jan 16, 2023 - Jun 30, 2023
Ghillied has an ambition to minimise waste in the fashion industry – both in terms of front-end over production, and back-end waste. This encompasses manufacturing too many products that are likely to go to waste, the subsequent offcuts from this pro... Read More about Contributing to a circular economy of clothes– repurposing offcuts into accessories fibre for fashion accessories..

Scholarly Edition of Scottish Scene Jun 1, 2023 - Oct 31, 2024
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Scottish Scene was first published by Jarrolds in 1934. Widely reviewed at the time, it quickly became one of the most controversial texts of the Scottish literary renaissance of the early decades of the twentieth century. J. M. Bulloch in... Read More about Scholarly Edition of Scottish Scene.

Sounding the chapel: performances of a new site-specific composition for Le Corbusier's Chapel of Notre-Dame du Haut Nov 1, 2022 - Oct 31, 2023
Le Corbusier's Chapel of Notre-Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the most significant buildings of the 20th century. Invited to present my work in the space, a privilege granted few, this research will see the... Read More about Sounding the chapel: performances of a new site-specific composition for Le Corbusier's Chapel of Notre-Dame du Haut.

Creating a Voluntary Garment Manufacturing Hub using experimental and recycled materials towards Sleeping Jackets which will be distributed free of charge to Homeless individuals. Jan 16, 2023 - Mar 31, 2024
It is proposed that the academics work with their contacts who are a group of ‘volunteers’ working in connection with the Edinburgh Tool Library’s ‘Volunteers Assembly’, to create a series of prototype bag shapes and fastenings (for the bottom of the... Read More about Creating a Voluntary Garment Manufacturing Hub using experimental and recycled materials towards Sleeping Jackets which will be distributed free of charge to Homeless individuals..

On the Margins - Collaborative Research Network Aug 31, 2023 - Aug 30, 2025
“On the Margins” is a Collaborative Research Network that will bring together academics, researchers and practitioners involved or interested in collaborative research, participatory methods and knowledge co-production, with specific focus on margina... Read More about On the Margins - Collaborative Research Network.

Dance of the Seasons Feb 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2024
Dance of the Seasons is a collaborative, inter-disciplinary artistic research project that explores how two very different art forms – dance and film – could be engaged in a creative dialogue with each other in order to address one of the most pressi... Read More about Dance of the Seasons.

Development of a Virtual Reality application for home haemodialysis training Apr 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2025
Patients entering end-stage kidney disease often need dialysis prior to transplantation - this may be delivered as in-centre dialysis (haemodialysis), or peritoneal dialysis. Increasingly, patients are offered home haemodialysis, with proven benefits... Read More about Development of a Virtual Reality application for home haemodialysis training.

Film Bang: Communities of Practice, Cross-Media Interconnections, and Sectoral Growth within Scotland’s Film and Television Industries May 1, 2023 - Aug 31, 2023
Film Bang: Communities of Practice, Cross-Media Interconnections, and Sectoral Growth within Scotland’s Film and
Television Industries

'White Thinking' and the failed promise of diversity in Scottish heritage Oct 1, 2023 - Nov 30, 2024
'White Thinking' and the failed promise of diversity in Scottish heritage
This project responds to a key challenge in the Scottish heritage sector: what is the next step in transitioning small-scale
diversity projects in Scottish heritage organisat... Read More about 'White Thinking' and the failed promise of diversity in Scottish heritage.

PhD Blogging for Beginners: A Bootcamp of Multimedia Content Production to Increase Your Research Impact Jul 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2024
The project consists in the organisation and delivery of a one-day workshop on research impact aimed at PhD students from arts and humanities subjects across Scottish universities. The idea is to teach participants how to use multimedia tools and di... Read More about PhD Blogging for Beginners: A Bootcamp of Multimedia Content Production to Increase Your Research Impact.