'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...
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Projects (10)
In Our Hands II Aug 4, 2023 - Apr 30, 2024
Since 2020, British Council has worked with partners from academic and creative sectors (private) to develop the necessary spaces where youth can reinterpret Nepal’s natural and cultural heritage to develop a stronger understanding of their contribut...
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Homework: Music Collaboration in Domestic Spaces Sep 2, 2024 - Oct 31, 2025
MUSCIDS is an interdisciplinary research project that investigates collaborative music making in the digital age. Our aim is to better understand changing ecologies of music production in the domestic and digital spaces of musicians in four European...
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ARCS proposal: Peterhead Prison Museum Oct 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2027
Prison museums are part of Scotland’s cultural heritage tourism portfolio, and they are, by consequence, iconic public history venues that interpret historical and contemporary narratives of crime, punishment and incarceration. This interdisciplinary...
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Representation of South Asian women in Scottish Cinema Jan 1, 2021 - Nov 29, 2024
I will investigate how South Asian women have been represented in Scottish films. And through a practice-based autoethnographic exploration of image and sound, I will offer possibilities for complex cinematic representation that challenges stereotypi...
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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...
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Film Bang community of practice Sep 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2025
This project will investigate how the Scottish screen sector first coalesced, and then operated, as a‘community of practice’. It will develop new knowledge about interconnections between Scottish professional film makers, informing historical underst...
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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...
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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...
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MeCCSA 2025 Conference: Identity and Belonging Sep 2, 2024 - Dec 19, 2025
Media and culture play a crucial role in shaping identity, especially in contemporary contexts marked by economic struggles, conflict, and migration. The significance of identity is heightened as individuals navigate their sense of self in new and ev...
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