Showcasing research from the Sheffield Creative Industries Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
Showcasing research from the Sheffield Creative Industries Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
Events and seminars run by CCRI
Please note this workshop was originally scheduled for 31 March and has been re-arranged for Friday 12 May. If you booked for the original date and can attend on 12 May there is no need to do anything. If you cannot make the new date please email labs [at] bl [dot] uk to cancel your place. Following the success of the British Library […]
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Speaker: Dr Lily Canter (Journalism, SHU) Title: Understanding “what is news?” on digital born platforms Dr Lily Canter is a hybrid academic-practitioner who teaches on the BA and MA Journalism courses at SHU. Her research interests include digital journalism, social media, journalism education and local media. Lily is also Subject Group Leader for Journalism and a freelance family and consumer […]
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Speaker: Dr Joan Ramon Rodriguez-Amat (Media & Communications, SHU) Title: Tramlines and the governance of communicative spaces Dr Joan Ramon Rodriguez-Amat researches on Governance of communicative times and spaces and teaches History of the Media and Media Technologies at Sheffield Hallam University. The relational space of interaction composed by the communication flows during urban cultural events is unevenly established. The […]
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Speaker: Dr Lucy Melville-Richards (Bangor University) Title: Exploring the Science & Craft of Co-production: People, Objects & Implementation Dr Lucy Melville-Richards splits her time between practising as a mental health nurse and working as a practice educator. She recently completed her PhD, a case study exploring ‘boundary objects’, shared things and ideas around which stakeholders collaborate to translate evidence into practice through […]
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Speaker: Dr Claire Craig (Lab4Living, Design, SHU) Title: Further than the eye can see? What insights can film and photography offer of the lived experience of dementia? John Berger (1992) said that the ‘thrill found in a photograph comes from the onrush of memory’. This can be very true and for this reason photographs have been used extensively with people […]
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Andrew Robinson, Senior Lecturer in Film & Photography, introduces an afternoon of talks by both SHU staff and visiting speakers focusing on the book and self publishing as a vehicle for creative production along with its role within education and the potential it offers for marketing and career development. Title: The Photobook as a teaching tool – concept, design, making […]
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Speaker: Dr Fran Slack (Computing, SHU) Title: Women in rural Bangladesh: empowered by access to mobile phones. A senior lecturer in Information Systems at Sheffield Hall University in the north of England since 2000, Dr Slack has been involved in human-centred, public access based research in information and communications technologies for some 25 years. Her focus is on the HCI […]
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Speaker: Dr Alaster Yoxall (Principle Research Fellow in Human Centred Engineering, Design Futures) Title: “The Good The Bad and the Ugly”: Understanding the role of single portion packaging and nutrition in a hospital environment Alaster has been involved in the ‘Inclusive Design’ of packaging for a little over 10 years and has presented work in Australia, Thailand, Germany, The Netherlands […]
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Speaker: Dr Kalpana Wilson (Birkbeck, University of London) Title: Mediating ‘Diaspora Girls’ in Development: Race/Gender and ‘the Core of Smart Power’ Dr Kalpana Wilson teaches in the Department of Geography, Birkbeck, University of London. Her research explores questions of race/gender, labour, neoliberalism, and movements for social justice and transformation, particularly in the context of South Asia. She is the author […]
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Speaker: Dr Helen Graham (University of Leeds) Title: Governance of heritage and heritage practices in governance: Co-production and futures Helen Graham is Associate Professor in In/tangible Heritage and Director for the Centre for Critical Studies in Museums, Galleries and Heritage at the University of Leeds. Helen’s research and teaching interests directly flow from working in learning and access teams in […]
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