Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
Events and seminars run by CCRI
Title: Absence-Presence: Kos Speaker: Dr David Swann, Subject Group Leader Product & Furniture Design, SHU The Summer of 2015 witnessed the mass migration of people seeking refuge, safety and security in Europe. Over 1 million people made the perilous sea crossing to the Greek islands of Lesvos, Chios, Leros, Samos and Kos. At its peak, the small island of Kos […]
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Title: From ‘Grooming Gangs’ to Racist Murder: Racialisation and Criminalisation of Muslims in Neoliberal Britain Speaker: Dr Waqas Tufail (Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Leeds Beckett University) Dr Tufail’s research covers the areas of Policing, racism, Islamaphobia and criminalisation. His recent publications include ‘Rotherham, Rochdale and the racialized threat of the ‘Muslim grooming gang’, International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social […]
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Title: Secure Cloud Access and Storage by Design Speaker: Marcos Rodrigues (Professor of Computer Science, SHU) Edward Snowden’s revelations were a political fiasco and an economic threat to US based tech companies. The extent of NSA’s data collection drove away overseas customers in large numbers over security and privacy concerns creating, at the same time, an opportunity for non-US tech […]
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Testing, Testing SIA Gallery, Sheffield Hallam University Emma Bolland, Rose Butler, Michael Day, Susannah Gent, Debbie Michaels, Emma O’Connor, Bernadette O’Toole, Jo Ray, Rachel Smith, Rachel Emily Taylor Artists speak about ‘making’ all the time, but what making looks like, feels like, where it takes place and how it occurs can differ greatly from one artist to the next. Whether […]
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Title: Co-creation and curators – developing 3D printed museum objects with museum professionals at Museums Sheffield Speaker: Amelia Knowlson (C3RI PhD student) Amelia Knowlson is a PhD researcher and Sheffield Hallam and freelance curator, specialising in 3D print and capture technology. Using user centred methods she works with museums across the UK to examine how and why 3D printing effects […]
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Speaker: Dr Alexander Kalashnikov (Engineering & Mathematics, SHU) Title: Internet-of-Things (IoT) – how to get involved? Alexander N. Kalashnikov graduated from Odessa State Polytechnic University (OSPU, Odessa, USSR). He received his PhD degree from the Odessa State Telecommunications Academy, and DSc degree from the OSPU. He is a senior member of IEEE since 2008. Alexander worked at OSPU as engineer, […]
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Title: Contesting the visualisation of Gaza Speaker: Dr Anandi Ramamurthy (Media Arts & Communication, SHU) Dr Anandi Ramamurthy is a Reader in Post/Colonial Cultures, Department of Media Arts and Communication. Her research explores racism and imperialism in representation and resistance to this. She is the author of Imperial Persuaders: Images of Africa and Asian in British advertising(2003) and Black Star: […]
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Title: Lux Presents Hollywood – films on the radio during the ‘golden age’ of broadcasting Speaker: Dr Suzanne Speidel (Film Studies, SHU) Dr Suzanne Speidel is a Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at Sheffield Hallam University. Her research interests include adaptation studies and contemporary American television. Her publications include articles and chapters in The Journal of Adaptation on Film and […]
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Title: Submersive Aesthetics Speaker: Michelle Atherton (Fine Art, SHU) Michelle Atherton is an artist whose work objectifies cultural phenomena as a means to investigate structures, systems and preoccupations. She is interested in the resistance of space through the image and the construction of an insubordinate aesthetic. Most recent exhibitions include: RAF Cosford, UK; Zeppelin Museum, Germany; Tatton Park Biennale U.K.; […]
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Title: From conceptual models of understanding business to models of business IT application, through the lens of an SAP case study Speaker: Professor Hans-Jürgen Scheruhn (Professor of Business Informatics, Department of Automation and Computer Science, Harz University of Applied Sciences, Wernigerode, Germany) Hosted by: Dr Simon Polovina (Business Computing, SHU) Professor Scheruhn obtained his PhD in Engineering from Hanover University […]
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