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: Ways of knowing Facebook: Influences of a practice-based approach on research on everyday digital life Speaker: Dr Eve Stirling (Design SHU) Practice-based research is the dominant research approach in Art and Design and the notion of making as a research approach is gaining attention in disciplines beyond art and design (through the encouragement of multi- and trans- disciplinary ways […]
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Title: Making Place for Work and Life Speaker: Dr Luigina Ciolfi This talk outlines some open issues and questions surrounding the study of place-making to support work and life activities. Much literature has explored how physical places are reconfigured by people to support work activities, and also how impromptu workplaces are often “made” by workers on the move out of […]
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Title: Models, Conceptual Structures, and Enterprise Architecture Speaker: Dr Simon Polovina (Business Computing, SHU) Many disciplines rely on models to represent reality. Models may range from a miniature representation of some physical entity, to a simplified representation of a system or phenomenon so we can understand and test it. Not all models can represent their corresponding real-world entities as easily […]
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Title: Visual translations of ancient heritage – re-contextualising ancient European script through contemporary visual communication methods and media. Speaker: Melanie Levick-Parkin (Visual Communication, SHU) The purpose of this ADRC-funded practice-led research project was the visual re-contextualisation of ancient European script – Linear A and B, using contemporary visual communication practices and media strategies in order to explore opportunities for creative […]
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Title: Professor Keith Wilson (Sculpture, SHU) in conversation with Ken Arnold (Wellcome Collection) – Part 3 of 3: The Global Institution Over three themed sessions, Professor Keith Wilson is hosting a conversation with Ken Arnold who will reflect on his experience of audience development, exhibition making and commissioning new artistic research through his time at the Wellcome. On each occasion […]
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Title: Medic of the Future: Exploring the integration of immersive Virtual Reality with haptic and tactile feedback in a medical training environment for the MoD Speakers: CCRC’s Heath Reed, Ivan Phelan and Shirley Lindley We will outline how the different elements of this type of training was integrated into a virtual environment using haptic technology developed at SHU. We used […]
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Title: Professor Keith Wilson (Sculpture, SHU) in conversation with Ken Arnold (Wellcome Collection) – Part 2 of 3: University Over three themed sessions, Professor Keith Wilson is hosting a conversation with Ken Arnold who will reflect on his experience of audience development, exhibition making and commissioning new artistic research through his time at the Wellcome. On each occasion very much […]
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Title: Professor Keith Wilson (Sculpture, SHU) in conversation with Ken Arnold (Wellcome Collection) – Part 1 of 3: House Over three themed sessions, Professor Keith Wilson is hosting a conversation with Ken Arnold who will reflect on his experience of audience development, exhibition making and commissioning new artistic research through his time at the Wellcome. On each occasion very much […]
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Method is the first C3RI Research Student conference. The event offers a unique opportunity for discussion about research methods and strategies that arise from, and characterise, different disciplines. The conference focuses on how research students build, experiment with, and articulate method, capturing the ingenuity that often lies at the heart of the research process. The event includes opening keynote by […]
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Title: The materiality of Linear A and Linear B: Modes of visual display and perception Speaker: Georgia Flouda (Curator, Herakleion Archaeological Museum) Hosted by Melanie Levick-Parkin (Visual Communication. SHU) Georgia Flouda is a Curator at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, where she has been involved in designing and implementing the redisplay of the Minoan Collection. She is specializing in Aegean prehistory […]
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