Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
News from CCRI researchers and their projects
During October 2016 as part of the Prior project, Dr Simon Polovina gave a presentation on the Enterprise Architecture of Organised Crime at Aalborg University, Denmark. This talk was based on the findings of the CENTRIC ePOOLICE project. Arthur Norman Prior (1914-69) was the founding father of temporal logic and his work is maintained at the Bodleian Libraries, University of […]
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These portraits are the result of art workshops conducted by doctoral student, Rachel Emily Taylor, during her residency at The Foundling Museum, London from February – October 2016. Rachel Emily Taylor’s project analyses how biographical narratives are employed within the heritage discourse: unravelling the dialogues, particularly in the presentation of a historical person, in a museum context. The workshops explored […]
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Burns patients often suffer excruciating pain during dressing changes, even with analgesia. Ivan Phelan and his team have just been awarded MRC ‘Confidence in Concept’ research funding to use Virtual Reality (VR) as a distraction from the pain and discomfort experienced during these clinical procedures. During the first phase Ivan plans to recruit student volunteers to take part in a […]
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Dr David Swann‘s invention ABC Syringe (A Behaviour Changing Syringe) has been selected by The Design Museum for its long-term collection. The Museum will specially highlight David’s groundbreaking design in its re-launch events marking the move to its spectacular new home on High Street Kensington, London. The ABC syringe is featured in a short film commissioned for the re-launch, alongside […]
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Dr David Swann‘s invention ABC Syringe (A Behaviour Changing Syringe) is to feature in the Careering into Science interactive science show, part of the BodyWorks on Tour Programme engaging school audiences across Scotland. The interactive show includes a segment on chemistry skills and tells the story of the ABC Syringe and how colour-changing technology can help save lives. The ABC […]
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The poet and psychoanalyst Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson has read a series of books about Sigmund Freud’s holiday habits. As part of the series broadcast on Swedish radio Sverigesradio on 22 August 2016, he discussed Sharon Kivland’s book series, Freud on Holiday. You can access the item on Swedish Radio’s website here. Working with Freud’s published works and archives Kivland […]
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Loitering with Intent – The Art and Politics of Walking in Manchester and Beyond is a group exhibition organised by the LRM (Loiterers Resistance Movement), a Manchester-based collective interested in psychogeography and public space. This exhibition at the People’s History Museum features artist and filmmaker Esther Johnson‘s poetic documentary, ‘Alone Together, the Social Life of Benches’. Esther’s film uses oral […]
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Dr Esther Johnson will be presenting her film Alone Together, the Social Life of Benches at the Well-being Conference 2016 in Birmingham. The conference theme is ‘Co-creating Pathways to Well-being: exploring the multi-dimensions of well-being, focusing on the achievements of well-being through collaboration – to co-create experiences which are positive and meaningful to the individual’. Well-being Conference 2016 Birmingham City […]
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Rose Butler‘s video installation Come and Go has been selected by Quays Culture Salford for entry into the Lumen Prize, an annual award and global tour that celebrates the best in digital art. Prizes will be announced at the Winners’ Gala in London on 29 September 2016. Come and Go is a dual-screen, interactive artwork taking Edison’s 1920s films of […]
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The Dieselkraftwerk museum in Cottbus, Germany has acquired three sets of works by Sharon Kivland from her body of work entitled The Natural Forms, a series of works developed in three parts for three venues addresses gender constructions and economics. Sharon Kivland had a solo exhibition at the museum in Autumn 2015. The Museum has a collection of 30,000 works […]
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