Seminar series 2018-19 Archives - The CCRI Impact Blog

Monday 22 July 2019 – Lunchtime Seminar with Dr Sonja Pedell (Associate Professor and Director of the Future Self & Design Living Lab at Swinburne University, Australia)

16/07/2019

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Title: Advocacy for and co-design with older adults and people living with dementia Speaker: Dr Sonja Pedell (Associate Professor and Director of the Future Self & Design Living Lab at Swinburne University, Australia) Hosted by: Lab4Living Abstract This presentation will focus on advocacy for and co-design with older adults and people living with dementia – both are considered not only to be crucial to […]

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Wednesday 03 July 2019 – Lunchtime Seminar with Kai Ren (Visiting scholar, Jewellery & Metalwork)

19/06/2019

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Title: The Development and Challenge of the Traditional XiJin crafts in Contemporary China Speaker: Kai Ren (Visiting scholar at the Sheffield Institute of Arts, Jewellery & Metalwork) Abstract In the past 40 years, China’s economy has developed rapidly, but at the same time, it has imperceptibly formed some bad social characteristics – pursuing efficiency, speed and quantity in everything. And […]

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WEDNESDAY 12 June 2019 – Lunchtime Seminar with Ivan Phelan (Research Fellow, C3RI, Sheffield Hallam University)

03/06/2019

Title: Virtual Reality: How engaging content can aid rehabilitation and reduce pain Speaker: Ivan Phelan (Research Fellow, C3RI, Sheffield Hallam University) Abstract Virtual Reality (VR) technology is still in its infancy, but the technology is improving and becoming more affordable to a point where it will become a more mass-market device. Currently, the main market for VR is in entertainment. […]

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Wednesday 29 May 2019 – Lunchtime Seminar with Dr Lada Trifonova Price (Senior Journalism Lecturer, Department of Media, Arts and Communication, Sheffield Hallam University)

20/05/2019

Title: Media corruption and issues of journalistic and institutional integrity in post-communist countries: The case of Bulgaria Speaker: Dr Lada Trifonova Price (Senior Journalism Lecturer, Department of Media, Arts and Communication, Sheffield Hallam University) Abstract From a normative standpoint the media are usually seen as one of the pillars of a national integrity system, entrusted with the tasks of exposing […]

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Wednesday 15 May 2019 – Lunchtime Seminar with Dr Jims Marchang Ningshen (Lecturer in Computing)

07/05/2019

Title: Will resource constraint sensor and IoT (Internet of Things) network be able to harvest the security benefits of a Blockchain Technology? Speaker: Dr Jims Marchang Ningshen (Lecturer in Computing) Abstract The need for sensors to deliver, communicate, collect, alert, and share information in various applications has made wireless sensor networks very popular. On the other hand, Internet of Things (IoT) […]

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Wednesday 08 May 2019 – Lunchtime Seminar with Professor Paul Atkinson (Design & Design History) and Professor Virginia Heath (Film)

02/05/2019

Title: Hairy Guys in Sheds / Three Chords and the Truth (with ‘work in progress’ film screening and live performance) Speakers: Professor Paul Atkinson and Professor Virginia Heath Abstract Emerging as a side project from research into a book on the design history of electric guitars, Hairy Guys in Sheds is the title of an article written by Paul Atkinson looking at […]

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Wednesday 22 May 2019 – Lunchtime Seminar with Susannah Gent (Film Production)

29/04/2019

Banner image for Susannah Gent's - Intuitive Filmmaking and the Territorial Unconscious

Title: Intuitive Filmmaking and the Territorial Unconscious Speaker: Susannah Gent, Senior Lecturer in Film Production Filmmaker Susannah Gent analyses her recent experimental shorts in the light of Deleuze and Guattari’s understanding of territory. Throughout her twenty year practice Gent has explored the representation of subjectivity in her films. Her current, practice-led Ph.D. employs a mixed methodological strategy including psychoanalysis, philosophy, and […]

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Tuesday 30 April 2019 – Lunchtime Seminar with Dr Laia Darder (Senior Lecturer in the Languages and Cultures Subject Group, Sheffield Hallam University)

11/04/2019

Title: Handling prejudice in dubbing: exploring racialised and stereotyped characters from source to target culture Speaker: Dr Laia Darder (Senior Lecturer in the Languages and Cultures Subject Group) Abstract The emergence of the use of language varieties in cinema has brought about a challenge for the dubbing industry, especially in the specific context of animated productions. The use of non-mainstream […]

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Wednesday 10 April 2019 – Lunchtime seminar with Dr Amy Wigelsworth (Senior lecturer in French in the Sheffield Business School)

26/03/2019

Title: ‘Books at Work: Destruction, Creation and (Self-)Preservation in Le liseur du 6h27’ Speaker: Dr Amy Wigelsworth (Senior Lecturer in French in the Sheffield Business School) Abstract Jean-Paul Didierlaurent’s Le liseur du 6h27, winner of the sixth Prix du roman d’entreprise et du travail (prize for the best business- or work-related novel) (2015), tells the story of reluctant book-pulping machine operative […]

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Wednesday 27 March 2019 – Lunchtime Seminar with Ghayda Aljuwaiser (C3RI PhD Candidate)

20/03/2019

Seminar banner for Ghayda Aljuwaiser - Wednesday 27 March 2019. Image courtesy of Ghayda Aljuwaiser

Title: Saudi Feminism: Gendered, Religious and National Identity Negotiations Speaker: Ghayda Aljuwaiser (C3RI PhD Candidate) Date and Time: Wednesday 27 March 2019, 1pm-2pm Hosted by: Professor Luigina Ciolfi Abstract: This presentation is part of a larger doctoral work, which investigated the relationship between Saudi women’s identities in the offline sphere and their online practices on social media platforms (SMP). Eight […]

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