Author: Anne Schiffer

PARTICIPATE welcomes our newest member Dr Ranis Cheng. Ranis’s research is situated at the intersection of sustainability, entrepreneurship and fashion, with a particular focus on community based and inclusive approaches. Within entrepreneurship, her work examines how local communities enable sustainable and inclusive entrepreneurial activity. She explores how entrepreneurs, particularly within immigrant communities, mobilise community ties…

“Urban Grit: Probing the Urban Commons With Residents of Oliver Bond Housing Complex in Dublin, Ireland” explores what greening — or the lack of it — looks like in the everyday realities of inner-city Dublin. Through a collaborative art, design, and geography research process, we worked with residents of Oliver Bond House to develop “nature…

This week we had our first PARTICIPATE social of the academic year. Members brought objects that represent their research to discuss current projects and plans for the future. It was great to see some new faces and following some discussion over food a group of us headed into town to explore Leeds Light Night.

We would like to welcome Dr Laura Griffiths to our PARTICIPATE group. Laura is a researcher and educator whose work is rooted in the intersection of dance and archival practices. Her research explores how embodied and ephemeral practices-particularly dance-can be meaningfully accommodated within archival spaces and methodologies. She is interested in reimagining the ways in…

At the beginning of this academic year we said goodbye to Joan Love and congratulate her on her retirement. We have been inspired by her brilliant work on designing autism-friends spaces and will truly miss her. We wish her all the best for the future.

🎤 A huge thank you to Dr Alma Clavin from the University of Galway for co-hosting our session ‘Commoning Knowledge through Creative Practice’ at the #RGSIBG Annual International Conference in Birmingham! With this year’s theme — ‘Geographies of creativity / creative geographies’ — it was the perfect opportunity to showcase how artistic and creative methods…

As part of a research consultancy for Friends of the Earth International, Dr Anne Schiffer led on the development of the ‘Yes to renewables done right’ online learning module to build capacity of internal stakeholders. The module flow is structured around the ‘double diamond’: 1) learners begin to ‘discover’ key energy transition concepts that underpin…

Drawing Out Hilbre Research Project #01 is one of a five-year long-term artist residency with the Hilbre Heritage Centre for Arts, Science and Sustainability. The Heritage Centre is part of the HCLT (Hilbre Community Land Trust) including Volunteer Group Friends of Hilbre, The Hilbre Bird Observatory and BADA (British Art & Design Association with Terry Duffy…

We are excited to announce the launch of ‘Imagining Greece: How Tourism Shaped a Nation 1945-1989’, a dynamic research-based exhibition that examines how social, political, and cultural forces have shaped Greece’s image as a tourist destination from the end of World War II to the closing chapters of the Cold War. The exhibition examines multiple…

This first episode of the thinking is material podcast, ‘Patterns of Migration,’ is conceived by Mary Ikoniadou, Carole Hunt and Billy Kiosoglou.    Patterns of Migration is an interdisciplinary project that investigates the sharing of stories through clothing and textiles, centering on themes of home and belonging. Initiated by Dr Carole Hunt and Dr Mary…