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Gaming the Industrial Revolution. Participatory design with historical data for classroom learning (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Industrial Re:evolution is an educational game developed by a collaborative team of educators, historians, game designers, and developers. The game allows students to hypothesise about the underlying causal mechanisms of the Industrial Revolution whi... Read More about Gaming the Industrial Revolution. Participatory design with historical data for classroom learning.

Flipping Failure: A case study on building resilience and confidence through 'Failureship Strategies' in theory and practiceat the University of Salford (2024)
Journal Article
Whitnall, D., & Hurley, U. (2024). Flipping Failure: A case study on building resilience and confidence through 'Failureship Strategies' in theory and practiceat the University of Salford. Innovative practice in higher education, 5(3), 1-23

This paper presents the Flipping Failure project, which aims to challenge the negative perception of failure and promote its benefits for building resilience, insight, and action. The project involved students and staff who participated in failure-fo... Read More about Flipping Failure: A case study on building resilience and confidence through 'Failureship Strategies' in theory and practiceat the University of Salford.

Megalithic stone animism and sonorous potential (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Vivian, P. (2023, July). Megalithic stone animism and sonorous potential. Paper presented at Sound and Photography, Tate Liverpool

The paper documents recent work across megalithic sites in the UK relating to recorded sounds from the 4-5000 year old stones within these sites.

Super-Duper Objects (2023)
Exhibition / Performance

Angela Tait is a sculptor who works primarily in the medium of clay. She is interested in both the sculptural possibilities of ceramics and where it fits into our everyday domestic lives.
In her paper ‘Craft as Aesthetic Position’ (2011), curator a... Read More about Super-Duper Objects.

2022: Can We Talk About Death? Autobiography and Connection: A study of the adaptation of socially engaged practice for a public audiences (2023)
Presentation / Conference
McCormick, S. (2023, January). 2022: Can We Talk About Death? Autobiography and Connection: A study of the adaptation of socially engaged practice for a public audiences

Applied Theatre practice often balances successful engagement with evidence of impact, particularly in a research and funding landscape where impact is considered (by such bodies as the UK Research Excellence Framework and Knowledge Exchange Framewor... Read More about 2022: Can We Talk About Death? Autobiography and Connection: A study of the adaptation of socially engaged practice for a public audiences.

Like a Bull in a China Shop (2022)
Exhibition / Performance

Jeffrey Knopf is a sculptor whose work considers time and form. He defamiliarizes objects – often relics from museum collections – and represents them through incongruous contemporary materials.
Angela Tait works primarily with clay and the formal q... Read More about Like a Bull in a China Shop.

Educating Animators - Manchester Animation Festival - Songs I Want To Play (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Court, A., & Robinson, P. (2021, November). Educating Animators - Manchester Animation Festival - Songs I Want To Play

Presentation produced for the 'Educating Animators' event as part of Manchester Animation Festival (November 2021) on Songs I Want To Play as a showcase of collaboration between a musical director and an animator.
Songs I Want to Play began as a lo... Read More about Educating Animators - Manchester Animation Festival - Songs I Want To Play.

Smalls (2021)
Exhibition / Performance

Durational performance over one full day of the International Ceramics Festival 2021.

Smalls is a series of thrown and altered ceramic vessels which build to make an installation.