An A3 blank page sketchbook can be an excellent tool for organising anything that informs your legal research: typed notes, handwritten notes, images of book covers, sketches, photos of locations or workshops or experiments, ticket stubs, event programmes. Treat it as a living document in which you can capture multiple layers of snapshots of your thinking… Continue reading Sketchbook as socio-legal research tool
Approaching law
VALUE
I was invited to respond visually to the concept of value in the context of a special issue of the London International Law Review devoted to the topic. I felt compelled to start at the most basic question: what is the relationship between the concept of value and any collection, including an academic special issue? I started… Continue reading VALUE
FATHOM
As part of my MA in Graphic Media Design at London College of Communication I was asked to explore how 'we formulate a critique and articulate a position through design' using the unfamiliar form of a visual essay, specifically by responding to one of three 'source materials' (articles). I chose Max Bruinsma's contribution, entitled 'Watching… Continue reading FATHOM
EXCHANGE
As part of my MA in Graphic Media Design at London College of Communication I was asked, together with other members of my research hub (Bec Worth, Andy Dalle Laste and Axel Swan Maldini) to consider how one might use 'narrative as a tool to provoke a meaningful reading' of a 'chosen site/subjects to a specific… Continue reading EXCHANGE
STANDARD
STANDARD from Amanda Perry-Kessaris on Vimeo. Selection of artefact As part of my MA Graphic Media Design I was asked to explore how the ‘physical archived artefact’ can ‘contribute to our understanding of contemporary (material) culture’, using an item chosen at speed from the UAL Archives and Special Collections. I went for an object (against the… Continue reading STANDARD
Data visualisation workshop and resources
I recently attended this dense two-day workshop run by Andy Kirk of Datavisualisation.com. It and introduces participants to a set of processes and critical analytical tools with which visualise data, defined as the visual (re)presentation of data to facilitate understanding. It does not cover information design, info-graphics or data art. There are around 15 participants.Five stages of data… Continue reading Data visualisation workshop and resources
Animating Registration: Work in progress
This project is a visual response to a theme entitled Registering Registration at the Socio Legal Studies Association Annual Conference #SLSA2015 run by Ed Kirton-Darling and Julie McCandless.The theme focused on registration as an 'ancient and contemporary tool of governance and law', which is 'about beginnings and endings; about crossing boundaries, opening doors and closing off possibilities'.During the sessions… Continue reading Animating Registration: Work in progress
KLS LLM Legal Treasure Tour 2015
On May 13 2015 a pack of legal treasure hunters led by Amanda Perry-Kessaris, Lisa Dickson and Sophie Vigneron travelled from Kent Law School to the British Museum. Read all about it below, on our webpage and on Twitter.Part A Briefing in the Great Court What is a museum for? Who decides want is #legaltreasure? Who gets… Continue reading KLS LLM Legal Treasure Tour 2015
The case for a visualised economic sociology of legal development
'The case for a visualised economic sociology of legal development' Current Legal Problems, Vol. 67 (2014), pp. 169–198 doi:10.1093/clp/cuu016Winner of the SLSA Article Prize for 2015Access it here for free.
Workshop on Visual Communication of Social Science Research
In March 2015 I ran a full day workshop at University of Kent for PhD students on Visual Communication of Social Science Research for Kent Graduate School.The aim was to attune students to the potential of visual materials at all stages of the research process, from conceptualisation, to data collection and analysis, to dissemination and impact… Continue reading Workshop on Visual Communication of Social Science Research
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