Kent Law School is pleased to offer up to 10 funded places to attend the first Legal Object Workshop at the British Museum (London) on Friday 10 March 2017 10:00 – 16:00. For updated information on the progress of the Workshop please see this page. The workshop is coordinated by Amanda Perry-Kessaris with Lisa Dickson,… Continue reading Legal Object Workshop 2017: How to apply
Author: Amanda Perry-Kessaris
Sociolegal model making 1: Decision
https://vimeo.com/174647035 This is the first in a series of eight experiments investigating how modelling can be used in econosociolegal research processes. Drop in session Kent Law School (KLS) acquired a LEGO set in 2016. The purchase was provoked by my attendance at a LEGO-based workshop on 'Exploring stuckness' run by Graham Barton who is part of the… Continue reading Sociolegal model making 1: Decision
Sociolegal objects: resources
Projects Legal Treasure Project Thinking into | about practice Podcasts 99% Invisible (category) Objects BBC Radio 4 ‘A history of the world in 100 objects’ RadioLab (episode) Things Laughlin, Z (Co-Director of Institute of Making) The Things that Make Us Guides Lydia Morgan (2017): Understanding Dworkin through art: object-based learning and law, The Law Teacher, DOI: 10.1080/03069400.2017.1279437 Perry-Kessaris, A (2016) How… Continue reading Sociolegal objects: resources
Externalise, materialise, confront: on the making of sociolegal worry beads Part 2
A field trip to Cyprus got me thinking about worry beads. I began wondering how they might be used by Cypriots to think about their emotions and worries associated with the past, present and future of Cyprus reunification talks. But realised that I ought to begin with what I know best: the worries of sociolegal… Continue reading Externalise, materialise, confront: on the making of sociolegal worry beads Part 2
Visualising sociolegal concepts using found images
This experiment was part of my research (supported by a Socio Legal Studies Association small grant) into the use of design-based methods by civil society actors in relation to econolegal aspects of the proposed reunification of Cyprus. The aim was to try to generate visual representations for some of the key concepts that I came across during my… Continue reading Visualising sociolegal concepts using found images
Externalise, materialise, confront: on the making of sociolegal worry beads Part 1
My current research (supported by an SLSA small grant) focuses on the econolegal implications of the possible reunification of Cyprus, through the lens of graphic design. Norman (2005) Emotional design: why we love (or hate) everyday things got me thinking about worries as a focal point for sociolegal research. A poignant series of images in Lasn/Adbusters (2012) Meme wars: the creative destruction… Continue reading Externalise, materialise, confront: on the making of sociolegal worry beads Part 1
Legal Treasure Tour 2016: an audiovisual essay
Visual communication of division and reunification in Cyprus
This post sets out some of my initial exploratory work for a wider project on the use of design thinking and practice by civil society actors in relation to econolegal aspects of the current talks on the possible reunification of Cyprus. It is an early insight into my work in progress, it is directed towards a non-specialist audience,… Continue reading Visual communication of division and reunification in Cyprus
How to read an object
As part of my MA in Graphic Media Design at London College of Communication I was tasked with drafting a commentary of an object from the UAL Archives and Special Collections Centre. I chose to read a calliper (DU_124) from the David Usborne collection at the UAL Archives and Special Collections (see here for further details on that… Continue reading How to read an object
Exploring & explaining sociolegal research through pictograms
Material (as opposed to digital) pictograms can be extremely useful for helping a researcher to better understand their own project, and to explain it to someone else. In 2016 I ran the second in a series of workshop entitled Visualising Social Science Research for the University of Kent Graduate School (see here for notes on the… Continue reading Exploring & explaining sociolegal research through pictograms
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