Sociolegal model making 2: Analysis from Amanda Perry-Kessaris on Vimeo. This is the second in a series of eight experiments investigating how modelling can be used in econosociolegal research processes. The substantive focus of the piece is Annex VII of the failed 2004 Annan Plan for the reunification of Cyprus. The Annex specified how property would be dealt with… Continue reading Sociolegal model making 2: Analysis
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Sociolegal model-making 4: Discussion
Sociolegal model making 4: Discussion from Amanda Perry-Kessaris on Vimeo. This is the fourth in a series of eight experiments investigating how modelling can be used in econosociolegal research processes. 'Law and governance are intimately entangled with time.' So began the call for papers for an international conference on 'New' legal temporalities: discipline and resistance across… Continue reading Sociolegal model-making 4: Discussion
Object-based econosociolegal brainstorming
Room 72 at The British Museum I used a visit to Room 72: Ancient Cyprus at the British Museum to experiment with a spot of object-based econosociolegal brainstorming. My aim was to use the objects as prompts for rapid reflections on the econosociolegal past, present and future of Cyprus, particularly in the context of the current… Continue reading Object-based econosociolegal brainstorming
Legal Object Workshop 2017: How to apply
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
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
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
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
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