The Future Imaginaries series run by the Innovation Insights Hub at the University of the Arts London included a Policy Imaginaries workshop led by Director of the Hub, Lucy Kimbell and Noah Raford of the Museum of the Future in Dubai. The workshop focus was on how the 'future-making practices' used by designers can be deployed in a policy context, using the… Continue reading Collaborative making to solve policy problems: lessons for legal research?
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Legal Object Workshop 2017
This one day workshop is funded by Kent Law School, is part of the Legal Treasure Project and takes place at the British Museum in London on 10.03.17. The workshop is coordinated by Amanda Perry-Kessaris with Lisa Dickson, Luis Eslava, Sydney Parfitt and Sophie Vigneron. Each participant will present an object from the collection, locating it within their own research agenda as well as addressing wider questions posed by its… Continue reading Legal Object Workshop 2017
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
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
Legal Treasure Tour 2016: an audiovisual essay
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
What can graphic design reveal about law?
In November 2014 I created an experimental series of 14 designs each expressing a perception or expectation of law, using just the word itself. The intention was to provoke and facilitate conversation - about law, about design, about law and design - within academia and beyond. I launched the draft designs via Twitter #apkLAWdesigns and this blog and… Continue reading What can graphic design reveal about law?
Reading group
Diamond Ashiagbor and I began an Economic Sociology of Law reading group at SOAS in early 2011 which continues to run. It is an informal gathering of faculty and students from across disciplines and institutions who are interested in the idea of an economic sociology of law—that is, the use of sociological approaches (empirical, normative,… Continue reading Reading group
Origins of the Legal Treasure Project
Legal Treasure Tours are intended to enable those who research legal phenomena to explore some of the legal treasures--manuscripts, photographs, maps, audio-visual material, rare books, ephemera, works of art with a legal dimension--that are hidden or showcased in world leading collections; to see and touch unique materials, to place them in the historical and social contexts… Continue reading Origins of the Legal Treasure Project
Amanda Perry-Kessaris 