Note: formal findings from this project are available at: Perry-Kessaris, A, Alam Bhat, M and Perry, J (2022) ‘Prompting and facilitating pragmatic conceptual experimentation in designerly ways: Lessons from an anti-hate crime project in India’ This post introduces preliminary findings from the ‘Evidencing and combatting hate crime in India: concepts, mindsets and processes’, a project… Continue reading Experimenting with the concept of ‘hate crime’ in India
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Work in progress: Doing socio-legal research in design mode
How might design enhance our understanding of, and our ability to communicate about, law as a social phenomenon? At what cost? Mindsets, tools and processes from design such as visualisation, sprints and prototyping are increasingly identified as distinctive and useful; and adopted across legal fields from practice to activism to policy-making (Perry-Kessaris 2019). With the… Continue reading Work in progress: Doing socio-legal research in design mode
Making unity from and for diversity: The IEL Pop-Up Collection
The IEL Pop Up Collection was designed to ‘make unity from and for diversity’, visibly and tangibly, and with prefigurative spirit.
Sociolegal model making 7: object-based commentary in a curated space
Sociolegal model making 7: Object-based commentary in a curated setting from Amanda Perry-Kessaris on Vimeo. This is the seventh in a series of experiments (see here for the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth) investigating how model making can be used in sociolegal research processes. As these experiments have progressed I have come to realise that my intention is to understand how… Continue reading Sociolegal model making 7: object-based commentary in a curated space
In pursuit of the copper ox-hide ingot
My first encounter with ox-hide ingots was on the cover of a specialist economic history text. Cyprus is home to the largest deposits of copper ore in the Mediterranean region, concentrated around the Trodoos mountains. I came face-to-face with, and became attached to, my ox-hide ingot during an experiment in object-based brainstorming that I conducted in… Continue reading In pursuit of the copper ox-hide ingot
Sociolegal model making 6: place-holding
https://vimeo.com/199899293 This is the sixth in a series of experiments (see the first, second, third, fourth and fifth) investigating how modelling can be used in sociolegal research processes. I am a sociolegal researcher seeking to generate insights that are both theoretically informed and empirically grounded. Almost all my research includes qualitative, semi-structured interviews that are always time consuming and expensive to complete and sometimes awkward. But they are also usually extremely… Continue reading Sociolegal model making 6: place-holding
Sociolegal model making 5: Material metaphorization
Sociolegal model making 5 Material metaphorization from Amanda Perry-Kessaris on Vimeo. This is the fifth in a series of experiments (see the first, second, third, fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth) investigating how modelling can be used in econosociolegal research processes. It is an extension of a collaborative project that I completed with Andy Renmei as part of our MA in Graphic Media Design… Continue reading Sociolegal model making 5: Material metaphorization
Sociolegal model making 3: Conceptualisation
Sociolegal model making 3: conceptualisation from Amanda Perry-Kessaris on Vimeo. This is the third in a series of experiments investigating how modelling can be used in econosociolegal research processes (see the first, second, fourth, fifth and sixth). The substantive focus of the piece is the construction of legal indicators, such as those produced by the World Bank's Doing Business project I planned… Continue reading Sociolegal model making 3: Conceptualisation
Sociolegal model making 2: Analysis
Sociolegal model making 2: Analysis from Amanda Perry-Kessaris on Vimeo. This is the second in a series of experiments investigating how modelling can be used in econosociolegal research processes (see the first and third). 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… Continue reading Sociolegal model making 2: Analysis
If, as if, then: the implications of framing econosociolegal questions as design problems
Mission for the moment from Amanda Perry-Kessaris on Vimeo. My mission for the moment is to approach econosociolegal questions using graphic design processes (thinking-doing) and products (artefacts-experiences). Frame Innovation: create new thinking by design by Professor of Design Innovation Kees Dorst prompted me to consider this as a 'framing' mission. A frame is a metaphor, a way of… Continue reading If, as if, then: the implications of framing econosociolegal questions as design problems
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