https://vimeo.com/199899293 This is the sixth in a series of eight experiments 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… Continue reading Sociolegal model making 6: place-holding
Category: research through design
Experimenting with open fieldwork
I have been conducting empirical field-based research since 1995 in India, Sri Lanka and Cyprus. In recent years I have been systematically deploying an increasing range of graphic design-based methods as a sociolegal research tool. One result has been that my sociolegal work now produces visible traces, and these are readily shareable via social media. So… Continue reading Experimenting with open fieldwork
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 eight experiments 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 at London… 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 eight experiments investigating how modelling can be used in econosociolegal research processes. 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 and filmed the… 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 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
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
Research in Film Awards 2016: the shortlist through a sociolegal lens
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Research in Film Awards 2016 is a treasure trove for sociolegal researchers. My top pick is right at the bottom so scroll on down... https://twitter.com/aperrykessaris/status/783353943577489408 https://twitter.com/aperrykessaris/status/783354865254891521 https://twitter.com/aperrykessaris/status/783356743250313221 https://twitter.com/aperrykessaris/status/783359273799675904 https://twitter.com/aperrykessaris/status/783361459770236929 https://twitter.com/aperrykessaris/status/783362319271231492 https://twitter.com/aperrykessaris/status/783364814143942656
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
Categorising visual materials
This experiment follows on from an attempt to visualise sociolegal concepts using found images. Both experiments are part of my research (funded by the Socio-legal Studies Association) into the use of graphic design by civil society actors in relation to econolegal aspects of the current talks between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots regarding possible reunification of the island. My… Continue reading Categorising visual materials
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