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
Category: Sociolegal model making
Sociolegal model making 6: place-holding
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
Collaborative making to solve policy problems: lessons for legal research?
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?
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
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
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
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