Playing with Toys: the animated geographies of children's material culture
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Exeter
Department Name: Geography
Abstract
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Organisations
- University of Exeter (Lead Research Organisation)
- Coney (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON (Collaboration)
- Royal Holloway, University of London (Collaboration)
- Victoria and Albert Museum (Collaboration)
- Starboard Media Ltd (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EXETER (Collaboration)
- University of Portsmouth (Fellow)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Tara Woodyer (Principal Investigator / Fellow) |
Publications
Cook I
(2012)
Follow the Thing
Geoghegan H
(2014)
Cultural geography and enchantment: the affirmative constitution of geographical research
in Journal of Cultural Geography
Tara Woodyer (Author)
(2013)
Ludic Geopolitics
Tara Woodyer (Author)
(2012)
Bratitude and Potter mania: examining children's engagements with global brands
Tara Woodyer (Author)
(2012)
Playability: exploring material connections in play
Tara Woodyer (Author)
(2013)
Slowing the quick jump to explanation: making space for enchantment in cultural geography research
Tara Woodyer (Author)
(2011)
Commodity fetishism, relational aesthetics and affirmative critique
Tara Woodyer (Author)
(2011)
Affirmation through animation: children, toys and playful consumption
| Description | Departmental funds |
| Amount | £235 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Portsmouth |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2017 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | ESRC Standard Grant |
| Amount | £492,509 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/L001926/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2013 |
| End | 05/2016 |
| Description | Faculty funds |
| Amount | £8,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Portsmouth |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 07/2016 |
| Description | Guest passes for Royal Geographical Society with Institute of British Geographers Annual International Conference |
| Amount | £570 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal Geographical Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2015 |
| End | 09/2015 |
| Description | Open Innovation Platform Link Fund |
| Amount | £1,972 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Exeter |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2012 |
| End | 07/2013 |
| Description | Research and Innovation Services Fund |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Portsmouth |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2015 |
| End | 07/2015 |
| Description | University of Portsmouth New Staff Research Award |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Portsmouth |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2012 |
| End | 07/2014 |
| Description | British Academy bid: Ludic Geopolitics: children's play, war toys and re-enchantment with the British military |
| Organisation | Royal Holloway, University of London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Lead author on British Academy Funding Bid |
| Collaborator Contribution | Institutional support for British Academy Funding Bid |
| Impact | A bid for funding was submitted, but later withdrawn due to a change in employment making the applicant ineligible for the funding scheme. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | CLES fund bid: Ludic Geopolitics |
| Organisation | University of Exeter |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaborative writing of a funding bid for a series of meetings with personnel at the Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood, designed to lead to an ESRC Standard Grant funding bid with the University of Exeter and the Museum of Childhood named as a project partners. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaborative writing of a funding bid for a series of meetings with personnel at the Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood, designed to lead to an ESRC Standard Grant funding bid with the University of Exeter and the Museum of Childhood named as a project partners. |
| Impact | We were asked to resubmit the application to a different funding scheme. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Leverhulme bid: Ludic Geopolitics: children's play, war toys and re-enchantment with the British military |
| Organisation | Royal Holloway, University of London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Lead author on bid for Leverhulme funds |
| Collaborator Contribution | Institutional support for a bid for Leverhulme funds |
| Impact | A bid for funding was submitted, but later withdrawn due to a change in employment making the applicant ineligible for the funding scheme. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Ludic Geopolitics: children's play, war toys and re-enchantment with the British military |
| Organisation | Royal Holloway, University of London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Lead author on a collaborative bid for RCUK funding |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contribution to, and institutional support for a collaborative bid for RCUK funding |
| Impact | Funds were secured for a multi-institution project involving the listed universities and the museum as named project partners. Outputs from this collaboration are detailed as part of a separate ESRC award: ES/L001926/1 |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Ludic Geopolitics: children's play, war toys and re-enchantment with the British military |
| Organisation | University of Exeter |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Lead author on a collaborative bid for RCUK funding |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contribution to, and institutional support for a collaborative bid for RCUK funding |
| Impact | Funds were secured for a multi-institution project involving the listed universities and the museum as named project partners. Outputs from this collaboration are detailed as part of a separate ESRC award: ES/L001926/1 |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Ludic Geopolitics: children's play, war toys and re-enchantment with the British military |
| Organisation | Victoria and Albert Museum |
| Department | V&A Museum of Childhood |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Lead author on a collaborative bid for RCUK funding |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contribution to, and institutional support for a collaborative bid for RCUK funding |
| Impact | Funds were secured for a multi-institution project involving the listed universities and the museum as named project partners. Outputs from this collaboration are detailed as part of a separate ESRC award: ES/L001926/1 |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Open Innovation Platform Link Fund bid: Ludic Geopolitics |
| Organisation | University of Exeter |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaborative writing of a bid for institutional funds to develop a partnership with Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood which would lead to an ESRC Standard Grant funding bid with the University of Exeter and the Museum of Childhood named as a project partners. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaborative writing of funding bid |
| Impact | Funding for a series of meetings with personnel at the Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood, leading to an ESRC Standard Grant funding bid with the University of Exeter and the Museum of Childhood named as a project partners. The researcher was also involved in an Action Man Study Day along with retired toy industry personnel, museum curators and collectors. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | REACT Play Sandbox application |
| Organisation | Coney |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Together with Coney (an interactive theatre company) we made an application to the AHRC REACT Play sandbox. Through discussion with Coney we devised a proposal for an interactive 'world-making' game for use in schools, that drew upon our expertise in Political and Ludic Geographies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Together with Coney (an interactive theatre company) we made an application to the AHRC REACT Play sandbox. Through discussion with Coney we devised a proposal for an interactive 'world-making' game for use in schools, that drew upon their expertise in interactive game design and working with schools. |
| Impact | The initial output of this collaboration was a joint pitch that was made to the AHRC REACT Play Sandbox. We were unsuccessful in this application, but we remain in contact with Coney about future possibilities of working together. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Visualising mental health funding bid |
| Organisation | University of Brighton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contributions to a collaborative research funding bid based on the innovative methodology developed through this award |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contributions to a collaborative research funding bid |
| Impact | As a result of contributions to collaborative writing, funds are being sought for the formation of an international network and a two-day event, which is designed to lead to further collaborative funding bids |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Website |
| Organisation | Starboard Media Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Academic content for public-facing website. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Web design expertise for public-facing website. |
| Impact | A public-facing website is currently under construction. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | AAG session: Ludic Geopolitics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | workshop facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Organised a session at Annual Meeting of Association of American Geographers, which sparked questions and discussions. Audience members tweeted about the session and requests were made for further information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Action Man Study Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation in knowledge exchange event with toy industry representatives, collectors and museum practitioners, which sparked questions and discussion, helped build a relationship with a non-academic partner, and led to requests about participation in a new project Following participation a formal partnership was established with the museum hosting the event, and other attendees are involved in a new ESRC funded research project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | BFBS radio interviews |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Two radio interviews for the British Forces Broadcasting Service as part of different programmes. The project team received a number of requests for further information and about participation as a result of the press coverage. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Children's Play Information Service Database |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Inclusion of project details and links to findings in National Children's Bureau Children's Play Information Service Database, which led to requests for information Requests for further information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Conversation article |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | In response to a request for an expert commentary on a report about Lego becoming more violent I wrote a piece for The Conversation, an online independent source of news and views, sourced from the academic and research community and delivered direct to the public. Response to the article TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/are-toys-becoming-more-violent-and-should-we-be-worried-60394 |
| Description | Cultures of play, culture of war |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion. It was commented by international experts in the field that the methodology used in the research was 'potentially groundbreaking'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Discover Geography Day: Ludic Geopolitics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Organised a session for the Discover Geography Day, a widening participation event for sixth form students, which sparked questions and discussion Teachers reported that they would not have considered the issues addressed and the methods used without the sessions. Pupils said they enjoyed the session and that they had a greater appreciation of the range of topics addressed within he geography curriculum at degree level, and this may influence their decision about whether to go to university. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Doing Ludic Geopolitics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions, discussion and encouragement to recognise the 'potentially valuable connections to be made' to other disciplinary fields. Comments from experts in the field included: 'This is a fascinating project, and as someone who tends toward a sweeping treatment of militarism I'm grateful for her nuanced discussion....the paper was wonderfully provocative.' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Enthusiasm Futures |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Activity led by Tara Woodyer sparked questions and discussion. Contributed to discussions about how to take the concept of 'enthusiasm' further, with subsequent to co-author work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | History Today article |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An article in the popular history magazine, History Today. The magazine has a readership of over 50,000 and the article will also be archived on the magazine's website. The article contextualises contemporary war toys by positioning them within a historical trajectory that looks back to the Boer War and looks forward, considering how new developments in war toys might change the nature of children's war play. Impacts are as yet unknown, the article will be published in late November 2014. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Inhabiting the miniature - RGS-IBG talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | ~30 people attended a talk, which sparked questions and discussion, and led to an invitation to contribute to a special issue publication |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | International Summer School: Ludic Geopolitics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Organised a session for the International Summer School hosted by the University of Exeter designed to encourage college students to think about the importance of play and games in understanding some of the pressing issues facing contemporary society. This sessions sparked questions and discussion. Similar activities have formed a part of subsequent summer schools |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Lego Lab |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Participation in University of Exeter's Lego Lab. My published work on play and participation in play during a day's visit to the lab sparked questions and discussion Following the event I was invited to participate in a larger outreach event targeted at school teachers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Lego Lab at GA conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Participation in the Lego Lab run as part of the Geographical Association Conference's Ideas Lab introduced school teachers to the possibilities of using play and games to tech children about commodity geographies. This sparked questions, discussion, Twitter traffic, and the sharing of learning resources. School teachers showed great enthusiasm for the method and talked about how they could implement it in their own classrooms. The Geographical Association has asked that the lab is run again as part of the conference in the following year |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Ludic Geopolitics - AAG session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation in response to a series of talks assembled as a conference session. Presentations sparked questions and comments and further discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Material sensibilities blog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The blog has received over 9,000 hits, spanning the UK, USA, Central and South America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Australasia, Asia and Africa. Through the blog I have received invites to not only academic events, but also to schools to give talks to pupils. I have also been invited to contribute to publications and practitioner forums, and provide consultation for toy and games companies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015 |
| Description | Multiple Childhoods/Multidisciplinary Perspectives |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | workshop facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | As invited chair of conference sessions, the questions I posed sparked discussion Participation helped to build a relationship with members of the Centre for the Children and Childhood Studies, leading to a second institutional visit, establishment of an international network and participation of centre staff in a new ESRC funded project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Philadelphia Science Festival: Fading Senses |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Participation in this public seminar (which was part of the Philadelphia Science Festival) sparked questions and discussion Participation helped develop my understanding of different disciplinary approaches to the senses |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Play England Council Meetings |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Through participation in the break out sessions organised as part of these meetings I shared ideas about further Play England priorities and activities with professional practitioners, which sparked discussion and fed into the organisation's action plans Professional practitioners I met through the meetings were involved in a knowledge exchange event I organised for academics, play practitioners, toy makers and games designers. Outcomes of this event have been reported separately. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012 |
| Description | Play, Toys, War and Conflict Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussions afterwards, and a network involving academics, and play and museum practitioners has emerged. A network involving academics, and play and museum practitioners with shared interest in war toys and war play has emerged. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://materialsensibilities.wordpress.com/2014/05/21/play-and-war-key-issues/ |
| Description | Playability Knowledge Exchange Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Organised a knowledge exchange event for geographers, play practitioners, toy makers and games designers, which sparked questions and discussion, and led to a new connections being made between academics and practitioners. These connections led to: collaborative partnership between academics and Auroch Digital, which resulted in the development of a mobile app game to teach children about the impacts of climate change (2012); a successful collaborative funding bid involving NERC and the British Antarctic Survey to develop the aforementioned app; invitation to speak at seminars (2012; 2013); participation in Play England working group (2015); invitation to join collaborative partnership for AHRC Networking Bid (2016). The aforementioned mobile app is anticipated to have social, cultural and economic benefit. Designed as a game for the general populace, it will also be introduced to schools as a teaching tool and people will be able pay to have additional levels based on their own modelling of the area. Collaborative partnership between academics and game designers to develop a climate change themed mobile app game. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/iceflowsgame/ |
| Description | Playability blog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Blog relating to knowledge exchange event with academics, play practitioners and toy makers. Sparked interest in the event. The blog generated interest in the event, which resulted in play practitioners and toy makers attending, and expressions of interest in future events of this kind. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Playing War: the action figure's role in the domestic co-constitution of geopolitical cultures |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards. The journal, Geopolitics, approached the research about compiling a special issue on the subject of Domesticating Geopolitics, which will include publication of an extended version of the conference paper. Members of the research team were also invited to contribute to a reading group at the University of Brighton. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://ludicgeopolitics.wordpress.com/2015/10/07/domesticating-geopolitics-session-report-rgs-with-... |
| Description | RGS-IBG sessions: Ludic Geographies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | workshop facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Organised two sessions on Ludic Geographies at the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers Annual International Conference, which sparked questions and discussion Audience members tweeted about the sessions and requests were made for further information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Radio Interview - Newstalk (Ireland) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview discussed our shifting social values in relation to children and violence. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Re-enchanting childhood through a consensual approach to theories of relationality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Paper presented at workshop involving 16 participants spanning Childhood Studies, Early Childhood Education, Literary Studies, Sociology and Media from UK, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Finland and Canada. Participants were also practitioners. Briefing paper authored by PI was circulated prior to the event. Paper and presentation sparked questions and discussions afterwards, and increased interest in the findings of the research project, the field of children's geographies and UK academia. Plans made for future events, the establishment of a formal, dedicated European network and future funding bids. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Re-imagining Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation in a knowledge exchange event, which sparked questions and discussion Following participation, people made requests for further information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Reimagining the cartographies of the war play dilemma: play as relational ethic |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Delivered to audience including US military personnel. Talk sparked questions and discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Technologies of play and the child/military/entertainment industry nexus: video technologies as a democratising tool |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion, and an invitation to contribute to a publication. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | The Ludic Geopolitics of War Toys |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards. After the talk, the research team were invited to submit a book chapter proposal. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Unloved Collections |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This was a practitioner workshop co-organised with the Science Museum and the Museum of English Rural Life. Contributions sparked questions and discussion, and shaped activities. Invited to contribute to practitioner facing conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | War Games, CCANW |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Participation in two public War Games recreations, which helped build a relationship with the Class War Games network. This participation formed the basis of the publication 'Class Wargames : Ludic Subversion Against Spectacular Capitalism' by Richard Barbrook. Reviews include: 'Unusual, Fascinating View of Gaming and Its Revolutionary Possibilities...'; 'A new and different perspective'; 'It was striking that - very untypically for wargaming - the players were from both sexes'; 'I have been a wargamer for over 50 years, and thought that I had a fairly well developed understanding of wargaming, but this book certainly gave me some new insights'; 'I don't write book reviews as I'm no intellectual. That said, although this book is fairly lengthy & the topic appears to be somewhat uncool, I found it a pleasure to read & enlightening'. Inclusion of my activities in Richard Barbrook's (2014) book, Class Wargames: ludic subversion against spectacular capitalism |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Widening Participation Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The talk sparked a number of questions from the pupils in attendance and there was some good discussion during the session. Generic feedback on the whole event indicated that the sessions was very well received by the schools involved. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |