Located Making: Unlocking the Potential of Cultural Heritage by Design
Lead Research Organisation:
Lancaster University
Department Name: Lancaster Inst for the Contemporary Arts
Abstract
There is increasing recognition today, through initiatives such as UK's Radcliffe Red List and UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage Programme, of the contemporary value of heritage-based maker practices. Heritage-based material culture is often strongly rooted in community, place, materials and traditions. They express local knowledge and contribute to a deeper sense of identity and belonging. As such, they offer a stable counterpoint to our fast-changing, digital lifestyles.
While there is a renaissance of interest in heritage making in both the UK and China, there needs to be a better understanding of how this translates into growth in the creative economy that is respectful of cultural legacy. The application of design research expertise offers a way of unlocking the potential of such traditional material cultures by helping ensure they are relevant and meaningful to contemporary needs. Investigating the ability of design to reveal the potential of this cultural heritage provides the catalyst for this collaborative research in the creative economy - between academics in design, fashion and ethnology, businesses and policy makers.
The aim of Located Making is to develop a practical framework for unlocking the potential of cultural heritage by design. This framework, for use by policy-makers, heritage sector organisations and academics, will include a robust co-developed methodology suited to the Chinese context, a step-by-step pathway for identifying principal goals and developing feasible strategies, as well as real world examples and insights. Application of the framework will enable cultural heritage-based making practices in China to benefit economically and socio-culturally from design expertise.
The project will investigate how design expertise can increase the visibility and perceived value of heritage-based making practices in China in ways that accord with sustainability, decent jobs, economic growth and community. To do this, UK and Chinese researchers, in conjunction with private and public sector partners and advisors will: 1) Undertake a series of place-based case studies of cultural heritage making practices in China to assess historical, contextual and stakeholder priorities; 2) Co-create strategies that will increase the visibility and perceived value of heritage-based making practices in ways that stimulate the economy in ways that value people, place and community; 3) Synthesise research insights into generalisable forms that can be adapted to a variety of contexts and elicit feedback to maximise adoption, implementation and impact; and 4) Develop a practical framework for the Chinese context that includes a step-by-step pathway for identifying development opportunities for heritage-based making practices, principal goals, as well as effective strategies for their achievement.
Located Making will generate benefits for academics and non-academics through fostering innovative partnerships among researchers, businesses, makers, sector organisations and policy advisers, extending understanding of how design expertise can increase the visibility and value of heritage-based making practices, and enhancing strategic development capabilities in the heritage-based maker sector in China.
While there is a renaissance of interest in heritage making in both the UK and China, there needs to be a better understanding of how this translates into growth in the creative economy that is respectful of cultural legacy. The application of design research expertise offers a way of unlocking the potential of such traditional material cultures by helping ensure they are relevant and meaningful to contemporary needs. Investigating the ability of design to reveal the potential of this cultural heritage provides the catalyst for this collaborative research in the creative economy - between academics in design, fashion and ethnology, businesses and policy makers.
The aim of Located Making is to develop a practical framework for unlocking the potential of cultural heritage by design. This framework, for use by policy-makers, heritage sector organisations and academics, will include a robust co-developed methodology suited to the Chinese context, a step-by-step pathway for identifying principal goals and developing feasible strategies, as well as real world examples and insights. Application of the framework will enable cultural heritage-based making practices in China to benefit economically and socio-culturally from design expertise.
The project will investigate how design expertise can increase the visibility and perceived value of heritage-based making practices in China in ways that accord with sustainability, decent jobs, economic growth and community. To do this, UK and Chinese researchers, in conjunction with private and public sector partners and advisors will: 1) Undertake a series of place-based case studies of cultural heritage making practices in China to assess historical, contextual and stakeholder priorities; 2) Co-create strategies that will increase the visibility and perceived value of heritage-based making practices in ways that stimulate the economy in ways that value people, place and community; 3) Synthesise research insights into generalisable forms that can be adapted to a variety of contexts and elicit feedback to maximise adoption, implementation and impact; and 4) Develop a practical framework for the Chinese context that includes a step-by-step pathway for identifying development opportunities for heritage-based making practices, principal goals, as well as effective strategies for their achievement.
Located Making will generate benefits for academics and non-academics through fostering innovative partnerships among researchers, businesses, makers, sector organisations and policy advisers, extending understanding of how design expertise can increase the visibility and value of heritage-based making practices, and enhancing strategic development capabilities in the heritage-based maker sector in China.
Planned Impact
Building on the four key identified impacts in our Pathways to Impact, here we expand on who we envisage benefiting from this research and develop further how they might benefit:
i1) To extend understanding of how design expertise can increase the visibility and value of heritage-based making practices for craftspeople, makers and designers thereby stimulating opportunities that lead to sustainable and inclusive economic growth in China. The project employs an original three stage methodology, developed from field research studies and adapted to suit the Chinese context. It offers a comprehensive, systematic approach to understanding the priorities of the various stakeholders and the attributes and challenges of a particular context with respect to heritage craft making practices and products. This enables the identification of appropriate design opportunities and interventions, leading to development goals and strategies. This approach will contribute to sustainable and inclusive economic growth in China among micro-enterprises, craftspeople, makers, and associated businesses including suppliers, buyers and retailers.
i2) To increase opportunities in the UK and China for fostering innovative partnerships among researchers, businesses, sector organisations and policy advisers in order to increase understanding of the role of heritage-based making practices in the creative economy. Cross-disciplinary perspectives and understandings will help reveal the relationship of heritage-based aspects of the creative sector to the economy and to sustainable patterns of growth. Hence, the approach will expand current understandings of the creative economy among makers and their associated stakeholders including suppliers, retailers and intermediaries, as well as heritage-related organisations and government departments.
i3) To enhance development capabilities in the heritage-based maker sector in China by using design-led research expertise to inform enterprise goals and strategies in order to increase visibility and perceived value of indigenous making practices and associated products. The use of systematic field research methods combined with cross-disciplinary knowledge and perspectives provides a robust basis for ascertaining priority areas for design, innovation and development for future resilience. Also, an online maker showcase will foreground Chinese indigenous expertise in heritage-based craft making to both raise its visibility and convey its cultural provenance and significance to makers, intermediaries, businesses, retailers, consumers and public sector organisations. This work will inform designers, businesses and those in the public sector involved with local and regional economic development.
i4) To forge closer ties, mutual understanding and future development opportunities by enriching the sense of community among makers, policy advisers, heritage sector organizations and academics. Dissemination via business-oriented journals, website and social media, the visualisation of information, and two symposia planned in the latter part of the project, one in China and one in the UK, including a webinar, will enable the priorities, relationships and interdependencies among the various stakeholders to be made transparent, thus promoting common understandings and constructive alliances. Through such means the applicability and usefulness of design research in the creative economy related to place will provide a basis for building on existing understandings of design and its relation to cultural heritage. This will be of significant interest to organisations in the UK such as the Crafts Council, Heritage Crafts Association, Regional Development (LEPs), tourism etc., and, in China, to those involved in furthering China's UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Programme, as well as in development, policy and the creative economy in rural and/or under-developed regions.
i1) To extend understanding of how design expertise can increase the visibility and value of heritage-based making practices for craftspeople, makers and designers thereby stimulating opportunities that lead to sustainable and inclusive economic growth in China. The project employs an original three stage methodology, developed from field research studies and adapted to suit the Chinese context. It offers a comprehensive, systematic approach to understanding the priorities of the various stakeholders and the attributes and challenges of a particular context with respect to heritage craft making practices and products. This enables the identification of appropriate design opportunities and interventions, leading to development goals and strategies. This approach will contribute to sustainable and inclusive economic growth in China among micro-enterprises, craftspeople, makers, and associated businesses including suppliers, buyers and retailers.
i2) To increase opportunities in the UK and China for fostering innovative partnerships among researchers, businesses, sector organisations and policy advisers in order to increase understanding of the role of heritage-based making practices in the creative economy. Cross-disciplinary perspectives and understandings will help reveal the relationship of heritage-based aspects of the creative sector to the economy and to sustainable patterns of growth. Hence, the approach will expand current understandings of the creative economy among makers and their associated stakeholders including suppliers, retailers and intermediaries, as well as heritage-related organisations and government departments.
i3) To enhance development capabilities in the heritage-based maker sector in China by using design-led research expertise to inform enterprise goals and strategies in order to increase visibility and perceived value of indigenous making practices and associated products. The use of systematic field research methods combined with cross-disciplinary knowledge and perspectives provides a robust basis for ascertaining priority areas for design, innovation and development for future resilience. Also, an online maker showcase will foreground Chinese indigenous expertise in heritage-based craft making to both raise its visibility and convey its cultural provenance and significance to makers, intermediaries, businesses, retailers, consumers and public sector organisations. This work will inform designers, businesses and those in the public sector involved with local and regional economic development.
i4) To forge closer ties, mutual understanding and future development opportunities by enriching the sense of community among makers, policy advisers, heritage sector organizations and academics. Dissemination via business-oriented journals, website and social media, the visualisation of information, and two symposia planned in the latter part of the project, one in China and one in the UK, including a webinar, will enable the priorities, relationships and interdependencies among the various stakeholders to be made transparent, thus promoting common understandings and constructive alliances. Through such means the applicability and usefulness of design research in the creative economy related to place will provide a basis for building on existing understandings of design and its relation to cultural heritage. This will be of significant interest to organisations in the UK such as the Crafts Council, Heritage Crafts Association, Regional Development (LEPs), tourism etc., and, in China, to those involved in furthering China's UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Programme, as well as in development, policy and the creative economy in rural and/or under-developed regions.
Publications
Walker S
(2019)
Design ecologies: sustaining ethno-cultural significance of products through urban ecologies of creative practice
in International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology
Walker S
(2019)
Traditional Knowledge, Sustainability and the Potential Role of Epigenetics
in American Journal of Biomedical Science & Research
Mohamed YSA
(2019)
Evaluating Sustainability Awareness Among Craftspeople in Malaysia
Walker, S
(2019)
Design Realities: creativity, nature and the human spirit
Zhan X
(2019)
Craft as Leverage for Sustainable Design Transformation: A Theoretical Foundation
in The Design Journal
Title | Living Design Exhibition |
Description | An exhibition of craft artefacts from the UK and international to accompany the Living Design Symposium at Lancaster University 14th November 2019 |
Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Impact | The exhibition enhanced the symposium that was attended by ca. 80 academics, students, NGOs, private enterprise and craft support organizations |
Description | Based on the latest field work in China, we have developed a 'Located Making' Framework for analysing craft practices (intangible cultural heritage) with respect to 1) Values (of makers, policy-makers etc) including self-transcending, self-enhancing, openness to change and conservation and traditional values; and 2) Place - assessing the facilities, services and opportunities offered by place that a maker may depend upon or draw upon to support their craft enterprise or practice. |
Exploitation Route | The framework, which we have constructed based on interviews with makers in the Yellow River Valley can be used to analyse crafts in other areas of China and by policy to help support craft practices in the various regions. The findings and, in particular, the framework tool is more generally applicable to small maker enterprises and policy makers everywhere because it allows identification of values, relationship to culture and place, and relationship to sustainability, and offers design opportunities for small maker enterprises. A fully illustrated bilingual (English-Chinese) project report provides background, theory, methods, findings and conclusions and links to the accompanying introduction film at: https://vimeo.com/670767102. A peer-reviewed paper on the framework has been published in the The Design Journal and a book chapter is IN PRESS. |
Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy Creative Economy Government Democracy and Justice Culture Heritage Museums and Collections |
URL | https://vimeo.com/670767102 |
Description | The framework, which we have constructed based on interviews with makers in the Yellow River Valley can be used to analyse crafts in various areas of China and by policy makers to help support craft practices in the various regions. The framework has also been shared with collaborators at the Crafts Council in the UK. A bilingual film introducing the project in English and Chinese is available at: https://vimeo.com/670767102 In addition, the findings for our research have contributed materially to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Crafts work in advancing the case for UK's ratification of the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention. We shared our research, findings and their implications, including economic potential, through consultations with Patricia Lovett MBE (Secretariat, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Craft, Co-Director and Chief Judge, Stanford University Calligraphy Collection, Patron, Lettering Arts Trust Previous Chair, Heritage Crafts). The UK's ratification of the UNESCO ICH convention is now scheduled for Spring 2025, and our research helped materially to support this advancement. Furthermore, our research has considerable resonance with Welsh government policies for ensuring the well-being of future generations. We have met with and our research reports have been discussed and shared with Jane Davidson, author of #futuregen: Lessons from a Small Country, Andrew Renton, Head of Design Collection, Museum Wales, St Fagans and Lynsey Jackson and Clare Sain-Ley-Berry from Sustain Wales. In all cases, a strong relationship became evident between the Values and Place-based evidence of heritage craft activities emerging from our research and the aspirations of the Welsh Agenda in facilitating high quality work within a diversified, geographically distributed economy that is consistent with sustainable principles. |
First Year Of Impact | 2022 |
Sector | Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
Impact Types | Cultural Policy & public services |
Description | Conservation of Climate Change Endangered Cultural Furniture Industry Heritage in Damietta, Egypt |
Amount | £188,721 (GBP) |
Funding ID | AH/V006479/1 |
Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2020 |
End | 02/2022 |
Description | SEE CHANGE: A Design Manifesto for Sustainability, Inclusivity and Resilience, a collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University (Not funded) |
Amount | £0 (GBP) |
Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start |
Description | TRADECRAFT: Co-creating an Interactive Viability Roadmap for Small Maker Enterprises, a collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University |
Amount | £100,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2022 |
End | 04/2023 |
Title | Progressive Design Praxis by S. Walker (applied in Located Making) |
Description | A way of making integrated, holistic values-based judgements within the design process. Described, with background theory, and published in Design Realities book by S. Walker (Routledge) 2019. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | integrated into the QBL as a way of practically assessing working practices and their improvement based on values-based evaluations. |
Title | Research Tools: The Located Making Framework - Values, Place and Sustainability (outcomes of Located Making) |
Description | Located Making focuses on purposeful goods whose design, production and use are strongly related to the heritage, culture or geography of place. The Located Making framework is designed for small maker enterprises, policymakers, heritage sector organizations and academics. The framework informs decision-making and will offer practical benefits to cultural- and heritage-based making practices. It has come about from the team understanding the motivations of craftspeople in the UK, China and elsewhere; exploring their skills, mapping their values and relating these to sustainability. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | A Located Making framework film was released in the UK in early 2022 and will be launched in China later in the year. A booklet detailing the framework and the other research undertaken for Located Making is due for release as the project draws to a close. |
URL | http://imagination.lancaster.ac.uk/update/located-making-film/ |
Title | The Quadruple Bottom Line of Design for Sustainability by S. Walker (applied in Located Making) |
Description | A way for determining the relationship of a small maker enterprise to sustainability - environmental, practical, social, personal, and what needs to be done to be economically viable. Made available and described in the Located Making Film and the Located Making Framework, which is being converted into an online resource in our new AHRC-funded TradeCraft Project. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | The QBL is being used in design education in many design schools around the world e.g. at Kingston in London, METU in Turkey, and has been translated into Chinese and Persian. First described in 2014, but sequentially improved in terms of precision and visualization - new visualization were developed in Living Design and again in Located Making, there are also adapted to the Chinese context. |
Description | Collaboration between Project Partners (Lancaster and Manchester Met Universities) and Crafts Council Personnel |
Organisation | Crafts Council |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Visit to China and Collaborative writing |
Collaborator Contribution | Visit to China and Collaborative writing |
Impact | Zhang, W., Walker, S., Evans, M., & Bennett, J. (2021) Inheritors of the Yellow River: The Relationship of Heritage Making Practices to Cultural Self-confidence in China, International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology, SpringerOpen, New York (IN REVIEW). |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Collaborative Partnerships: CRAFT PROJECT in Damietta - Salford, Lancaster and CEDARE (Cairo) |
Organisation | University of Salford |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Participation, expertise and insights from skilled furniture makers in Damietta and the Damietta city major - total c 60 participants, 8 hours per person. |
Collaborator Contribution | Project was progressed as an interdisciplinary team led by Prof. Hisham Elkadi, with input about product design for sustainability, and expertise in GIS and data collection from CEDARE (Cairo) |
Impact | (A project report will be published in due course) |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Located Making Project - a collaborative project between Universities in the UK and China |
Organisation | Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology |
Country | China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Our Located making project , for which I am PI, is a collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University (School of the Design - Co-I) with research partners in China - Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology and Ningxia University |
Collaborator Contribution | MMU is a joint partner in the project and we have developed the work together and visit China together to visit with our partners there and complete field work pertinent to the project. We have visited China twice as part of this project (subsequent visits were curtailed by Covid-19). We visited Beijing Institute of Technology and they arrange filed studies to Pingyao Ancient City - arranging all visits to enterprises, accommodation etc. and providing translation for us. The second visit was to the Yellow River Valley, with members of staff from Ningxia University. |
Impact | A paper has been completed and is in review with a journal currently. See other outputs in 'Located Making' outputs |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Located Making Project - a collaborative project between Universities in the UK and China |
Organisation | Ningxia University |
Country | China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We obtained the initial project funding from the AHRC-Newton fund to finance the project. We have visited Chinas twice to meet with partners and conduct field work |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners helped organize field visits, provided translation and local insights and worked with us on the filed work. |
Impact | A paper has been completed and is in review - see other outputs under Located Making |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Creative Transition: Design for a Future Beyond Economic Growth, Design Commit 2024 - 1st International Conference on Design & Industry, Braga, Portugal, May 20th-22nd, 2024. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dissemination of research to key stakeholders. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
Description | Design Ecologies sustaining ethno-cultural significance of products through urban ecologies of creative practice |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Invited Talk: Walker, S., Evans, M. & Mullagh, L. (2018) Design Ecologies sustaining ethno-cultural significance of products through urban ecologies of creative practice, China, Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, 25th September 2018. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Design Realities: creativity as a tool for positive change (webinar from Professor Stuart Walker) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Design Realities: creativity as a tool for positive change, Webinar from Professor Stuart Walker: Educational Experience + Innovation + Social Purpose. This was a keynote talk to an international group of academics hosted by University of São Paulo, Brazil, 17 December 2020, ca. 50 attendees. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Design Roots: values, place and sustainability, keynote address by Prof. S. Walker at China Summit, Warwick China Development Society (WCDS), University of Warwick, 6 February 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | A keynote speech from a series around Europe by Professor Stuart Walker, making links with other institutions/audiences and promoting the research of ImaginationLancaster in collaboration with others. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.warwicksu.com/societies-sports/societies/cpass/ |
Description | Design after a Pandemic, keynote address by Prof. S. Walker at Department of Design, Kingston University, London, 26 February 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | A keynote speech from a series around Europe by Professor Stuart Walker, making links with other institutions/audiences and promoting the research of ImaginationLancaster in collaboration with others. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Design after a Pandemic, keynote address by Prof. S. Walker at Designmonat Graz festival, Austria, 10 May 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A keynote speech from a series around Europe by Professor Stuart Walker, making links with other institutions/audiences and promoting the research of ImaginationLancaster in collaboration with others. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4S0hEc4Fjg |
Description | Design after a Pandemic, keynote address by Prof. S. Walker at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 16 April 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | A keynote speech from a series around Europe by Professor Stuart Walker, making links with other institutions/audiences and promoting the research of ImaginationLancaster in collaboration with others. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.metu.edu.tr/ |
Description | Design and Spirituality |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Invited Visiting Professor Talk: Walker, S. (2019) Design and Spirituality, Kingston University, London, 14th March 2019 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Design for Life: Practice-based Design Research |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Invited Talk: Design for Life: Practice-based Design Research, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC, 21st January 2019 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Design for Life: creating meaning in a distracted world |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Invited Talk: Walker, S. (2018) Design for Life: creating meaning in a distracted world, Lancaster University College, Beijing Jiaotong University, Weihai, China, 2nd April, 2019. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Design for Life: creating meaning in a distracted world, Entorno Horizontes Colectivos Conference, Departamento de Arte, Diseño y Arqyuitectura, Universidad Iberoamericana, Puebla, Mexico (keynote address by S Walker, 2018) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Keynote Address: Walker, S. (2018) Design for Life: creating meaning in a distracted world, Entorno Horizontes Colectivos Conference, Departamento de Arte, Diseño y Arqyuitectura, Universidad Iberoamericana, Puebla, Mexico, 11 September 2018. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Design for Sustainability, Atlantic Wonder, Universidade da Madeira, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (keynote address by S. Walker, 2018) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Keynote Address: Walker, S. (2018) Design for Sustainability, Atlantic Wonder, Universidade da Madeira, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 16 July 2018. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Design in the Realm of Silence, keynote address by Prof. S Walker at the European Academy of Design Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | More keynotes to follow from Professor Walker at the Eindhoven Design Academy, The Netherlands, in March 2022. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://eadresearch.org/conference-programme |
Description | Design, Sustainability and Spirituality |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Design, Sustainability and Spirituality, Master of Studies (MSt) in Sustainability Leadership, Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, 4 September 2019 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Invited Talk: Evans, M. Design Roots: Ecologies of Creative Practice. AHRC Global Activities, January 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited Talk: Evans, M. (2020) Design Roots: Ecologies of Creative Practice. 'AHRC Global Activities' visit by Gary Grubb (AHRC), Manchester Metropolitan University, 10 January 2020 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Keynote address by Prof. Stuart Walker: Museo Egizio, Turin, November 28th, 2023 - an invited talk to and international forum of Egyptologists and Archaeologists |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dissemination of research to practitioners involved in an overlapping discipline, prompting discussion and forging relationships. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Keynote address: S. Walker (2023) Creative Shift: from novelty to authenticity, The Royal College of Art, London, March 7th-8th |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Addressing students and practitioners at a prestigious institution; disseminating research and prompting discussion. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Keynote address: S. Walker (2023) Design Roots and Sustainable Futures, Innovation through Global Collaboration, online - Manchester School of Art and 5 Universities in India, February 2nd |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Disseminating research, prompting discussion and forging new relationships. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Keynote address: S. Walker (2023) Design for Greed: the trappings of success and/or the future of the planet, Sustainable Innovation Conference 2023 (online), 24th International Conference: Accelerating Sustainability in the Creative Economy and Creative Industries, University of the Creative Arts, London, March 20th |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Disseminating research to key stakeholders and interested parties; prompting engagement and forging new relationship. More here: https://www.uca.ac.uk/events/research/sustainable-innovation-2023/ |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Keynote address: Walker, S. (2023) Creative Shift, PiNA - Association for Culture and Education, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 10th, 2023 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Addressing a large audience comprising city representatives, businesses, academics, and others; sharing research with a wider, international audience and building academic and non-academic relationships. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Keynote address: Walker, S. (2023) Design for Resilience, IM/MATERIALITIES Conference: Museums between Real and Digital, Nov 28th to Dec 1st 2023 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dissemination of research to an international audience in an overlapping discipline, prompting discussion and forging relationships. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Keynote address: Walker, S. (2023) Design for Resilience, Systemic Design Conference, MIT, Cambridge, MA, Friday, Oct. 13th, 2023 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dissemination of research to stakeholders and engaging with a wider audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Keynote address: Walker, S. (2023) Is Design Lost? European League of Institutes of the Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University, October 19th, 2023 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A presentation designed to prompt debate and interaction succeeded in helping develop relationships. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Keynote address: Walker, S. (2023) Is this the Way the World Ends? European League of Institutes of the Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University, October 19th, 2023 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Delivering a presentation designed to prompt debate, interaction and cooperation to follow. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Keynote address: Walker, S. (2023) Making the Future We Leave Behind, Morningside Academy of Design, MIT, October 2nd, 2023 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Disseminating research and engaging with students and practitioners. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Keynote address: Walker, S. (2024) Creative Transition: Design for a Future Beyond Economic Growth, Design Commit 2024 - 1st International Conference on Design & Industry, Braga, Portugal, May 20th - 22nd, 2024 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presenting alongside long-term collaborator Prof. Martin Evans in order to share latest research and questions raised by it; aim is to prompt discussion, interaction and forge new relationships. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
Description | Keynote address: Walker, S. (2024) Design for Resilience, Kingston University, London, January 29th, 2024 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | An in-person presentation at a prestigious institution followed by valuable discussions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
Description | Keynote address: Walker, S. (2024) Design for Resilience, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, Malaysia, March 21st, 2024, (online) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | This online keynote will reach a valued international audience and prompt follow-up interactions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
Description | Keynote address: Walker, S. (2024) Making the Future We Leave Behind, The Royal College of Art, London, March 13th, 2024 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | An in-person address at a prestigious institution to be followed by audience/peer discussion. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
Description | Living Design symposium, Lancaster University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | A symposium to disseminate key results of the Living Design Project and introduce the Located Making Framework, Living Design Symposium, Lancaster University on 14 November 2019 attended by c. 80 people from business, third sector and academia. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Living Design, Ethnic Development Forum, Chinese Academic of Social Sciences |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Keynote Address: Walker, S. (2019) Living Design, Ethnic Development Forum, Chinese Academic of Social Sciences, Beijing, 26th March 2019. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Living Design: Sustainability of Small Maker Enterprises, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, 27 November 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Research seminar presentation exploring the role of design in sustainability in maker enterprises. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Living Design: sustaining small enterprises by design |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Invited Talk: Mullagh, L., Walker, S., Evans, M. (2019) Living Design: sustaining small enterprises by design, Lancaster University College, Beijing Jiaotong University, Weihai, China, 2nd April, 2019 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Living Design: sustaining small maker enterprises by design |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Invited Talk: Walker, S., Evans, M. & Mullagh, L. (2018) Living Design: sustaining small maker enterprises by design, China Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, 26th September 2018 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Located Making |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Symposium, Ningxia University China Meeting at M-Hotel, Zhengzou, 23rd September 2019 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Located Making Film from Walker, S., Evans, M., Zhang, W. (2022) Located Making: A Framework for Supporting Heritage Making Practices in China (in English and Chinese) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A summary of major research findings, The Located Making film shows the development of a practical framework for unlocking the potential of cultural heritage by design. It is based on our AHRC-supported research in the UK, China and the US. It is available on Vimeo (see link below) and YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bylp0jyu5z4&t=3s |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://vimeo.com/670767102 |
Description | Located Making: unlocking the potential of cultural heritage by design, invited talk for: Heritage For Global Challenges |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Walker, S., Evans, M., Mullagh, L. (2020) Located Making: unlocking the potential of cultural heritage by design, invited talk for: Heritage For Global Challenges, A Praxis /AHRC/GCRF, organized by University of Leads, West Bek'aa, Lebanon, 24-26 February 2020. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Prof. S Walker on Design and Spirituality, New Books Network podcast, USA, Interviewed by Bryan Toepfer, 30 June 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Professor Stuart Walker was interviewed by Bryan Toepfer about his book Design and Spirituality on the New Books Network in the USA. Interview date 30 June 2021. The book encompasses previous/ongoing work under Located Making and Living Design and the interview gave it a wider reach. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Wu7ZvPr3CHhVIA1oHrPNW?si=t5DdQLuSQUSlhTfUDgm6Rg |
Description | Prof. S. Walker - Expert Interview on Sustainable Futures, FutureTense, Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), 6 August 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Prof. Stuart Walker gave an interview on Sustainable Futures on FutureTense, Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), broadcast on 6 August, allowing him engagement with a wide, international audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/ |
Description | Spirituality and Design - creating a meaningful material culture through progressive design praxis, Spirituality in Society and the Professions - International Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Spirituality and Design - creating a meaningful material culture through progressive design praxis, Spirituality in Society and the Professions - International Conference, 16-18 May 2019, Waterford Institute of Technology, (WIT), Waterford, Ireland, 16th May 2019 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | The Journey from Design Routes to Located Making |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | 'The Journey from Design Routes to Located Making' was hosted by Helsinki University by the Department of Teacher Education. The presentation provided an overview of key research activities related to a series of linked projects that explore the revitalisation of traditional crafts and their relationship to place. A key aspect of the presentation and linked discussion considered the link between craft practitioner motivations and their values. The audience was particularly interested in how the research has been instrumentalised in a future viability tool and linked 'roundels'. These provide the ability to profile craft practitioners through impactful visualisations that support comparisons between different contexts and motivations. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | The Third Exit (a keynote talk from Professor Stuart Walker to postgraduates at Kingston University) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The Third Exit, Keynote talk from Professor Stuart Walker to Masters students, Kingston University, London, 27 February 2020, ca. 40 attendees. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | The Third Exit (a webinar from Professor Stuart Walker hosted by ArchiNet, Riyadh) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The Third Exit, Webinar from Professor Stuart Walker: Keynote talk to an international group of practitioners and academics hosted by ArchiNet, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 3 September 2020, ca. 40 attendees. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | The Third Exit (a webinar from Professor Stuart Walker hosted by Bilgi University) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The Third Exit, Webinar from Professor Stuart Walker: Keynote talk to a national group of academics hosted by Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey; 10 December 2020, ca. 40 attendees. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | The Third Exit, keynote address by Prof. S. Walker at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 21 June 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | A keynote speech from a series around Europe by Professor Stuart Walker, making links with other institutions/audiences and promoting the research of ImaginationLancaster in collaboration with others. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.metu.edu.tr/ |
Description | Walker, S. keynote address on Design Criticism, Department of Design, Kingston University, London, 4th March 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Walker, S. (2022) Design Criticism, Department of Design, Kingston University, London, 4th March |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Walker, S. participation at Design, Technology and Finance Workshop, Sustainable Leadership MA Programme, Cambridge University, Friday 10 September 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Walker, S. (2021) Design, Technology and Finance Workshop, Sustainable Leadership MA Programme, Cambridge University, Friday 10 September. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Walker, S. participation at Fairphone Workshop, Department of Design, Kingston University, London, 26 February 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Walker, S. (2021) Fairphone Workshop, Department of Design, Kingston University, London, 26 February. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Walker, S. participation at Sustainability Workshop, Department of Design, Kingston University, London, 4 March 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Walker, S. (2022) Sustainability Workshop, Department of Design, Kingston University, London, 4 March. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | What if ? workshop at Eindhoven Design Academy, The Netherlands, 21-22 March 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Workshop entitled What if ? At Eindhoven Design Academy, The Netherlands, 21-22 March 2022. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Workshop on the Project to Preserve the Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Furniture Industry in Damietta, Egypt, Furniture Technology Center, Damietta, October 24, 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Workshop on the Project to Preserve the Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Furniture Industry in Damietta, Egypt, Furniture Technology Center, Damietta, October 24, 2021 in collaboration with Center For Environment & Development For The Arab Region & Europe (CEDARE), Cairo and Furniture Craft Enterprises in Damietta (Nile Delta) ca. 60 people in attendance. Co- Investigator, CRAFT: Conservation of Climate Change Endangered Cultural Furniture Industry Heritage in Damietta, Egypt, a collaboration with University of Salford and CEDARE, Cairo. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |