LDoc Innovation Placements 2018
Lead Research Organisation:
Royal College of Art
Department Name: Research Office
Abstract
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Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Emma Wakelin (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Renel W
(2020)
[Re]Mixing Space: Charting Sonic Accessibility and Social Equity in Creative Urban Contexts
in Architecture and Culture
| Description | Will Renel was awarded the LDoc Innovation Placement funding to build upon his doctoral research into Sonic Inclusion, working with one of the key organisations in this field, Touretteshero. Touretteshero is a disability-led organisation that celebrates and campaigns for disability arts and justice. Since 2010 Touretteshero has reached over 20-million people and collaborated with 150 artists and organisations. With support from the Wellcome Trust, Arts Council England, and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Touretteshero is building a knowledge base that will establish the organisation as a sustainable, national force for positive change across the creative industries. Will worked with with Touretteshero to design, implement and publish an innovative knowledge exchange methodology co-created with disabled young people, academics and artists across the UK. The methodology enabled collaborative working between diverse groups at the intersections of disability art, culture and activism. The award objectives set out to: • To co-design, implement and publish an inclusive knowledge exchange methodology, grounded in a package of creative and accessible tools for multidisciplinary communication that enable innovative collaborative working between diverse groups. • To equitably engage diverse collaborators (including disabled and non-disabled young people, academics, designers, artists and activists from across the UK) in the co-creation of the knowledge exchange methodology. • To distribute the methodology to key audience groups (academic, artistic, community) using creative and accessible formats including publications, book chapters and presentations, audio essays, participatory workshops, interactive technologies and public events. Significant achievements from this placement can be summarised: • Will led a number of events with the Wellcome Collection, London and London's Liberty Festival and The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, including Knowledge Exchange Events, Podcast Workshops, Showcases, an Exhibition and a Live Podcast event. Attendees were by invitation and the outcomes disseminated more broadly. • These events allowed Will to develop a set of Knowledge Exchange Postcards, which have been printed in a limited edition of 200 sets, and distribute through Touretteshero networks, The Wellcome Collection and workshop attendees. These postcards offer a way to work with key audience groups in co-designing inclusive knowledge exchange methodologies. They were developed and tested within the workshops Will ran and are now being disseminated for more widespread use. • There is a Knowledge Exchange Podcast that is currently being finalized for publication, which allows an audio-oriented approach to sharing inclusive practices. |
| Exploitation Route | This placement is beginning to see impact across the field of inclusive learning and design practices, including: • New engagement with higher education through increased opportunities to engage with critical contemporary discourses in participatory design and Inclusive Design from The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design and School of Communication at the Royal College of Art. • New approaches to participant engagement and collaboration through increased opportunities to implement Inclusive Design approaches (including the emerging field of Critical Access Studies and the perspective of Sonically Inclusive Design established in the main applicant's PhD thesis) across the organisational practices of Touretteshero. • Expanding social and cultural capital of disabled people across the UK through the creative and accessible exchange of knowledge between Touretteshero and related funders and collaborators, higher education and the creative industries. • Postdoctoral collaboration - designing, implementing and publishing an innovative knowledge exchange methodology through an evolving creative partnership. • Designer-led contributions to an innovative national knowledge base of inclusive and collaborative practice currently in development at Touretteshero. |
| Sectors | Creative Economy,Education,Environment,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Description | LDoc Innovation Placements This placement is beginning to see impact across the field of inclusive learning and design practices, including: • New engagement with higher education through increased opportunities to engage with critical contemporary discourses in participatory design and Inclusive Design from The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design and School of Communication at the Royal College of Art. • New approaches to participant engagement and collaboration through increased opportunities to implement Inclusive Design approaches (including the emerging field of Critical Access Studies and the perspective of Sonically Inclusive Design established in the main applicant's PhD thesis) across the organisational practices of Touretteshero. • Expanding social and cultural capital of disabled people across the UK through the creative and accessible exchange of knowledge between Touretteshero and related funders and collaborators, higher education and the creative industries. • Postdoctoral collaboration - designing, implementing and publishing an innovative knowledge exchange methodology through an evolving creative partnership. • Designer-led contributions to an innovative national knowledge base of inclusive and collaborative practice currently in development at Touretteshero. Additional Activity Undertaken During Placement • Presentation - Unsound Barrier Symposium (RCA, 19.06.2019) Renel continues to work in the field of sonic inclusion, bringing his research into a broader, non-academic arena. He is currently a post-doctoral innovation fellow at the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, a director of Touretteshero and a member of the Heart n Soul at the Hub research team at the Wellcome Collection. He regularly presents at events, leads and facilitates workshops and advocateds for people-centred design. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2019 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Creative Economy,Education,Environment,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Policy & public services |