Creative Informatics: Data Driven Innovation for the Creative Industries
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Edinburgh
Department Name: Edinburgh College of Art
Abstract
Creative Informatics is an R&D partnership which will grow Edinburgh's creative industries cluster, by helping it to tap the huge potential of using data to shape, develop and deliver new products and services for public and business customers. Over the past ten years, new data-driven products and services have transformed the way people engage with cultural experiences, conduct transactions, and relate to each other. Our ambition is to enable the sector to succeed in an increasingly competitive market, by addressing key innovation challenges and by developing the R&D capacity and data literacy of companies to ensure they can capitalise on new technology to develop new products and services.
The R&D Partnership is hosted by the University of Edinburgh, with Edinburgh Napier University and has two key delivery partners: Creative Edinburgh, a well-connected network of over 3800 members, and CodeBase, the largest technology incubator in the UK and one of the fastest growing in Europe. Creative Informatics will benefit from outstanding infrastructure to support delivery including that provided by the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal which will focus on Data Driven Innovation.
We will bring together cultural partners, creative businesses and entrepreneurs with academic expertise in the fields of design, informatics, business, law and cultural heritage, to address four Innovation Challenges:
1. Developing access to and engagement with new audiences and markets
2. Developing new modalities of experience
3. Unlocking value in archives and data sets
4. Revealing new business models for the creative industries
These challenges could see Edinburgh's Festivals extending the festival experiences offered both in Edinburgh and overseas. Outputs from projects could lead to new commercial products for home entertainment, new apps, games, new ways to buy products and services by experiencing them first, new ways for advertising agencies to develop campaigns and experiences for clients, and online experiences for remote participation. Museums and Galleries will be able to mine text and images in their archives to create opportunities for new product lines for SMEs and the tools developed along the way can also be licensed and sold. Partnerships across our cluster will include creative teams who understand new transaction technologies (crowd-financing, micro-payments, cryptocurrencies). This will ensure creative entrepreneurs can develop radical new products and services, whilst understanding the opportunities and threats and ensuring that social interests are safeguarded. The development of data-driven solutions for adapting and distributing content will open up new international market opportunities for a range of creative industries sub-sectors including design, advertising, gaming, publishing, film and TV production companies, music/record companies, and fashion.
We will support growth of the cluster through six R&D initiatives which have been co-designed with partners to meet their needs. Challenge Projects, Horizon Projects and Creative Informatics Labs (CI Labs) will respond directly to the four innovation challenges. Creative Bridge, a dedicated data-driven business innovation programme; Resident Entrepreneurs; and Connected Innovators will respond to the challenge of developing and retaining talent, entrepreneurs and leaders to fuel the growth of the creative industries cluster in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh's creative industries cluster has a vibrant creative and technology culture in a city internationally renowned for both culture and entrepreneurship. Creative Informatics provides the missing 'cog' to allow creative entrepreneurs to connect with world-leading expertise in data science and Edinburgh's tech and start-up culture and fulfil its potential to make the UK an international centre for creative data-driven innovation.
The R&D Partnership is hosted by the University of Edinburgh, with Edinburgh Napier University and has two key delivery partners: Creative Edinburgh, a well-connected network of over 3800 members, and CodeBase, the largest technology incubator in the UK and one of the fastest growing in Europe. Creative Informatics will benefit from outstanding infrastructure to support delivery including that provided by the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal which will focus on Data Driven Innovation.
We will bring together cultural partners, creative businesses and entrepreneurs with academic expertise in the fields of design, informatics, business, law and cultural heritage, to address four Innovation Challenges:
1. Developing access to and engagement with new audiences and markets
2. Developing new modalities of experience
3. Unlocking value in archives and data sets
4. Revealing new business models for the creative industries
These challenges could see Edinburgh's Festivals extending the festival experiences offered both in Edinburgh and overseas. Outputs from projects could lead to new commercial products for home entertainment, new apps, games, new ways to buy products and services by experiencing them first, new ways for advertising agencies to develop campaigns and experiences for clients, and online experiences for remote participation. Museums and Galleries will be able to mine text and images in their archives to create opportunities for new product lines for SMEs and the tools developed along the way can also be licensed and sold. Partnerships across our cluster will include creative teams who understand new transaction technologies (crowd-financing, micro-payments, cryptocurrencies). This will ensure creative entrepreneurs can develop radical new products and services, whilst understanding the opportunities and threats and ensuring that social interests are safeguarded. The development of data-driven solutions for adapting and distributing content will open up new international market opportunities for a range of creative industries sub-sectors including design, advertising, gaming, publishing, film and TV production companies, music/record companies, and fashion.
We will support growth of the cluster through six R&D initiatives which have been co-designed with partners to meet their needs. Challenge Projects, Horizon Projects and Creative Informatics Labs (CI Labs) will respond directly to the four innovation challenges. Creative Bridge, a dedicated data-driven business innovation programme; Resident Entrepreneurs; and Connected Innovators will respond to the challenge of developing and retaining talent, entrepreneurs and leaders to fuel the growth of the creative industries cluster in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh's creative industries cluster has a vibrant creative and technology culture in a city internationally renowned for both culture and entrepreneurship. Creative Informatics provides the missing 'cog' to allow creative entrepreneurs to connect with world-leading expertise in data science and Edinburgh's tech and start-up culture and fulfil its potential to make the UK an international centre for creative data-driven innovation.
Planned Impact
The Creative Informatics R&D Partnership will grow Edinburgh's creative industries cluster by addressing four data-driven innovation challenges: developing access to and engagement with new audiences and markets; developing new modalities of experience; unlocking value in archives and data sets; and revealing new business models for the creative industries.
The partners have co-designed six R&D programmes to address these challenges which will increase the number of existing businesses and creative entrepreneurs who can confidently innovate with data. Three programmes - Challenge Projects, Horizon Projects and Creative Informatics Labs - will respond directly to the four innovation challenges. Existing creative businesses will benefit from taking part in the programmes and will find new collaborators and build their long term capacity for R&D.
The programmes will lead to supported projects that aim to have a Minimum Viable Product at the end and we expect half of the MVPs to be developed through further investment and funding. In total we expect to have 100 new products, services and experiences developed by the end of the award involving software solutions, algorithms and design rights appropriately protected to enable commercialisation. The programmes will also provide new opportunities for collaboration and mutual learning. The CI Labs in particular will lead to new research tools, methodologies and resources that will be disseminated for use by academics and industry for further projects.
Three further programmes will develop creative entrepreneurs who can confidently express the value of creativity, relate easily to technologists and investors, and lead data-driven innovation for the creative industries. Developing and retaining such talent is crucial for growing the creative industries cluster in Edinburgh.
Creative Bridge, a dedicated business innovation programme, will help entrepreneurs transition from idea to product by developing understanding of data-driven innovation and creative business models. The Resident Entrepreneur programme will provide creative entrepreneurs with the funding, space and networks to develop an idea to become ready to market. Connected Innovators will support upcoming leaders to take time out for an R&D project and develop skills to further their leadership within the cluster.
With this focus on entrepreneurship, we envisage creating successful, new businesses. We have set a total target of 68, with 35 coming from Creative Bridge. Over the whole programme, we estimate a total of 167 new or safeguarded jobs.
Other benefits of the Creative Informatics R&D Partnership include increased mobility of people between academia and industry and among our industry partners, to foster collaboration, learning and cross-fertilisation of ideas. Outreach activities will build the Creative Informatics community and share learning and outcomes from the R&D Partnership locally, nationally and internationally to open new market opportunities for the cluster. Businesses in other sectors will benefit from improved access to creatives who understand data-driven innovation and will in turn provide a supply chain for creative businesses. Cultural organisations will benefit from the development of innovative solutions that unlock value in their archives, collections and data sets leading to new business opportunities for them and partner SMEs.
The public will benefit from events which showcase new technologies and early stage products and services aimed at the consumer market and from enhanced cultural and heritage experiences.
We anticipate outcomes will be realised during the award, with longer term impact following in subsequent years, although we also expect to realise some impact during the award.
Creative Informatics will foster an environment which will help establish Edinburgh as the European capital for creative data-driven industries.
The partners have co-designed six R&D programmes to address these challenges which will increase the number of existing businesses and creative entrepreneurs who can confidently innovate with data. Three programmes - Challenge Projects, Horizon Projects and Creative Informatics Labs - will respond directly to the four innovation challenges. Existing creative businesses will benefit from taking part in the programmes and will find new collaborators and build their long term capacity for R&D.
The programmes will lead to supported projects that aim to have a Minimum Viable Product at the end and we expect half of the MVPs to be developed through further investment and funding. In total we expect to have 100 new products, services and experiences developed by the end of the award involving software solutions, algorithms and design rights appropriately protected to enable commercialisation. The programmes will also provide new opportunities for collaboration and mutual learning. The CI Labs in particular will lead to new research tools, methodologies and resources that will be disseminated for use by academics and industry for further projects.
Three further programmes will develop creative entrepreneurs who can confidently express the value of creativity, relate easily to technologists and investors, and lead data-driven innovation for the creative industries. Developing and retaining such talent is crucial for growing the creative industries cluster in Edinburgh.
Creative Bridge, a dedicated business innovation programme, will help entrepreneurs transition from idea to product by developing understanding of data-driven innovation and creative business models. The Resident Entrepreneur programme will provide creative entrepreneurs with the funding, space and networks to develop an idea to become ready to market. Connected Innovators will support upcoming leaders to take time out for an R&D project and develop skills to further their leadership within the cluster.
With this focus on entrepreneurship, we envisage creating successful, new businesses. We have set a total target of 68, with 35 coming from Creative Bridge. Over the whole programme, we estimate a total of 167 new or safeguarded jobs.
Other benefits of the Creative Informatics R&D Partnership include increased mobility of people between academia and industry and among our industry partners, to foster collaboration, learning and cross-fertilisation of ideas. Outreach activities will build the Creative Informatics community and share learning and outcomes from the R&D Partnership locally, nationally and internationally to open new market opportunities for the cluster. Businesses in other sectors will benefit from improved access to creatives who understand data-driven innovation and will in turn provide a supply chain for creative businesses. Cultural organisations will benefit from the development of innovative solutions that unlock value in their archives, collections and data sets leading to new business opportunities for them and partner SMEs.
The public will benefit from events which showcase new technologies and early stage products and services aimed at the consumer market and from enhanced cultural and heritage experiences.
We anticipate outcomes will be realised during the award, with longer term impact following in subsequent years, although we also expect to realise some impact during the award.
Creative Informatics will foster an environment which will help establish Edinburgh as the European capital for creative data-driven industries.
Organisations
- University of Edinburgh (Lead Research Organisation)
- British Council (Collaboration)
- Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (Collaboration)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Collaboration)
- Interface (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- The Fruitmarket Gallery (Project Partner)
- Scottish Funding Council (Project Partner)
- National Museums Scotland (Project Partner)
- The List Ltd (Project Partner)
- Creative Edinburgh Ltd (Project Partner)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Festivals Edinburgh (Project Partner)
- Royal Bank of Scotland (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- CodeBase Ltd (Project Partner)
Publications
Amstalden M
(2023)
New Zealand Yearbook of International Law - Volume 18, 2020
Brazauskas J
(2021)
DataMoves: Entangling Data and Movement to Support Computer Science Education
Chan K
(2022)
ELEVATE YOUR EVENT - A TOOLKIT FOR DIGITAL EVENTS
Chris Speed
(2020)
Editorial for Ubiquity
in Editorial for Ubiquity
Dickinson J.E.
Understanding temporal rhythms and travel behaviour at destinations: Potential ways to achieve more sustainable travel
in Understanding and Governing Sustainable Tourism Mobility: Psychological and Behavioural Approaches
Edwards L
(2020)
Future Law - Emerging Technology, Ethics and Regulation
Elsden C
(2022)
Designing new money: Creative transactions on Twitch
Elsden C
(2021)
Performance in a Pandemic
Elsden C
(2019)
Sorting Out Valuation in the Charity Shop Designing for Data-Driven Innovation through Value Translation
in Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
| Title | Arcadia - Fruitmarket Gallery Bookmarket 2019 |
| Description | Commissioned installation for The Fruitmarket Gallery Bookmarket, Waverley Mall, Edinburgh. LED stock market ticker displays the text of Walter Benjamin's Arcades Project as priced by Google's algorithms; a critique of capitalism and advertising in both digital and physical spaces. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Interview piece on That's TV Scotland |
| URL | https://www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/installation-pip-thornton-arcadia/ |
| Title | EvalMe evaluation tool |
| Description | EvalMe is a flexible, tangible tool aimed at being playful, enjoyable to use and enabling children to reflect on their learning, both in the moment and after a learning session has ended. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Publications, use in school classrooms |
| Title | FestForward Magazine |
| Description | FestForward is a fictional, local, cultural magazine, written in 2022, to stimulate conversation about equitable and sustainable digital futures in the festivals and cultural sectors in Edinburgh and South East Scotland. The stories in the magazine were all developed through interviews, conversations and workshops with individuals and organisations working in the region's cultural sector in 2022. We believe telling stories about possible futures - the good, the bad and the ugly - can help us work together in the present to develop equitable approaches to the application of digital and data-driven technologies. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | FestForward has been used as a creative prompt and discussion tool in academic settings including conferences and teaching, conversations with policymakers, and in engagements with cultural sector practitioners. |
| URL | https://festforward.org |
| Title | Flow app - Talbot Rice Gallery |
| Description | Web app developed with Talbot Rice Gallery to support tracking occupation and movement through the gallery to support reopening. This is now available as a self-service tool, Flow Ctrl (https://flow.creativeinformatics.org/) and has been shared with the Scottish museums and galleries community. Creative Scotland are keen to share this and CI's Fruitmarket app in their COVID response events for the creative sector. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Web app developed with Talbot Rice Gallery to support tracking occupation and movement through the gallery to support reopening. This is now available as a self-service tool, Flow Ctrl (https://flow.creativeinformatics.org/) and has been shared with the Scottish museums and galleries community. Creative Scotland are keen to share this and CI's Fruitmarket app in their COVID response events for the creative sector. |
| URL | https://flow.creativeinformatics.org |
| Title | Fruitmarket gallery - Night walk app |
| Description | Design Informatics graduate developer supported the DI Research Software engineer to develop a mobile delivery app that restricts usage by timeslot and location supported the Fruitmarket project to pivot their Cardiff Miller Night Walk for Edinburgh commission from a highly structured experience to a self-led socially distant experience. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Design Informatics graduate developer supported the DI Research Software engineer to develop a mobile delivery app that restricts usage by timeslot and location supported the Fruitmarket project to pivot their Cardiff Miller Night Walk for Edinburgh commission from a highly structured experience to a self-led socially distant experience. |
| Title | Newspeak (2019) - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019 |
| Description | Displayed as part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Data Lates installation, Newspeak (2019) feeds Orwell's 1984 through Google's algorithmic market as a political critique of the power that Google has over language. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | Won honourable mention in Surveillance and Society Network (SSN) arts prize 2020, and will be displayed at the SSN annual conference in Rotterdam 2020 |
| URL | https://pipthornton.com/2019/09/29/newspeak-2019-the-video/ |
| Title | Newspeak (2019) and {poem}.py - Beyond Conference on Creativity and AI, Edinburgh |
| Description | exhibited artworks as part of Beyond Symposium on Creativity and AI |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | . |
| Title | PIP - The Personal Information Processor |
| Description | PIP is a physical computing toolkit for kids, which was developed by Creative Informatics research engineers, and emerged from a collaboration between Creative Informatics and the Civic Digits team (https://civicdigits.com). The aim of PIP is getting children to explore and reflect on their personal data. It allows children to reconfigure a physical-digital "face" and control the mappings between their own facial data and the "PIP" face using NodeRed. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | PIP has thus far been deployed with children in 30 schools across Scotland. |
| Title | Pelican Stairs: A Wapping Great Pandemic Memoir |
| Description | Pelican Stairs is a multimedia AI-assisted pandemic memoir started during the depths of Covid-19 lockdown in 2020. I took photos of my local neighbourhood, Wapping in London, on my daily walks between March and September. I often visited the Thames shore area by climbing a set of steps known as Pelican Stairs. Using those photos as a training set, I generated new images with a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN), which I paired with excerpts from my diary during the same period. The unsettling, almost-real images contrasted with the mundane reality of the diary entries allow the viewer to viscerally (re)experience the inherent tension between an increasingly uncertain external reality and internal attempts at control or sense-making through normal, everyday habits. The project is hosted at https://pelicanstairs.art. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Exploration of personal data sets manipulated with AI to create new artistic outputs. |
| URL | https://pelicanstairs.art |
| Title | Ticket Designer |
| Description | Exploring new approaches to tickets and payment for live events during the Covid-19 pandemic, this project asks: what is the future of ticketing, and how can the design of innovative payment interfaces connect performers and audiences in new ways? We're interested in how tickets can become more programmable, more data-driven, connect to various digital services, and enable new kinds of transactions and interactions. The ticketdesigner is a research prototype we have built to share our research publicly, and explore the future of ticketing with venues, artists, audiences and ticketing companies. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Live Twitch show, at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where participants from across cultural sector were able to experiment with designing new forms of tickets. Media coverage on BBC Radio Scotland, and The Scotsman. |
| URL | https://ticket-designer.designinformatics.org/ |
| Title | What are Words Worth? - Edinburgh International Festival 2019 |
| Description | Workshop performance as part of the Edinburgh International Festival. Playwrights were invited to negotiate their way through a linguistic landscape restricted by the value of the stories they told. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | . |
| Title | Zoom Obscura |
| Description | Zoom Obscura is a project that aims to give agency to the users of newly ubiquitous video conferencing technologies such as Zoom, while still allowing them to participate in online spaces and debates, enabling us to negotiate our own presence and our own value in these new spaces. We aim to do so by bringing together artists, academics, hackers, designers and creative technologists to develop critical interventions that make the problematic workings of these technologies legible to wider audiences while empowering users to experiment with, and control how their personal data (visual, audible, text input) manifest in online spaces. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Public exhibitions of Zoom Obscura works at Inspace Gallery (https://inspace.ed.ac.uk/zoom-obscura/ ) and Open Data Institute (https://theodi.org/) Several public events and exhibitions of alternative means of video-conferencing. Publication of 'How To Zoom Obscura guide'. |
| URL | https://zoomobscura.wordpress.com |
| Title | Zoom Obscura: CREATIVE INTERVENTIONS IN THE CULTURES OF VIDEO CALLING |
| Description | Zoom Obscura brought together artists, academics, hackers, designers and creative technologists to develop critical interventions that make the problematic workings of technologies such as Zoom legible to wider audiences while empowering users to experiment with, and control how their personal data (visual, audible, text input) manifest in online spaces. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Public engagement. |
| URL | https://inspace.ed.ac.uk/zoom-obscura/ |
| Title | {poem}.py : a Critique of Linguistic Capitalism - Edinburgh Fringe Festival |
| Description | Exhibition as part of The Design Informatics Pavilion pop-up exhibition space Data PLay |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | UoE article on Data Play / Data Lates |
| URL | https://www.designinformatics.org/event/data-play/ |
| Title | {poem}.py : a Critique of Linguistic Capitalism : Glucksman Gallery, Cork |
| Description | Part of Peripheries exhibition at the Glucksman Gallery, Cork during the 2019 Electronic Literature Organisation annual conference |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | . |
| URL | http://www.glucksman.org/exhibitions/peripheries |
| Description | Creative Informatics is now in year five, with significant maturing of the programme across the board. Findings to date demonstrate that an innovation approach to boosting confidence and data literacy in the creative industries can lead to the growth of new business. Companies supported by Creative Informatics are maturing, moving from early start ups to SMEs succeeding in attracting follow on funding or investment. For every £1 R&D investment in cluster companies around £1.93 is generated in investment. During 2022, £847k of new funding was committed to projects across the clusters, bringing the programme total to over £3.5m to date. We have also exceeded our target with 277 new and safeguarded jobs. The range and depth of data collected across Creative Informatics is enabling rich insights into the nature of creative research and development in the region, and particular needs and trends in the sector. The team has engaged with over 5000 creative enterprises and during 2022 had started to focus efforts on hybrid and in person events and showcasing projects at Cluster Events such as Beyond 2022. Creative Informatics has, to date, supported skills development of over 675 creatives across the region through the Creative Bridge and Connected Innovators programmes, as well as through Creative Informatics support for a number of other programmes which have responded to key skills needs identified in our work with the sector. In addition, the Creative Informatics funding strands themselves facilitate skills development. Following a long-standing programme of alumni meet ups for Creative Bridge participants (organised by our partners in Codebase), and Connected Innovator meet ups (organised by our partners Creative Edinburgh), this year we introduced meet ups for Resident Entrepreneurs to better facilitate peer learning and address some of the isolation that REs have felt during the ongoing Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions. Challenge Projects are also learning processes both for Responders undertaking new R&D, as well as for Challenge Holders whose understanding of data and new technology is developed both through the application process, and through the experience of collaborating with Responders. Funded projects benefit from ongoing support from the CI delivery and research teams, Creative Edinburgh mentors (for REs and Connected Innovators), Codebase support and networking. The wider cluster community are able to access CI skills programmes and both companies and researchers are benefiting from increased collaborations across sectors and areas of expertise. |
| Exploitation Route | Creative Informatics has funded over 380 projects with over 159 MVPs and over 148 products, services and experiences emerging across the funding strands. CI is tracking impacts through processes and project case studies to capture the wider and ongoing impacts to the economy, social and cultural values, including showcasing impact videos and short films. CI-supported physical facilities: E11 at Edinburgh Napier University, where all CI Studios are held/streamed from and pool equipment available for prototyping and experimentation; Inspace at University of Edinburgh which includes exhibition space, fabrication technology and the 'City Screen' set of 7 screens facing central Edinburgh enabling dynamic digital art and exhibitions. Skills sharing and expertise: shared through formal publications and scaffolding and support (including openly licensed resources) for the creative industries. A notable example is CI's leadership in pivoting to online events and supporting others to do this, spilling over into collaborations with other industries. Our researchers have undertaken leading work on the creative industries and data, including 5 Creative Horizon Projects in collaboration with industry, including work on the futures of festivals, and the role of data in policy and creative practice: Creative Horizon projects led by the PDRAs have successfully completed, culminating in key outputs including FestForward Magazine (Creative Horizon 3), an exhibition entitled: There be Dragons: Navigating the Uncharted Data Territories of Creative Practice in September (Creative Horizon 4) and Data, Data, Everywhere Policy Hack Day (Creative Horizon 5). The Artist in Residence Programme with Design Informatics (Creative AI Artist Residency) was launched in August with Ted Koterwas, current CI Resident Entrepreneur, awarded the Residency in September, 2022 - April 2023. https://creativeinformatics.org/research/research-blog/ |
| Sectors | Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| URL | https://creativeinformatics.org/ |
| Description | Creative Informatics now in its final year has delivered funding across all strands (Creative Bridge (220), Resident Entrepreneurs (74), Challenge Projects, (29), Connected Innovators (27), Creative Horizon (5). This has been a key milestone with Creative Informatics having supported over 380 SMEs, Creative Practices and Freelancers on projects working with data-driven innovation and new technologies across the Creative Sectors. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), have exceeded estimated targets. Since the start of the programme, CI has engaged over 5000 SMEs, creative practitioners and freelancers, and trained 676 through Creative Bridge, Raise Your Game, Connected Innovators, and Developing a Data Driven Creative Company programmes. CI projects have generated 159 Minimum Viable Products; 148 new products, services, and experiences; 29 new spin outs, start-ups, and pivots; raised £6.78m in further funding and investment, a significant achievement given the overarching goals of the programme to support the creative industries to survive and thrive through data driven innovation. Jobs new and created or safeguarded 277 jobs demonstrating significant economic impact and growth in the region. Substantial scaffolding and development work: Challenge, Resident Entrepreneur, Connected Innovator workshops; direct meetings with organisations has supported strong relationships and new collaborations across HEI and industry. Detailed feedback on funding applications builds understanding and confidence (and receives positive feedback, including impact for unsuccessful applicants e.g., in how they have pivoted their practice as a result). Recent impact surveys and a forthcoming engagement survey are evidencing the benefits of this scaffolding and support for skills development and confidence building. CI's robust support and funding structures has enabled collaboration across HEI and creative industries and are being continuously developed to further enhance mechanisms supporting collaborative R&D. They have been key to expansion and legacy plans through Creative Tech Scotland and EIT Culture and Creative Industries as well as Edinburgh Futures Institute. International Engagements: Key Policy Engagements: Creative Informatics with Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) responded to the House of Lords' a Creative Future Inquiry - Melissa Terras represented CI at the Committee's oral evidence session in October. A case study on a Resident Entrepreneur, Touchlab contributed to the DCMS creative vision sector 2030 publication. Creative Informatics partner CodeBase, have been selected to deliver Scotland's £42 million Tech Scaler programme, establishing seven new innovation hubs across Scotland, which has been attributed to the success of the Creative Bridge Programme. Our researchers have undertaken leading work on the creative industries and data, including 5 Creative Horizon Projects in collaboration with industry, including work on the futures of festivals, and the role of data in policy and creative practice: Creative Horizon projects led by the PDRAs have successfully completed, culminating in key outputs including FestForward Magazine (Creative Horizon 3), an exhibition entitled: There be Dragons: Navigating the Uncharted Data Territories of Creative Practice in September (Creative Horizon 4) and Data, Data, Everywhere Policy Hack Day (Creative Horizon 5). The Artist in Residence Programme with Design Informatics (Creative AI Artist Residency) was launched in August with Ted Koterwas, current CI Resident Entrepreneur, awarded the Residency in September, 2022 - April 2023. https://creativeinformatics.org/research/research-blog/ |
| First Year Of Impact | 2019 |
| Sector | Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | Big Data Show data literacy workshop - developed in collaboration with CIVIC Digits using Viz Blocks |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Creative Informatics researchers have been working with Civic Digits Theatre (CIC) to develop workshops on data literacy, using Vizblocks (https://vizblocks.creativeinformatics.org/) to create physical emoji that enable young people to explore personal data and issues associated with digital literacy and digital citizenship. The workshops are delivered alongside The Big Data Show theatre production and the combined experience has SQA accreditation for the young people taking part. These experiences develop the data literacy and skill levels of both young people and educators participating. More on Civic Digits and The Big Data Show: https://civicdigits.com/projects/thebigdatashow/. |
| URL | https://civicdigits.com/projects/thebigdatashow/teachers-pack/ |
| Description | CHEAD/APDIG Creative Education After Brexit Roundtable |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://chead.ac.uk/events/chead-apdig-creative-education-after-brexit-roundtable/ |
| Description | Creative Informatics Ethics Statement |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/3610105#.XmZDQ5P7RZ0 |
| Description | Creative Tech Scotland (£11m) Proposal |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.gov.scot/publications/fairer-greener-scotland-programme-government-2021-22/documents/ |
| Description | Developing an institutional culture that supports blue skies research - cutting excess administration, embracing the possibility of failure, deepening collaborative practices, and harnessing open science |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | Follow up from HES UG presentation on Developing SouthEast Scotland in 2020 |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| Description | Follow up with EIF re: sustainability reports from UG students |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| Impact | Practices to reduce EIF's carbon emission through adopting recommended strategies for sourcing talent, and working with venues for recycling sets |
| Description | Inquiry into the future of the creative industries at the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/event/14660/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/ |
| Description | Machine Learning Ethics Garage |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | In conjunction with the Digital Catapult, 6 startup companies that use machine learning in the creative sector received 1 hr each of 1:1 ethics and compliance coaching for their business model, a webinar attended by 17 startups introduced them to the general ethical issues when using ML in the cerative sector |
| URL | https://www.migarage.ai/ethics/ |
| Description | Non-fungible tokens and the blockchain |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7038/nonfungible-tokens-nfts-and-the-blockchain/ |
| Description | Ownership of Digital assets |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/digital-assets/ |
| Description | Paneels, I., Terras, M., Jones, C., Helgason, I. &, Konorowskil, M. Plugging the data gap: Freelance workers in the creative industries |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| URL | https://www.pec.ac.uk/blog/plugging-the-data-gap-freelance-and-self-employed-workers-in-the-creative... |
| Description | Participation in UK Government Cabinet Office Innovation Morning at/with University of Edinburgh |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Plugging the Data Gap: Freelance Workers in the Creative Industries |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| URL | https://www.pec.ac.uk/blog/plugging-the-data-gap-freelance-and-self-employed-workers-in-the-creative... |
| Description | Scottish Affairs Select Committee Participation |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Scottish Government Innovation Strategy Consultation |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | Reflecting on learnings from Creative Informatics demonstrating evidence of impact of the programme in the Creative Industries in Edinburgh and South East Scotland Region. |
| Description | A culture and creativity driven European innovation ecosystem - A collaborative platform - Horizon 2022 |
| Amount | £600,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2023 |
| Description | AHRC CICP Programme Researcher Skills Development Funding 2019 |
| Amount | £87,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | Arcadia installation at Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh Futures Institute funding |
| Amount | £2,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2020 |
| End | 04/2020 |
| Description | British Academy |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The British Academy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2019 |
| Description | Capital Uplift |
| Amount | £250,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2023 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | Creative Scotland |
| Amount | £28,300 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Creative Scotland |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2020 |
| Description | DDI Small Grants - Social Change Through Innovation |
| Amount | £11,281 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal |
| Sector | Public |
| Start | 02/2023 |
| End | 05/2023 |
| Description | Data Driven Innovation Programme, University of Edinburgh |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | Demonstrator |
| Amount | £23,354,334 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2023 |
| Description | Digital Urban Forest - Urban Tree Challenge Fund - art consultancy (5K) for Slough Borough Council bid |
| Amount | £1,000,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of the UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 01/2022 |
| Description | EIT Culture & Creative Communities |
| Amount | £125,649,759 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Hungary |
| Start | 06/2022 |
| Description | EPSRC (Digital Economy) |
| Amount | £978,902 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/T022485/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2020 |
| End | 06/2025 |
| Description | EPSRC via HDI Network |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2020 |
| Description | EPSRC via HDI Network |
| Amount | £2,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| Description | EU: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions: Innovative Training Network fund |
| Amount | £900,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Global |
| Start | |
| Description | Edinburgh Futures Institute - Business Development Funding (2019/20) |
| Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 07/2020 |
| Description | Edinburgh Futures Institute Research Funding (2019/20) - Creative Edinburgh |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 07/2020 |
| Description | Edinburgh Futures Institute Research Funding (2019/20) - Creative Sector Lead |
| Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 07/2020 |
| Description | Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 07/2020 |
| Description | Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh |
| Amount | £8,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2020 |
| Description | Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2020 |
| Description | Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh |
| Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh |
| Amount | £87,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh |
| Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2020 |
| End | 11/2020 |
| Description | Future Infrastructure for Retail Remittances |
| Amount | £300,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2021 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | Horizon Europe |
| Amount | £165,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 04/2022 |
| Description | How can creative intervention and public art help us to think critically about data and the power of digital technology companies? EFI Research Award 5K March 2019 |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 08/2019 |
| Description | Innovate UK |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2021 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Next Stage Digital Economy Centre in the Decentralised Digital Economy (DECaDE) |
| Amount | £3,816,713 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/T022485/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2020 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | SFC |
| Amount | £27,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Scotland |
| Department | Scottish Funding Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2020 |
| Description | SFC (Beacons) |
| Amount | £600,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Scotland |
| Department | Scottish Funding Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2021 |
| End | 07/2021 |
| Description | Social Economic and Environmental Entanglements in the Digital Economy |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2021 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | Spoken Word Data - HDI 2.5K |
| Amount | £2,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | UK Government Urban Tree Fund |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | XR Network+ : Virtual Production in the Digital Economy |
| Amount | £2,598,148 (GBP) |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2022 |
| End | 10/2028 |
| Title | ImprovBot.ai - The Show Listings: Full Set |
| Description | ImprovBot.ai The Show Listings: Full Set ImprovBot was the world's first AI-generated Arts Festival programme,
posting online nearly 400 new show listings from 7 to 31 August 2020. These are generated by The Bot, a recurrent neural network reimagining 2,098,140 words of Edinburgh Fringe show listings (2011-2019). This archive makes the complete set of the project's show listings available in a single text-file download. These are listed as: ImprovBot.ai The Show Listings: Twitter Length Posts ImprovBot.ai The Show Listings: 100 Word Posts Licence: CC-BY-NC Project members: Melissa Terras, Gavin Inglis, Rudolf Ammann https://improvbot.ai/ https://twitter.com/improvbot_ai https://improvbot.ai/about/how-the-ai-works/ https://improvbot.ai/about/ Another archive is available of ImprovBot illustrations, by Rudolf Ammann, at http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4384718 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/4244309 |
| Title | ImprovBot.ai - The Show Listings: Full Set |
| Description | ImprovBot.ai The Show Listings: Full Set ImprovBot was the world's first AI-generated Arts Festival programme,
posting online nearly 400 new show listings from 7 to 31 August 2020. These are generated by The Bot, a recurrent neural network reimagining 2,098,140 words of Edinburgh Fringe show listings (2011-2019). This archive makes the complete set of the project's show listings available in a single text-file download. These are listed as: ImprovBot.ai The Show Listings: Twitter Length Posts ImprovBot.ai The Show Listings: 100 Word Posts Licence: CC-BY-NC Project members: Melissa Terras, Gavin Inglis, Rudolf Ammann https://improvbot.ai/ https://twitter.com/improvbot_ai https://improvbot.ai/about/how-the-ai-works/ https://improvbot.ai/about/ Another archive is available of ImprovBot illustrations, by Rudolf Ammann, at http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4384718 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/4244308 |
| Description | Consultancy for Crafting Futures Programme |
| Organisation | British Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Contribution of quintuple bottom line and circular economy concepts to toolkit |
| Collaborator Contribution | development of Craft Toolkit sustainability toolkit by MUMO network contribution by Applied Arts Scotland funding by British Council access to international Crafting Futures network and programme |
| Impact | online digital toolkit which is available in twelve languages |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Ocean ARTic |
| Organisation | Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | -introducing MASTS to creative networks -introducing MASTS to funding opportunity at Creative Cotland to support the development of the art-science commissions -co-design of workshop introducing art/science collaborations -running workshop and lecture summarising case studies of environmental art, artists using data and artists using emerging digital technologies to 30 artists and 10 climate scientists -co-design of artist brief for commission upon successful funding application from Creative Scotland -managing online application for artist commissions -co-section of two successful artists from shortlist of 22 -organising outreach for the Ocean ARTic project through the Creative Informatics Lab #19 and annual showcase -contribute to reporting to Creative Scotland reporting |
| Collaborator Contribution | -introduction of marine scientists to the project -writing and submission of funding application to Creative Scotland -co-design of workshop introducing art/science collaborations -co-design of artist brief for commission upon successful funding application from Creative Scotland -co-section of two successful artists from shortlist of 22 -managing contract and day to day admin of the project -organising outreach for the Ocean ARTic project through MASTS annual conference and other marine science events -Creative Scotland reporting |
| Impact | - Creative Informatics annual showcase on 8-9th of June 2021: - https://creativeinformatics.org/innovation-showcase-2021/ - Lab #19 Lab on 5th November 2021 https://vimeo.com/650095974 + live performance - BBC Radio 3 session on music inspired by the Artic environment including one of Michael's tracks: Ocean ARTic track played on BBC Radio 3 - Eve presentation to Creative Carbon Scotland 'GreenTease' event in February 2022 reflected on Ocean ARTic experience - Blog posts: https://creativeinformatics.org/research/two-selected-artists-announced-for-ocean-artic-residency/ + https://creativeinformatics.org/research/the-road-to-cop26-and-beyond/ - EcoArtScotland blog promoting 5th November event: Ocean ARTic Showcase event |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Research Centre meeting between Design Informatics and BBC R&D |
| Organisation | British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The two R&D teams from The Centre for Design Informatics, University of Edinburgh and R&D BBC, met in Media City to show and tell their respective research 'play books'. From Edinburgh: Prof. Chris Speed, Chair of Design Informatics, Design Informatics, Uni Edinburgh Dr. Ewa Luger, Chancellors Fellow, Design Informatics, Uni Edinburgh Prof. Burkhard Schafer, Professor of Computational Legal Theory, Director, SCRIPT Centre for IT and IP Law, Uni Edinburgh Dr. Larissa Pschetz, Lecturer, Design Informatics, Uni Edinburgh Dr. Dave Murray-Rust, Lecturer, Design Informatics, Uni Edinburgh Dr. Susan Lechelt, Research Associate (Creative Informatics), Design Informatics, Uni Edinburgh Dr. Pip Thornton, Research Associate (Creative Informatics), Design Informatics, Uni Edinburgh Liam Upton, Marketing and Comms for Creative Informatics, Design Informatics, Uni Edinburgh Nicola Osborne, Programme Manager, (Creative Informatics), Design Informatics, Uni Edinburgh Michaela Turner, Business Development Manager, (Creative Informatics), Design Informatics, Uni Edinburgh Dr. Evan Morgan, Senior Research Developer, Design Informatics, Uni Edinburgh Dr. Chris Elsden, Research Associate (Creative Informatics), Design Informatics, Edinburgh College of Art* Dr. Michael Smyth, Co-Director Creative Informatics, Edinburgh Napier University Dr. Ingi Helgason, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Interaction Design, Edinburgh Napier University Prof.Chris Speed: presenting an overview of Design Informatics & Creative Informatics Ewa: Data, privacy and ethics Dave Murray-Rust: Social computing and data viz Larissa Pschetz: Interaction design for decentralised networks |
| Collaborator Contribution | From the BBC: Natasha Westland (Intelligible ML tools) Max Leonard (BBC Box/Databox - working with Re Jones) https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2019-06-bbc-box-personal-data-privacy Alex Nelson , on behalf of Lianne Kerlin (Human Values) Libby Miller and Tim Cowlishaw (Tellybox prototypes, Better Radio Experiences, A Better Internet...) https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/projects/public-service-internet https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2018-10-artificial-intelligence-archive-television-bbc4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/projects/responsible-machine-learning https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2019-01-tellybox-content-discovery-video-watch Matt Brooks (Object-based Media) https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/projects/object-based-media-toolkit https://storyplayer.pilots.bbcconnectedstudio.co.uk/experience/click1000 Alia Sheikh (360/VR) https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2017-08-explore-the-edinburgh-festivals-using-360-video-and-webvr https://www.bbc.co.uk/taster/pilots/edinburgh360 James Gibson (5G Augmented Reality Roman Baths demo) https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2019-02-5g-mobile-augmented-reality-bath |
| Impact | TeenTech workshop was a direct outcome, Further work on Values and value is ongoing. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Road to COP26 Innovation Programme |
| Organisation | British Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | -design schedule of Incubator programme -co-design content for schedule of Incubator programme with project partners Kathmanud University and Applied Arts Scotland -co-deliver content to cohort of approx. 50 budding entrepreneurs online to guide them through the incubator programme -introduce concept of Quintuple Bottom Line for delivery a sustainable business models with nature inspired making -take part in selection of 6 grantees to be awarded funding to develop Nature Inspired climate solutions -collate the case studies in short film and report -present work at COP26 cultural fringe in Glasgow in November 2021 -and host online panel discussion at COP26 cultural fringe in Glasgow in November 2021 -present interim finding at Making Futures conference on 16th of September 2021 online -lead on writing on journal article (in progress) -present work at Nepal showcase in January 2022 |
| Collaborator Contribution | -programme co-ordination -administration and management of Incubator programme -delivery of grant scheme to grantees -coordination of grantees with Kathmandu University -coordinating national events and partners -liaising with local press and international partners |
| Impact | eaching material and content for incubate programme Road to COP26 Innovation Programme https://www.britishcouncil.org.np/programmes/climate-change/road-cop26 Road to COP26: https://cop26.kuart.edu.np/team/ Making Futures conference 16th September 2021 https://makingfutures.pca.ac.uk |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Title | Flow Ctrl (Self-service version of Talbot Rice Gallery social distancing app) |
| Description | The Talbot Rice Gallery audience flow app emerged from the challenge of safely managing audiences during social distancing. The challenge was explored as part of UNA.TEN 'Transform Emergency Now!' - a ten-day UNA.EUROPA COVID-19 response hackathon (April/May 2020) resulting in an initial concept and design. In Summer 2020, Design Informatics colleagues and student interns (supported by Creative Informatics) worked together to develop this into a simple effective pilot web app for tracking visitor flow in real time. This app has been tested and demonstrated to other galleries by the Talbot Rice Gallery, and, due to interest in this work, Creative Informatics launched the self-service version, 'Flow Ctrl'. This work has also been presented to the Scottish Society for Art History, with their members encouraged to explore and test the app in their own galleries and museums. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | This app has been tested and demonstrated to other galleries by the Talbot Rice Gallery, and, due to interest in this work, Creative Informatics launched the self-service version, 'Flow Ctrl'. This work has also been presented to the Scottish Society for Art History, with their members encouraged to explore and test the app in their own galleries and museums. We have received broad interest in the use of the app, including an approach from Creative Scotland to share this work with the wider creative community. Deployment of the app in gallery contexts has been delayed by fuller COVID-19 lockdowns which has kept most galleries and cultural venues closed in Scotland. We anticipate the app's usage as these venues are able to open up again in Spring 2021. |
| URL | https://creativeinformatics.org/research/flow-ctrl-at-the-talbot-rice-gallery/ |
| Title | Fruitmarket Gallery Night Walk for Edinburgh (social distancing) app |
| Description | An augmented reality piece/tour of the New Town, called 'Fruitmarket Gallery: Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller's Night Walk for Edinburgh', premiered as a sell out at the 2019 Edinburgh International Festival. The Fruitmarket Gallery approached Creative Informatics during lockdown as they were keen to enable a socially distanced COVID-19 secure version of the experience using participants' own devices. There were a number of significant challenges here. For the experience to compare with th |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | The app has enabled Fruitmarket Gallery to open this exhibit to audiences throughout the latter part of 2020 and early 2021 COVID-19 lockdowns - increasing engagement with art and enabling safe forms of participation at a time when all galleries remain closed or highly restricted. The app has also been shared with other communities of gallery curators and leaders to show what is possible with a simple but thoughtful design that is mindful of IP protection and usability. |
| URL | https://www.fruitmarket.co.uk/exhibitions/night-walk-for-edinburgh/ |
| Title | Polycanvas (Creative Informatics Data Driven Poster) |
| Description | Polycanvas is new software developed by Dara Etefaghi and Sigrid Schmeisser (Peak 15 Design) in order to create the Creative Informatics Data Driven Poster. The CI Data Driven Poster uses a mixture of human curated data, design elements and a data feed from a public API (currently GitHub commits) to generate automated digital posters for events with elements on the page placed and animated according to live data streams. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | At present Polycanvas is used to generate trailers and poster collateral for all Creative Informatics Lab events. It is hoped that it will also create opportunities for the creators as a new product/service offering. The current version is undergoing some further development which should increase its flexibility and appeal. |
| URL | http://www.polycanvas.design/ |
| Description | "Bootstrapping data processes within the arts: creative Informatics" Conference Paper, at Digital Heritage in a World of Big Data, Stirling University, 14th May 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 50 attendees at a Conference at Stirling University to discuss big data in cultural heritage. This was a talk I gave, which sparked many questions and discussions afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://digitalheritageconference.wordpress.com/programme-2/ |
| Description | "Connecting with audiences using digital content" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This episode focuses on who and where creatives can reach with digital content and how to measure that engagement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://creativecardiff.org.uk/get-proper-job-series-two-episode-3-connecting-audiences-using-digital... |
| Description | "Connecting with audiences using digital content" - "Get A 'Proper' Job podcast, (October) series two, episode #3 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This episode focused on who and where creatives can reach with digital content and how to measure that engagement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://creativecardiff.org.uk/get-proper-job-series-two-episode-3-connecting-audiences-using-digita... |
| Description | "Creative People Need Data!" Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Edinburgh Fringe Festival show about the work of the Creative Informatics programme and the relationship between creative industries and practitioners and data driven innovation / new technologies. Performed on two occasions (02/08/2019 at 1.30-2.30pm; and 17/08/2019 at 1.30-2.30pm) at the New Town Theatre for an audience of 60 people (21 on 2nd August, 39 on 17th August) paying an entry fee of £9 (£7 concessions). The event was listed in the print and online Fringe programmes, and in the Stand Comedy Club print and online presences, as well as the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas website (URL given here is an archive of this listing). The event engaged both stakeholders and participants in Creative Informatics events/programmes, and wider audiences raising awareness of the programme and of the opportunities for using data in creative ways, and for creatives to benefit from new data driven and technological approaches. Participation in the event led to queries to the team, as well as expanding buy in within already-engaged organisations (e.g. where individuals brought colleagues along). These performances directly led to an invitation to perform an adapted version at the Edinburgh Data Visualization Meetup 9 (6-8.15pm, 26th September 2019 at InSpace, Edinburgh) to an audience of around 50 members of academia (including students) and the wider public (including industry and a secondary school staff member) interested in data and data visualisation. The show has also led to an invitation to perform it again as part of the Belfast Imagine festival, and will be performed, again to a paying public audience, in Belfast scheduled for Friday 27th March 2020 (6-8pm, Pug Yglys, Belfast). Participation in the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas for this show and previous (different) shows has also led to my being asked to be part of the forthcoming conference panel "A Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Seven years, 300 shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe" which has been accepted for the Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference 2020, due to take place from 26-28th May 2020 in Aberdeen. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://web.archive.org/web/20200309133009/http://codi.beltanenetwork.org/event/creative-people-need... |
| Description | "I miss you", design performance for Rematerialising the Digital: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, research symposium by Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk Speed, C. 8 Feb 2023 "I miss you", design performance for Rematerialising the Digital: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, research symposium by Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) and the Centre for Data, Culture and Society (CDCS) at the University of Edinburgh. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rematerialising-the-digital-an-interdisciplinary-dialogue-tickets-526... |
| Description | "Self-Isolation could well be enlightening for students" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Creative Informatics-supported app for Fruitmarket Gallery's Cardiff Miller Night Walk for Edinburgh, launched and promoted by Fruitmarket Gallery and as part of the Edinburgh International Programme. App and CI programme also mentioned in The Times (28.09.2020): "Self-Isolation could well be enlightening for students" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | 'Mental Health for all - a collective responsibility' webcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chris Speed was a panelist for 'Mental Health for all - a collective responsibility', webcast dedicated to World Mental Health Day 2021, collaboration between the Chartered Banker Institute and The Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | 'My Data, My Self' at Dutch Design Week |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | For Dutch Design Week (DDW) 2020, Design Informatics, DDI at The University of Edinburgh and Imagination Lancaster have come together to share thoughts, ideas and ambitions for personal data, including our relationship with and use of it. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.designinformatics.org/news/design-informatics-dutch-design-week-2020/ |
| Description | 11-12/7/2019. Attended conference and gave Invited Keynote ""Organizing Creativity: Contradictions and Complements in Edinburgh festivals for conference Organized Creativity Berlin Germany |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | ~40-50 academics from different disciplines attended the conference to present research and knowledge on creativity and creative sectors |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/forschung/organized-creativity/index.html |
| Description | 19 October talk at Macro Organisational Behavior Conference, Harvard University. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | "Let's Get Concrete: Aesthetic Legitimacy through Materializing, Theorizing and Re-evaluating", |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 20 Sept 2019 Presentation at HEC Paris |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented to academics and PhD students: Ugly Duckling No More: Materiality and Aesthetic Legitimacy in Innovation and Evaluation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 2050 Think Pieces for Scottish Government: |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Scottish Government is keen to bring together views and ideas from a wide range of sectors and to explore the priorities Scotland's fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4) should address. In the fifteenth in a series of Think Pieces, Professor Chris Speed, Chair of Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh, sets out his thoughts on Scotland2050 on data-driven technologies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.transformingplanning.scot/national-planning-framework/call-for-ideas/2050-think-pieces |
| Description | 21-22 November Invited Talk at EDGE conference, Berlin Germany |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited Talk "Edinburgh: Novelty and Marginality at the Center. Edge: Creation and Valuation of novelty at the margins. International and Interdisciplinary Conference. 20-22 November 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 5/7/2019 Presented "City Identity: Remembering and Forgetting" at EGOS conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented paper on how groups within cities can be erased or memorialised as part of city identity |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | A talk about Creative Informatics, at Shanghai University November 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A guest lecture to new media and Digital Humanities students followed by much debate and discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | A talk at the University of Nanjing, on Creative Informatics, November 2019. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | An invited talk about the project at the University of Nanjing, November 2019, to media and digital humanities students. There was much discussion and a dinner afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | ABS Programme: FinTech by Design |
| 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 | FinTech by Design event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | ABS Programme: FinTech by Design, Aisan Banking School. University of Edinburgh Business School. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Speed, C. 7th September 2022 ABS Programme: FinTech by Design, Aisan Banking School. University of Edinburgh Business School. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | AHRC. Creative Industries Cluster Programme: the Story So Far (print and digital booklet) |
| 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 | When the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and its partners in UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) launched the Creative Industries Cluster Programme in 2018, we were confident that our £80 million investment could act as a catalyst, driving innovation and growth across the UK's creative industries. But we were also well aware that this was an experiment, an effort to encourage a new type of applied research aiming to create value for the Creative Industries. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://creativeindustriesclusters.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Clusters-Booklet-Story-So-Far-V12-... |
| Description | ASCEND: Artistic Strategies for Engagement with Data Politics - Aug 2019 NCAD, Dublin : Methodologies of researching Linguistic Capitalism |
| 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 | Ascend: Artistic Strategies for Engagement with Data is a two day workshop that brings together artists and designers to explore the methodologies they are using in their research and practice to engage with complex sociotechnical systems (with a particular focus on algorithms, machine learning and their physical layer infrastructures). The aim is to share and formalise the methods that are developing in the space between art, digital research methods and practice-based research for interrogating these systems with the view to developing a working group and in the future write and distribute a co-authored working paper on the topic. This would be a useful document for artists and researchers who are engaging with algorithmic systems but would also constitute a documented set of practices that universities and research groups can point to and use to justify inclusion and greater funding for artists in STEM activities. Hopefully it would be useful for participants too, as practitioners and researchers who are grappling with issues such as access, credibility, legibility and transparency in these spaces. Day one of the workshop on August 29th features presentations and discussions by invited participants including Jessica Foley, Benjamin Grosser (remote), Vladan Joler, Fiona McDermott, Conor McGarrigle, Joana Moll, Tom O'Dea, Nora O'Murchu, Paul O'Neill, Winnie Soon and Pip Thornton. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ncad.ie/news/view/ascend-artistic-strategies-for-engagement-with-data-workshop |
| Description | Academic Collaborations to Future Proof the Creative Industries |
| 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 | Academic Collaborations to Future Proof the Creative Industries was an online event chaired by Caroline Parkinson (CI Directorate), Chris Speed (CI PI), and Sara Pepper (Clwstwr CICP cluster in Cardiff) as well as Pat Kane. Hosted by Edinburgh Innovations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://creativeinformatics.org/news/video-academic-collaboration-to-future-proof-the-creative-indus... |
| Description | Academic presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Attended Creative Industries Conference and presented "Ugly Duckling No More: Aesthetic Legitimacy of New Materials and Products" Paris, France (hosted by HEC Paris, INSEAD and IESEG) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Ada Scotland Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Two LevelUp Digital Skills 4 Girls workshops to increase learning in programming concepts, develop computer skills and hear from women working in the world of tech about how they got started. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://ada.scot/2020/09/24/codebase-levelup-digital-skills-4-girls/ |
| Description | Advances in Blockchain Technology Scotland 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | ABT-Scotland is an online event organised by the Blockchain Technology Lab (BTL) in partnership with the Bayes Centre at the University of Edinburgh. The event aims to showcase the pioneering world-class research on blockchain technology taking place at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Algorithms for Her conference, KCL - Jan 2020 - conference talk - Towards a Digital écriture féminine: Deconstructing the Language of the Digital Economy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Algorithms for her - feminist approaches to digital infrastructures, cultures and economies Our daily lives are increasingly governed by algorithmic processes of selection, identification and discrimination. This conference focuses on the intersectional forms of injustice that algorithms and the systems in which they are embedded in help to propagate and sustain. Given the significance of such processes in everyday life and their disproportionate effects on those marginalised across intersections of gender, sexuality, class and race, this event will create a dedicated space for the discussion of algorithmic forms of oppression and inequality - promoting discussion and debate in a field that often excludes or forgets conversations about gender. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/algorithms-for-her |
| Description | Ana Betancourt, Resident Entrepreneur piece in The Scotsman business section, discussing how her company, Black Goblin is developing a sound generating tool for video. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Ana Betancourt, Resident Entrepreneur piece in The Scotsman business section, discussing how her company, Black Goblin is developing a sound generating tool for video. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Anthropology, AI and the Future of Human Society Conference, Royal Anthropological Institute, 6 -10 June 2022 |
| 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 | Panel presentations and discussion focusing on the intersection of immersive technologies and storytelling practices. Paper abstract: "Digital innovations such as desktop word processing, photo and video editing opened up new technology-assisted creative possibilities for those without specialist training in design, publishing, photography and film. Spreadsheets created new informational management capabilities for people who previously wouldn't have worked with domain-specific tabular data like accountancy worksheets. Similarly, tools like RunwayML, an online graphical-interface platform for machine learning tools like video editing and text generation, open up machine learning techniques like StyleGAN to those without data science skills, offering a new wave of creative exploration. This paper describes the methods for creating the multimedia AI-assisted pandemic memoir Pelican Stairs and discusses further ramifications for the commodification of machine learning tools for artists." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://therai.org.uk/conferences/anthropology-ai-and-the-future-of-human-society |
| Description | Arcadia installation launch commissioned by the Fruitmarket Gallery |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Pip Thornton art work opening |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Audience Research: Landscape of a Pandemic panel session at Beyond 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This session explores how lockdown impacted on audience engagement across the Creative Industries with a presentation of key research insights from a spread of sector representatives, followed by the opportunity for deeper analysis in breakout sessions with the individual organisations and researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2020 |
| URL | https://beyondconference.org/schedule |
| Description | Audiences of the future: UNBOXED and Creative R&D roundtable |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participants joined UKRI, AHRC and academic and business collaborators at this one off round table hosted at the University of Edinburgh, as part of the UNBOXED international delegation programme to explore how creative R&D is experimenting with new technologies and production processes to create innovative new audience experiences. Participants included UNBOXED creatives, international festival leaders from around the world, UKRI and associate researchers, and Scottish creative leaders. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | BBC Blue Room Media, Tech & Society Conference 2019 - Who is responsible in the age of intelligent machines? AI and Machine Learning conference -exhibition of Data Lates |
| 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 | Media, Tech & Society Conference 2019 - Who is responsible in the age of intelligent machines? On behalf of my BBC Blue Room colleagues, I'd like to extend a warm invitation to you and your colleagues to their 2019 AI and Machine Learning conference, on Monday 7 October, at the Radio Theatre and Media Café in New Broadcasting House, London W1A. Since 2017, the BBC Blue Room has run a joint technology conference and trade fair, centered around the themes of AI and Machine Learning, and what their impact will be on society. Each conference has featured a mixture of hands-on experiences and talks with AI experts from across various sectors - all designed to held separate the reality from the hype, and explain why we should care about AI. This year's theme is ' Who is responsible in the age of intelligent machines'? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/e351b992-24c5-46b9-93d0-adc8f7363951 |
| Description | BIMA Digital Schools Day 12 November 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | British Interactive Media Association deliver a digital schools day every year in November and information and discussion is facilitated by volunteer design agencies who present at each school. Data Driven Innovation in creative industries was inserted into the presentation pack in each school across central belt of Scotland reaching 450 school pupils. The new data science NPA was also featured in order that young people could be informed about this new curriculum choice should they be interested to pursue it further. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | BIMA Roundtable Data & Creativity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | In a time when data is available to be used ever more creatively, our next BIMA Roundtable event will explore the biggest challenges and opportunities facing agencies working within this space. As usual, the session will be opened with insights and observations from those best placed within the sector - CreateFuture's Strategy Director, Nathan Fulwood, alongside Creative Informatics Programme Director, Chris Speed. Their provocations will lead an open discussion, held under Chatham House rules. Top levels ideas to be explored will include: - How can we best make use of data within the creative process? - What is the role of data in supporting the "creative spark"? Does it empower or impede creativity? - How can big data and AI further support creative ideas and advance them to the next, previously unimagined level? - Where is the line between creepy and cool? Who should attend? This event is for BIMA members and of particular interest to technical directors, those working on creative digital projects and those within tech start-ups. If you are not a BIMA member and would like to attend please contact rachelarthur@bima.co.uk. About Nathan Nathan is one of the founders and Strategy Director of CreateFuture, a creative consultancy working with Adidas, Expedia, The Macallan and others on brand, marketing and product design. He has been working in digital innovation and delivery since the internet came on a CD. About Chris Prof Chris Speed is Chair of Design Informatics at University of Edinburgh and leads on Creative Informatics, a new research and development programme that aims to bring Edinburgh's world-class creative industries and tech sector together, utilising data and data-driven technologies to develop ground-breaking new products, businesses and experiences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bima-scotland-tech-director-innovators-roundtable-between-creepy-cool... |
| Description | Backstage Academy Symposium - FestForward Magazine: a provocation for envisaging equitable and sustainable digital futures for the festivals and cultural sector |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Symposium aims to promote a broad dialogue to reflect on multidisciplinary and intersectional practices and education among academics, students, alumni and industry practitioners in the live events and creative industries such as visual arts and exhibitions, live performance, music, film and video, computer games, radio and TV, fashion, writing and publishing, heritage and cultural education. Focusing on three pillars related to our practice and education in creative production: Environment, Audience & Sustainability, the Symposium will explore and discuss the core areas of: Liveness in the digital age and virtual production Empowered audience Sustainability in the XXI century for the creative sector |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.backstage-academy.co.uk/symposium |
| Description | Beyond Conference 2019 - Fringe event - AI Primer |
| 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 | 54 people attended the AI Primer Fringe Event was designed to prime delegates with a language for data-driven technology such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing. Taking the format of a game show and hosted by Chris Speed, participants could collaborate as teams in answering questions that revealed what the data science is, and what it isn't. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://beyondconference.org/agenda |
| Description | Beyond Creativity research symposium - Edinburgh November 2019 |
| 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 and hosted a research symposium as part of Beyond Conference 2019: What exactly is 'creativity' and more specifically, what does it mean to be 'creative' in the context of the Creative Industries? These are some of the questions we have been grappling with here at Creative Informatics in Edinburgh, but they are also cross-sector and countrywide concerns. In order to start addressing such questions, we would like to invite interested parties to a research symposium taking place as part of the Beyond Conference in Edinburgh in November. Beyond is an annual R&D conference for the creative industries. In 2019 the conference explores the intersection between Artificial Intelligence and creativity, but the symposium will address creativity across the wider creative industries, providing an opportunity for researchers, practitioners and policy makers to meet up and share their experiences, ideas and concerns. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://creativeinformatics.org/showcase/on-creativity-and-beyond/ |
| Description | Beyond Research Symposium: On Creativity |
| 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 | 74 peopled attended the symposium exploring research and innovation in the creative industries on the last day of the Beyond Conference on the 21st November. This was held at Inspace, The University of Edinburgh. The event posed the question what exactly is 'creativity' and more specifically, what does it mean to be 'creative' in the context of the Creative Industries? Invited speakes Dr. Oli Mould from Royal Holloway, University of London, was asked to give a provocation based on his 2018 book 'Against Creativity'. Responding to Mould's provocation, Professor Vicky Gunn, Head of Learning and Teaching at the Glasgow School of Art, made the case 'for creativity'.As part of the symposium, participants were encouraged to give short (3 minute) 'lightning introductions', which some took the form of a poster or a brief talk. The event was documented by artist Elspeth Murray using her iPad to draw the event which was projected in real-time in the room and to anyone walking outside past the building. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-research-symposium-on-creativity-tickets-72367223313# |
| Description | Blog article on PEC website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Blog post: Panneels, I., Terras, M., Jones, C., Helgason, I, Komorowski, M. Plugging the Data Gap: Freelance Workers in the Creative Industries. In Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre [blog], 24th May 2021. Introduction: The Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the lack of available data on the self-employed and freelance workforce, and this gap is particularly acute in the Creative Industries. Although well documented nationally this gap became apparent to us at a local level during mapping exercises carried out by the Creative Informatics project and the Clwstwr project, both part of the AHRC Creative Clusters programme. We began to map the geographical spread and economic activities of the Creative Industries in the South East Scotland area and in Wales respectively in order to build a picture of our creative communities. However, it quickly became clear that there were substantial challenges in obtaining publicly available, complete and reliable data. In this article we describe some of the issues that are creating barriers to full understanding of the Creative Industries workforce, especially the self-employed and freelancers, and we suggest some possible routes towards addressing this problem. This matters at both a local and national level for planning and providing appropriate support and allocation of resources. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.pec.ac.uk/blog/plugging-the-data-gap-freelance-and-self-employed-workers-in-the-creative... |
| Description | Briefing with Director of Culture and Wellbeing at City of Edinburgh Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Chris Speed, Vikki Jones, Caitlin McDonald and Ruth Oliver attended a briefing with Joan Parr, Director of Culture and Wellbeing at City of Edinburgh Council, for a case study and session as part of the World Cities Culture Forum on 9th October. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | British Computing Society, Human Computer Interaction Doctoral School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | British Computing Society, Human Computer Interaction Doctoral School |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Business of Fashion, Textiles & Technology. Creative Informatics Virtual Showcase (blog post), June 2020 |
| 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 | On Wednesday 17 June, Creative Informatics was holding an innovation showcase online. Highlights on this event will include a keynote presentation from Bernadine Bröcker Wieder, founder and CEO of global online art marketplace Vastari, a conversation with astrophysicist and jazz musician Matt Russo, and an Algorave demonstration and performance from software artist and live coding musician Alex Maclean. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://bftt.org.uk/creative-informatics-virtual-showcase/ |
| Description | CCCF Talking Heads: What I want to be when I grow up |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Kam Chan spoke at a special edition of Creative Edinburgh's Talking Heads series for the Creative and Cultural Careers Festival (CCCF) on the 12th March. The event offered the chance for students to mix with the wider creative community of Creative Edinburgh members and a chance to hear what life is like working in the creative and cultural sectors, make contact with industry professionals in a welcoming environment and find out more about employment opportunities. It was hosted by designer and animator Erik Ravaglia. The talks were across the creative sectors reflecting on their childhood dreams and ambitions and explore how these have impacted their career choices and where they are today. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cccf-talking-heads-what-i-want-to-be-when-i-grow-up-tickets-546963492... |
| Description | CI Lab 10: Data for Green Making |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CI Lab 10 , delivered in partnership with Applied Arts Scotland, will consider how environmental data is affecting making practices and the materials used in contemporary craft, coinciding with the Think Plastic: Materials and Making exhibition in the John Hope Gateway at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-labs-10-data-for-green-making-tickets-90775117821# |
| Description | CI Lab 11: Digital Publishing - In collaboration with Fruitmarket |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CI Lab #11, organised in collaboration with the Fruitmarket Gallery, will consider how digital technology has opened up new ways of making and disseminating creative work, providing unprecedented access to audiences and enabling artists to record and archive work in ways that make it more accessible and interactive. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-labs-11-data-driven-publishing-tickets-94386589831# |
| Description | CI Lab 9: Speculative Design |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CI Lab #9 will introduce the thinking behind Speculative Design and present some entertaining and thought provoking exhibits and case studies form individuals working in this field. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-ci-labs-9-speculative-design-and-future-thinking... |
| Description | CI Labs #12: Creativity and curation in a post-digital world |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | First online CI Lab from Leith Theatre! joined remotely by artists and curators who gave an insight into how they are working with data in creative AND critical ways, producing innovative work that examines the cultural and political implications of a data-driven society. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-labs-12-creativity-and-curation-in-a-post-digital-world-tickets-11... |
| Description | CI Labs #13: Urban placemaking with creative technologies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | streamed live from Riddle's Court in Edinburgh, where we'll hear from architects, creatives and researchers who are working with data-driven technologies to create new space based experiences, widening access to public spaces and encouraging individuals and communities to think about how they could be used in the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | CI Labs #14: Games Go Guerilla |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CI Lab 14 broadcasted live from CodeBase in Edinburgh, with a mix of live and remote presentations and discussions. We'll be hearing from some fantastic independent developers, designers and composers, creating new gaming experiences that include exploring a fictional Islamic country under an occupying force, an LGBTQ+ dating game - for the undead, and a therapeutic game for children with Cystic Fibrosis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-labs-14-games-go-guerilla-tickets-129472193817?aff=# |
| Description | CI Labs #21: Bringing Data to Life |
| 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 | At CI Lab 21 we'll be hearing from artists and academics that are working with data and data-driven technologies to produce engaging creative work that informs audiences about the potential and possible pitfalls of life in an increasingly data-driven world. Telling Tales of Engagement Professor Chris Speed will introduce the OxChain Smart Donations project and Telling Tales of Engagement exhibition, which set out to explore how blockchain technologies could be used to reshape value in the context of international development and the work of Oxfam to reach new audiences. As part of the project, three artist researchers were commissioned to design a series of poetic responses to digital transactional cultures. Bakita Kasadha (poetic inquiry), Martin Glynn (data verbalisation) and Nicky Melville (experimental lyric poetry), will join us to perform excerpts of their work. Civic Digits Civic Digits make technology to tell stories about technology and to question what it means to be a digital citizen in the 21st century. Civic Digits are currently developing a data-driven actor using Vizblocks. This project started as a motorised emoji workshop in 2020. It then became part of their Edinburgh International Festival residency at Leith Academy in 2021, where the team worked with pupils to upgrade the emojis to more expressive robot actors and create short plays about how people act online. With support from Creative Informatics, the team are now building an on-stage robot that can perform with human actors in response to live data input, which will sometimes be generated by audiences using Civic Digits' software on their own mobile devices. Civic Digits founder Clare Duffy will join us to tell us more about how their project is progressing and introduce us to the Data-driven Actor! Sarah Calmus Immersive, participatory and environmental provocations form the basis of Sarah Calmus' practice, which ranges from fixed large scale light installations to month-long nomadic social interventions. Sarah was selected as one of our first round Connected Innovators and used her funding to evolve her interdisciplinary practice, developing her knowledge of sound and light design with data-driven tech and exploring ideas for new participatory artworks. Sarah will show us some of her learning in a small performative demonstration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-labs-21-bringing-data-to-life-tickets-324594700487 |
| Description | CI Labs #22: Digital Identities |
| 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 | At CI Lab 22 we will hear from award-winning artist Rachel Maclean who has been working with the Institute for Design Informatics to produce AI-generated audio for her new short film 'Duck', a darkly comedic British spy drama starring a deepfake Sean Connery. Rachel will talk alongside Martin Disley (researcher and artist), Adam Castle (producer for Pollyanna) and Lynne Craig (design academic) who will each present their work ranging from interactive digital cabaret videos to voice clones to hyper realities. Rachel Maclean Born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1987, artist Rachel Maclean has spent the last decade showcasing her ground-breaking work in galleries, museums, film festivals and on television. Working across a variety of media, including video, digital print and VR, she makes complex and layered works that reference politics, fairy tales, celebrity culture and more. She has shown her work widely, both in the UK and internationally, receiving critical acclaim in the spheres of film and visual art. Maclean represented Scotland at the Venice Biennale in 2017 with her film commission Spite Your Face. In 2013, Maclean was awarded the prestigious Margaret Tait Award. She has been twice shortlisted for the Jarman Award and achieved widespread critical praise for her film Feed Me at British Art Show 8 in 2016. Since 2020 Rachel has been a NUAcT Fellow at the University of Newcastle where her research focuses on exploring how deepfake and AI technology can be used within her practice. Rachel is currently working on a new short film, which explores the use of deep fake video and audio and will be shown as part of an ambitious solo exhibition at Kunstpalais Erlangen in Germany next year. Martin Disley Martin Disley is an artist, researcher and developer based in Edinburgh, Scotland (working independently and with Design Informatics). His visual practice centres around an ongoing critical investigation into machine learning, manifesting its internal contradictions and logical limitations in beguiling images, video and sound. He is the cofounder, along with Murad Khan, of Unit Test, a creative research studio exploring the methods of investigative computing and counter data-science practices. Martin will talk about deep fakes and the voice. He will speak about his work developing voice clones for Rachel Maclean's most recent film and his own work using deep fakes to reveal the fragility of facial recognition model. Adam Castle Pollyanna has produced queer art and culture in Scotland since 2015. The annual cabaret shows at Edinburgh Festival Fringe have hosted over 250 performance and been described as 'a bona fide asset to the Fringe' **** by the Scotsman and 'the only queer collective you want to see this Fringe' ***** Edinburgh Festivals Magazine. Since 2020, Pollyanna has been producing digital cabaret online and in galleries across Scotland. OMOS, the latest project produced by Pollyanna, is led by four artists paying homage to Scottish Black history and celebrating Black performance today, with exhibitions and workshops at Dunoon Burgh Hall, Royal Scottish Academy, Stirling Castle and KINDL Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin in 2022 and 2023. Pollyanna is working with Creative Informatics, The University of Edinburgh for a new project in 2022-23 developing interactive digital cabaret videos. Adam Castle is the founder and producer of Icky Arts CIC that produces Pollyanna alongside Edinburgh Artists' Moving Image Festival (EAMIF), celebrating video art and artist's moving image through festivals, screenings and events. Adam won the Creative Edinburgh Leadership Award in 2016 in recognition of both projects. As an artist Adam has been commissioned by BBC Scotland / LUX Scotland and Talbot Rice Gallery. As a freelance producer and curator he has worked for Historic Environment Scotland, Royal Conservatoire Scotland, The Audience Agency and Centre for Cultural Value. Lynne Craig's practice connects design, technology, education, and business development; exploring the frontiers of emergent technologies and cultural change. Throughout her career she has built businesses, created products, designed systems for global audiences, and continues to reimagine what the role of 'making' in design, education and business looks like for tomorrow. A jewellery graduate from the Royal College of Art, current roles include Deputy Director, Innovation, Edinburgh Futures Institute, Programme Director MA Design Informatics at University of Edinburgh. Lynne is Non-Executive Director and Co-Founder Holition Augmented Retail, serving as an elected member of Goldsmiths Centre Trade Advisory Strategy Committee, and Fellow, Royal Society of Arts. Previously Founder and Director of Digital Anthropology Lab, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UAL. Lynne will talk about Hyper Real Futures- finding new visual narratives for exploring ways in which we are both shaping and being shaped by evolving technologies. Come along to hear more about these exciting projects that are using technology in new ways to expand their artist practice and offer a new way of seeing. This event will be offered both in-person and on-line. In-person attendees will be offered drinks and networking and expanded viewings of some of the films talked about during the discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-labs-22-digital-identities-tickets-440359145057 |
| Description | CI Labs 15: Just the ticket - Performance, Payment and Data |
| 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 | CI Lab 15 featured theatre and festival producers including Edinburgh International Book Festival, Traverse Theatre and Civic Digits Theatre Company, ticketing provider CrowdEngage, and Resident Entrepreneurs Scottie and Centrline and highlighted what 'tickets' and payment for live events and performance might look like in the future. CI Lab 15 was also a part of PlayAway Games Festival, a two week online festival delivered by Edinburgh's Tinderbox Collective exploring creativity and innovation in the games sector. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-labs-15-just-the-ticket-performance-payment-and-data-tickets-13798... |
| Description | CI Labs 16: Hyper Reality - Creative Tech & Performance |
| 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 | CI Lab 16 was broadcast live from Effenaar in Eindhoven, Netherlands and featured music producer and songwriter Chagall, who integrated technology into her creative process and performances, using MiMU gloves to physically control detailed electronic sounds and reactive visuals, creating a sense of hyper reality in her extraordinary live shows. CI Lab 16 also featured a live panel chaired by Ed Stack, founder of Edinburgh based Delic.network. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-labs-16-hyper-reality-creative-tech-performance-tickets-1426604021... |
| Description | CI Labs 17: Zoom Obscura Launchpad |
| 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 | CI Lab 17 with support from Human-Data Interaction Network featured the official launch of Zoom Obscura, a commissioned project where the artists, creative technologists and designers through their creative works empower users to experiment with, and control how their personal data (visual, audible, text input) manifests online, helping us to negotiate our own presence and value in these new spaces. You can find out more about Zoom Obscura here: https://zoomobscura.com/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-labs-17-zoom-obscura-launchpad-tickets-147875458477# |
| Description | CI Labs 18: Crossing Creative Borders |
| 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 | CI Lab 18 was broadcast live from Marchmont House in the Scottish Borders. We heard from a fantastic line-up of speakers including the Marchmont House team, designer, entrepreneur and academic Lynne Craig, Co-Founder of creative innovation studio Holition, Chair of Video Game Technology at Edinburgh Napier University and Technical Director of Rendering at Roblox Corporation, Kenny Mitchell, contemporary knitwear designer, Jeni Allison, and writer and publisher Jules Horne, to find out how data and technology are being used to shape the future of some of the region's key creative industries, including crafts, textiles and publishing, and exploring opportunities for collaboration and innovation across creative sectors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-labs-18-crossing-creative-borders-tickets-168290259697# |
| Description | CI Labs 19: Ocean ARTic Showcase |
| 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 | CI Lab 19 showcased two incredible new creative works from Michael Begg and Eve Mosher, commissioned through our Ocean ARTic partnership with Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland and Blue Action. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-labs-19-ocean-artic-showcase-tickets-180137836117# |
| Description | CI Labs 20: Care and Repair |
| 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 | CI Lab 20 was in collaboration with the Fruitmarket Gallery and considered how data and technology can support us in caring for and repairing our material world, with the aim of creating a more circular society. We heard presentations from Julia Watson, designer, activist, academic, and author of Lo-TEK: Design by Radical Indigenism, CI Resident Entrepreneur, Terence Finnegan with Edinburgh Tool Library (the UK's first tool library), Mary Michel (Director, Ostrero) with Creative Coin, a Creative Informatics Horizon Project exploring the idea of an alternative currency for the Creative Industries that incentivises a move towards the Circular Economy, and Dr Samantha Vettese at Edinburgh Napier University's School of Arts and Creative Industries on jewellery, silversmithing, and her research on sustainable tourism and materials involving 3D printing. Shona Reppe presented on Millipede, a creative commission project by British Council as part of COP26, developed by National Theatre of Scotland and Think Arts. And closing out our event we had live poetry from Aliyah Begum, a 19 year-old poet who was Birmingham's Young Poet Laureate between 2018-2020. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-labs-20-care-and-repair-tickets-225728629407# |
| Description | CI Researchers Show and Tell |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | To hear about some of the creative research and projects that Creative Informatics PDRAs - Chris, Susan, Inge, Ingi and Pip - have been working on over the last year, as well as how this work addresses and supports some of the current issues around COVID-19 and the creative industries. Also presenting their newly funded projects will be the successful award holders of the recent CI Small Research Grants for Early Career Researchers, an initiative which aims to grow and foster the CI research community in and around Edinburgh. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-date-creative-informatics-researcher-show-tell-tickets-1033253448... |
| Description | CI Studio #10: Knowing your users - understanding your customers and market |
| 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 | For CI Studio 10, we were joined by market research specialists who shared their experiences of conducting user research, with some tips and tricks that could be adapted for start-ups, sole traders and small businesses in the creative industries. This informal session focused on practical approaches to market research, with plenty of time for discussion and questions. Our speakers included; Oli Mival, a highly experienced UX professional, Director of User Research at Skyscanner and Principal Research Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University, Catherine Richards, Head of Customer Design at Tesco Bank, Bas Raijmakers, co-founder of design research agency STBY, and Aleks Wruk, a UX researcher, facilitator and speaker. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-studio-10-knowing-your-users-understanding-your-customers-and-mark... |
| Description | CI Studio #11: Exploring Livestreaming Economies |
| 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 | In Studio #11 Dr. Chris Elsden explored the weird and wonderful ways to pay and be paid through livestreaming. In this informal and playful session, we examined how livestreaming platforms provide 'free' content, without tickets, but nonetheless cultivate a loyal and paying community. From new currencies and tip jars, to subscriptions and gifts, the studio introduced various examples of emerging transactions and payments on leading livestreaming platform, Twitch. Taking these as a template, we then worked with participants to imagine how these online practices could translate to new ways to pay and engage with traditional creative work, especially in the performing arts. This CI Studio was a part of Creative Informatics research project 'What is a Ticket?'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-studio-11-exploring-livestreaming-economies-tickets-146890703047# |
| Description | CI Studio #12: Introducing BBC MakerBox |
| 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 | Connected Studio MakerBox is something new from the BBC, a place for you to join an online community of like-minded creators and experiment with the latest cutting edge technologies, including tools for creating interactive narratives and responsive storytelling, new ways of using voice and AI, and much more. Experiences built with MakerBox tools include BBC Click 1000, Instagramification, Discover Your Daemon, and immersive audio horror story Monster, all of which are available at BBC Taster, the home of new ideas at the BBC which hosts experimental pilots and ideas that audiences can try, rate and share. In this interactive CI Studio led by the MakerBox team, explored two BBC R&D built tools, StoryFormer and Audio Orchestrator, as well as doing a couple of creative exercises to get you thinking how you might use these tools for your own projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-studio-12-introducing-bbc-makerbox-tickets-148803271591# |
| Description | CI Studio #13: Getting started with NoCode |
| 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 | This interactive CI Studio provided an overview of the ideas behind no-code, and helped participants get started on their journey to building that innovative MVP (Minimum Viable Product) or creative project! With short presentations and plenty of time for questions and discussion, this studio event covered the following topics: - What is no-code? - Use Cases and Case studies - Core concepts - Picking the right stack of tools for general learning/MVP's - The best resources for learning etc. This CI Studio was hosted by Max Haining, Oliver Littlejohn and Frances Odera Matthews. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-studio-13-getting-started-with-nocode-tickets-159480453329# |
| Description | CI Studio #14: An Introduction to Creative Coding |
| 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 | CI Studio 14 explored the creative possibilities of coding with low cost computers, sensors and physical computing components. We were joined by a panel of creative practitioners who gave an overview of the computer systems they are using including Arduino, Raspberry Pi and BBC Micro:bit, and talked about how they have incorporated coding into their work. Our panel included: Clare Duffy, Artistic Director, Civic Digits Theatre Company, Luci Holland, Composer and Sound Artist, Tinderbox Collective, Martin Disley, Artist, Researcher and Creative Technologist, and Susan Lechelt, Research Associate with Creative Informatics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-studio-14-an-introduction-to-creative-coding-tickets-198834388007# |
| Description | CI Studio #21: Protecting your creative digital assets: a consultation |
| 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 | The Law Commission for England and Wales has published a consultation paper that proposes a major reform of the law of property, making it fit for a digitised world. Under the proposal, a new type of "ownable thing" is created to ensure that the law recognises and protects digital assets (including crypto-tokens and NFTs). Your books on Kindle, your NFTs, your bitcoin - things you think you own, but what does the law say about them? The proposal is an important step to bring our perception of digital ownership in line with the law. What might this mean for creative digital assets; digital photography, film, NFT created artworks? Some creators, businesses and platforms may find overnight they are now "owners" of a whole range of assets - is this only a blessing, or do they come with obligations too? Will business models need to adjust to make the most of these new rights? Does it create new opportunities to monetise your work, or could it create also obstacles for your supply chain? Please join us on Friday 21st of October online (Zoom), to explore how this could affect you and your work? The seminar will introduce the proposal and explain its main implications. But we also want to give you a voice in the consultation process. What legal safeguards would help YOU? Does it not go far enough, or too far? In the discussion part of the seminar, we will also give you an opportunity to feed your views back into the consultation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-studio-21-protecting-your-creative-digital-assets-a-consultation-t... |
| Description | CI Studio #22 - Somewhere In The Universe It Rains Diamonds (Aether) |
| 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 | Theodore Koterwas is an artist and musician working with data, physical phenomena and the human body. He seeks to draw critical attention to aspects of daily experience that often go unnoticed but profoundly impact on how we understand each other, technology and the environment. When stars die they bombard us with cosmic rays, invisible particles that stream through us constantly. Somewhere In the Universe it Rains Diamonds (Aether) makes you feel them in your bones. As our collective attention increasingly turns to a disembodied meta-verse, this work seeks to engage you viscerally with the real one. This exhibition is the latest development in Theodore's exploration of "data visceralisation" funded through the Creative Informatics Resident Entrepreneur programme. T?his launch is the 2nd part of a Creative Informatics double bill - join us beforehand at Assembly Roxy for CI Lab #22: Digital Identities with award winning artist Rachel Maclean. Please sign up for both events separately if you intend to attend both. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-studio-22-somewhere-in-the-universe-it-rains-diamonds-aether-ticke... |
| Description | CI Studio 15: An introduction to coding with the BBC Micro:bit |
| 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 | For our first CI Studio event of 2022 we are back in our home at E11! We are super excited to welcome participants into our dedicated space for a hands-on and in-person coding taster event. In this two hour, introductory session, Creative Informatics Research Associate Susan Lechelt will show participants how to get started with coding and simple electronics using BBC Micro:bit computers and fun accessories like the Mini.mu electronic music making glove. This session is aimed at complete beginners that would like to have a go at trying out some new tech in a supportive and friendly environment. If you would like to know a bit more about the possibilities offered by electronics and coding, then this session is for you. We will explain the principles behind this kind of physical computing and discuss how it can be used for supporting creativity. About the BBC Micro:bit The BBC micro:bit is a pocket-sized codeable computer with motion detection, a built-in compass and Bluetooth technology. It was designed to be used as an introduction to computing for children, but is now widely used by adults for all kinds of creative projects and for learning digital skills. A collaboration between 29 partners, the BBC micro:bit is the BBC's most ambitious education initiative in 30 years, which aims to inspire digital creativity and develop a new generation of tech pioneers. In the 1980s, the BBC introduced many children to computing for the first time and the BBC micro:bit, part of the BBC's Make it Digital initiative, builds on the legacy of that project for the digital age. Susan Lechelt Susan is a researcher in Human-Computer Interaction, interested in designing playful interfaces and experiences that encourage curiosity and reflection. She is also passionate about investigating new methods for teaching novices about data and digital literacy. Susan has a mixed background spanning interaction design, computer science and cognitive science. Her PhD at the UCL Interaction Centre focused on investigating how the new generation of physical computing toolkits can be designed to better support computing education in real classrooms - and to make learning about computing more creative and collaborative for children. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-studio-15-an-introduction-to-coding-with-the-bbc-microbit-tickets-... |
| Description | CI Studio 16: Making Music with a Game Boy |
| 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 | Chiptune is music created with the sound chips that were part of computers and computer games consoles in the 1980s and 1990s such as Commodore 64, Atari ST & Amiga, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and Game Boy. Creating music with these chips is challenging due to technical limitations that can be difficult to work around. However, there are musicians today who are inspired by these limits and are choosing to create 'inside the box' with these restrictions. In this informal and participatory session, musician Elif Yalvaç will explain the history and appeal of chiptune and the aesthetic and creative value of limitations in chip music, before guiding participants through composing some chiptunes of their own. Who is this session for? This session is open to complete beginners, all you need is an interest in digital music making. It would be useful to bring your own laptop and there will be access to Open Source Software, but this is not essential. Everything needed for participation will be provided. The workshop will have three sections: Discovery: Introduction to a list of chiptune tracks with discussion and sharing of ideas. Explanation: Elif will introduce and give examples of Chiptunes, discussing their limitations, as well as their creative and aesthetic value in chip music. Composition: Together, participants will choose a selection of sounds and in 24 hours Elif will create a new piece of music and publish it on Soundcloud, crediting participants as composers. Everyone will be encouraged to suggest sounds, however strange, using the four audio channels of the Game Boy. About Elif Yalvaç Born and raised in Turkey, Elif (née Hazal Elif Yalvaç) grew up surrounded by a wide range of music. Following her BA degree in Translation and Interpreting from Istanbul University, Elif earned her masters in Sonic Arts from Istanbul Technical University (MIAM). She has presented compositions and performed in the UK and across Europe, most notably at Secret Garden Party (UK) in 2016, as well as throughout Nordic countries, particularly in Iceland. Her debut EP CloudScapes was self-released in July 2016, and her debut LP, L'appel du Vide, was released by UK label Curated Doom in November 2018. Her latest album Mountains Become Stepping Stones was released by the USA-based label NNA Tapes on December 4, 2020. The album received international acclaim, including reviews on the Guardian, The Wire, and All About Jazz. Endorsed by Arts Council England, Elif Yalvaç is currently based in the UK with a Global Talent Visa. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-studio-16-making-music-with-a-game-boy-tickets-276644540267 |
| Description | CI Studio 17: Exploring Data Visceralisaton with Theodore Koterwas |
| 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 | About this event Theodore Koterwas is an artist and musician working with data, perception, and physical phenomena in order to examine aspects of daily experience that often go unnoticed but profoundly impact how people understand themselves, others and the environment. Through his Creative Informatics Resident Entrepreneur project, Theodore is developing Somewhere In the Universe it Rains Diamonds (Aether), an interactive installation that uses computer algorithms and high speed cameras to capture and read cosmic rays that pass through people invisibly, producing musical tones that will be amplified so that they are loud enough for audiences to feel the sounds in their bones. Join Theodore at Fruitmarket for the first public showing of his new installation and experience Somewhere In the Universe it Rains Diamonds (Aether) for yourself! Theodore will introduce his work before inviting attendees to interact with the installation and give feedback on their experience. We'll also have a presentation by artist Matthew Attard whose work also explores data and embodiment along with a discussion about the wider possibilities and potential applications of data visceralisation experiences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-studio-17-exploring-data-visceralisaton-with-theodore-koterwas-tic... |
| Description | CI Studio 18: Making Music with a Game Boy |
| 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 | Due to popular demand we are delighted to be running this CI Studio with Elif Yalvaç for a second time! Chiptune is music created with the sound chips that were part of computers and computer games consoles in the 1980s and 1990s such as Commodore 64, Atari ST & Amiga, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and Game Boy. Creating music with these chips is challenging due to technical limitations that can be difficult to work around. However, there are musicians today who are inspired by these limits and are choosing to create 'inside the box' with these restrictions. In this informal and participatory session, musician Elif Yalvaç will explain the history and appeal of chiptune and the aesthetic and creative value of limitations in chip music, before guiding participants through composing some chiptunes of their own. Who is this session for? This session is open to complete beginners, all you need is an interest in digital music making. It would be useful to bring your own laptop and there will be access to Open Source Software, but this is not essential. Everything needed for participation will be provided. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-studio-18-making-music-with-a-game-boy-tickets-316602465497 |
| Description | CI Studio 19: Exploring Creative Cred for the Creative Industries |
| 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 | The CREATIVE CRED is a complementary currency that incentivises a Circular Economy approach in the creative industries in Scotland. This CI Studio is for creative practitioners that would like to find out how the Creative Cred could benefit their practice by keeping materials at their highest value, informing and incentivising a Circular Economy approach, shortening supply chains, saving cash, diverting waste from landfill and creating new networks. Many people in the creative industries already adopt a Circular Economy approach - they are mindful about designing out or not creating waste; they share materials, spaces, skills and knowledge with other makers; and they try to minimise the environmental impact of their practice. But these things can cost time and money, and are rarely rewarded. What if these actions, which are great for the planet, could also be good for your practice and your business? What if they could stimulate exchanges and connections with others in the creative industries? This is where the Creative Cred comes in - for every circular action taken, Creative Cred is earned. This credit can then be exchanged with others in the creative industries for excess materials, skills, spaces or products. Join us for this in person session to find out how this new currency could help keep local businesses afloat even in times of financial hardship, and have a go at creating your own Creative Cred avatar. Creative Cred is a Creative Informatics Creative Horizon Project run by Ostrero, Dr Juli Huang at Edinburgh University and Dr Tom Flint at Edinburgh Napier University. If you would like to find out more about Creative Cred please contact Mary Michel, Director of Ostrero, at mary@ostrero.com. The Creative Cred exhibition will run at Inspace from Wednesday 11th to Saturday 14th May from 11am to 5pm every day, so you can have a look around before or after this event. Sign up for the exhibition launch on Wednesday 11th May now! |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-studio-19-exploring-creative-cred-for-the-creative-industries-tick... |
| Description | CI Studio 20: Build a chatbot to find out what your customers really think! |
| 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 | At this in person CI Studio, Rory Gianni and Hector Michael Freid will introduce inChat's customer feedback platform and talk participants through the process of designing and deploying chatbots. Participants will be able to explore the potential of conversational AI for collecting feedback on their own products or services, using inChat's no-code platform, which allows users to define chatbot dialogue, manage deployments and capture responses without any technical knowledge. Rory and Hector will support participants to deploy chatbots during the session, and collect 'feedback' from each other that can be analysed using inChat's platform. Participants are encouraged to to think about their own products and services in advance of this session, and what they would like to learn from their customers. Please bring your own laptop if possible. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-studio-20-build-a-chatbot-to-find-out-what-your-customers-really-t... |
| Description | CI Studio 4: Speculation and Fictions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | first CI Studio of the year, where we'll be challenging you to try some Speculative Design! Speculative Design is a way of using creative design practice to imagine what the future might look like, blending exploration and creativity to examine and communicate extreme or fantastical ideas in an engaging form. This session will be led by Michael Smyth, Ingi Helgason and Shenando Stals of Edinburgh Napier University's Interaction Design group. Started with an overview of the Speculative Design approach, after which it's over to you to try it out for yourself. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-ci-studio-4-speculation-and-fictions-tickets-859... |
| Description | CI Studio 5: Tools for Greener Making |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CI Studio 5 will bring together individuals and organisations working in and around the creative sector, with a particular focus on material based practices (visual arts/crafts/product design/architecture), to discuss existing good practice and explore future sustainable design models. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-ci-studio-5-tools-for-greener-making-tickets-907... |
| Description | CI Studio 6: Digital Publishing for artists (As part of DataFest) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Organised in collaboration with the Fruitmarket Gallery, and following on from their Artists' Bookmarket, this interactive session will bring together creative practitioners and digital publishing specialists, to explore data-driven approaches to publishing, marketing and producing creative content. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-ci-studio-6-digital-publishing-dos-and-donts-tic... |
| Description | CI Studio 7: Introduction to Designing Chatbots |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | his interactive workshop will provide an introduction to designing chatbots. During the workshop, participants will be shown how to prototype and test a chatbot dialogue system drawing on user research, and service design techniques. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-studio-7-introduction-to-designing-chatbots-tickets-106650861598# |
| Description | CI Studio 8: Stop Motion Animation Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Making creative animations with objects that you can find around your own home has never been easier! CI Studio 8 is an online, hands on workshop aimed at anyone who wants to have a go at making animated movies. No previous experience is needed as we will be starting from scratch! The workshop will run over three days, with two timetabled online sessions of two hours each, and a day in between for you to work on your own creation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-studio-8-stop-motion-animation-workshop-tickets-109287080600# |
| Description | CI Studio 9: Getting creative with climate data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Ahead of the COP26 international climate summit scheduled to take place in Glasgow in November 2021, CI Studio 9 will explore how artists and academics are working with climate system data in creative ways. This workshop will take an in-depth look at the data itself, and the processes involved in transforming it into a creative output using sound composition and visualisation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-studio-9-getting-creative-with-climate-data-tickets-123513679741?a... |
| Description | COP 26 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | CI sponsored (named and visible) of Sustainable Fashion Scotland's (Connected Innovator) Generation of Waste installation for the Blue Zone (at the Scottish Events Campus - SEC) at COP26. The Blue Zone was a UN-managed space (COP25 delegates only) hosting the negotiations at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, 1st-12th November 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://ukcop26.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Stakeholder-involvement-at-COP26-packV1.pdf |
| Description | Can Money Save the World? Beyond Architecture Day 02. Connected Cities? University of the Basque Country |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Speed, C. 9 Nov 2022 Can Money Save the World? Beyond Architecture Day 02. Connected Cities? University of the Basque Country |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Can data safeguard the future of Edinburgh's festivals? The Scotsman, 29th August 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Writing in the New Statesman, Matt Hill, London First's programme director, said: "A three-pronged approach of data exchange, innovative analytics and digital transformation must be leveraged, to help cities better manage their growth challenges, improve efficiency and support economic development." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.scotsman.com/business/can-data-science-safeguard-future-edinburghs-festivals-2956561 |
| Description | Chair for Future of Festivals panel session at Beyond 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This session explores how lockdown impacted on audience engagement across the Creative Industries with a presentation of key research insights from a spread of sector representatives, followed by the opportunity for deeper analysis in breakout sessions with the individual organisations and researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://beyondconference.org/schedule |
| Description | Challenge Discovery Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | At the end of the workshop participants should have a better understanding of how Challenge Projects work and ideas and resources to help them develop potential Challenge Holder applications now, or in the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-challenge-discovery-workshop-tickets-10188722142... |
| Description | Challenge Discovery Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Creative Informatics research team explore challenges relating to your organisation that require data-driven solutions! |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-challenge-discovery-workshop-tickets-12850223464... |
| Description | Challenge Discovery Workshop - National Galleries of Scotland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This was a half-day semi-formed Challenge Workshop (19th June, 2019) for the National Galleries of Scotland, bringing together representatives across business functions and across their four gallery sites and storage facilities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Challenge Discovery Workshop 3 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Challenge Discovery Workshops are fun and informal scoping and shaping sessions that pave the way to more focused ideas for Creative Informatics Challenge Holder applications. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-challenge-discovery-workshop-tickets-10897989580... |
| Description | Challenge Discovery Workshops |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Challenge Discovery Workshops,open to anyone working in the creative industries in Edinburgh and South East Scotland were held in September (12/09/19) and October (17/10/19). These informal ideation workshops designed for cultural organisations to explore, identify and articulate potential challenges that require solutions around data driven innovation and creativity. Creative Informatics held 2 public workshops and Workshops start with a short presentation from a current Challenge Holder and include facilitated discussions. By the end of the session participants had a better understanding of the Challenge Project process and formed ideas and resources to help them develop their Challenge Holder application and take them into further development (including participation in Semi-Formed workshops for some) and Round 2 (or later) applications. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-challenge-discovery-workshop-tickets-70260608371... |
| Description | Challenge Discovery Workshops - Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The workshop was the first run of a semi-formed Challenge development workshop (11th April, 2019) with our Challenge pilot partners, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society and key stakeholders including Red61 (ticketing partner), CodeClan, Interface and The List. This workshop led to a well-formed Pilot Challenge with the Fringe. This was promoted with openly selected Round 1 challenges. This Challenge received 6 good quality responses with one selected and two more identified by the Fringe Society as potential collaborators for further discussion/future projects. The Fringe also found the process itself beneficial. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Challenge Discovery Workshops - Historic Environment Scotland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This half-day semi-formed Challenge Workshop for Historic Environment Scotland helped to develop Challenge ideas and prioritisation of ideas for application to Round 2 (23rd September 2019) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Challenge Holder Discovery Workshop #2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | At the end of the workshop participants should have a better understanding of how Challenge Projects work and ideas and resources to help them develop potential Challenge Holder applications now, or in the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-challenge-discovery-workshop-tickets-10522471997... |
| Description | Civic Digits data literacy workshops |
| 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 | The Civic Digits project on teaching children about data literacy, has led to 30 workshops in schools across Scotland (with ~30 children participating in each workshop). The workshops utilise 2 technologies that have been built as part of Creative Informatics. These are 1) "Pip" - an interactive physical computing board, where children can control physical actuator output using their facial expression, and 2) "EvalMe" - an evaluation kit for measuring children's experience of interactive workshops - co-designed with UCL. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://civicdigits.com |
| Description | Co-designing with Things |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Co-designing with Things |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | CodeBase Edinburgh Meetup 1: Ecosystems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Sponsored by Creative Informatics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Collaborating through the crisis: innovative art/tech partnerships emerging from lockdown - article for Scottish Society for Art History Newsletter (No 65, Early 2021) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited article, 'Collaborating through the crisis: innovative art/tech partnerships emerging from lockdown', by Nicola Osborne for the Scottish Society for Art History Newsletter, No 65, Early 2021. The article was part of the newsletter's coverage of the November 2020 event (hosted with Creative Informatics): 'Lockdown Legacy: The Digital Future of the Art & Cultural Heritage World'. The newsletter is distributed to all SSAH members as a digital publication. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Collider: Technology and Tours |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A Collider is a conceptual design event, bringing together computational thinking and design thinking, to pull informaticians together with designers and problem holders. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/x/collider-technology-and-tours-tickets-120995900997 |
| Description | Collider: Technology and Tours |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Edinburgh Futures Institute, Design Informatics and Traveltech for Scotland for an afternoon of ideation and creativity to start devising novel, yet practical ways for tour operators to recover, adapt and renew in the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Commissioned installation for The Fruitmarket Gallery Bookmarket |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Commissioned installation for The Fruitmarket Gallery Bookmarket,Waverley Mall, Edinburgh |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/389953807 |
| Description | Commissioned installation for The Fruitmarket Gallery Bookmarket, Waverley Mall, Edinburgh. LED stock market ticker displays the text of Walter Benjamin's Arcades Project as priced by Google's algorithms; a critique of capitalism and advertising in both digital and physical spaces |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Thornton, P. ARCADIA (2020) Exhibition Feb-June 2020: Commissioned installation for The Fruitmarket Gallery Bookmarket, Waverley Mall, Edinburgh. LED stock market ticker displays the text of Walter Benjamin's Arcades Project as priced by Google's algorithms; a critique of capitalism and advertising in both digital and physical spaces |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Connected Innovator Drop In #3 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Connected Innovators supports emerging leaders from within the creative industries who want to take time out to conduct research and development that will enable them to advance their own careers and/or business. Participants who are looking to develop a specific area of creative practice or business using data or data-driven technology can apply for funding of up to £10,000 to support their work. This Discovery Session is an informal drop in session for anyone interested in the Connected Innovators programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connected-innovators-drop-in-session-3-tickets-154711075993?aff=ebdso... |
| Description | Connected Innovators Discovery Session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | to learn more about the programme via discussions with the Creative Edinburgh team as this session explores the key elements of the Connected Innovators funding programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connected-innovators-discovery-session-tickets-124569467631?aff=# |
| Description | Connected Innovators Drop In Session #1 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Connected Innovators supports emerging leaders from within the creative industries who want to take time out to conduct research and development that will enable them to advance their own careers and/or business. Participants who are looking to develop a specific area of your creative practice or business using data or data-driven technology, you can apply for funding of up to £10,000 to support their work. This Discovery Session is an informal drop in session for anyone interested in the Connected Innovators programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connected-innovators-drop-in-session-1-tickets-154706040933?aff=ebdso... |
| Description | Connected Innovators Drop In Session #2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Connected Innovators supports emerging leaders from within the creative industries who want to take time out to conduct research and development that will enable them to advance their own careers and/or business. Participants who are looking to develop a specific area of creative practice or business using data or data-driven technology can apply for funding of up to £10,000 to support their work. This Discovery Session is an informal drop in session for anyone interested in the Connected Innovators programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connected-innovators-drop-in-session-2-tickets-154709896465?aff=ebdso... |
| Description | Connected Innovators Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Through presentations and panel discussions, this session will explore the key elements of the Connected Innovators funding programme, including: The value of taking time out of creative practice for R&D What leadership looks like within the creative industries How data-driven innovation can advance creative careers and businesses |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connected-innovators-discovery-session-tickets-99346831046# |
| Description | Connected Innovators workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This interactive workshop will give tips and advice on a range of topics that are part of the Connected Innovators application process, including: Writing a budget plan Communicating your project Evaluating your project impact |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connected-innovators-workshop-writing-your-funding-application-ticket... |
| Description | Creative Bridge - Alumni Meet Up #1 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Creative Bridge - Alumni Meet Up #1 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-bridge-alumni-meet-up-1-tickets-94164078293 |
| Description | Creative Bridge Information Session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Creative Bridge's information session invited all those interested in the Creative Bridge programme hosted by Codebase to learn more about the course, how to apply, and what areas of business development the course covered. Creative Bridge successful applicants are awarded a spot worth £5,000 to Codebase's 10-week course on business development, innovation, and start-up development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Creative Bridge Information Session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Creative Bridge's information session invited all those interested in the Creative Bridge programme hosted by Codebase to learn more about the course, how to apply, and what areas of business development the course covered. Creative Bridge successful applicants are awarded a spot worth £5,000 to Codebase's 10-week course on business development, innovation, and start-up development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Creative Bridge Press Release and feature on BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Scotland website - May 2019 |
| 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 | Creative Informatics' Creative Bridge programme press release and associated coverage, including feature on BBC Radio Scotland's "Good Morning Scotland" programme and an accompanying BBC Scotland news piece: "Move to help Edinburgh creative firms go digital', on 16th May 2019. Further associated coverage included: - The Scotsman: "Edinburgh's CodeBase pushes button on creative industries accelerator" (https://web.archive.org/web/20200310161514/https://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/edinburghs-codebase-pushes-button-creative-industries-accelerator-1417439) - The List: "Creative Bridge: Learn how to take an idea for a digital product and get it off the ground" (https://web.archive.org/web/20191105100349/https://www.list.co.uk/article/112422-creative-bridge-learn-how-to-take-an-idea-for-a-digital-product-and-get-it-off-the-ground/) - Insider.co.uk: "Codebase to bridge gap between tech sector and creatives" (https://www.insider.co.uk/news/codebase-bridge-gap-between-tech-16154914) The press release and media coverage led to a substantial number of requests for further information and a boost to application numbers to the Creative Bridge programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://web.archive.org/web/20190516033543/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-... |
| Description | Creative Circles |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Creative Circles are casual monthly meet ups run by Creative Edinburgh offering an opportunity to hear about what is going on in the community and make connections. As partners of Creative Informatics, these twice-a-month meet ups have offered a platform to inform people of the opportunities available through our programme and events. Members of the delivery team and PDRAs have attended on a regular basis and have shared stories and offered advice to the community as well as directing them to get in touch. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| URL | https://www.creative-edinburgh.com/ |
| Description | Creative Cred Exhibition Launch |
| 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 | Wouldn't it be great if you could source tools, materials, services and spaces in a way that is good for the planet and good for your creative practice? Join us for the launch of an interactive exhibition about CREATIVE CRED to discover how this currency could help keep local businesses afloat even in times of financial hardship, and have a go at creating your own Creative Cred avatar to find out how it could be good for the planet and for your practice. The Creative Cred exhibition will run at Inspace from Wednesday 11th to Saturday 14th May from 11am to 5pm every day. Creative Cred is a Creative Informatics Creative Horizon Project run by Ostrero, Dr Juli Huang at Edinburgh University and Dr Tom Flint at Edinburgh Napier University, exploring the idea of an alternative currency for the creative industries that incentivises a move towards the Circular Economy. Many people in the creative industries already adopt a Circular Economy approach - they are mindful about designing out or not creating waste; they share materials, spaces, skills and knowledge with other makers; and they try to minimise the environmental impact of their practice. But these things can cost time and money, and are rarely rewarded. What if these actions, which are great for the planet, could also be good for your practice and your business? What if they could stimulate exchanges and connections with others in the creative industries? This is where the Creative Cred comes in - for every circular action taken, Creative Cred is earned. This credit can then be exchanged with others in the creative industries for excess materials, skills, spaces or products. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-cred-exhibition-launch-tickets-319657412927 |
| Description | Creative Edinburgh Awards 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 2019's Creative Edinburgh Awards marked Creative Edinburgh's 8th Birthday and was hosted at The Hub where we joined to celebrate the bright ideas and beacons of light that illuminate Edinburgh's creative scene. Creative Informatics sponsored THE START UP AWARD, which was awarded to High Tide, a production company started in 2017, creating high end online content and encouraging transparency in their commissioning process. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.creative-edinburgh.com/awards/2019 |
| Description | Creative Edinburgh Summer Party |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 103 people attended the first Summer Party hosted by partners Creative Edinburgh and sponsored by Creative Informatics. The event was held at Whitespace on the 18th July. The event is a chance for Edinburgh's creative community to gather and get back to the root of creativity. Guest speaker was innovative artist and designer Dominic Wilcox who took the audience on a short adventure in creativity, inspiration and how to find ideas. He works between the worlds of art, design, craft and technology |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-edinburghs-summer-party-tickets-63043881948# |
| Description | Creative Entrepreneurs Panel Discussion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Creative Entrepreneurs Panel Discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Creative Entrepreneurs Week - Creative Circles led by Creative Edinburgh |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Creative Entrepreneurs Week - Creative Circles led by Creative Edinburgh |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Creative Entrepreneurs Week - Drop-in? Sessions & Studio Tour |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Creative Entrepreneurs Week - Drop-in Sessions & Studio Tour |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Creative Entrepreneurs Week - Freelancer Workshop led by EI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Over 150 engagements with UoE |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Creative Horizon 3 Festival Futures Workshop: Cultural Work+Platform Labour |
| 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 | Creative Horizon 3 is a future-focused Creative Informatics project to consider how digital technologies, data-driven business models, and online platforms for performance can support equitable and sustainable festivals in Edinburgh and South-East Scotland in the next decade. Since February 2022 we've been working with Glasgow-based design studio Andthen to develop speculative 'provotypes' for potential new technologies, media, and experiences at festivals, based on our recent research and interviews with participants throughout the sector. These provotypes from a near future, offer us hints and glimpses of how the sector might develop. Over a series of four workshops, we will use these provotypes to write their stories and envisage equitable and sustainable festival futures. Image: 'My Light Shines On', Magnus Hagdorn, Flickr The workshops We are seeking participants from across the cultural sector and creative industries to help us produce a speculative 2030 edition of a festivals magazine, FestForward. In each workshop, we will share and discuss provotypes, then work together to create the content for a unique publication; reflecting on the post-Covid festivals landscape, and the implications of data-driven technologies for a more equitable and sustainable future. This is an in-person workshop and will take place according to current COVID-19 guidelines. We will do our very best to ensure a comfortable, well-ventilated and safe environment. Please let us know if you have any specific access requirements. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements when you book. Project themes In the project so far, we have identified four themes to explore: Uses and value of performance, audience and festival data Producing and experiencing digital performance and events New creative transactions and ticketing Cultural work and platform labour in the festivals and cultural sector This workshop will explore the theme of Cultural work and platform labour in the festivals and cultural sector. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-horizon-3-festival-futures-workshop-cultural-workplatform-la... |
| Description | Creative Horizon 3 Festival Futures Workshop: New Creative Transactions 2 |
| 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 | Creative Horizon 3 is a future-focused Creative Informatics project to consider how digital technologies, data-driven business models, and online platforms for performance can support equitable and sustainable festivals in Edinburgh and South-East Scotland in the next decade. Since February 2022 we've been working with Glasgow-based design studio Andthen to develop speculative 'provotypes' for potential new technologies, media, and experiences at festivals, based on our recent research and interviews with participants throughout the sector. These provotypes from a near future, offer us hints and glimpses of how the sector might develop. Over a series of four workshops, we will use these provotypes to write their stories and envisage equitable and sustainable festival futures. The workshops We are seeking participants from across the cultural sector and creative industries to help us produce a speculative 2030 edition of a festivals magazine, FestForward. In each workshop, we will share and discuss provotypes, then work together to create the content for a unique publication; reflecting on the post-Covid festivals landscape, and the implications of data-driven technologies for a more equitable and sustainable future. This is an online workshop and will take place on Zoom, supported by the online whiteboarding tool Miro. Project themes In the project so far, we have identified four themes to explore: Uses and value of performance, audience and festival data Producing and experience digital performance and events New creative transactions and ticketing Cultural work and platform labour in the festivals and cultural sector This workshop will explore the theme of New creative transactions and ticketing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-horizon-3-festival-futures-workshop-new-creative-transaction... |
| Description | Creative Horizon 3 Festival Futures Workshop: Producing/Experiencing Events |
| 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 | Creative Horizon 3 is a future-focused Creative Informatics project to consider how digital technologies, data-driven business models, and online platforms for performance can support equitable and sustainable festivals in Edinburgh and South-East Scotland in the next decade. Since February 2022 we've been working with Glasgow-based design studio Andthen to develop speculative 'provotypes' for potential new technologies, media, and experiences at festivals, based on our recent research and interviews with participants throughout the sector. These provotypes from a near future, offer us hints and glimpses of how the sector might develop. Over a series of four workshops, we will use these provotypes to write their stories and envisage equitable and sustainable festival futures. he workshops We are seeking participants from across the cultural sector and creative industries to help us produce a speculative 2030 edition of a festivals magazine, FestForward. In each workshop, we will share and discuss provotypes, then work together to create the content for a unique publication; reflecting on the post-Covid festivals landscape, and the implications of data-driven technologies for a more equitable and sustainable future. This is an online workshop and will take place on Zoom, supported by the online whiteboarding tool Miro. Project themes In the project so far, we have identified four themes to explore: Uses and value of performance, audience and festival data Producing and experiencing digital performance and events New creative transactions and ticketing Cultural work and platform labour in the festivals and cultural sector This workshop will explore the theme of Producing and experiencing digital performance and events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-horizon-3-festival-futures-workshop-producingexperiencing-ev... |
| Description | Creative Horizon 3 Festival Futures Workshop: Uses and Value of Data |
| 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 | Creative Horizon 3 is a future-focused Creative Informatics project to consider how digital technologies, data-driven business models, and online platforms for performance can support equitable and sustainable festivals in Edinburgh and South-East Scotland in the next decade. Since February 2022 we've been working with Glasgow-based design studio Andthen to develop speculative 'provotypes' for potential new technologies, media, and experiences at festivals, based on our recent research and interviews with participants throughout the sector. These provotypes from a near future, offer us hints and glimpses of how the sector might develop. Over a series of four workshops, we will use these provotypes to write their stories and envisage equitable and sustainable festival futures. The workshops We are seeking participants from across the cultural sector and creative industries to help us produce a speculative 2030 edition of a festivals magazine, FestForward. In each workshop, we will share and discuss provotypes, then work together to create the content for a unique publication; reflecting on the post-Covid festivals landscape, and the implications of data-driven technologies for a more equitable and sustainable future. This is an in-person workshop and will take place according to current COVID-19 guidelines. We will do our very best to ensure a comfortable, well-ventilated and safe environment. Please let us know if you have any specific access requirements. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-horizon-3-festival-futures-workshop-uses-and-value-of-data-t... |
| Description | Creative Horizon 4 Discovery Workshop - Data and Creative Practice |
| 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 | Applications are invited for individuals and organisations who wish to develop creative and artistic responses to the issue of data and creative practice. We will fund at minimum four projects with a budget of £5,000 to cover fees and production costs for the creative work. Additional budget is available for travel, exhibition, recording and archival costs. Applications close at 5pm on 27th of April, with successful applicants notified by 11th May. Projects should commence no later than June and conclude by mid-September for an exhibition and symposium at the end of September. If you are interested in applying, come along to this informal online session to find out more about what data means in the context of creative practice. There will be plenty of opportunity for questions and discussion. Through this open call, we are inviting creatives to respond a creative brief. We will select several practitioners to work with us, leading to an informative, provocative and engaging exhibition and showcase of the outputs. As an inspirational approach we encourage responders to consider "Design Fiction" and related concepts. By using fiction in a creative research process we gain freedom to examine and explore the topic of data, without getting too bogged down in the practical issues. We hope that this approach will reveal insights for further discourse, and create outputs that engage a wider public audience in an accessible way. We want the work created to address what data about creative practice/business might mean, what it reflects, what it might not reflect, what it should capture and not capture, what it could do/or not do?! |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-horizon-4-discovery-workshop-data-and-creative-practice-tick... |
| Description | Creative Horizon Town Hall: value-based cultural models |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to find out more about the Creative Horizon funding by Creative Informatics, and to help us ideate and scope a funding call concerned with the role of data and technology for promoting value-based cultural models. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-horizon-town-hall-value-based-cultural-models-tickets-127851... |
| Description | Creative Industries Advisory Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to the UK Creative Economy Creative Industries Advisory Group; 20th January, 58 Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0DS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Creative Informatics - CI Labs #1: Dancing with Data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CI Labs are an opportunity to see demonstrations and talks from artists, practitioners and academics who are working in new technologies and data-driven innovation. The free events are a chance to find out more about the Creative Informatics programme, network and connect with a wider creative community. Dance artist Lisa May Thomas presented her practice as our first CI Labs featured artist. Lisa is a contemporary dance artist, based in Bristol, who has worked extensively with dance for screen and is currently developing live choreographic, sensorial performances with new technologies. Lisa ran a VR demonstration throughout the evening, giving participants an insight in to how VR can be applied in an artistic setting through a performative 'dance'. This was complimented by a series of lightning talks from speakers that will share real experiences, demystifying data-driven technologies and exploring the potential for using data in the creative and cultural sphere. These were by Benjamin Bach, Lecturer in Design Informatics and Visualisation, introducing data visualisation, demonstrating how interactive information visualisation interfaces can help people explore, communicate, and understand data. Cristina Spiteri and Susanna Murphy from Bright Side Studios who specialise in immersive experiential design, creating innovative solutions and beautifully crafted content and software to build brands and tell stories. Their work includes interactive dance installation AbstrAction, and Message from the Skies, a large scale immersive storytelling experience, which appeared in locations around the city in January 2019 as part of Edinburgh's Hogmanay. Simon Chapple, a Senior Data Technologist, who is exploring how VR technology can be used in dance to create a more immersive experience for audiences and dancers, using 360 3D panoramic video to provide a more visceral experience that allows audiences to step inside a performance. He is also investigating how IoT sensors and VR technology could open up new methods of performance evaluation and training for dancers. 95 people attended on the 7th March where they participated listened to a range of speakers before the demo activities and networking. This was held at Inspace at The University of Edinburgh. Participants signed up for the VR demo led by Lisa May Thomas and her team which involved up to four groups of three people to to take turns of a led VR 'dance'. The VR visualisations were made available on a screen so all particpants had the opportunity to see what the VR headset wearer was experiencing. This led to people discussing their share experiences from different perspectives. The Lab offered those the experience to try new technology, discuss ideas and find out more about Creative Informatics and the opportunities we offer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-ci-labs-1-dancing-with-data-tickets-55909099622# |
| Description | Creative Informatics - CI Labs #2: Place, Space and Experience |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | he second CI Lab was hosted by partner's Creative Edinburgh. This took place at Lava Town, a shared work environment for creative and immersive tech projects, based in Leith. As part of the CI Labs format, to reach out beyond the familiar city centre and academic locations and collaborate with the Creative Community across the South-East regions of Scotland from Fife, the Lothians to the Borders. A series of lightning talks from speakers that will share real experiences, demystifying data-driven technologies and exploring the potential for using data in the creative and cultural sphere. Speakers included Tom Flint, Edinburgh Napier University, Donna Leishman, Glasgow School of Art and Brendan McCarthy and Sam Healy, Ray Interactive with Chris Harrison, Bespoke Lighting and Video. All discussed the status of interactive art and data-driven exhibits which included a giant, fully-playable replica of the Roland TB-303 synthesiser will be on display that the audience can enjoy throughout the night. 58 people attended on the 4th April where they participated listened to a range of speakers before the demo activities and networking. The event was hosted at LavaTown which is based in Leith, Edinburgh. This area is known for having a large creative community. As part of a wider outreach initiative to take our events to wider audiences that may feel deterred from places considered too academic or too formal. The Lab offered those the experience to play with new technology, discuss ideas and find out more about Creative Informatics and the opportunities we offer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-ci-labs-2-place-space-and-experience-tickets-591... |
| Description | Creative Informatics - CI Labs #3: Sound and Vision |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Lab 3 showcased artists and academics usiing data in their practice both visually and through sound. Speakers included Asad Khan who is a PhD student in Architecture at Edinburgh College of Art. He uses LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) to simulate architectural visualisations, animations and narratives of catastrophic events. Asad shared his experiences of using military grade technology in a creative environment. From the Tinderbox Collective, the Tinderbox Lab is a new project and shared-studio space bringing together artists across disciplines with an interest in digital media and interactive technologies. They offer a range of workshops and courses, and are keen to collaborate and develop exiting new work in this area. Inge Panneels is a Creative Informatics PDRA and an artist whose practice engages with space (public art) and place (landscape). She discussed how digital technologies have enabled her to develop her practice as a glass maker and disseminate her work in new ways. 62 people attended the talks and networking event on the 17th May. During the networking sections of the evening, Creative Informatics offered a drop-in surgery for anyone wanting to find out more information about the funding opportunities and talk to a member of the team. Invited were Edinburgh Living Lab who are mapping the diversity of Edinburgh's creative and cultural activities.They are publishing an open-access, community-created map that includes city cultural assets, hubs and flexible spaces of past and present. The map will be used to discuss and analyse gentrification, arts equity and inclusion, and accessibility to culture in Edinburgh and surrounding areas. Particpants were invited to contribute. Hosting the Lab and Studio event at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop to the North of the city introduced a new audience to the arts establishment. As part of a wider outreach initiative to take our events to wider audiences that may feel deterred from places considered too academic or too formal. The Lab offered those the experience to play with new technology, discuss ideas and find out more about Creative Informatics and the opportunities we offer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-ci-labs-3-sound-and-vision-tickets-61150461677# |
| Description | Creative Informatics - CI Labs #4: Data and Film |
| 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 | Lab#4 was part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival hosted at the delegate centre at the Traverse Theatre. It explored how data and data-driven technologies are influencing the making and business of film. Invited speakers included Rachel Maclean who is an award-winning multi-media artist based in Glasgow. Through experimental film and photography, she creates visually seductive work that explores politics, society and identity, drawing on a variety of references to popular culture. Rachel will talk about her art practice and look at "It's What's Inside That Counts?", her 2016 film that examines political aspects of pop culture including reality television, social media, celebrity and advertising. Richard Ashrowan is a moving image artist, independent film curator and founder of the Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival. He works with video and 16mm film, creating short single channel films, immersive video installations and live multi-projector performance experiments. Richard will discuss the different ways that filmmakers are using data to inform and inspire their work. 61 people attended the talks and networking event which included delegates from the Edinburgh International Film Festival on the 29th June. The event was in collaboration with the Traverse Theatre and the Film Festival as part of our ongoing strategy to bridge across various creative industries in and around Edinburgh. With a high profile artist speaking it offered our audience and growing creative informatics community to hear about the potential data has in their practice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-ci-labs-4-data-and-film-tickets-62857115324# |
| Description | Creative Informatics - CI Labs #6: CI Programme Showcase - Assembly Roxy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 66 participants attended the Creative Informatics Lab#6 'CI Showcase', held at the Assembly Roxy on 27.09.19. This event showcased CI and progress of the programme to date. Lightning talks from successful projects and participants currently funded by key strands of the Creative Informatics programme: Dr Tara Thompson (lecturer in English and Film, Edinburgh Napier University) representing Edinburgh City of Literature Trust, CI Challenge Holder; Mark Daniels (New Media Scotland and CI Challenge Holder); Ana Betancourt (Black Goblin Audio and CI Resident Entrepreneur); Andrew Girvan (founder of Scottie.io theatre platform start-up and CI Creative Bridge alumni); Hector Fried and Rory Gianni (InChat founders and CI Resident Entrepreneurs). This was followed by a Q & A session and networking events. The event highlighted the benefits of participating in the CI programme and available opportunities. It increased understanding of how creative industries use data-driven and new technologies in their creative practice and work, exemplified through projects and experiences presented. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://creativeinformatics.org/events/ |
| Description | Creative Informatics - CI Labs #7: The Sound of Data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Lab 7 explored how data and data-driven technologies are changing the way that music is made, performed, published and distributed with an evening of live performances and presentations from musicians and producers that use data and new technologies in their work. Organised in collaboration with Delic, musicians and sound designers guided us through the various flows and types of data involved in making and performing music, audio and other accompanying media. A 'deconstructed gig' showcased how data intersects with creative practice, with short presentations from artists followed by live performances. They included Tef Dara who is an audiovisual artist and electronic music composer based in Edinburgh. He makes 3D real-time audiovisual systems that combine various contemporary aesthetics in non-linear forms. His compositions explore themes such as chaos, silence, dissonance, altered states, Human Computer Interaction and other intersections of culture and technology. He aims to blur the boundaries between audiovisual art and video games by creating game-like performance systems. Raw Green Rust who are a laptop trio that make improvised, gnarly glitch-dub, exploiting the musicians long working relationship and musical intimacy, constantly sampling and transforming each other, in pursuit of an organic, shifting sound mass. Atzi, Dave House and Esther Swift collaborate to create improvised ambient soundscapes, with Dave House (aka The Reverse Engineer) using live samples of cello, harp and voice from Atzi and Esther. Delic.network who are currently undertaking a Creative Informatics Resident Entrepreneur placement at Codebase, are creating a progressive asset management platform for independent music labels, management companies and artists, with the aim of helping artists to maximise the value of their catalogues beyond streaming services. They will be making live recordings of performances on the night that will be used as the basis for projects on the Delic platform during its user-testing phase. 122 attended the event on the 22nd October at Skylight, which is part of the Old Tollbooth Market in the historic Old Town, Edinburgh. Creative Informatics collaborated with local artist network Delic who also produce Decagram, a profit to artists craft beer, which was provided during the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-ci-labs-7-the-sound-of-data-tickets-75137320749# |
| Description | Creative Informatics - CI Labs #8: How do we connect in the digital age? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 49 people attended on the 14th November to Lab#8 which was a pop up edition of Creative Edinburgh's regular Talking Heads event held at The Glassroom, Edinburgh Napier University. Three speakers from across the creative industries explore how innovation in the digital realm has changed the way that creative individuals and businesses work, connect and grow. Martin Jordan, Innovation Director at Equator, has developed a wide range of concepts based on leading technologies; from interactive presence-driven apps that communicate with a network of beacons through to cutting-edge artificial intelligence capabilities that are reshaping how clients interact with their data. Natalie Loh, Graphic Designer who has taken a roundabout route into design, via the veterinary world. Her design journey has led her to a nomination for the Creative Edinburgh Student Award in 2019 and given her the opportunity to take part in The Daydream Believers project, which won the Creative Edinburgh Collaboration Award. In 2018 Natalie spoke at TEDx Youth Glasgow on the importance of creative thinking in light of automation to an audience of over 2000 young people. Janet Smyth, Deputy Head of Learning & Engagement (Health & Wellbeing) at National Galleries of Scotland Janet started her career with Scottish Book Trust as manager of the Readiscovery Campaign. She went on to be Director of the Pushkin Prizes in Scotland, a creative writing competition that involved Scottish and Russian schools and, in 2002, set up Blast-Off Books, a specialist children's bookshop and school supply business. In 2011 she became Children & Schools Programme Director at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, working to enhance the national and international profile of the children's and young people, schools and lifelong learning programmes. Since July 2019 she has held the post of Deputy Head of Learning & Engagement (Health and Wellbeing) at the National Galleries of Scotland. The evening coincided with the launch of E11, a new Creative Informatics studio space at Edinburgh Napier University. It will be a place for creative practitioners to explore and experiment with data in a friendly, open and supportive environment, with regular events and drop in sessions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-ci-labs-8-how-do-we-connect-in-the-digital-age-t... |
| Description | Creative Informatics - CI Labs #9: Speculative Design and Future Thinking |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 78 people attended Lab#9 which explored Speculative Design as a way of using creative design practice to imagine what the future might look like. The event was held at Whitespace, a creative agency in the city centre of Edinburgh on the 23 January. The event introduced the thinking behind Speculative Design and present some entertaining and thought provoking exhibits and case studies form individuals working in this field. Tobias Revell, Programme Director at the London College of Communication, part of the University of the Arts London. Tobias is a co-founder of speculative design research consultancy Strange Telemetry, a founding member of Supra Systems Studio and one-half of research and curatorial project Haunted Machines. He lectures and exhibits internationally, and has recently appeared at Improving Reality, FutureEverything, IMPAKT Utrecht, Web Directions Sydney, Transmediale Berlin, ThingsCon and Lift Geneva. Alicja Halbryt, a human-centred designer interested in researching future trends and designing future proof services and experiences. Alicja's work explores controversial and difficult global topics. Her past projects have considered the future of online data privacy, the Hyperloop, and designing services for pedestrians living around self-driving cars. Larissa Pschetz, an interaction designer and a lecturer in Design at the University of Edinburgh. Larissa's research explores socio-technological narratives, interaction with autonomous systems, and technology inclusion. Exhibitions included pieces from Masters students from both The University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Napier University. Networking events included a special Data-Divination reading by Creative Informatic PDRA's Chris Elsden and Susan Lechelt. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-ci-labs-9-speculative-design-and-future-thinking... |
| Description | Creative Informatics - CI Studio #3: What makes creative data different? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 23 participants attended this workshop (22nd October, 2020) exploring how a data-driven approach could help navigate issues around IP in creative collaborations and disputes. A round table studio, led by Delic, considered how Intellectual Property is handled in the creative process, where data is connected to a living being or estate, rather than historic/transferable information. The studio included lightning talks from industry experts covering the current state of play in the music industry with regards to copy right law, publishing, and the role of music labels in a rapidly evolving landscape. The Delic team showcased their progressive asset management platform, designed to help independent music labels, management companies and artists maximise the value of their catalogues beyond streaming services, before inviting participants to take part in a design thinking session led by Martin Sweeny of Unstable Creations. Creative practitioners of all backgrounds attended this informal session, and were able to consider how IP is defined by creatives, how collaborators distribute credit in a creative project, and how a data driven approach could be adopted to address issues that arise when creative IP is disputed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-ci-studio-3-what-makes-creative-data-different-t... |
| Description | Creative Informatics - CI Studio#4: Speculation and Fictions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 13 participants attended a session (20th January, 2020), led by Michael Smyth, Ingi Helgason and Shenando Stals of Edinburgh Napier University's Interaction Design group. This interactive event gave participants an overview of the Speculative Design approach with a brief introduction to a range of digital tools. Participants had the opportunity to experiment and try out digital tools to express ideas and discover new approaches for their work and creative practice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-ci-studio-4-speculation-and-fictions-tickets-859... |
| Description | Creative Informatics - CI Studio#5: Tools for Greener Making |
| 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 | CI Studio 5 (12th February, 2020) brought together 30 individuals and organisations working in and around the creative sector, with a particular focus on material based practices (visual arts/crafts/product design/architecture), to discuss existing good practice and explore future sustainable design models. Participants were encouraged to share experience from their own practice in discussions around current challenges, possible solutions, and how data might play a role in affecting change. Contributers included Veronique AA Lapeyre ,Craft Scotland whose Green Crafts Initiative encourages and supports makers to adopt sustainable making practices. Inge Panneels (Creative Informatics), whose craft practice recently interrogated the carbon footprint of a glass art project but found the tools to do so wanting. Diana Sykes from Fife Contemporary, whose 'climate emergency in practice' in October provided a useful precursor to today's workshop. Catriona Patterson (Creative Carbon Scotland (CCS)) who works with the arts and cultural sector to embed sustainability and engender culture change. Jon Hillier set up Cool Farm Tools as a one-stop tool for farmers to keep track of their carbon footprint (soil, water, energy, transport etc), Cécile Levavasseur from Edinburgh Tool Library who uses data to track and share tools for more sustainable making. Karen Ridgewell (Architecture and Design Scotland), whose Material Library at the Lighthouse in Glasgow visualises and aids material choices, and Ricardo Weigend (Edinburgh Napier University), whose research focuses on the Circular Economy for SMEs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-ci-studio-5-tools-for-gree6ner-making-tickets-90... |
| Description | Creative Informatics - CI Studios #1: Creating Experiences |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The first of our CI Studios to explore how technology could shape the future of creative practice. Studios are informal hands-on events with a focus of learning about new technologies, share experiences, collaborate and discuss with other creative practitioners how working with data could enhance your creative practice or business. The first event was an introduction to to this format and it's desire to be led by the community. Participants were invited to divide into groups led a Creative Informatics facilitator to ask what they felt the gaps were, what they wanted to learn more about and what experiences they wished to share. Academics from the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Napier University presented data-driven technologies as an exhibition and discussion point. 42 people attended and participated in discussions that led to ideas being collated and used for future planning in Studio events. This was held at The Glassroom at Edinburgh Napier University's Merchiston campus on the 4th April. CI Studios are new regular informal events open to anyone working in the creative industries to meet, share experiences, and explore using data and data-driven technologies. CI Studios are part of Creative Informatics, a programme looking at how innovative approaches and uses of data can transform, inspire, and inform creative work. We have exciting funded opportunities coming up over the next four years to support research and development for creatives in and around Edinburgh. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-ci-studios-1-creating-experiences-tickets-591818... |
| Description | Creative Informatics - CI Studios #2: Scanning 3D Artefacts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Studio #2 explored how creative practitioners can share their work in new ways using digital technologies. This session was open to anyone with an interest in learning more about 3D scanning of artefacts, sculptures and spaces. Participants were introduced to photogrammetry and affordable 3D scanning tools, provoking discussions on the creative possibilities digital media can bring to augment making practices. John Morrison is an artist and practitioner with a passion for photography, sculpture and digital technologies. He is a lecturer on the Digital Media and Interaction Design programme at the School of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University. Inge Panneels is an artist and academic whose studio practice engages with space and place.Her practice is rooted in materials, such as glass, wood, steel and concrete. She taught at the National Glass Centre, University of Sunderland, for over twelve years and is a PDRA on Creative Informatics. 14 people attended and participated in the workshop which included trying out photogrammetry techniques using smartphones and 3D scanning with a structure senso; exploring the software needed for processing, experiencing and editing 3D images and finding out more about online tools such as Sketchfab , 3D printing and experiential techniques such as augmented reality (AR) and screenless projection. Such tools offer opportunities to create new audience experiences using readily available tools. This was held at the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop in Newhaven, Edinburgh on the 17th May. Many of the audience had never visited before and were introduced to the facilities, workshop, exhibition programme and courses available. This increased the profile of the venue as well. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-ci-studios-2-scanning-3d-artefacts-tickets-61029... |
| Description | Creative Informatics - Challenge Discovery Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Challenge Discovery Workshops are fun and informal scoping and shaping sessions that pave the way to more focused ideas for Creative Informatics Challenge Holder applications. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-challenge-discovery-workshop-tickets-17029011331... |
| Description | Creative Informatics - Challenge Holders Q&A |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Are you interested in applying to respond to one of our Round 7 Creative Informatics Challenge Projects? Join us for this online Challenge Holder Q&A, where we will have short presentations from Arts Resource Management Scotland, Fair Pley and Outer Spaces followed by an opportunity for you to ask any questions you have about their projects that might enhance your Challenge Respondent application. This fun and informal session will be hosted by the Creative Informatics team who will also be on hand to answer questions about the Challenge Respondent application process. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-challenge-holders-qa-1-tickets-340313987297 |
| Description | Creative Informatics - Challenge Holders Q&A |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | our first online Challenge Holder Q&A, where we will have short presentations from all of our Round 3 Challenge Holders, followed by an opportunity for you to ask any questions you have about their projects, that might enhance your Challenge Respondent application. This fun and informal session will be hosted by the Creative Informatics team who will also be on hand to answer questions about the Challenge Respondent application process. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-challenge-holders-qa-tickets-117954231281?aff=# |
| Description | Creative Informatics - Challenge Holders Q&A |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Challenge Holder Q&A hosted short presentations from our Round 5 Challenge Holders, followed by an opportunity for participants to ask any questions about their projects that might enhance their Challenge Respondent application. This fun and informal session was hosted by the Creative Informatics team who were on hand to answer questions about the Challenge Respondent application process. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-challenge-holders-qa-tickets-160763374581# |
| Description | Creative Informatics - Challenge Holders Q&A |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Challenge Holder Q&A had short presentations from all of our Round 4 Challenge Holders, followed by an opportunity for participants to ask any questions about their projects that might enhance their Challenge Respondent application. This fun and informal session was hosted by the Creative Informatics team who was on hand to answer questions about the Challenge Respondent application process. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-challenge-holders-qa-tickets-144491835971# |
| Description | Creative Informatics - Challenge Holders Q&A 1 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Challenge Holder Q&A hosted short presentations from Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, SkyShows, and South of Scotland Enterprise, followed by an opportunity to ask any questions you have about their projects that might enhance your Challenge Respondent application. This fun and informal session was hosted by the Creative Informatics team who were on hand to answer questions about the Challenge Respondent application process. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-challenge-holders-qa-1-tickets-243029336287# |
| Description | Creative Informatics - Challenge Holders Q&A 2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Challenge Holder Q&A hosted short presentations from Fruitmarket, Traverse Theatre, and Anarkik3D, followed by an opportunity to ask any questions about their projects that might enhance a Challenge Respondent application. This fun and informal session was hosted by the Creative Informatics team who were on hand to answer questions about the Challenge Respondent application process. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-challenge-holders-qa-2-tickets-243052024147# |
| Description | Creative Informatics - Creative Horizon Collider |
| 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 | Creative Informatics Horizon Collider - a conceptual design event bringing together computational and design thinking. Through a series of provocations and questions we guided participants through a design sprint to explore the potential for Horizon Projects that combine circular economy design principles with data-driven innovation. After the event, attendees were invited to apply for up to £25,000 to support the development of their Creative Horizon Projects. During the collider we considered the following questions: 1. What might a carbon neutral, or even carbon positive, creative economy look like? 2. How can the creative industries harness data and technology to build products and services which are part of a transparent, circular economy and which allow you to repair, encourage modularity, facilitate reclamation, redeployment or recycling? 3. What can combining circular economy design principles, and data-driven innovation tell us about the future of creativity and collaboration? 4. What are the data-driven tools people will need to build a creative business based on the circular economy principles? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-creative-horizon-collider-tickets-140323414109# |
| Description | Creative Informatics - E11 Open Studio - Session 1 |
| 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 | Approx. 30 participants attended an informal open studio event on 4th December, 2019 to mark the opening of E11, Creative Informatics studio space at Edinburgh Napier University's Merchiston campus. There was opportunity to try out and promote the use of cutting edge creative technology, such as 3D creation tools for virtual reality, responsive sound and audio, immersive 360 degree video, interactive lighting, and sensor driven robots. It offered a forum for participants to contribute innovative ideas on how the space might be used productively for the creative community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-e11-open-studio-session-1-tickets-81947827157# |
| Description | Creative Informatics - Resident Entrepreneur Discovery Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Resident Entrepreneur Discovery Workshops are fun and informal sessions designed to give participants more information on applying to be a Creative Informatics Resident Entrepreneur. Successful Resident Entrepreneur applicants will receive funding of up to £12000, mentoring and additional support for the duration of their residency. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-resident-entrepreneur-discovery-workshop-tickets... |
| Description | Creative Informatics - Resident Entrepreneur Discovery Workshop |
| 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 | Are you a creative individual or a small team in Edinburgh/SE Scotland looking for funding to develop a new data-driven product or service? Do you have initial ideas about innovative uses of data in the creative industries but need collaborators to take your ideas further? Resident Entrepreneur Discovery Workshops are fun and informal sessions designed to give participants more information on applying to be a Creative Informatics Resident Entrepreneur. Successful Resident Entrepreneur applicants will receive funding of up to £12000, mentoring and additional support for the duration of their residency. If you are interested in applying to be a Resident Entrepreneur but aren't sure where to start, the Creative Informatics team can help you identify and articulate potential projects and host organisations to support you. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-resident-entrepreneur-discovery-workshop-2203202... |
| Description | Creative Informatics - Resident Entrepreneur Discovery Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Resident Entrepreneur Discovery Workshops invite creative individuals or a small teams in Edinburgh/SE Scotland looking for funding to develop a new data-driven product or service to gain further information on grant funding. Successful Resident Entrepreneur applicants will receive funding of up to £12000, mentoring and additional support for the duration of their residency. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-resident-entrepreneur-discovery-workshop-tickets... |
| Description | Creative Informatics - Small Research Grants Drop-In Session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Creative Informatics Small Research Grants are open to academic staff at University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Napier University and invites submissions for 3 to 9 month research projects. This informal drop-in allowed interested candidates to ask questions and voice concerns before applying for up to £5,000. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-small-research-grants-drop-in-session-tickets-16... |
| Description | Creative Informatics - Small Research Grants Drop-In Session |
| 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 | Are you interested in applying for the next round of Creative Informatics Small Research Grants? Come along to this informal online drop-in session to discuss your application ideas with the CI team. This call is open to academic staff at University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Napier University and invites submissions for projects of up to 6 months duration, to begin by 1st June 2022 and conclude by end of December 2022, and to report results by 31st January 2023. Applications close on 25th April 2021 at 5pm. A Creative Informatics panel will meet to review applications in May 2022, with successful projects to be announced on 23rd May 2022. CI SMALL RESEARCH GRANTS: DATA AND THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES Is there a research project related to the creative industries you'd love to explore if you only had resources and support? Does it involve some kind of exploration or investigation into data or digital technologies? Creative Informatics Small Research Grants of up to £5,000 are open to academics and researchers at any stage of their career, including PhD students. Project Principal Investigators (who can be PhD students) must be based at either the University of Edinburgh or Edinburgh Napier University. Proposed projects or activities should explore innovative uses or applications of data or digital technologies in the creative and cultural industries. We aim to fund at least 5 projects in this round. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-small-research-grants-drop-in-session-29032022-t... |
| Description | Creative Informatics -CI Labs #10: Data for Green Making |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 66 people attended Lab#10 which was delivered in partnership with Applied Arts Scotland and considered how environmental data is affecting making practices and the materials used in contemporary craft. This coincided with the Think Plastic: Materials and Making exhibition in the John Hope Gateway at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. How are data and environmental concerns changing the craft sector in Scotland and beyond? The event was hosted in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in their Science Buildings on the 13th February. Speakers included Carol Sinclair, Chair of Applied Arts Scotland and participant artist in the 'Think Plastic' exhibition. She combines porcelain with a variety of other materials to create installations and one off artworks on the themes of memory, connection and environment; Deirdre Nelson, a maker creating textiles which explore humour, place and social history. She recently completed an Artist in Residence at Nordic Artists' Centre Dale in Norway; and Lynne Mennie, a designer who combines a data-driven approach with hand weaving techniques. She recently took part in the Crafting Futures Mexico progamme with the British Council and is the practitioner lead for the Aural Textiles & Distributed Capabilities project. We were able to offer an exclusive viewing of the exhibition prior to the event for attendees. The event focused on a data-rich creative practice nor immediately perceived as such, crafts. Audience members and speakers spoke of how they realised how important data and innovations were to their practices and offered new ways of looking and making. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ci-labs-10-data-for-green-making-tickets-90775117821# |
| Description | Creative Informatics Case Study: Emerging Economy Open Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Webinar concerning research partnership between Creative Informatics, the Creative Research and Innovation Centre at Loughborough London, and The Data City. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzAGes5cnOE |
| Description | Creative Informatics Challenge Round 1 Press Release/Exclusive |
| 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 | Exclusive with The Scotsman, and associated press release, highlighting the launch of the first round of Challenge projects, one of the key Creative Informatics funding streams. The article focused particularly on the challenge set by the Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature. The press coverage associated with this release resulted in considerable queries about the Challenges and a particularly high response rate to the Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Challenge. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://web.archive.org/web/20200310161723/https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/edinburgh-festi... |
| Description | Creative Informatics Innovation Showcase 2021 |
| 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 | The 2021 Creative Informatics Innovation Showcase took place online on the 8th and 9th of June, presenting a host of fantastic Creative Informatics projects, and featuring special guest speakers, panels, interactive performances and meet ups. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-innovation-showcase-2021-tickets-153839996571# |
| Description | Creative Informatics Innovation Showcase 2022 |
| 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 | The 2022 Creative Informatics Innovation Showcase will explore and celebrate a host of inspiring data-driven projects taking place across the creative industries in Edinburgh and South East Scotland. Come along to this FREE all-day event to find out more about some of the innovative products, services and experiences that have been developed by creative individuals and organisations with funding and support from Creative Informatics. This year's programme focusses on three key strands that demonstrate the ways in which data-driven innovation can support individuals and organisations working in the creative industries to explore, transform and connect. We'll be hearing from our wonderful Creative Informatics community and some very special guest speakers including creative entrepreneur and co-founder of BAFTA-winning games company Bossa Studios, Beta Lucca, and Creative Director of True and Woke, Nikki Kilburn. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-innovation-showcase-2022-tickets-344737929427 |
| Description | Creative Informatics Newsletter |
| 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 | A Creative Informatics newsletter has been published fortnight since 12th July 2019 to a subscribed mailing list of 1712. The newsletters contain updates on funding opportunites, open calls, events, partner opportunities and links to blog stories regarding the programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| Description | Creative Informatics Partnership Forum - One year on |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This first Creative Informatics (CI) Partnership Forum (The Old Dr Bells Baths) at which the CI team was joined by 41 representatives of the creative community. Attendees were invited to provide feedback, share their experience to date and have an opportunity to find out more information on the project from an presentations and round table discussions: Community, what else can we be doing to grow our reach?; Applications, how are you finding the process?; Beyond Creative Informatics, support and sign posting; Connecting, is it clear what we are funding?; The forum helped the CI team to better understand how it can support the community through reviewing discussion and feedback, whilst outlining CI's future plans and the funding opportunities offered by the programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-partnership-forum-tickets-75224569713# |
| Description | Creative Informatics Partnership Forum 2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Creative Informatics Partnership Forum was a chance for those involved in the creative industries in Edinburgh and South East Scotland to find out what we've been up to and what we have planned. More importantly it's an opportunity for attendees to share their ideas and feedback on the programme in this friendly and informal online session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-partnership-forum-2-tickets-113081076544?aff= |
| Description | Creative Informatics Partnership Forum 4 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Creative Informatics Partnership Forum is a chance for those involved in the creative industries in Edinburgh and South East Scotland to find out what we've been up to and what we have planned. More importantly it's an opportunity for attendees to share their ideas and feedback on the programme in this friendly and informal online session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-partnership-forum-4-tickets-163338069563# |
| Description | Creative Informatics Partnership Forum 5 |
| 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 | The Creative Informatics Partnership Forum is a chance for those involved in the creative industries in Edinburgh and South East Scotland to find out what we've been up to and what we have planned. More importantly it's an opportunity for attendees to share their ideas and feedback on the programme in this friendly and informal online session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-partnership-forum-5-tickets-247084565587# |
| Description | Creative Informatics Partnership Forum 6 |
| 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 | Creative Informatics Partnership Forum The Creative Informatics Partnership Forum is a chance for those involved in the creative industries in Edinburgh and South East Scotland to find out what we've been up to and what we have planned. More importantly it's an opportunity for attendees to share their ideas and feedback on the programme in this friendly and informal online session. If you haven't engaged with the programme yet, come along to help us understand how we can support you and find out more about our future plans. If you have engaged with Creative Informatics, this is your opportunity to tell us what you have gained from the programme and what we could be doing better! |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-partnership-forum-6-tickets-406887580707 |
| Description | Creative Informatics Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | to celebrate the first year of the Creative Informatics programme and find out what our creative community have achieved so far! About this Event Creative Informatics Innovation Showcase 2020 Celebrating innovation across the creative industries in Edinburgh and beyond. Creative Informatics is an ambitious research and development programme that is supporting the creative industries to do inspiring things with data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-innovation-showcase-2020-tickets-105423606846# |
| Description | Creative Informatics Small Research Grants Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In April 2020, Creative Informatics funded five 'Small Research Grants' for Early Career Researchers, to explore innovative uses or applications of data in creative and cultural sectors. Over the summer, they've developed exciting research on topics ranging from the experiences of creative freelancers during Covid, through to new accessible interfaces for gestural controls. These projects share their findings, and discuss new opportunities for Creative Informatics research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-small-research-grants-showcase-tickets-127873686... |
| Description | Creative Informatics team members featured on the Women in Data Data Driven Innovation Campaign |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Three Creative Informatics team members featured on the Data Driven Innovation initiative (DDI) Women in Data website, including extended discussion of Creative Informatics and creative work with data. The website is a campaign of the DDI programme - part of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Deal. Women in Data is also due to be launched as a report, featuring work and research from across the campaign. The team members featured are: Professor Melissa Terras (https://web.archive.org/web/20200310160029/https://ddi.ac.uk/women-in-data/professor-melissa-terras/); Dr Inge Panneels (https://web.archive.org/web/20200310155932/https://ddi.ac.uk/women-in-data/dr-inge-panneels/); and Nicola Osborne (https://web.archive.org/save/https://ddi.ac.uk/women-in-data/nicola-osbourne/). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://web.archive.org/web/20200310160235/https://ddi.ac.uk/women-in-data/ |
| Description | Creative Informatics: CI Labs #5: Performance in Motion |
| 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 | Part of the Edinburgh International Festival Cross Currents programme, Lab#5 showcased work by the first Scottish Ballet Artist in Residence Zachary Eastwood-Bloom, Edinburgh Futures Institute Chancellor's Fellow Drew Hemment with an introduction to Experiential AI. During the networking session, demos were provided by Brightside Studio who used gaming technology to create scanned projections as part of their artwork "We are made of stars" and Cymasense visualising voice. Cross Currents is a professional exchange and development programme for Scottish practitioners alongside their international counterparts. Responding to a need for support and development opportunities for arts creatives, Cross Currents provides time, space and an invigorating environment for sector leading creative producers and artists to refresh their current practice and consider their future potential.Cross Currents is a joint initiative between University of Edinburgh, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, British Council, Federation of Scottish Theatre and a number of key creative individuals. 66 people attended the talks and networking event which included delegates from the Edinburgh International Festival Cross Currents delegate programme on the 22nd August. The event was in collaboration with the festival as part of our ongoing strategy to bridge across various creative industries in and around Edinburgh. The talks showcase the potential of data and AI in realising new ways of producing working and in different mediums such as the work with the Scottish Ballet. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eif.co.uk/about/learning-and-engagement/our-work-with-talent-development/cross-currents |
| Description | Creative Journeys - Creative & Cultural Careers Festival 2021 |
| 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 | The Creative & Cultural Careers Festival is a week of activity and events for students interested in pursuing a career in the creative industries. For this special CCCF Creative Informatics session, we were joined by four individuals who have received funding and support through CI programmes to develop new creative products and business ideas. We heard from Alex Durussel-Baker, a Connected Innovator working with diabetic specialists to develop a toolkit that translates clinical information about Type 1 Diabetes into a visually engaging, medically approved patient recovery programme, Resident Entrepreneur Rebecca J Kaye, an illustrator and designer who used her Creative Informatics funding to research methods for translating data patterns into visual patterns, Brian Baglow, connected innovator who is mapping Scotland's games sector through the Scottish Games Network, and Rachel Arthur, the founder of boom saloon, a print magazine that showcases work from a broad range of environments, providing a platform to champion any work of talent, no matter where it comes from. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-journeys-creative-cultural-careers-festival-2021-tickets-143... |
| Description | Creative Scotland Digital Possibilities Keynote |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Creative Scotland Digital Possibilities Keynote |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Critical Digital Economies |
| 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 | Macdonald, Speed, Thornton, Rankin, Dixon, Pschetz: Critical Digital Economies, 5/12/20-13/12/20, Shanghai, China Exhibition http://www.ade-futurelab.com/index.php/index/school/id/152 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.ade-futurelab.com/index.php/index/school/id/152 |
| Description | Critical Digital Economies Exhibition (Shanghai) |
| 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 | The display of artwork and design prototypes would give visitors a better understanding of the value of data in the digital economy and encourage them to consider whether the use of data is in line with their own value. "Key Digital Economy" selects the work of the Institute of Design Informatics, which is led by Professor Chris Speed from the Edinburgh School of Art at the University of Edinburgh. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.ade-futurelab.com/index.php/index/school/id/152 |
| Description | Critique in a time of Crisis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Thornton, P: Critique in a time of Crisis. May 2020. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://pipthornton.com/2020/05/18/critique-in-a-time-of-crisis |
| Description | Cultural Heritage and Creative Industries Workshop (Univ Durham) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to present work outputs from CI to Univ of Durham Workshop of practitioners, academics and policymakers, especially work I have done with HES on economic sustainability and cultural heritage |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Cultural Mapping in Scotland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Cultural Mapping in Scotland was presented at the World Cities Forum on 31st March 2021 (online). This joint presentation with Dr. Morgan Currie from University of Edinburgh presented three case studies on Creative Workforce, Cultural Spaces and Cultural Equity to an international audience of academics and policymakers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://www.worldcitiescultureforum.com/news/culture-counts-new-approaches-to-evidence-based-cultural... |
| Description | Cutting Together-Apart: Creative and critical practices as agential cuts within digital economies, Panel. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Speed, C., Loo, S., Parry, W., Phillips, M., Thornton, P., Dwyer, A., Aga, B. & Manton, C. (2020) Cutting Together-Apart: Creative and critical practices as agential cuts within digital economies, Panel. At The Sixth International Conference on Transdisciplinary Imaging at the Intersections between Art, Science and Culture: DARK EDEN, 6 - 8 November 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | DCMS Sector Vision - Innovate UK |
| 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 | In person seminar with DCMS to discuss Sector Vision - Innovate UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | DMA - Value of Data: Co-creating value in the digital economy / Parliamentary Reception, Scottish Parliament |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Shifting values: An introduction to the value of data in a digital economy Our first whitepaper of the campaign is authored by University of Edinburgh academics Professors Chris Speed and Ewa Luger. The work takes you through the key topics underpinning our quest to help you - and the customers you serve - value data: The evolution of tech in marketing, and what this means for data and the customer Growing our understanding of the flow of data Value chains and value constellations Designing value The ethical data solution The ethical use of data |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://dma.org.uk/article/value-of-data |
| Description | DMA and IPA Scotland Collider |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Led to follow on conversation with two organisations who attended the event . Led by Chris Speed and Caroline Parkinson (DDI Sector Lead) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Dark Data: Bias, Trust and Inclusion at Beyond 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Nicola Osborne was invited to chair the panel discussion: 'Dark Data: Bias, Trust and Inclusion' (21st November) at Beyond 2019 (20th-21st November 2019), a conference organised by the UKRI. The conference had a single track and attracted an audience of around 350 local and UK-wide individuals interested in creativity and technology. Panel description: From surveillance capitalism to prediction products to algorithmic bias there are clearly ethical and political challenges in the emerging data economy. This session explored the societal problems and unintended consequences of current implementation of AI and what we need to fix to make a better world. Panel included: Angus Bancroft, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Edinburgh • Nicola Osborne, Programme Manager at Creative Informatics, University of Edinburgh (Chair) • Karen Palmer, Storyteller from the Future and Artist • Prof Michael Rovatsos, Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh. The session led to feedback and discussion from the audience - both as part of the interactive portion of the discussion, and in subsequent discussion and follow up. Video of the discussion has been made available as of January 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L-d1PPZflU&feature=youtu.be |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://web.archive.org/web/20200128163656/https://beyondconference.org/agenda |
| Description | Data Needs Creative People! - Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas performance at The Just Festival 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | he Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas is back! Nicola Osborne (#CreativeInformatics, The University of Edinburgh) explores why creative people are essential to re-imagining our relationships to data and exploring new futures. This follow up to her 2019 Fringe show Creative People Need Data, looks at how creative people offer fresh perspectives on data and data science that enables them to innovate, create, provoke, disrupt and delight. This is a recording of a webinar broadcast on 16-August 2020 as part of the Just Festival https://just-festival.org, supported by Lunaria https://lunaria.co.uk The following questions were asked in the Q&A: 1. Whats big and what's small data? 2. If data is the new oil is the new global source of power, can creative people (or anyone not at the upper echelons) help distribute that power more fairly? 3. I am interested in google pricing of abstract things - where can get more info 4. To what extent do you feel ethics is stifling creativity? 5. Really enjoy the concept of ethics as being a fruitful constraint on creativity 6. Much of what I'm hearing is to do with commerce or its disruption - research supported by investors - who is supporting the research that wants a different world? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiSWU4S35NY&feature=youtu.be |
| Description | Data Needs Creative People! - short talk as part of Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas performance at the Institute of Physics Big Bounce 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Data Needs Creative People! - short talk as part of Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas performance at the Institute of Physics Big Bounce 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnkP-LNmM2c |
| Description | Data Obscura : Cutting through the digital economy - invited talk at conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Pip Thornton and Andrew Dwyer are co-collaborators on a series of theoretical and artistic interventions into the exploitation of communication and imagery in an era of digital capitalism. Accelerated by the pandemic-led proliferation of video-conferencing, their latest project Zoom Obscura (with Chris Elsden and Mike Duggan), explores ways in which users of these technologies can regain agency over how their data is represented, controlled and utilised both by technology platforms and by other users. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://blogs.unsw.edu.au/tiic/files/2020/11/Dark-Eden-Program-1.pdf |
| Description | Data Play - 2019 Fringe Pavilion Exhibition |
| 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 | The Design Informatics Pavilion is a pop-up exhibition space designed by biomorphis architects featuring a range of objects and experiences that invite you to step into the future. The exhibition will be interactive, mixing design with technology and exploring a number of themes aimed at provoking discussions on what it means to "design with data". The Pavilion will feature work from the research centre, Design Informatics Masters students and Tesco Bank who have been collaborating with us on their Mercury project for the second year running. This year's Pavilion will stretch out into the new courtyard outside the Bayes Centre which is the University of Edinburgh's Data-Driven Innovation Hub hosted by the College of Science and Engineering. The Pavilion will be supplemented by our newly launched events and exhibition space- Inspace; a collaborative hub where data meets creativity. It's a cultural space that connects and supports people around academic research, data and technology. Design Informatics will host a number of workshops in the space and also feature an after hours exhibition, Data Lates, of projection work across the windows of Inspace featuring work from Jake Elwes, Brightside Studios, Benjamin Bach, Asad Khan, Patricia Wu Wu, Dara Etefaghi, Pip Thornton and Ray Interactive. For more details on each of the projects follow the links below. Open daily 2- 26 August Data Play- Bayes Centre Courtyard, 11am-6pm. Free entry Data Lates- Inspace City Screen, Potterrow, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB, 9pm-4am. Free entry Events- Inspace, 1 Crichton Street, EH8 9AB. Free entry but sign up is essential, see individual events for times Exhibition Identity: Peak15 Architect: biomorphis Design Informatics and the Pavilion is supported by Edinburgh College of Art and the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh and is part of the Fringe. Also thanks to EPSRC and Creative Informatics for their support. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.designinformatics.org/event/data-play/ |
| Description | Data discussion at Literature Alliance Scotland conference 1 October 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | DDI programme hosted a discussion on data and creative industries at the publishing conference, leading to further work on skills surveys to determine data capability. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | DataFest 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 'Wild Speculation' panel at Scotland's annual DataFest featuring future technology speculations from field experts for an audience of 250. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://datafest.global/data-summit/ |
| Description | Delivery of creative tech and ideation workshop with Advertising industry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Creative tech workshop with advertising industry creative directors arranged by DDI Programme in partnership with Design Informatics and Creative Informatics Cluster and two of their sectoral trade bodies DMA & IPA. Presentations by five academics in Design Informatics followed by facilitated ideation and presentation. Leading to better understanding of the power of data and emerging tech and leading to 3 further collaborations so far. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://dma.org.uk/article/harnessing-creative-tech-and-data-in-advertising?dm_i=5KA9,9JP,272CE,VAH,... |
| Description | Demystifying Blockchain Technology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BIG- "Blockchain and Design thinking for Social Good" - first event connected to the project, Demystifying Blockchain, where world-know Blockchain experts and Academics: would engage in 20-minute presentations about their own work and 30 minutes panel on the subject of Blockchain. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://tecnico.ulisboa.pt/en/events/demystifying-blockchain-technology |
| Description | Design from/with/by Data: Revisiting the ablative framework for design computation. Keynote for Design Computation conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Keynote for Design Computation conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.designcomputation.org/dcio-2020-programme |
| Description | Designing from/with/ by data, Invited speaker for Research Libraries UK (RLUK)Digital Shift Forum. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | RLUK's Digital Shift Forum brings together colleagues from across the information, research, cultural and heritage communities, and third and commercial sectors, to discuss the future of the digital shift in collections, services, and audiences. These monthly seminars include high-profile international speakers, from a wide variety of backgrounds and professions, who are at the forefront of current thinking around the digital shift. They provide time and space for wide-ranging, inter-disciplinary discussions regarding the future of the digital shift, and provide a springboard for cross-sector collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Digital Ethics GOv.scot workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Digital Ethics and the Creative Industries - Workshop organised by Gov.scot to identify best practices for engaging in digital ethics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Digital Ethics and the Creative Industries Workshop |
| 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 | Chris Speed has been working with Scottish Government on a number of industry facing data ethics events, including this workshop. Supported by other members of the CI team, this workshop forms part of the subgroup work of the National Digital Ethics Expert Group. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Digitisation, data science and humanities: museums in a post-pandemic world |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Blog post created by: Gooch,M., Alex, B., McGillivray,B., Osborne, N. . The Turing Institute Blog, 22nd June 2021. The Turing's humanities and data science interest group reflects on how the humanities and data science have collaborated to offer innovative digital outputs in museums during the pandemic and beyond. As museums continue to open their doors, we're all aware that they've had a particularly hard time during the pandemic. However, some have managed to wow us in the last year with new and innovative digital outputs that have provided us with new ways of engaging with their collections. So, how did they do this? The secret ingredient for many was humanities research with a pinch of data science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.turing.ac.uk/blog/digitisation-data-science-and-humanities-museums-post-pandemic-world |
| Description | EFI Mixer and launch of Creative Informatics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Networking event to showcase and introduce the Creative Informatics project to Edinburgh Futures Institute community and partners on the project hosted at one of the Creative Informatics partners Codebase held on the 13 December 2018. Attendees included partners on the project, delivery team, Directorate, and academics, students and industry associated around the Edinburgh Futures Institute. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | EFI, Design and Creative Informatics summary for Common Purpose - digital transformation session, virtual round table. Global series for Higher Education for Teaching & Learning staff. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Speed, C. 26 Oct 2022 EFI, Design and Creative Informatics summary for Common Purpose - digital transformation session, virtual round table. Global series for Higher Education for Teaching & Learning staff. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | EI Creative Business Ideas Competition Winners Announcement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Friday Forum is an online sharing event for creatives, where they can showcase snippets of their work, give virtual tours around their current studio spaces, talk about a particular topic or theme, or provide insights into their creative practice or career. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friday-forum-2-tickets-104119718882# |
| Description | EIF - CI Studio - Cross Currents 2019 |
| 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 | Part of the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) Cross Currents programme, Creative Informatics and theatre group 1927 shared experiences and collaborated with other creatives to develop ideas for how new products and services can be used in the creative process. Cross Currents is a professional exchange and development programme for Scottish practitioners alongside their international counterparts. Responding to a need for support and development opportunities for arts creatives, Cross Currents provides time, space and an invigorating environment for sector leading creative producers and artists to refresh their current practice and consider their future potential.Cross Currents is a joint initiative between University of Edinburgh, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, British Council, Federation of Scottish Theatre and a number of key creative individuals. 5 people attended this invite-only event hosted by the Edinburgh International Festival at the The Hub on the 22nd August. Participants were able to hear about the development of 1927, a multi-award winning independent Performance Company who merge animation and live performance, by Paul Barritt who is Co-Artistic Director in a private session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eif.co.uk/about/learning-and-engagement/our-work-with-talent-development/cross-currents |
| Description | Edinburgh World Heritage Trust Collider |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A Collider is a conceptual design event, bringing together computational thinking and design thinking, to pull informaticians together with designers and problem holders. At the start of the Collider scene was set with a challenge statement from Adam Wilkinson Director of Edinburgh World Heritage, followed by three inspirational talks, before breaking out into workshop sessions. Speakers: Dr Ruth Jepson- Director of SCPHRP and a Reader in Public Health in the School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh. Dr Christos Tachtatzis- Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde. Martin Disley- sound and new media artist. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/collider-digitising-our-world-heritage-site-tickets-77082609159# |
| Description | Elsie Inglis Challenge Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | This specialized workshop was designed for The Lord Provost's office and affiliates seeking to recognize the achievements of humanitarian, advocate, and female leader, Elsie Inglis. The CI team ran the workshop with the Miro whiteboard to delve into possible innovative challenges that could be crafted for the Challenge Holder applicant submission. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Engagement with the Nesta Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) International Council meeting in Edinburgh and Reception event - November 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with the Nesta Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) International Council meeting in Edinburgh through a presentation by Yasmin Sulaiman on Creative Bridge, and participation in the PEC International Reception event by Chris Speed and Nicola Osborne (at the National Museum of Scotland), both on 13th November 2019. The engagement reached around 20 people - members of the PEC International Council, which includes professionals, industry representatives and policymakers drawn from a diverse international community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://web.archive.org/web/20200310165856/https://pec.ac.uk/people/the-international-council |
| Description | Event at Fruitmarket Gallery Bookmarket: What Price Poetry? with Nick-e Melville |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | What Price Poetry? Tue 18 Feb, 6.30-8pm. Free. Book via Eventbrite At Bookmarket, top level Waverley Mall, 3/1 Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1BQ An evening untangling the value of language, and its cost. We read the results of Thornton's work {poem}.py (2017),a poem receipt printer which uses the same calculations from Google's word stockmarket as her Bookmarket installation Arcadia. Poet Nick-e Melville applies processes of erasure and recontextualisation to reveal political machinations working under the surface of the communications that surround and target us. Artist Pip Thornton's Arcadia (2020) has been made specially for The Fruitmarket Gallery's pop-up space in Waverley Mall, using LED screens hung in the bookshop's windows to display text that will be seen in the communal mall space below. The text is from Walter Benjamin's Arcades project. Each word appears along with a price which is allocated from Google's advertising platform. Arcadia invites us to consider the processes that generate monetary value around us, in both physical and virtual marketplaces. Arcadia is on display at Bookmarket until 29 March 2020. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/what-price-poetry-pip-thornton-and-nick-e-melville/ |
| Description | Federation of Scottish Theatre event - 'Still Magic: Digital Creativity and Engagement in the Performing Arts' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to present closing remarks at this Scottish Theatre Industry event exploring the opportunities and challenges for performance makers and cultural producers in working with digital technologies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | FestForward - Edinburgh Festival Fringe Fair |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Taking the format of a careers fair, the Fringe Fair is a key opportunity for Fringe participants to interact with organisations such as funders, training providers, agencies and membership organisations. The purpose of the Fringe Fair is to allow Fringe participants (artists, producers, directors, playwrights, actors, designers, etc.) to 'shop' for the advice or information they are looking for, and to allow networking and one-to-one chats to take place. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Five new predictions for the future of money |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Five new predictions for the future of money In Raconteur's Future of Money report last year, industry experts gave their predictions for the years ahead. How many hold true in 2020? A prediction made last year about the rise of programmable money may have been wide of the mark. Nakai at Databricks says: "Contract-type currencies for a specific use have limited use as mediums of exchange, which is one reason that so few transactions are being made in bitcoin." Edinburgh University's Speed says some programmable forms of money mentioned last year have turned out to be "disappointing", blaming the regulatory backlash against initial coin offerings. Instead, he says, the biggest change for the future of money in the past 12 months has been recognition that "money is data, with a wider range of values and characteristics". Rather than being programmable, Nakai says money is increasingly becoming "invisible, instant and inclusive". He predicts: "Data will change the way we think about, and interact with, money. Data will bring vast segments of the population out of the shadows of banking in the 2020s. Data will make life much more convenient and open up new opportunities for millions." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Friday Forum #1 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Friday Forum is an online sharing event for creatives, where they can showcase snippets of their work, give virtual tours around their current studio spaces, talk about a particular topic or theme, or provide insights into their creative practice or career |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friday-forum-1-tickets-103169288118# |
| Description | Friday Forum #10 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Creative Informatics team are delighted to be partnering with Visual Arts Scotland for Friday Forum, a new series of regular online events, featuring speakers from across the creative industries. Friday Forum is an online sharing event for creatives, where they can showcase snippets of their work, give virtual tours around their current studio spaces, talk about a particular topic or theme, or provide insights into their creative practice or career. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friday-forum-10-tickets-112218318010# |
| Description | Friday Forum #2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Creative Informatics team are delighted to be partnering with Visual Arts Scotland for Friday Forum, a new series of regular online events, featuring speakers from across the creative industries. Friday Forum is an online sharing event for creatives, where they can showcase snippets of their work, give virtual tours around their current studio spaces, talk about a particular topic or theme, or provide insights into their creative practice or career. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friday-forum-2-tickets-104119718882# |
| Description | Friday Forum #3 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Creative Informatics team are delighted to be partnering with Visual Arts Scotland for Friday Forum, a new series of regular online events, featuring speakers from across the creative industries. Friday Forum is an online sharing event for creatives, where they can showcase snippets of their work, give virtual tours around their current studio spaces, talk about a particular topic or theme, or provide insights into their creative practice or career |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friday-forum-3-tickets-104942947180# |
| Description | Friday Forum #4 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Creative Informatics team are delighted to be partnering with Visual Arts Scotland for Friday Forum, a new series of regular online events, featuring speakers from across the creative industries. Friday Forum is an online sharing event for creatives, where they can showcase snippets of their work, give virtual tours around their current studio spaces, talk about a particular topic or theme, or provide insights into their creative practice or career. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friday-forum-4-tickets-105762047130# |
| Description | Friday Forum #5 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Creative Informatics team are delighted to be partnering with Visual Arts Scotland for Friday Forum, a new series of regular online events, featuring speakers from across the creative industries. Friday Forum is an online sharing event for creatives, where they can showcase snippets of their work, give virtual tours around their current studio spaces, talk about a particular topic or theme, or provide insights into their creative practice or career. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friday-forum-5-tickets-106402675266# |
| Description | Friday Forum #6 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Creative Informatics team are delighted to be partnering with Visual Arts Scotland for Friday Forum, a new series of regular online events, featuring speakers from across the creative industries. Friday Forum is an online sharing event for creatives, where they can showcase snippets of their work, give virtual tours around their current studio spaces, talk about a particular topic or theme, or provide insights into their creative practice or career. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friday-forum-6-tickets-107202525640# |
| Description | Friday Forum #7 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | he Creative Informatics team are delighted to be partnering with Visual Arts Scotland for Friday Forum, a new series of regular online events, featuring speakers from across the creative industries. Friday Forum is an online sharing event for creatives, where they can showcase snippets of their work, give virtual tours around their current studio spaces, talk about a particular topic or theme, or provide insights into their creative practice or career. Each Friday Forum will feature four contributors who will give short, 10 minute presentations or talks followed by a Q&A session |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friday-forum-7-tickets-108447318850# |
| Description | Friday Forum #8 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Friday Forum is an online sharing event for creatives, where they can showcase snippets of their work, give virtual tours around their current studio spaces, talk about a particular topic or theme, or provide insights into their creative practice or career. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friday-forum-8-tickets-109318083330# |
| Description | Friday Forum #9 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Friday Forum is an online sharing event for creatives, where they can showcase snippets of their work, give virtual tours around their current studio spaces, talk about a particular topic or theme, or provide insights into their creative practice or career. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friday-forum-9-tickets-111291241098# |
| Description | Fringe Festival/ Niantic and Lothian Autistic Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | CI are working with Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society to explore new post-COVID experiences for young autistic people and their families. Emerged from UNA.TEN work and initial plans for an event in August to better understand how the 'value proposition' of a Fringe event has changed post-Covid. We are working with EFFS, Niantic (developers of Pokemon Go) and Lothian Autistic Society. This work has been scoped with DI Masters interns but will extend beyond the summer into work with young people (postponed to Jan 2021 or later) and a possible follow on proposal/project. Niantic DI seminar related to this took place on 22nd Oct: https://www.designinformatics.org/event/design-informatics-webinar-andrew-marks-niantic/. All parties remain committed, but work remains on pause due to the current lockdown. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.designinformatics.org/event/design-informatics-webinar-andrew-marks-niantic/ |
| Description | Funding on offer to help 6 Scots organisations to harness data. The Scotsman, 22nd August 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The organisations - including the National Theatre of Scotland, Edinburgh Science and the Children's Parliament - have been chosen to carry out projects as part of Creative Informatics, a research and development programme based in Edinburgh. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.scotsman.com/business/funding-offer-help-6-scots-organisations-harness-data-2950067 |
| Description | FutureGaze: The Future of Artistic Practice |
| 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 | FutureGaze is a new lunchtime series brought to you by Creative Edinburgh, providing time out to reflect and gaze into the future of the creative industries. In conversation with Caroline Parkinson, we welcomed creative leaders who have innovated and led significant changes in their creative business and artistic practice over the past year to share what the future looks like for them - and for the creative and cultural sector. From new modes of working and responding to the changes in clients and audiences, to new artistic practice and embracing innovative technologies, FutureGaze covers a range of themes that impact creative freelancers, sole traders and businesses. At our second FutureGaze, we explored the future of artistic practice in conversation with Cristina Spiteri of Bright Side Studios. We delved into how the pandemic has affected the practical making of work. Has it changed the delivery medium and influenced new tech choices? Has it affected the focus of the work itself? And what will all of that mean for what you show, how you show it, and how people engage with it? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/futuregaze-the-future-of-artistic-practice-tickets-154222468555?aff=e... |
| Description | FutureGaze: The Future of Work |
| 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 | FutureGaze is a new lunchtime series brought to you by Creative Edinburgh, providing time out to reflect and gaze into the future of the creative industries. In conversation with Caroline Parkinson, we welcomed creative leaders who have innovated and led significant changes in their creative business and artistic practice over the past year to share what the future looks like for them - and for the creative and cultural sector. From new modes of working and responding to the changes in clients and audiences, to new artistic practice and embracing innovative technologies, FutureGaze covers a range of themes that impact creative freelancers, sole traders and businesses. In our first ever FutureGaze, we explored how creative companies and their clients have changed how they work and redefined the role of the office. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/futuregaze-the-future-of-work-tickets-150163209201?aff=ebdsoporgprofi... |
| Description | Getting a Story from your Data event 28 November 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | DDI Programme presentation of data driven innovation to publishing and theatre trade body members in partnership with Creative Informatics Cluster, Traverse Theatre and Federation of Scottish Theatre and Literature Alliance Scotland (includes Publishing Scotland) on 28 November 2019. The event was to inform and provide an example case study on how these industries could harness their data and gain insights from data sharing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Global Conversations: Rethinking Cultural Measurements |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited discussion at World Cities Culture Forum on 4th of November together with colleague Dr. Vikki Jones from University of Edinburgh |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://www.worldcitiescultureforum.com/news/culture-counts-new-approaches-to-evidence-based-cultural... |
| Description | Goethe Institute Artificial Intelligence Autumn Session. |
| 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 | Talk and activities as part of the Goethe Institute Artificial Intelligence Autumn Session, that introduced artists and art researchers to AI. 30 artists and art researchers from across Europe experimented with the impact of AI on their practice. My session introduced the legal and regulatory issues that artists who works with AI face |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.goethe.de/en/kul/ser/rep/aia.html |
| Description | Honourable mention in Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) biennial Art competition for Newspeak 2019. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Surveillance Studies Network Arts Prize is a bi-annual award that recognizes and publicly supports artwork centred on critical readings of surveillance.The award includes a monetary prize, invited participation in a future Surveillance & Society forum discussing the work, and a showcase opportunity at the 9th biennial Surveillance & Society conference on June 8-10 2020 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.surveillance-studies.net/?p=1542 |
| Description | How Coronavirus has hit the UK's Creative Industries - The Conversation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | For those that previously made their living in the creative industries, this is worrying news. With many sectors of the creative economy unable to resume activity due to the pandemic, many creative jobs may not be seen as viable under the rules of the new scheme. An even greater crisis faces the many creative freelancers who have been excluded from all forms of jobs and business support since the pandemic hit in March. Campaign group Excluded UK estimates that 3 million UK taxpayers have been unable to access meaningful government support. For some, this may be because they have a part-time job on a company's payroll. For others, it is due to the small profits made by their limited companies. And there is a litany of other reasons. Ironically, many of the excluded are those creatives who worked on the recorded content - the TV shows, the albums, the National Theatre streams - that sustained the nation during lockdown. While 15% of the working population is freelance, in creative sectors that leaps to 47%. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/how-coronavirus-has-hit-the-uks-creative-industries-147396 |
| Description | How can emerging technologies support creative work and practice? |
| 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 | We are inviting creative practitioners, individuals working in the creative sector and academics in design research and HCI to take part in an online research workshop to help inform new ways of illustrating emerging technologies and computational techniques. In this workshop, we will explore how emerging technologies and computational techniques can link to creative practice, considering which of their properties can be used to achieve creative goals. The range of technologies/computational techniques that will be covered include artificial intelligence and machine learning, immersive reality, Internet of Things systems, digital fabrication techniques, blockchain and others. We ask that participants have some knowledge of at least two of the technologies listed above, in particular, at least a basic understanding of how these technologies work and what they can be used for. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-can-emerging-technologies-support-creative-work-and-practice-tick... |
| Description | How machine learning is bringing National Library of Scotland's maps to live. The Scotsman, 2nd October 2020. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | How machine learning is bringing National Library of Scotland's maps to life. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/outdoors/how-machine-learning-bringing-national-library-scotlands... |
| Description | INterview piece for That's TV : Arcadia at the Fruitmarket Gallery Bookmarket, Waverley Mall Edinburgh |
| 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 | A new digital installation confronting how advertising puts a price on language has been projected into Waverley Mall. 'Arcadia' uses LED screens to show words and their monetary value to search engines such as Google Ads, and can be seen from the communal mall space below. Our reporter Ian McNally went shopping for more information on what the artist calls 'linguistic capitalism.' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/ThatsTVHeadlineNews/posts/2459078567677147 |
| Description | Innovating with Data in Scotland: multi-sector and multi-disciplinary approaches to support social equality, wellbeing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chris Speed was an invited speaker and panelist for 'Innovating with Data in Scotland: multi-sector and multi-disciplinary approaches to support social equality, wellbeing', collaborative on-line event hosted by the University of Glasgow. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Innovation Round Table #3 Narie Foster |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Cluster Acitivity Innovation Round Table with Narie Foster |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Invited Talk: Co-Designing with Things. ScotSoft |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited Talk: Co-Designing with Things. ScotSoft conference 3rd Oct. EICC, Edinburgh |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://scotsoft.scot/speakers/chris-speed/ |
| Description | Invited Talk: Creative industries: Scottish perspectives and UK policy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited Talk: Creative industries: Scottish perspectives and UK policy. 23rd September, Lighthouse, Glasgow. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.create.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Creative-Industries-Policy-Workshop-Programme-23... |
| Description | Invited Talk: New Economic Imaginaries, IFRRO World Congress |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited Talk: New Economic Imaginaries, IFRRO World Congress, 5th Nov, Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c38813785ede114a7ca140d/t/5da04f090e075b4c63a5b4e4/157078708... |
| Description | Invited debate: "Marketers must adopt an ethical data framework to engender trust with their customers". The Debating Group, House of Commons. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited debate: "Marketers must adopt an ethical data framework to engender trust with their customers". The Debating Group, House of Commons. Sponsored debate by DMA. 15th July. House of Commons, Westminster. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.debatinggroup.co.uk |
| Description | Invited mentor for the Product Forge/Historic Environment Scotland "Heritage & History Product Forge" in Stirling |
| 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 | Invited participation in the first Product Forge/Historic Environment Scotland "Heritage & History Product Forge" which took place at Codebase Stirling from 30th May to 2nd June 2019. Participation was as a mentor on Saturday 1st June 2019 helping teams to develop and refine their ideas mid-way through a three day hack event. This built on Creative Informatics' work to date, particularly partnership working with cultural heritage organisations. This was also an opportunity to work with new contacts from Historic Environment Scotland who have also and subsequently engaged in Creative Informatics events and Challenge strands. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://productforge.io/events/history-and-heritage-product-forge/ |
| Description | Invited panelist for Primer 21 conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Primer 21 conference - Panel Discussion: What's next for Critical and Speculative Practices in Higher Education? This panel brings together educators from different disciplines in a conversation about approaches, learnings and challenges of critical and speculative practices in teaching. PRIMER is a conference about Futures It was created to prepare you for the future and to equip you to help shape it. It is the annual conference produced by the Design Futures Initiative, a 501c3 nonprofit based in San Francisco, CA, and the annual gathering for the Speculative Futures community. PRIMER conference was first organized in 2015 by the Design Futures Initiative and was originally created to serve its growing network of Speculative Futures meetups. The conference brings together futures communities from around the world by connecting a diverse spectrum of thought leaders, practitioners, artists, and academics to showcase their work and teach/learn new methods through workshops. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.2021.primerconference.us/16-panel-discussion-whats-next-for-critical-and-speculative-pra... |
| Description | Invited participation in Carnegie Trust Pittencrieff House Brain Storm Session - March 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited participation in a Pittencrieff House Brain Storm Session in Pittencrieff Park Pavillion, Dunfermline, 4th March 2020. The event was organised by the Carnegie Dunfermine and Hero Fund Trusts and brought together local policy makers, cultural heritage organisations, technical experts and community stakeholders to scope out a plan to restore and develop the historic Pittencrieff House. Creative Informatics were invited to take part to contribute expertise around the use of data and new tec |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Invited presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | •2/4/2019 Invited talk "Institutionalizing Place: Materiality and Meaning in Bosotn's North End" University Dauphine Paris. Paris, France |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited presentation for Places of Creative Production: Scotland's Creative Ambition - October 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation for Places of Creative Production: Scotland's Creative Ambition on 18th October 2019 at The Lighthouse, Glasgow. This event was part of the wider Places of Creative Production project (https://placesofcreativeproduction.home.blog/) and brought together academic and creative industries audiences. The event was attended by around 80 people, with the panel the Creative Informatics presentation (Nicola Osborne) was part of, also attended by a larger group of student participants taking total numbers higher for this presentation. There were various follow up queries and engagement around this event the invitation for which had emerged from previous engagement by members of the project team in other Places of Creative Production events and consultations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://web.archive.org/web/20200310164449/https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/places-of-creative-product... |
| Description | Invited presentation to Scottish Funding Council (SFC) - June 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation for the Scottish Funding Council on 13th June (Speed, Osborne), attended by SFC data scientists, data science interns, communications staff and Stuart Fancey, SFC Director. The Scottish Funding Council are one of three funders for Creative Informatics alongside the AHRC and the Data Driven Innovation initiative of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Deal. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited presenter/panellist for "Going Global with Scottish Business" event in London Tech Week 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation and participation on the panel of the sold out (~40 attendees) "Going Global with Scottish Business Network" event at Scotland House, London, on 10th June as part of London Technology Week. The event was attended by business people by London Tech Week participants from London, the wider UK, Europe, and internationally (including participants from India). The participation led to a large number of enquiries about Creative Informatics and was also covered in Scottish Business Network (SBN's) social media and web channels, as well as being featured in Startups Magazine (to which the URL below relates). Inge Panneels (Creative Informatics PDRA) also attended the Createch 2019 event on 11th June, also in London Tech Week, further building on interest generated around London Tech Week 2019 in Creative Informatics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://web.archive.org/web/20200310154248/https://startupsmagazine.co.uk/article-scotland-fast-beco... |
| Description | Invited seminar for data scientists and senior staff from Scottish Funding Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited seminar for data scientists and senior staff from Scottish Funding Council, 13/06/2019, Edinburgh. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited talk - Speculative Design: Echoes of Futures Past |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited by the Arts Academy at the University of Split, Croatia to give a talk to master students from industrial design. 21st March 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Invited talk at EFI Futures in Progress series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Thornton, P. (2020) Invited talk at EFI Futures in Progress series 14/01/2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Invited talk for Creative Edinburgh Going for Growth Programme on Creative Informatics' use of CRM (Customer Relationship Management) tools and processes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited short presentation for participants on the Creative Edinburgh Going for Growth training programme on 25th March 2019 to the audience of around 12 participants in the programme, all of whom are creative SMEs learning how to develop their business. The presentation explained the Creative Informatics programme and how and why we use CRM - Customer Relationship Management - software and processes in our work. This both highlighted opportunities for using data and tools like Salesforce in business processes, as well as engaging and raising awareness of the programme to stakeholders who may wish to engage with events or funding strands in the future. This presentation was developed from a presentation invited to open and lead a CRM session at the AHRC Creative Industries Clusters Partnership programme meeting in Belfast in February (25th-26th Feb 2019). This event had been for an audience of around 15-20 CICP programme team members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited talk: I and T people and what's in it for them |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk: I and T people and what's in it for them. LERU Doctoral Summer School, 16th July. University of Edinburgh |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.leru.org/calendar/leru-summer-school-2019 |
| Description | IoFT monthly lunchtime talks, University of Lincoln |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | IoFT monthly lunchtime talks |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | John Byrne Award. The John Byrne Award partners with Creative Informatics, £20,000 available to work with us |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The John Byrne Award is unique in many ways and Scotand's most inclusive creative arts competition. We are both art award and an open platform for discussion and debate. Our 'Challenge Project' with Creative Informatics, which is currently welcoming responses, seeks to create a way for users to take bespoke, dynamic 'journeys' through our online exhibition, that maximise opportunities to explore their own values and learn more about the values of others. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.johnbyrneaward.org.uk/the-john-byrne-award-embarks-on-20000-project-with-creative-inform... |
| Description | Keep Cutting: Designing with Data UniSA: Creative HDR Seminar and Critique, University of South Australia, Adelaide |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Speed, C. 3rd August 2022 Keep Cutting: Designing with Data UniSA: Creative HDR Seminar and Critique, University of South Australia, Adelaide |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Keep Cutting: Designing with Data, Adelaide Action Lab, Monash University. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Speed, C. 25th July 2022 Keep Cutting: Designing with Data, Adelaide Action Lab, Monash University. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Keep Cutting: Designing with Data, RMIT, Melbourne |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Speed, C. 27th July 2022 Keep Cutting: Designing with Data, RMIT, Melbourne |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Keynote address: Co-Creating Value within a Digital Heritage Economy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote address: Co-Creating Value within a Digital Heritage Economy. Heritage Dot Conference, 3-4 June 2019. University of Lincoln, Lincoln. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://heritagedot.org/contributors/ |
| Description | Keynote talk for Architecture, Media, Politics & Society Conference 2022, Calgary, Canada |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Speed, C. 29th June 2022 From Countryside to Country-side, Keynote talk for Architecture, Media, Politics & Society Conference 2022, Calgary, Canada |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://architecturemps.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Keynote-Document_Calgary.pdf |
| Description | Kutyla, W. Strategic UX Training for Startup Initiative with Creative Bridge |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Creative Bridge is a programme targeted at prospective startups from within the creative sector. It is a part of Creative Informatics, a partnership between the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier University, Creative Edinburgh and CodeBase. Each of the experts engaged in the programme delivers a session on a particular subject. I am responsible for the strategic UX workshop on understanding customers. Participants explore: The concept of outcome-focused design, contrary to the mainstream feature-driven delivery approach, Methods for conducting quick customer interviews, Basics of the Jobs To Be Done framework that helps them appreciate the need for answering real problems, and provides a method for validation of their initial research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://kutyla.design/strategic-ux-training-for-startup-initiatives-with-creative-bridge/ |
| Description | Language in the age of algorithmic reproduction: a critique of linguistic capitalism - Edinburgh Futures INstitute seminar seriers - Futures in Progress, Jan 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk as part of the Edinburgh Futures Institute seminar series - Futures in Progress |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://efi.ed.ac.uk/events/futures-in-progress-dr-pip-thornton-and-dr-jeremy-knox/ |
| Description | Launch of Creative Informatics blog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Launch of Creative Informatics blog |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://creativeinformatics.org/research/research-blog/ |
| Description | Launch of the Creative Informatics Programme - November 2018 |
| 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 | Creative Informatics was featured, amongst other clusters, in a press release from UK Government - and subsequent press coverage - launching the Creative Industries Cluster Programme. This activity officially announced the project and raised substantial interest in the programme, opportunities for collaboration and associated funding streams. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://web.archive.org/web/20191014013341/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/major-new-research-inv... |
| Description | Linguistic Capitalism: Resistance and Intervention - invited talk at Urban Knights, Bristol |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Urban Knights is a salon style event, where current urban affairs and real-world issues are discussed in an intimate setting between host, speakers and audience. At each event speakers share their work for 10-15 mins, followed by questions and conversations with the audience. Each event last two-half hours, with the aim that in keeping presentations short, speakers and audience members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.urbanknights.org/meet-the-knights/pip-thornton/ |
| Description | Meet with HES to discuss partnering and get feedback on Interdisciplinary program |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | 9 March 2020 12:00-13:00 Alison Turnball, HES |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with EIF |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Met with Roy Luxford of EIF to discuss past activities and plan future engagement with EIF. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with EIF April 28 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Met with Roy Luxford and Fran Hegyi of EIF to discuss ways to create Responsible Internationalism for festival. Discussion of potential challenge projects with UG and PGT students that will be mutually beneficial |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with EIFF and ECA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | • March 10 Horizon meeting with Jonny Murray (ECA) Ken Hays (EIFF) to discuss ways to support EIFF on two fronts: (1) engaging with PGT to help solved EIFF challenges, and (2) need for archiving and making archives available to others for analyzing EIFF from its inception |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Festivals Edinburgh and Fringe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Met with Julia Amour and Lyndsey of Fringe to discuss study and grant proposal for career outcomes from participating in festivals--both Momentum and Fringe |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with HES- |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Met with Alison TUrnball, Adam Jackson and Ben Thomas to discuss project around data intensity during covid and use of data to offer alternative experience to public for HES sites. Data have been shared and we are setting up project for 2022/2023 for students to analyse data and offer recommendations on how public engagement can be improved |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with HES- |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Met with Alison Turnball, Adam Jackson re: future partnership and to discuss terms for obligations, expected outcomes and engagement |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Ken Hay EIFF |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Discussion among Ken Hay CEO of EIFF, Jonny Murray of ECA/Univ Edinburgh about ways to support and engage EIFF |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with MadeBrave |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting-Mark Cullen MadeBrave to discuss engaing with PGT students to solve client challenges and also help train and benefit students re: creative economy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with NMS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | • 9 March 2020 16:00-17:00 Xerxes Mazda and Andrea Cops, National Museum Scotland to discuss engagement |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meetings with Historic Environment Scotland and Edinburhg Intl Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 10 March 2020 16:00-18:00 meeting with Clair Bowie & Gillian MacDonald Historic Environment Scotland, Roy Luxford Edinburgh Intl Festival to discuss client challenge problems with student Q&A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Met with NGS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | • 27 Feb 2020 11:00-12:00 Bryan Robertson, CEO National Galleries Scotland to discuss student consulting projects for 2020/2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Mexican Festivals Momentum programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A presentation of Creative Informatics programme and impact within the regions creative community to policy makers representing Guadalajara, one of Mexico's largest cultural centres, Jesuit University of Guadalajara and British Council representatives |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Miller, H. Creative Informatics Innovation Showcase 2020. FutureScot, |
| 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 | To mark the first year of the programme, Creative Informatics is holding a CI Innovation Showcase event online, on Wednesday the 17th of June. Thisfree, all day event will feature special guest speakers and performances, celebrating the achievements of the creative individuals and organisations that have been supported through the programme so far! |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://futurescot.com/creative-informatics-innovation-showcase-2020/ |
| Description | Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Algorithms conference Kyushu University, Japan |
| 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 "Never apologise, never explain: cultural approaches to apologies and the regulation of algorithms". 50 researchers attended a series of lectures on Ai regulation, my talk discussed the role of cultural studies and creative industries in designing human AI interfaces |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.kyushu-university-law.com |
| Description | NEURAL Magazine: interviewed by Rachel O'Dwyer for 'Surveillance and the Surveyed', #63, 2019 |
| 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 | NEURAL Magazine: interviewed by Rachel O'Dwyer for 'Surveillance and the Surveyed', #63, 2019 Neural is a printed magazine established in 1993 dealing with new media art, electronic music and hacktivism. It was founded by Alessandro Ludovico and Minus Habens Records label owner Ivan Iusco in Bari (Italy). In its first issue (distributed in November 1993) there was the only translation in Italian of the William Gibson's Agrippa (a book of the dead) book. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://neural.it/issues/neural-63-surveillance-surveyed/ |
| Description | NEoN Digital Arts Festival, Dundee November 2019: talk on Linguistic Capitalism and Resistence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | NEoN (North East of North) aims to advance the understanding and accessibility of digital and technology driven art forms and to encourage high quality within the production of this medium. NEoN has organised exhibitions, workshops, talks, conferences, live performances and public discussions and established itself as a platform to showcase national and international digital art forms. By bringing together emerging talent and well-established artists, we aim to influence and reshape the genre. We are committed to helping our fabulous city of Dundee, well known for its digital culture and innovation, to become better connected through experiencing great art, networking and celebrating what our wee corner of Scotland has to offer in the field of digital arts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://northeastofnorth.com/archive/ |
| Description | NORTHlab, Northumbria University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | NORTHlab, Northumbria University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | National Centre for Immersive Storytelling: StoryFutures Academy Writers Lab: Creative Clusters Collaborations - participant - April 2019 |
| 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 | The StoryFutures Academy Writers Lab: Creative Clusters Collaborations event will take place on 1 and 2 April 2019, hosted by our partner Punchdrunk at their Fallow Cross space: Ashley Rd, London N17 9LH (five minutes' walk from Tottenham Hale tube station in London). This will be an opportunity for Creative Clusters to share ideas of creating narrative in Immersive spaces. We'll be working together over two days at Punchdrunk's purpose-built facility to put together prototypes with input from Punchdrunk StoryFutures Creative Practitioner in Residence and other members of the StoryFutures Team. We want to use this event to share learnings across Clusters: immersive theatre, games, film, TV, VR and VFX. You will also have the opportunity to learn about the other activities of the National Centre for Immersive Storytelling: StoryFutures Academy and to network with other partners-and to make something. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.storyfutures.com/ |
| Description | National Library of Scotland. Artist in Residence: AI and the Collections. Data Foundry Projects (website), spring 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discover' is the National Library of Scotland's award-winning full-colour magazine. Issue 44, winter 2020, includes features on: Two of the Library's digital scholarship projects Arthur Conan Doyle's experiences in the Boer War Scotland's trailblazing women mountaineers Henrietta Liston's early 19th century travel writings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.nls.uk/media/1840797/discover-44-p29-36.pdf |
| Description | National Library of Scotland. Artist in Residence: AI and the Collections. Data Foundry Projects (website), spring 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The aim for this project was to explore how, and whether, it is possible to convey the key features of digitised cultural heritage collections using artificial intelligence and, in turn, if these methods and outputs can be used to create new works of art. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://data.nls.uk/projects/artist-in-residence/ |
| Description | New Study will map out breadth and depth of Scotland's Videogames Industry. Insider.co.uk, 14th September 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Connected Innovators is delivered by Creative Edinburgh as part of Creative Informatics, a £7.6m R&D programme that is supporting creative individuals and organisations in Edinburgh and South East Scotland to explore how data can be used to drive ground-breaking new products, businesses and experiences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.insider.co.uk/news/new-study-map-out-range-22675233 |
| Description | Next Level Up - Creative Scotland |
| 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 | attended the Creative Scotland's Next Level Up event on behalf of Creative Informatics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Ocean ARTic introductory workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Introductory workshop and session on 1st April 2020 with 30 artists and 10 marine scientists interested in art/science collaborations on the topic of climate change data focused on the ocean science in the Arctic. Short presentations by all with some networking and Q&A. This was also the time at which the Ocean ARTic artist commission opportunity was launched. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://creativeinformatics.org/research/ocean-artic-call-for-artist-residency-application/ |
| Description | On Creativity and Beyond |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Creative Informatics Research Associate Pip Thornton has shared her thoughts on the outcomes of the Beyond Symposium and some of the ideas behind it Billed as a 'fringe' event to the Beyond Conference - a showcase event held over two days at Edinburgh's Assembly Rooms - the Beyond Research Symposium 'On Creativity' started life as an attempt by Creative Informatics researchers to bring together fellow researchers from the other eight Creative Clusters around the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://creativeinformatics.org/showcase/on-creativity-and-beyond |
| Description | Opening introduction to the Beyond Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Opening introduction to the Beyond Conference: AI & Creativity, part of the ISCF / AHRC Creative Economy Programme, 20-21 November 2019 - Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://beyondconference.org/#videos |
| Description | Overview of Creative Informatics at enterprise foundation program meet up with Edinburgh Innovations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Provided an overview of the project and funding to students who were accepted onto the Edinburgh Innovations enterprise foundation program. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Panel on ethical issues around data at "Beyond" conference, Edinburgh, November 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participated in panel on "Dark Data: Bias, Trust, and Inclusion" in major creative industries conference. This led to future requests for information and engagement from practitioners in the industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://beyondconference.org/agenda |
| Description | Part of panel at Beyond Investment Breakfast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | This lively and interactive event is perfect for those looking to find out more about the UK's investment landscape for immersive businesses. Throughout this knowledge sharing and networking event, you will get the chance to: meet the Immerse UK team who can share more about how we can support businesses looking for investment; discover what investment is available; from public funding sources to private investment; hear first-hand from investors about what they look for when in creative businesses; learn more about how to successfully securing investment and funding from companies who have recently participated in the Audience of the Future Immersive Technology Investment Accelerator |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.immerseuk.org/news/join-us-at-the-investment-breakfast-at-beyond-conference/ |
| Description | Pathways Beyond Economic Growth |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The organisation and delivery of an online Seminar series on Pathways beyond Economic Growth, together with colleagues from King's College London, UWE Bristol, Northumbria University and University of York. This was in response to the cancellation of the annual Royal Geographic Society international conference during the global pandemic. The seminar series attracted scholars from 56 different countries and had 586 attendees over the seven seminars. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://pathwaysbeyondeconomicgrowth.wordpress.com |
| Description | Paul, D. The Creative Informatics Showcase is Kicking Off This Month. Digit, 10 June 2020 |
| 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 | The Creative Informatics research and development programme is delivered by the University of Edinburgh in partnership with Edinburgh Napier University, CodeBase, and Creative Edinburgh and supports how data can be used to develop ground-breaking new products, businesses and experiences. The free, all-day event will feature special guest speakers and performances, celebrating the achievements of the creative individuals and organisations that have been supported through the programme so far. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://digit.fyi/creative-informatics-innovation-showcase-kicking-off-this-month/ |
| Description | Performers and Creative Teams Workshop |
| 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 | The workshops were a call for Fringe performers and creative teams to help us better understand the cost and value of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This took place during the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe with the aim of helping the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society to devise a comprehensive and robust Performers and Creative Teams Survey in 2020. This will seek to examine the cost (for and on) and value of the Fringe for performers and creative teams. This piece of work seeks to build on the Cost of Edinburgh survey done by Claire Stone in 2018. The main study will take place during and after the 2020 Fringe but the aim of the workshop was to collect data from 2019 companies and performers to ensure the right areas are being examined, asking questions that feel relevant and seek ways to support 2020 Fringe in a meaningful way. 21 people participated in the four workshops that took place on 6th, 12th, 19th and 20th of August 2019. These were facilitated by the Creative Informatics team, in collaboration with Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society and Claire Stone. The aim was to ask participants to help us gain a better understanding of the cost and value of the festival, not only in monetary terms but wellbeing as well. The data collected will become the foundation for future research and survey. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/performers-and-creative-teams-workshop-tickets-66861884697# |
| Description | Policy Hack Day: Data, Data, Everywhere (Creative Horizon 5) |
| 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 | The creative industries need new, ethical economic analysis frameworks to support R&D. Creative Informatics and the Creative Research and Innovation Centre are conducting research to explore how data can be collected, analysed and presented in ways which empower data producers like businesses, and data consumers like funders and policymakers. Join an interdisciplinary group of stakeholders including creative practitioners and organizations, trade bodies, NGOs, government departments, policymakers, and market and academic researchers for an interactive day of improving how we work with data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/policy-hack-day-data-data-everywhere-creative-horizon-5-tickets-39031... |
| Description | Practitioners present to UG students |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | • 4 Feb 2020 17:00-18:00 Fran Hegyi and Roy Luxford EIF presented client challenge to UG students |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Practitioners present to UG students |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | • 28 Jan 2020 17:00-18:00 Donella Steele and Gillian MacDonald of HES presented client challenge to UG students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation and discussion for Future Gaze: The Future of Creative Innovation, Creative Edinburgh, Edinburgh. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Speed, C. 23 Nov 2022 Presentation and discussion for Future Gaze: The Future of Creative Innovation, Creative Edinburgh, Edinburgh. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at Academy of Management workshop Visual Data and Methods |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Academy of Management OMT PDW workshop Visual Data and Methods |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation at Electronic Literature Organization annual conference, Cork -July 2019 : Towards a Digital écriture féminine: Deconstructing the Language of the Digital Economy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) is pleased to announce its 2019 Conference and Media Arts Festival, hosted by University College Cork. The conference and exhibition will be held from July 15-17, 2019, on UCC's campus in the heart of Cork city, Ireland. The theme for ELO2019 #ELOcork is "peripheries": delegates are invited to explore the edges of literary and digital culture, including emerging traditions, indeterminate structures and processes, fringe communities of praxis, effaced forms and genres, marginalised bodies, and perceptual failings. ELO2019 #ELOcork will mark the first time that the ELO conference has been hosted by an Irish institution: join us for this momentous gathering! |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://elo2019.ucc.ie/ |
| Description | Presentation at Nottingham Univ |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Seminar and Presentation at University of Nottingham-Dialectics of Qualitative Methods: Institutionalizing Place . Provided workshop and presentation to Academics and PGT students on qualitative research approaches that used study and also presented findings of study on place |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation at University of Nottingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Seminar and Presentation at University of Nottingham-Arts Festivals: Configuring Creative Fields through temporal strategies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation of findings from Creative Informatics to City of Helsinki delegation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Speed, C. 21 Oct 2022 Presentation of findings from Creative Informatics to City of Helsinki delegation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation of findings from Creative Informatics to Ontario Agent General |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Speed, C. 25th August 2022 Presentation of findings from Creative Informatics to Ontario Agent General |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation of findings from Creative Informatics to delegation from Dubai Culture and Arts Authority |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation and discussion of Creative Informatics findings to delegates from Dubai Culture and Arts authority as part of the Dubai FDI Government Global Mission to the UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation of findings from Creative Informatics to delegation from Seogwipo city of culture Korean Development Institute (KDI) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Speed, C. 26 Oct 2022 Presentation of findings from Creative Informatics to delegation from Seogwipo city of culture Korean Development Institute (KDI) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation of findings from Creative Informatics to delegation from Seogwipo re city of culture Korean Development Institute (KDI) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Speed, C. & Osborne, N. 13 Dec 2022 Presentation of findings from Creative Informatics to delegation from Seogwipo re city of culture Korean Development Institute (KDI) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation t Spring Institute-students with disabiities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to PhD students at Spring Institute--students who have disabilities--on doing qualitative research on place and material objects, those around creative/digital interaction to explore and engage disabled students/professionals |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation to Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, Edinburgh, December 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Gave introductory presentation titled "AI and you" to introduce professionals from the advertisement industry to AI and ethical issues in AI. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentations to HES |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | • 26 March 2019 15:00-18:30 six student presentations for solutions to HES challenges to eight HES people including CEO and seven top managers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presented Creative Informatics to the UK Creative Industries Advisory Board |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented Creative Informatics to the UK Creative Industries Advisory Board, 20th January, Nesta / UKRI 58 Victoria Embankment, London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presenting at Codebase Ecosystem Meetup |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Creative informatics sponsored the meet up focused ecosystems. It focused on what makes a startup ecosystem? Entrepreneurs, investors, academia, and government, all play their part - but can you just combine all these things in a city with decent infrastructure and expect a startup scene to thrive? How can entrepreneurs leverage an ecosystem to give their company the best chance of success? And should we all be thinking more widely about what an "ecosystem" actually is? I did a talk to provide an overview on CI and how we are supporting the ecosystem. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.thisiscodebase.com/event-listings/codebaseedimeetup1 |
| Description | Prewired secures funding from Creative Informatics to take one of Scotland's longest-running coding clubs for young people online. Scottish Business News, 20th Jan 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prewired secures funding from Creative Informatics to take one of Scotland's longest-running coding clubs for young people online. PREWIRED has secured funding from Creative Informatics to take one of Edinburgh's longest-running coding clubs for young people online. Prewired, which is also supported by the UK's largest tech incubator CodeBase and tech groups Skyscanner and Deliveroo Engineering, has helped over 350 under-19s to develop computer programming and digital skills since being founded in 2013 in partnership with the University of Edinburgh's School of Informatics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://scottishbusinessnews.net/prewired-secures-funding-from-creative-informatics-to-take-one-of-s... |
| Description | Public engagement event - invited speaker/exhibitor: Eyes Online: Understand your data, switch on your rights |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | EYES ONLINE - Invited speaker at event, also exhibited {poem}.py and Newspeak (2019): This is a FREE interactive half-day of talks and workshops aimed at people who are not specialists in data or cybersecurity but would like to know enough to keep themselves right - suitable for anyone, regardless of knowledge or skill. It will cover topics such as: • What are your rights when it comes to your digital data and how can you use those rights • Keeping yourself safe and private online • What does the law say about data privacy and use by authorities? • How can we trust anything online when there is so much fake news and fraud? There will be a mix of hands-on practical installations and presentations from experts such as the Scottish Government, Open Rights Group, Police Scotland, cyber specialists, and academic researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eyes-online-understand-your-data-switch-on-your-rights-tickets-933095... |
| Description | Public engagement event: Eyes Online: Understand your data, switch on your rights |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A one day drop-in event with lightening talks and 1:1 advice to members the public who want to know about their online risks, digital rights and how to protect and enforce them in practice. Talks from academics but also Police Scotland, and Scottish government |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | R&D in the Screen Sector Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival Industry Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Explore the latest research and development projects in the creative screen sector in Wales and across the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://irisprize.org/film/rd-in-the-screen-sector/ |
| Description | RE - Round 2 Pecha Kucha Meet Up |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Internal event for successful resident entrepreneurs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | RGS-IBG 'Geopolitics of Language session', London - Aug 2019 - conference presentation: The Geopolitics of Google AdWords |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presented in and co-organised paper seSsion at RGS-IBG 2019: The Geopolitics of Language: Agency, Power, and Meaning Political scripts and discourses have been key topics of enquiry for political geographers, not least since the articulation of the subfield of critical geopolitics soon three decades ago. Geographers' preoccupation with 'the text' has been built on, expanded, and critiqued; most recently, redirecting attention to the non-representational and material. Yet, current political events remind us that practices of language are intrinsic to, and constitutive of, our engagements with 'the political'. Recent examples include the recognition of the inadequacy of 'climate change' to communicate what some now call a 'breakdown' or The Anthropocene; the emotive responses brought about by discourses of 'a new Cold War'; the pervasive language of the refugee or migrant 'crisis'; and Trump's deployment of particular modes of language that are as much about form as content. These are all significant issues that parallel and are entangled with the so-called pre-, non-, or more-than-representational and the articulation of political hope and 'trouble'. With the UN designating 2019 the Year of Indigenous languages, it is also timely to consider the intimate connections between power, agency, and meaning. At the intersection of language and (geo)politics, it is these broad topics that this session seeks to explore further - and to bring them back into disciplinary conversation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://conference.rgs.org/AC2019/44 |
| Description | Reimagining Platforms Symposium, University of Edinburgh - Researching Platforms: Ethnography/Participatory Methods panel - Reimagining Platform Work in the Festivals and Performance sector |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Reimagining Platforms is a new collaboration between The University of Edinburgh and University of Toronto. It is a one-day symposium taking place at the University of Edinburgh on October 31, 2022 that will bring academics and community and local partners together to develop methods and concepts to analyze the different futures and possibilities of platforms and platform economies. We invite papers and presentations that reimagine platforms in alignment with three specific themes: 1) researching proprietary digital platforms; 2) governing digital platforms; and 3) new labour futures. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/reimagining/ |
| Description | Reports delivered to HES |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | • 29 April 2019 Delivered six student consulting reports to Alison Turnball of HES: Developing an approach toward ICH at HES, Intangible Cultural Heritage, Intangible Cultural Heritage for HES, Community Empowerment, South of Scotland-Cycle through time, HES South of Scotland which were widely distributed and read within HES. HES CEO used ideas for new plans and presented to board |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Research Workshop: Data, Data, Everywhere (Creative Horizon 5) |
| 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 | The creative industries need new, ethical economic analysis frameworks to support R&D. Creative Informatics and the Creative Research and Innovation Centre are conducting research to explore how data can be collected, analysed and presented in ways which empower data producers like businesses, and data consumers like funders and policymakers. We're looking for creative practitioners, especially sole traders, freelancers, and SMEs, to join us for this interactive workshop exploring some of the challenges you face in using data for planning your work--for example, in preparing funding applications, planning and developing new work, sourcing the right expertise, etc. The workshop will entail working with various tools to explore questions about creative industries data to discover what barriers exist to getting the right data at the right time. You'll be working with a small group of others to explore data challenges and give us feedback on what changes you would find useful to get the right data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-workshop-data-data-everywhere-creative-horizon-5-tickets-390... |
| Description | Resident Entrepreneur Discovery Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Resident Entrepreneur Discovery Workshops are fun and informal sessions designed to give participants more information on applying to be a Creative Informatics Resident Entrepreneur. Successful Resident Entrepreneur applicants will receive funding of up to £12000 and mentoring for the duration of their residency. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-resident-entrepreneur-discovery-workshop-tickets... |
| Description | Resident Entrepreneur Discovery Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Resident Entrepreneur Discovery Workshops are fun and informal sessions designed to give participants more information on applying to be a Creative Informatics Resident Entrepreneur. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-resident-entrepreneur-discovery-workshop-tickets... |
| Description | Resident Entrepreneur Discovery Workshop led by PRDAs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Resident Entrepreneur Discovery Workshops are fun and informal sessions designed to give participants more information on applying to be a Creative Informatics Resident Entrepreneur. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-resident-entrepreneur-discovery-workshop-tickets... |
| Description | Resident Entrepreneurs Discovery Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 21 participants attended a workshop held on 7th November, 2019, to help formulate ideas and develop applications for the Resident Entrepreneurs programme. The workshop format included short presentations from Creative Informatics (CI team and current Resident Entrepreneurs, followed by workshop activities to explore and develop your ideas with others. After the workshop, members of the CI team will also be available for 1-1 chats about your application. Participants had a better understanding of the Resident Entrepreneur process, with ideas and resources to help them develop their Resident Entrepreneur applications. Resident Entrepreneur Discovery Workshop was open to anyone working in the creative industries in Edinburgh and South East Scotland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-informatics-resident-entrepreneur-discovery-workshop-tickets... |
| Description | Resident Entrepreneurs showcase at an international creative industry event held in Edinburgh |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Two resident entrepreneurs of the Creative Informatics programme showcased their emerging data driven innovations in the exhibition hall of the MOVE Summit 20&21 February 2020 to the international audience including Pixar, Disney, ILM, Unity, Unreal, and Netflix which was attended by UK and Scottish industry and regional undergraduate students studying animation, VR, AR, VFX and CGI. The exhibition hall is interactive and attended by almost all 600 delegates over the course of the two day industry summit. Funding agency SDI and Scottish Government culture team representatives also attended. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.movesummit.co.uk |
| Description | Rethinking Capitalism: The Fourth Industrial Revolution |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Speed, C. (2020) Invited Talk: Rethinking Capitalism: The Fourth Industrial Revolution. 23/01/2020, Business School Edinburgh, Talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Scot Ent: Foresight, Innovation and Strategy workshop |
| 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 | Foresight, Innovation and Strategy workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Scottish Society for Art History Study day and Lockdown Legacy Webinar 'The Digital Future of the Art and Cultural Heritage World' - hosting and presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Creative Informatics hosted this Scottish Society for Art History event on zoom, and worked closely with organisers (including training and support for the organisers) to produce a high quality event which was accessed by 119 attendees, drawn primarily from SSAH membership (curators and historians from galleries and museums across Scotland). Nicola Osborne also gave a presentation highlighting Creative Informatics work with VAS, Fruitmarket Gallery and Talbot Rice Gallery: 'Collaborating through the crisis: innovative art/tech partnerships emerging from lockdown'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lockdown-legacy-the-digital-future-of-the-art-cultural-heritage-world-t... |
| Description | Seminar with DCMS to discuss Sector Vision for the Creative Industries |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Speed, C. 18th May 2022 Seminar with DCMS to discuss Sector Vision for the Creative Industries |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Sibos |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | "When an anthropologist, economist and technologist met for breakfast: the implications of inflation, recession, decreasing disposable income and a shift from globalisation" panel. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.sibos.com/ |
| Description | Space Creative Mash-Up on 12 November 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Space Creative Mash-Up was delivered by DDI Programme in partnership with Creative Informatics Cluster and Space Technology Meet Up Scotland. The creative sector can provide data visualisation, gamification, animation and 3D modelling of space and satellite data and this event was to encourage co-working and collaboration. 96 Attendees were from space and satellite and creative disciplines. This has led to further events and an artists residency. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/space-meets-the-creative-sector-mash-up-tickets-77491405881 |
| Description | Space and Satellites Artists Residency Programme launch |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Space and Satellites Artists Residency Programme was launched on 4 March 2020 to invite artists to meet space and satellite data professionals to be inspired to use their data to create public engagement installations on a variety of topics using a range of potential data sources e.g. earth observation data on coastal erosion, weather patterns, animal migration deforestation, temperature. The launch involved presentations of space and satellite data and two artists examples of inspired creative work from such data sources. The fund was opened at that event and 4 residencies will be awarded for showcasing in July to the public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-space-and-satellites-artist-residency-programme-tickets-955714... |
| Description | Speaker at Women on top networking event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Provided overview on the creative informatics program to the EGG women on top first meeting at the Edinburgh Grand to approximately 35 attendees which was showcased on their social media which has an audience of over 13K followers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw9k8_0HOjz/ |
| Description | Studio 23: Data-driven Innovation for Sustainable Creative Practice Film View details |
| 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 | Creative Informatics is proud to present a short film, showcasing eight case studies that demonstrate how new technologies and data driven innovation can support creative businesses in taking ethical and environmentally sustainable approaches to their work. Join us to find out more about local, Creative Informatics-funded projects from Caro Overy & Creative Carbon Scotland, Jeni Allison & Custom Loop, Creative Cred, Ploterre, Looper, Edinburgh Tool Library, Sustainable Fashion Scotland and Michael Begg. This in-person film screening will be followed by a panel discussion, and networking over drinks and nibbles. Through this event, we hope to inspire wider networks of creative practitioners and others to think about the potential benefits of placing data, technology and sustainability at the centre of creative practice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/studio-23-data-driven-innovation-for-sustainable-creative-practice-fi... |
| Description | Summer school on law of digital economy |
| 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 | 35 postgraduate students and legal practitioners from Europe and Japan attended a 2 weeks summer school on the law of the digital economy in Saarbruecken. As part of this event, I was responsible for a 2 day training session on "creative and empathetic legal tech", which introduced attendees to creative informatics, the impact it can have on tie practice, and also the legal and regulatory questions that it raises. They gained basic practical skills in using creative informatics tools for their domain. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.summerschool-itlaw.org |
| Description | THE SYLLABUS website : selected as top pick by guest editor Hito Steyerl, October 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | THE SYLLABUS website : selected as top pick by guest editor Hito Steyerl, October 2019 The Cyberflâneur #2: Hito Steyerl The Syllabus is not just about hunting down eclectic content in the most remote parts of the digital terrain. We are also busy inventing new ways of experiencing and navigating it - not least because we feel that conventional social media use is now not very different from the Skinnerian operant conditioning. Hence, the Cyberflâneur. This week's dose of "cyberflânerie" comes courtesy of Hito Steyerl - a renowned artist with a sharp eye for what ails the hyper-globalized and hyper-digitized world. We worked with Hito to identify the themes that interest her at the moment; then, we trawled our Syllabus stacks to produce a shortlist; finally, Hito selected her ten - and gave us snappy, uncanny comments about each of them. Navigate it any way you want! |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://the-syllabus.com/cyberflaneur/syllabus-hito-steyerl/ |
| Description | Talking Heads: Connect + Innovate |
| 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 | Creative Edinburgh's Talking Heads highlights our first cohort of Connected Innovators as they delve into the world of sustainable practices, future networks and emerging technologies. In their first public project showcase, our Connected Innovators map out the pioneering and innovative work laying the foundations for a more sustainable, connected and collaborative future for the creative industries. Delivered in partnership with Creative Edinburgh. Covering a range of sectors including games, crafts, design, and visual arts and furthering work around the environment, accessibility, health and industry recognition, Cohort One of Connected Innovators funded the work of nine individuals operating within Edinburgh's creative landscape. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talking-heads-connect-innovate-tickets-148900398099?aff=ebdsoporgprof... |
| Description | Talking Heads: Shifting Gears |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Speed, C, (2020) Invited Talk: Talking Heads: Shifting Gears, 31/03/2020, Creative Edinburgh |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | TeenTech Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 26 professionals and academics led an ideation workshop in collaboration with the BBC, R&D, TeenTech and Creative Informatics with around 50 pupils from two local Edinburgh High Schools. The pupils invited to respond to a challenge proposed by the Edinburgh Fringe Society through activities and discussions. these ideas were presented and voted on by peers with the winning ideas to be taken forward with TeenTech and see if they can be come reality. BBC TeenTech is an initiative developed by Maggie Philbin, TV presenter, to promote science and technology to teenagers. This was the first workshop on the 30th October in collaboration with Creative Informatics with more planned in future. It was held at Inspace, The University of Edinburgh. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Caring Robots, Talking-Money & Toilet Graffiti |
| 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 | This event was a part of the 2021 Fringe Festival. Three top academics, three dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison. Dr Giulia De Togni (The University of Edinburgh) asked if, with too few human carers and a rapidly ageing population, would you let robots care for your loved ones? Dr Chris Elsden (The University of Edinburgh) said your money is getting smarter and now has a mind of its own! And Dr Mabel Victoria (Edinburgh Napier University) trawled toilet cubicles looking for poetry, philosophy and pornography! What do people write in the stalls when no-one is looking? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.thestand.co.uk/performances/1114-11222-the-cabaret-of-dangerous-ideas-caring-robots-talk... |
| Description | The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Football, Data & Bilingualism |
| 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 | This event was a part of 2021's Fringe Festival. Three top academics, three dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison. Dr Mason Robbins (The University of Edinburgh) argued that money has destroyed football and asked how small teams and fans can still be a part of the beautiful game in an era of multi-million pound deals. Nicola Osborne (The University of Edinburgh) explored why creative people are essential in reimagining our relationships with data. And Professor Antonella Sorace (The University of Edinburgh) worried that languages are a low priority as kids return to the classrooms. The event asked the question, can bilingualism and language diversity survive the pandemic? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.thestand.co.uk/performances/1114-11231-the-cabaret-of-dangerous-ideas-football-data-bili... |
| Description | The Futre of NoCode: Panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Hybrid in-person and online event covering the future of No-Code technologies with about 100 in-person attendees and an additional 300+ online. A recording of the event is available here: https://youtu.be/uaYYSVp7Wzw |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.thisiscodebase.com/event-listings/2021/9/8/the-nocode-gathering-edinburgh-online |
| Description | The Scottish Games Network. Build your business with Creative Bridge (blog post), 2 June 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Creative Bridge is a 'pre-accelerator' programme designed for people across the creative industries (of which games are a very significant part), to learn best practice in building a digital product business. By learning startup theory and hearing creative entrepreneurs' stories of how they made something amazing happen (or how they failed), participants will gain valuable insights into both what defines success for them and how to get there. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://scottishgames.net/2020/06/02/build-your-business-with-creative-bridge/ |
| Description | The Value of Words in an Age of Linguistic Capitalism - DAOWO Summit UK: The 2019 Blockchain & Art Knowledge Sharing Summit Feb 2019 Edinburgh University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The 2019 Blockchain & Art Knowledge Sharing Summit Bringing together the worlds of art and blockchain the DAOWO Summit UK lays the foundations for a global transnational network. Focused on establishing greater cooperation between the arts and blockchain industry, leading researchers and key artworld actors discuss the current state of play. Discussions focus on potential cultural and social impacts, technical affordances and opportunities for developing new blockchain technologies for fairer, more dynamic and connected cultural ecologies and economies. Two UK events are planned as a precursor to a DAOWO World Tour and Summit that seeks to forge a transnational network of arts and blockchain cooperation. The Summit is organised with Furtherfield and New Media Scotland and is a free event open to anyone interested in the field, places are limited so please sign up via Eventbrite http://daowo.eventbrite.com Programme Summary State of the Arts: Blockchain's Impact in 2019 and Beyond| Ruth Catlow and Ben Vickers on developments from critical practice to the business of arts and the blockchain. Followed by discussion hosted by Clive Gilman Make / Do / Block | Panel discussion with 5 creative practitioners whose work allows us to experience the otherwise abstract technology of blockchain. Hosted by Prof Chris Speed and Mark Daniels. What value does the blockchain bring to collecting art? | Ruth Catlow in conversation with Marianne Magnin, London Director of Arteïa |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.designinformatics.org/event/daowo-summit-uk/ |
| Description | The value of data + design to society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The blog focus on key issues impacting the local business landscape by exploring new ideas and concepts that solves the latest challenges. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Think Piece on the theme of Scotland2050 for Scottish Government |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 2050 Think Pieces for Scottish Government We asked planning stakeholders to provide think piece contributions on Scotland 2050 to stimulate discussion and debate during the early engagement period and to help stakeholders to think about priorities for NPF4. Martin Valenti - Environmentally Responsible Economic Growth Emma Ritch - Gender Inclusive Places Fiona Garven - Community Development Russell Jones - Healthy Places Steven Tolson - A Plan to Grow More Food Diana Findley - Places for Older People Aedan Smith - Scotland's Environment Dr Ruth Lightbody - Community Engagement Anna Beswick and Joseph Hagg - Adaptive Places Jim Valentine - Our Cities Diarmid Hearns - Nature on a National Scale Stephanie Conesa - Our Renewable Energy Vincent Goodstadt - Scotland 2050: Lessons from Our Spatial Planning Heritage John Lauder - Our Active Travel Networks Professor Chris Speed - Our Arts and Cultural Environment Rona Gibb - Our Active Travel Networks Calum Macleod - A Thriving Rural Scotland Tim German - Our Energy Systems Deryck Irving - Future Green Networks Liam Fowley MSYP - Report on #WhatsYourTake Angus Hardie - Empowered Communities Susie Fitton - Places for Disabled People Grant Carson - Building a More Accessible World for us all Jim Birrell - Future Chief Planning Officers Sally Thomas - Our Future Homes Phil Prentice - Town Centres of The Future Riddell Graham - Our Tourist Industry Elaine Fotheringham - Our Flood Risk Management Tammy Swift-Adams - Enjoying The Fruits of Collaboration Dr Matthew Lane - Self and Custom Build Andy Milne - Rebalancing and Regenerating Planning for People and Places Professor Iain Docherty - An Accessible Scotland Anne Johnstone - Our Vacant and Derelict Land Jo O'Hara - Forestry and Woodland Andy Kerr - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.transformingplanning.scot/media/1265/tp-our-arts-and-cultural-enviroment-v2.pdf |
| Description | Value creation and displacement Design Research Seminar: Next generation design research in the UK: Conditions, possibilities and consequences. Edinburgh College of Art. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Speed, C. 28th September 2022 Value creation and displacement Design Research Seminar: Next generation design research in the UK: Conditions, possibilities and consequences. Edinburgh College of Art. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Visit from the delegation of the National Arts Council, Singapore |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A delegation of the National Arts Council, Singapore visited on 29th August to learn more about EFI and CI and the recent artist residency appointment. They met with Chris Speed, Nicola Osborne, Anna Orme and Jane McDonald (DI) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | WE MAKE MONEY NOT ART: interviewed on past and future work by Regine Debatty, October 2019 |
| 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 | WE MAKE MONEY NOT ART: interviewed on past and future work by Regine Debatty, October 2019 Régine Debatty is a writer, curator, critic, and founder of we-make-money-not-art.com, a blog which received 2 Webby awards and recently received an honorary mention at the START Prize, a competition that acknowledges " innovative projects at the interface of science, technology and art". Régine is known for her writings that explore the connections between art, science, technology, and social issues. She writes and lectures internationally about the way in which artists, hackers, and designers use technology as a medium for critical discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://we-make-money-not-art.com/linguistic-capitalism/ |
| Description | Webinar: Ownership of Digital Assets |
| 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 | Two webinars were held for industry and professional practitioners (one focussing on the creative sector, the other with a broader remit) with the dual aim to inform these communities on the proposed law reform of the law of digital assets, and to allow these groups to feed back into the consultation. It outlined the reform proposal and indicated possible consequences for businesses that create, hold or trade in digital assets. It introduced our tentative response from an academic research perspective, eliciting feedback and criticism to make our response relevant to praxis |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Webinar: What the future may hold: The Law commission's proposal on legal personality for DAOs |
| 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 webinar held for industry and professional practitioners with the dual aim to inform these communities on the proposed law reform of the law of Distributed Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) and to allow these groups to feed back into the consultation. It outlined the reform proposal and indicated possible consequences for businesses that considered using blockchain based DAOs as a vehicle for their business It introduced our tentative response from an academic research perspective, eliciting feedback and criticism to make our response relevant to praxis |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | What are Words Worth to Google - Creative intervention at Beyond Conference on Creativity and AI, Edinburgh |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Beyond is the R&D conference for the creative industries. It explores the relationship between research, academia and business innovation and tackles the challenges impacting the future of the sector. In its 2nd year, Beyond 2019 focused on the intersection between Artificial Intelligence and creativity, with themes addressing the opportunities, challenges and controversies these innovations present. Beyond provides a unique forum to share knowledge, discover opportunities and connect with business leaders, creatives, researchers, policy makers, journalists and funders. Taking place at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh in November, this year's Beyond featured lively debate, panels, short talks, innovative exhibitions and plenty of networking. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://beyondconference.org/speakers/pip-thornton/ |
| Description | When Money Can Talk - short talk as part of Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas performance at the Institute of Physics Big Bounce 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | When Money Can Talk - short talk as part of Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas performance at the Institute of Physics Big Bounce 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnkP-LNmM2c |
| Description | Whose Ticket Is It Anyway? |
| 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 | Whose Ticket Is It Anyway? was an online interactive event designed by Dr Chris Elsden, Chancellor's Fellow in Service Design at Edinburgh Futures Institute for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. His team explored what happens when researchers and comedians create a one-of-a-kind ticketing system. Participants could design their own ticket with Design Informatics' ticket designer and watch as the Glasgow Improv Theatre's house team 'Couch' play 'Whose Ticket is it Anyway?' and bring their ticket to life. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Workshop : How can creative intervention and public art help us to think critically about data and the power of digital technology companies? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | scoping workshop relating to EFI Research Award : How can creative intervention and public art help us to think critically about data and the power of digital technology companies? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Workshop at MozFest - "Fusing Storytelling and Tech to Bring us Closer Together" |
| 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 | The workshop was held at MozFest 2019 in London, and was intended to help participants ideate how technology could mediate personal storytelling to foster community building. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/fusing-storytelling-and-tech-to-bring-us-closer-together/46595 |
| Description | Workshop for EIF |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | • 20 August 2019 15:00-17:00 Cross currents program for Edinburgh International Festival: Conflicting Voices, Creating Communities. Led a workshop for primarily theater directors and organizers on how to engage different communities and extend participation in their organisational programmes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Zoom Obscura - Works in Progress - session at Tinderbox PlayAway gaming and creative tech festival |
| 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 | Work in progress event for Zoom Obscura as part of Tinderbox PlayAway festival. Tinderbox are partners on Zoom Obscura project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://tinderboxcollective.org/2020/03/05/playaway-zoom-obscura/ |
| Description | meeting with EIF |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | • 18 March 2019 planning meeting with Wezi Murha Edinburgh Intl Festival to discuss cross current offering for August festival |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | meeting with EIF |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | • 24 September 2019 13:30-14:30met with Fran Hegyi and Roy Luxford EIF |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | mprovBot Coverage: include The Stage |
| 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 | This year, in the absence of a programme, the University of Edinburgh is generating its own by means of an artificial intelligence bot. Invented by Melissa Terras to emulate the neural network of the brain, the software was programmed by Gavin Inglis to plough its way through eight years of fringe data. Now it is regurgitating almost-plausible summaries at hourly intervals on Twitter. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://improvbot.ai/about/press-and-coverage/ |
| Description | phone call |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | • 19 Nov 2019 14:30-15:00 phone call with Alison Turnball, HES |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | talk with HES |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | • 13 Sept 2019 13:00-14:00 Donella Steel, HES re: student client project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | training event Data Ethics for the creative industry |
| 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 | Through collaboration with the Digital Catapult, held an online training event on data ethics for startup companies i the creative industries sector that had received or were thinking of applying for incubator funding with the Digital Catapult. The dual aim was to assist them with funding applications, but also to ensure their business proposal were ethically sound. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | week-long workshop session - Goethe Institute Glasgow - Artificial Intelligence Autumn Session - October 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | An opportunity for shared learning and knowledge exchange for Emerging artists and researchers based in the UK and internationally, working in the wider field of artificial intelligence and machine learning. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.goethe.de/en/kul/ser/rep/aia.html |
| Description | workshop with third sector org |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Workshop on co-designing curriculum and partnering for creative industries • 24 Feb 2020 11:30-13:30 EFI partner co-design meeting: Julia Amour, Festivals Edinburgh, Roy Luxford, Edinburgh Intl Festival, Jim Hollington Eindburgh Edinburgh International Festival, Craig Taynor Made Brave, Steve Brown Primate, Francine Fowle, National Gallery Scotland, Andrea Cop, National Museum of Scotland, Sandy Thomson Poorboy Theatre, Rachel Brown Cultural Enterprise Office, Jaki Love Textiles Scotland |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | • Sept 10 Meeting Alison TUrnball HES |
| 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 | Met with Allson Turnball of HES to discuss future projects and outline timelines |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |