Research Workshops
The use of objects and images to draw out responses from participants is an established practice in design research. Models, props and visuals can offer tangibilities that can be articulated and discussed, facilitating communication and dialogical exchange.
In my work, I have carried out a series of design-led workshops, using ready made objects, suggestive drawings and artefacts for stimulating conversation and reflection. Valuing interpretation and subjectivity, this has become a method of inquiry.
Imagining Machines, the Maternal and Care
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Venetian Drawing Conversations workshop, exploring collaborative speculative drawing- ACM Creativity & Cognition conference, Venice 2022
Conversation Pieces workshop, using critical artefacts and drawings as conversational probes. Goldsmiths, 2017/18
Imagining Machines, the Maternal and Care workshop, October 2024 at Central Saint Martins was a one day workshop with practitioners from midwifery, health visiting, maternal health, AI and ethics, HCI, speculative design, medical anthropology and medical humanities.
Urinary Systems. Speculative Drawing Workshop for home UTI testing. Co-facilitated with Marie Louise Juul Søndergaard at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden 2020
Design led explorations workshop, exploring home-work divide. Goldsmiths, 2016