Joanna Neil at CCW Digital MakerSpace day

Joanna Neil | lecturer for textiles, fashion, interior design and design disciplines at University Centre Blackburn College and a PhD student based in the School of Education at the University of Glasgow and a Hunterian Associate | Seeing Practice: Making the Invisible Visible with Digital Auto-Ethnography

Images from Chelsea Jam event May 2015:

What is your session:

• A short presentation based on using digital technology tools and platforms for auto-ethnographic projects (10 minutes) repeated at intervals.

• An exhibition of work: Display board giving overview of the research, final pieces on display and blog of the research process to interact with.

• Technology used for the project available to look at and try. Hands on demonstrations and try the technology out: Go-Pro headcams, digital voice recorders, small film cameras, ability to look at Camtasia editing software, Vimeo for video hosting, Podbean for audio hosting and behind the scenes Evernote and wordpress blog,

Proposed session schedule:

11.30 Presentation (10 minutes with Q&A)

12.00 – 1.00 Explore the tech session

1.30  Presentation (10 minutes with Q&A)

2.00 – 3.00 Explore the tech session

3.30 Presentation (10 minutes with Q&A)

Session Focus:

The experience of using digital technology tools and platforms for auto-ethnographic research into the creative process

About Jo:

I am interested in reflective practices and processes, digital technology and how we teach and learn the creative process. My background is in fine art with a developed specialism in textiles, focused on drawing and mixed media. I am a lecturer for textiles, fashion, interior design and design disciplines at University Centre Blackburn College. I am also a PhD student based in the School of Education at the University of Glasgow and a Hunterian Associate with The Hunterian museum where some of my digital auto-ethnographic research took place. My research area is education research and interdisciplinary approaches focusing on technology, the arts and reflective process. The PhD explores themes around conversational reflection and how technology can support and enhance creative and reflective processes.

What you'd like to gain from the day:

Contact details of those interested in conducting their own digital auto-ethnographic research into their practice:

• To reflect on creative practice

• To form creative practice

• To communicate creative practice

Potential participants will be encouraged to share their own auto-ethnographic journeys with others through a community blog/via process arts. With appropriate consent forms future interviews with participants for my PhD research.

Twitter: @_feltlikeit

Website: Research Blog: https://feltlikeit.wordpress.com/ 

Residency blog: https://drawnconversation.wordpress.com/   

Please come and join us for a digital making community building event (open to the public) at Chelsea College of the arts on May 13th.

Meet specialist makers, learn about digital making & MakerSpaces at CCW MakerSpace day: 'Chelsea Jam' aims to bring together staff, students and MakerSpaces from across London & UK to share perspectives on digital making within the arts with an aim of establishing a new 'arts digital making community'.

Please come and join us and encourage others along for:

CCW Digital MakerSpace Day: Chelsea Jam on 13th May in the Banquetting Hall at Chelsea College. 

The event is open to all staff and students and are encouraged to drop-in anytime between 11am - 4pm (FabLab presentation start at 1pm).

More event details: here

Book your free place here: http://events.arts.ac.uk/event/2015/5/13/Digital-MakerSpace-day-Chelsea-Jam/