This was a research project with Lucy Suchman and Endre Dányi at Centre for Science Studies, Lancaster University. It reconceptualised innovation through a comparison of three different sites of social,…
Projects
Energy as Alien
In collaboration with my colleague on the Alien Energy project, Brit Ross Winthereik, I have been delighted to be included in the Land Art Generator Initiative, LAGI 2014 book. Our…
Alien Energy Fanzine
As part of our ongoing collaboration with those involved in marine energy, both in Denmark and in Orkney islands, we developed a ‘fanzine’–a fan magazine, inspired by the cut-and-paste interventions…
Listen to Myths of the Mobile Telecoms Industry
As part of my PhD Thesis, I created a series of stories that were interventions into the future of the mobile telecoms industry. ‘Sand14’ is a story that forms a…
Two Pebbles and a Poem
I was asked by Kim Sawchuk to contribute to a special issue on Media Arts Revisited in the Canadian Journal of Communications. For this academic article, I collated a poem…
Relocating Innovation Postcards
The Relocating Innovation project, completed in 2011, was a research project with Lucy Suchman and Endre Dányi at Centre for Science Studies, Lancaster University. It reconceptualised innovation through a comparison…
Orkney Futures: a Handbook
Orkney Futures: A Handbook is a collaboration between myself and Alistair Peebles of Brae Editions, Orkney. It was inspired by our shared interest in the relationship between the Orkney landscape…
An Ethnographer’s Guide to Making a Train Journey
This interactive online book was developed in 2005 as part of the Travel Time Use in the Information Age research project. It reflects my experiences as an ethnographer travelling around…
A Future Archaeology of the Mobile Telecoms Industry
My PhD thesis on A Future Archaeology of the Mobile Telecoms Industry (completed 2007) is available to read online. This thesis weaves together two ethnographic stories, one in London and…
Orkney: Landscapes of Future Resistance
Videocast of my paper-performance Orkney: Landscapes of Futures Resistance at 4S/EASST 2008 conference at Erasmus University, Rotterdam. The piece explores how the landscapes of the Orkney islands, Scotland, have an agency…
10 Future Myths to Watch for…
10 Future Myths to Watch for in the Mobile Telecoms Industry, a downloadable booklet, was created as part of my PhD research project A Future Archaeology of the Mobile Telecoms…
Travel Remedy Kit
As a result of my ethnography of public transport in the UK, part of the Travel-Time Use research project, I created a ‘Travel Remedy Kit’ to validate the findings of…