Blog: Reflecting on a research-artist collaboration

We’ve started! and (almost?) finished…

Check out @lavendercrew on Twitter to see how it went and let us know if the watery metaphors work for you. All six final pieces can also be found here: https://www.danielregan.photography/photography/wdywis along with Daniel’s reflections on the project.

From my perspective this has been a great success – importantly it was fun, engaging and made me think differently about people in systems but also it has developed my thinking on public engagement outside of academia, working with metaphors and what this can illuminate, or bring to the fore, about ourselves and our situations. I’m particularly interested in exploring the use of nature as a metaphor or analogy to help us think differently about change and improvement in ways that are more accessible and meaningful, addressing the big challenges of living with palliative care needs, or serious mental illness. If you are too then do get in touch.

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How can we live with our human tendency to inconsistencies?

As I find myself commuting more again I’m rebuilding my habit of listening to podcasts, audiobooks and other spoken words. I find the range of worlds that can be dipped into this way is great for expansive learning and trying out eclectic interests, but all too often being on the move means I’m often later…

16th Mar 2023

Hope worth having

I have a memory fragment that often surfaces in the short, dark days of each year-end (I also have a previous blog on these). In primary school, my best friend and I were chosen to narrate a version of Babushka – a traditional folktale adapted into our school nativity play. The line I remember with…

2nd Feb 2023

New Change Laboratory Resources

Bureau de Change Laboratory Delighted to see this resource launch this week! Aside from myself (!) the writers are a great group of collegiate supportive researchers from across disciplines and this is a great place for anyone wanting to find out more about Change Laboratory and Activity Theory to start. Congratulations and thanks to Brett…

20th Jan 2023

Dark days and dark nights

I’m not very good at new year’s resolutions. The dark days and dark nights of January say ‘hibernate’ rather than ‘motivate’ to me. These early months of the year – ‘bad winter’ as I once heard it called, in contrast to the ‘good winter’ of festivities that proceed them can be tough, although I have…

5th Jan 2023

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