Projects | Tin Crow

Creative and Arts-based Methods including visual methods, drawing, storytelling, storymapping, dance
Participatory and Co-Design Methods
Arts in HCI
First Person/Autobiographical Research Methods
Software Design and Engineering
Graphic Facilitation, Visualisation of Data/Information/Knowledge
Comics Studies
Death and Bereavement Studies
Psychology (emotion, personality, identity, self, autism)
Speech and Language Therapy (aphasia)

2023-present: Arts Engagement and Digital Technologies in an Independent Library

project exploring arts engagement and digital technology to foster sharing of stories/feedback/comments in an independent library
project also explores how this can increase engagement with the historical information and other offers by such a library
collaboration with The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne (Lit & Phil), Ahmed Kharrufa and Rob Anderson from Open Lab, School of Computing, Newcastle University

2022-present: Self-Organised Learning Evironments for Young Refugees and Asylum Seekers

project on self-organised learning environments (SOLEs) for young refugees and asylum seekers
methods used include draw-write-tell with sentence completion, cue-card-supported visual storytelling, roleplay, pupil view templates
collaboration with Reem Refaat Talhouk from Nortumbria School of Design (Northumbria University), Bridget Lara Stratford and Haley Powers from North-East Solidarity and Teaching (Newcastle University), Ahmed Kharrufa from the School of Computing, Newcastle University and James Stanfield from the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences (Newcastle University)

2023: Tabletop Role-Playing for Inclusive Design

topic: sustainable futures for ‘older adults’
methods used include: Tabletop Role-playing, drawing (iSquare), visual sketchnotes, group discussion and observation
hands-on workshop at Academic Mindtrek 2023 Conference; 03-06 Oct 2023, Tampere, Finland
collaboration with Kirsikka Kaipainen from Tampere University, Michael Heron from Chalmers and Gothenburg University, Miriam Sturdee from University of St Andrews, Makayla Lewis from Kingston University London and Jennifer Liddle from Newcastle University

2022-2023: Digital Approaches for Gathering Student Opinions in School

project on digital technology to ascertain student opinion in schools
methods used include interviews and focus groups supported by map-based visual methods and drawing
collaboration with Pamela Woolner and Alison Whelan from the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences as well as , Ahmed Kharrufa from the School of Computing, all Newcastle University
funded by the UK government's Department for Education
report published by the UK government's Department of Education on Gov.uk

2022-2023: Social Robots and Community Issues

project on adolescents' design of social robots as response to issues in their local community
was conducted as part of Altitude Foundation's "Code Project: Bots for Good"
methods used involve drawing, clay sculpting and microbits as well as structured interviews and questonnaires
collaboration with Altitude Foundation and Kirsikka Kaipainen, Tampere University
for more information see this project description

2023: Social Robots and Food Sustainability

(pre-)pilot on social robots as faciliators in dyadic conversations on sustainability of (local) food
methods used include drawing (iSquare), observation and unstructured interviews
collaboration with Kirsikka Kaipainen, Tampere University, and Sebastian Prost, Northumbria University

2022: QAA Collaborative Enhancement Project

project on badging and micro-credentialing within UK Higher Education through the use of 21st Century skills profiles
with Rupert Ward, Alan Hayes, James H. Davenport and others from various UK universities

methods used include dance, music, card sorting and drawing as well as observation and semi-structured interviews
Silvia Carderelli-Gronau (Bath Spa University, UK) and Dr Swen E. Gaudl (University of Plymouth, UK/University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Human-Computer Interaction Consultant (Contractor) in creative technology project using movement and sound to enable connection and interaction beyond the visual sphere

at Department of Computer Science, Departent of Psychology (CAAR Centre for Applied Autism Research), University of Bath, UK
developing digital behaviour intererventions for children with autism, their parents and teachers

2015/2016: Public engagement project "Nature tales and tails: children, drawing and nature"

funded by the Public Engagement Unit of University of Bath
methods used include drawing, living art sculpture
project co-lead of a participatory research project on marine nature, exploring primary school children's research experiences through participatory arts-based methods (drawing, writing, visual storymapping, living flower sculpture)

2015: Virtual Roman Experience (virtual reality dome)

public engagement project on experiencing and learning about (architectural) history through virtual reality domes, Departments of Computer Science and Architecture of University of Bath, at the Cheltenham Science Festival

2013: Joint attention in human-human and human-robot interaction

at School of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol & Bristol Robotics Laboratory, UK
funded by full graduate scholarship by Leonardo da Vinci EU Programme
quantitative study on joint attention in human-human and human-robot interaction, focus: gaze behavior

at Serious Games Institute SGI, Coventry, UK
development of a virtual marketplace web application for open innovation exchange between research and industry

Co-organisator and -coordinator of 'unconference' on digital games research with participants from various disciplines including computer science, media studies, social science and literature studies

at Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT Children's Media Department, Erfurt, Germany
research seminar on digital games, with students of various disciplines and professionals of the digital games industry

2010: Fraunhofer Talent School workshop "Digital Games as Research Tools"

at Fraunhofer IDMT, Erfurt, Germany
project workshops on (violence in) digital games involving active and receptive media work with children and their parents, including participatory storyboarding and video production

2009: Colloquium on Design through Storyboarding CoDeS

organiser of research colloquium on storyboarding and storytelling approaches towards the design of software applications

2009: Girls' Day workshop "Digital Games as Research Tools"

at Fraunhofer IDMT, Ilmenau, Germany
conception, conduction and evaluation of participatory STEM/MINT workshop for girls by researchers for highschool students

2006/2007: Internship at FP7 funded IPerG Project

at Trans-Reality Game Laboratory, Högskolan på Gotland, Visby, Sweden
funded by full undergraduate scholarship by Leonardo da Vinci EU programme
concept, technical design and implementation of a digital game prototype "House of Bubbles"