We want to measure if the interaction created a safe space and resulted in measurable improvements in trust and working relationships between different groups.
About This Project Contagious Poetry, Belfast Patrick Lowell Kruse, a Queen’s University Belfast student doing a Masters in Education, set himself a personal challenge: write a poem with a stranger every day for a year, just to see what would happen. Using a 1940s typewriter to type up and give away each poem on the…
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Shared Reading as Embedded Evaluation – Evaluation Method 6 About This Project Shared Reading: Literature Read Aloud and Shared A transdisciplinary AHRC-funded project exploring how literary language representing dementia affects readers, leading to an ongoing programme of shared reading groups for people living with dementia. Led by Dr Jane Lugea (Reader in English Language, Stylistics)…
Creative Artifact Workshop – Evaluation Method 19 About This Project Reproductive Citizenship (ReproCit) ReproCit is a comparative, all-island research study examining how the historic legalisation of abortion in Ireland (2018) and Northern Ireland (2019) has shaped the sense of belonging – or reproductive citizenship – of people who can become pregnant. The study combines qualitative…
Situated Listening – Evaluation Method 07 About This Project DRIFT Lagan DRIFT was a floating pavilion on Belfast’s River Lagan, commissioned by Belfast 2024 as part of a city-wide programme of creative projects. A collaboration between OGU Architects, MMAS, and sonic artist Matilde Meireles, it used architecture, sound, and curated public events to reopen public…
Participatory Filmmaking – Evaluation Method 04 Two Projects Using This Method Project 1 The Prison Memory Archive A long-term participatory filmmaking and archiving project documenting the lived experiences of prisoners, prison officers, teachers, and visitors at The Maze/Long Kesh and Armagh Gaol (prisons) in Northern Ireland. Participants returned to the sites of their incarceration to…
The Routine Performance Evaluation – Evaluation Method 7 About This Project Behind the Chair: Using Hairdressing as a Research Interview Technique This research project investigated how embedding qualitative interviews inside a familiar, care-based activity could help participants disclose information on deeply sensitive topics. The researcher, a trained hairdresser with over 18 years of professional experience,…
Interactive Activity Book – Evaluation Method 1 About This Project Care Pathways and Outcomes Study A longitudinal study exploring how children who entered care before the age of five were faring across different placement types in Northern Ireland. The research team developed bespoke creative tools — post boxes, sticker posters, and an illustrated activity book…
Sensory Dice Walk – Evaluation Method 3 About This Project Creative Ethnographies: Sensory Walks Across Borders Maruška Svašek developed a playful, dice-driven sensory walking method as part of her ethnographic research and teaching at Queen’s University Belfast. The method has been used across multiple international projects, from Belfast’s peace walls to the streets of Delhi,…
Model Making for Connection – Evaluation Method 8 About This Project Cementless Concrete Housing Co-Design A cross-national research project exploring how geopolymer (cementless) concrete could be used to build low-income housing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Residents of six PPR public housing estates were invited to physically design their ideal homes using scale models — surfacing…
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