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Playful Pipes: Sensing the City
Sound is integral to our built environment but is so often seen as a distraction or noise pollutant (Talianni, 2018). This blog will provide a different perspective on how sound art can be harnessed in an urban context to create positive conversations and experiences of sound. According to Tonkiss (2003, p.304) the modern city, while visually […]
#Researcher Realities: Inspiration & Future Directions
In this blog post Dr Anna Pilz, Academic Developer & Trainer at the IAD, discusses the inspiration behind the ‘Researcher Realities’ event, provides some reflections from the day and ideas for future events. On 30th May, we hosted our inaugural #ResearcherRealities event that featured four sessions about researcher career journeys, navigating funding applications, how to […]
What if I'm not good enough – perfectionism and what you can do about it
Research has shown that perfectionism is connected to poor mental health, relationship issues, and health problems. And yet perfectionism levels among students have skyrocketed compared to a couple decades ago. What do we do? A study published online in December 2017 [1] from the Psychological Bulletin found that perfectionism among American, Canadian, and British college […]
Freedom and Hope: An Exploration of Aslima’s Story and Characterisation
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/dh2023-24/exploring-romance-in-marseille/megans-analysis/
By Megan Pyper This map shows the route that was taken by Aslima through the chapters that will be discussed as well as what she can see before the vision starts (namely the lighthouse) One of the biggest questions readers ask after reading Romance In Marseille is, did Aslima love Lafala? This analysis would argue […]
Social justice should be key to pandemic planning and response
By Agomoni Ganguli Mitra At the start of every public health ethics course I teach, I give my students a list of questions to explore, but leave the most important one until last: ‘What kind of society do we want to be?’ I want them to circle back to this thought, no matter the topic, […]
Novel Neurotechnologies: Intervening on the Brain
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/mason-institute/2014/09/23/novel-neurotechnologies-intervening-on-the-brain/
By Graeme LaurieThe Nuffield Council on Bioethics has produced its latest report on the ethical, legal and social implications of novel neurotechnologies. This report is very timely because many of the technologies in question are on the cusp of moving from the research stage to the health context. They are important for a range of […]
The Pandemic of Touch Deprivation
COVID-19 has caused significant changes to the societal norms of touching behaviours, resulting in wide-spread touch deprivation and its negative impacts. Upon listening to Anatomy of Touch (BBC Sounds 2020), I was prompted to reflect on both my own and others’ experiences following the COVID-19 restrictions. From early on in the pandemic, it was made […]
Week1: Summary-Xiaotong Wu
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s2358907_curating-2022-2023sem2/2023/01/19/week1-summary-xiaotong-wu/
During our class , each of our students shared an art organization they had visited and found interesting. It was an engaging session, as we got to learn about each other’s experiences and thoughts. As for myself, I shared two art organizations with different backgrounds. Firstly, I would like to talk about the Scottish National […]
Open Research
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/literacylab/open-science/
As a research group we are committed to open science practices and preregister all studies (quantitative and qualitative) prior to commencing our research. This means that details of our recruitment approaches, measures (e.g., questionnaires, interviews) and analysis plans are available before we start our research. Open science reflects a commitment to openness and transparency in […]
Health-related stigma, children and cleft lip and palate
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/cysrg/2023/02/28/health-related-stigma-children-and-cleft-lip-and-palate/
Author: Liliana Arias-Urueña I would like to start this blog by inviting you to reflect on two key questions: what does stigma mean and what does stigma entail? Some may struggle to answer such questions and that’s completely understandable. Although sociological research on stigma has grown over the last years, the term has been criticised […]
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