w r I t I n g
writing
I have written across a range of interconnected themes which explore how designed artefacts simultaneously reflect and shape social relationships, political aspirations, and collective identities.
This has included:
Mark E. Smith's handwriting and its role in expressing The Fall's identity in relation to Northern working-class aesthetics
the material cultures and typographic systems of Esperanto through library due-date slips and collections of postcards
typographic cultural memory embedded in working-men's club ephemera - their noticeboards and how they influence practices of socialisation
the productive role of error and ambiguity in machine-aided typographic translation
critical map-making practices with marginalised youth in São Paulo as a demonstration of cultural citizenship and a method for expressing relationships with place
the role of documentation in capturing ephemeral interactions while respecting the multiple voices and perspectives inherent in socially engaged art and design practice research
opportunities to develop graphic ethnography approaches for collaborative and speculative community storytelling in South African townships