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Author Archives: Alison Kidd
Enjoying irrationality
“What I like doing best is Nothing.” “How do you do Nothing?,” asked Pooh after he had wondered for a long time. “Well, it’s when people call out at you just as you’re going off to do it, ‘What are … Continue reading
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A small rant about project ‘outcomes’
I’ve just completed a project proposal which required a section entitled ‘Outcomes’ ( “The way a thing turns out” according to the OED). Grant Applications often require this too along with a description of “Outputs” (“The amount of something produced … Continue reading
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Tagged art, experimental psychology, outcomes
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What’s £10 worth?
My artist colleagues and I are on Day 5 of our short residency in Newport Market – learning surprising things every week about exchange and value and the weird and distorting nature of money. The last 2 visits we’ve been … Continue reading
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Tagged art, larks and ravens, newport market, value, worth
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Market Value?
The Larks & Ravens (of which I am one) are currently “artists in residence” for one day a week in the old Victorian Market in Newport. The stunning market building was once a thriving attraction with an abundance of stalls, … Continue reading
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Tagged embodied cognition, excahnge, Markets, psychology, socially engaged art, values
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Role of Hydrogen in Transport – A Seminar Report
The energy for the vast majority of transport, and certainly personal transport, still comes from burning fossil fuel in vehicles. Delivering that energy as electricity poses technological challenges with few solutions that promise a complete replacement for what we have … Continue reading
A Psychologist journeying with Artists
For the past few years, I have been collaborating with two socially engaged, visual artists, Pip Woolf and Kirsty Claxton. We call ourselves The Larks and Ravens for reasons that I can’t remember but probably don’t matter! As a … Continue reading
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Tagged art, irrational behaviour, process, psychology, socially engaged, Stonehenge
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Enjoyable, meaningful lives without economic growth or jobs?
As a behavioural psychologist, I am challenged by Tim Jackson’s book “Prosperity without Growth“. Living on a finite planet, how do we find ways to flourish in a world of less economic growth and less material consumption? At the same … Continue reading
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Tagged behavioural research, consumerism, prosperity without growth, psychology, tim jackson, well-being
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