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Benchmarking and evaluation in an international context (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Oldham, A. (2011, November). Benchmarking and evaluation in an international context. Paper presented at CILECT Conference 2011, "Exploring the Future of Film and Media Education", FAMU, Prague

Presentation on Curzon Memories App (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Crofts, C. (2011, November). Presentation on Curzon Memories App. Paper presented at National Association of Moving Image Education Specialists, BFI, Southbank, London

This presentation was jointly presented with Cathy Poole, Education Office at the Curzon Cinema Clevedon, exploring how the affordances of mobile media can be used to enhance learning and teaching about cinema history, cinema-going and cinema technol... Read More about Presentation on Curzon Memories App.

Keeping in touch (2011)
Report
Dovey, J., Fleuriot, C., & Miskelly, C. (2011). Keeping in touch

This discussion paper summarises the key themes from Keeping In Touch, a collaborative research project for Connected Communities.

The Curzon Memories App: Shifting practices, from filmmaking to experience design (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Crofts, C. (2011, October). The Curzon Memories App: Shifting practices, from filmmaking to experience design. Presented at MA Masterclass, University of Sussex Department of Media, Film and Music, Brighton, UK

Invited to lecture to MA students about the development of my practice from filmmaking to experience design, specifically reflecting on the impact of digital media on my practice research trajectory.

Spatialising the Archive: Dramatisation, oral history and locative heritage in the Curzon Memories App (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Crofts, C. (2011, October). Spatialising the Archive: Dramatisation, oral history and locative heritage in the Curzon Memories App. Presented at IMTAL International Museum and Theatre Alliance Conference, MShed Museum, Bristol, UK

Spatialising the archive: Dramatisation, oral history and locative heritage in the Curzon Memories App at IMTAL International Museum and Theatre Alliance Conference, Bristol, October (invited).

Mini-games, monsters and Mr Happy: A video essay on virtual and actual play (2011)
Journal Article
Giddings, S. (2011). Mini-games, monsters and Mr Happy: A video essay on virtual and actual play

This video essay is a microethological study of the transduction of a virtual world (the PC game Age of Mythologies) into the actual world play of children with toys and water. The video is constructed from an audio recording and a sequence of still... Read More about Mini-games, monsters and Mr Happy: A video essay on virtual and actual play.

Projection hero installation (2011)
Physical Artefact
Crofts, C. Projection hero installation

The Projection Hero installation operates as part of the Curzon Memories App or a stand alone exhibit. It comprises of a rabbit hutch-sized miniature cinema, with velvet and gold brocade curtains and hand-carved seats which can be operated via your... Read More about Projection hero installation.

Neurath's whale (2011)
Book Chapter
Henning, M. (2011). Neurath's whale. In S. Alberti (Ed.), The Afterlives of Animals. University of Virginia Press

Taking a brief passage by Otto Neurath about a whale exhibit, I raise questions about how we interpret exhibits, using phenomenological and social-historical approaches, and I use Bruno Latour’s notion of objects as actants and imbroglios to reconsid... Read More about Neurath's whale.

Technologies of seeing the past: The Curzon Memories App (2011)
Book Chapter
Crofts, C. (2011). Technologies of seeing the past: The Curzon Memories App. In D. Stuart, B. Jonathan P., & N. Kia (Eds.), Proceedings of EVA London 2011: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (163-170). London: BCS: The Chartered Institute for IT

This paper presents a practice research project based at The Curzon Community Cinema, Clevedon, UK. Working closely with the cinema to develop a locative or context-aware heritage application for the iPhone, the project aims to enhance the Curzon’s... Read More about Technologies of seeing the past: The Curzon Memories App.

Pervasive screens: Transforming the consumption of cinema history with the Curzon Heritage App (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Crofts, C. (2011, July). Pervasive screens: Transforming the consumption of cinema history with the Curzon Heritage App. Paper presented at Screen International Annual Conference, Glasgow, UK

This paper presents a practice-based research project based at the Curzon Community Cinema, Clevedon, home of the Curzon Collection, an archive of cinema projectors donated by the Projected Picture Trust. The original cinema was built in 1912 and is... Read More about Pervasive screens: Transforming the consumption of cinema history with the Curzon Heritage App.

Cinema distribution in the age of digital projection (2011)
Journal Article
Crofts, C. (2011). Cinema distribution in the age of digital projection. Post Script -Jacksonville-, 30(2), 82-98

It has become almost axiomatic to state that the transition to digital technologies represents a momentous period of change for the cinema. As Angelo D’Alessio of the European Digital Cinema Form suggests, “the Cinema industry is confronting unparall... Read More about Cinema distribution in the age of digital projection.

Design course at LEGO group (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Bracegirdle, J. (2011, June). Design course at LEGO group. Presented at Character Design Course at LEGO group, LEGO design studio, Billund, Denmark

Spatial planning as an integrative mechanism: A study of sub-regional planning in South Hampshire, England (2011)
Journal Article
Buser, M., & Farthing, S. (2011). Spatial planning as an integrative mechanism: A study of sub-regional planning in South Hampshire, England. Planning Practice and Research, 26(3), 307-324. https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2011.580113

This article examines the concept of integrated spatial planning through a case study of subregional working in South Hampshire, England. It argues that while the government's notion of integration was ill-defined and inconsistent, there were critica... Read More about Spatial planning as an integrative mechanism: A study of sub-regional planning in South Hampshire, England.

Screen heritage, pervasive media practice and research: or, How does the Curzon Memories App create impact, public engagement and knowledge exchange? (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Crofts, C. (2011, May). Screen heritage, pervasive media practice and research: or, How does the Curzon Memories App create impact, public engagement and knowledge exchange?. Paper presented at Creative Media Research Group Seminar, University of the West of England, Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol, UK

Reflecting on how to make the route map of research for the Curzon Locative Media Project explicit in the lead up to REF 2014 in relation to the current shift towards "Impact", public engagement and KE both within UWE and the Research Council agenda.

Adding it up and making it count… or how to write a research “route map” for REF 2014 (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Crofts, C. (2011, May). Adding it up and making it count… or how to write a research “route map” for REF 2014. Presented at Conservatoire of Dance and Drama Research and Knowledge Exchange Strategy Seminar, London, UK

This seminar will focus on the documentation and dissemination of creative arts research and knowledge exchange activities. Initial scoping work by CDD Research Associate, Anna Farthing, has revealed that: a) Some of the CDD schools’ existing ac... Read More about Adding it up and making it count… or how to write a research “route map” for REF 2014.

The Curzon Memories App: Designing a screen heritage experience (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Crofts, C. (2011, May). The Curzon Memories App: Designing a screen heritage experience. Presented at Invited Research seminar at Centre for Media and Cultural Research, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK

‘The Curzon Memories App: Designing a Screen Heritage Experience’ Dr Charlotte Crofts (University of the West of England) Charlotte.crofts@uwe.ac.uk I will present a practice-based research project based at the Curzon Community Cinema, Clevedon,... Read More about The Curzon Memories App: Designing a screen heritage experience.

The look: Exhibition and display: Digital projections (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Crofts, C. (2011, April). The look: Exhibition and display: Digital projections. Presented at The Look: Digital Cinema Aesthetics and Workflows Knowledge Exchange Symposium, Watershed Media Centre, Bristol / UWE

This session examines the conversion to digital projection and distribution, and charts how many cinemas worldwide are converting to digital. Now that editing is almost entirely accomplished via digital means, it is unusual that digital is taking lo... Read More about The look: Exhibition and display: Digital projections.