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Fuzzy entrepreneurship: Exploring young people’s emerging creative entrepreneurial practices (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Agusita, E. (2023, March). Fuzzy entrepreneurship: Exploring young people’s emerging creative entrepreneurial practices. Presented at CKC 2023: New Futures for Creative Economies, Bristol, UK

This workshop presents and explores initial findings from a pilot research study that considers ways in which young people’s emerging and developing entrepreneurial creative practices might challenge and disrupt prevailing discourses about creative a... Read More about Fuzzy entrepreneurship: Exploring young people’s emerging creative entrepreneurial practices.

Special Issue - Creative Higher Education Curriculum and Pedagogy - Editorial (2023)
Journal Article
Agusita, E., & Naudin, A. (2023). Special Issue - Creative Higher Education Curriculum and Pedagogy - Editorial. Makings, 4(1),

Research in Art, Design and Media (ADM) Higher Education matters because it has the potential to enhance educational practice from the perspective of creative pedagogies and the cultural and creative industries. Specifically in practice-based ADM edu... Read More about Special Issue - Creative Higher Education Curriculum and Pedagogy - Editorial.

Visualising the hostile environment: Creative studies of family immigration and separation (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Agusita, E. (2022, February). Visualising the hostile environment: Creative studies of family immigration and separation. Presented at Research Seminar Series – Disruption in the Creative Industries., Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research, Birmingham City University

In this talk, Dr Emma Agusita discusses her research work that uses creative digital methods to explore people’s experiences of encountering UK family immigration regulations that result in prolonged periods of separation from their partners and fami... Read More about Visualising the hostile environment: Creative studies of family immigration and separation.

Divided by Law (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Agusita, E., & Davies, K. (2021, November). Divided by Law. Presented at Lunchtime Talk Seminar Series, Pervasive Media Studio, Watershed, Bristol

In this talk, Dr Emma Agusita and Dr Katie Davies discuss their research project in which film was used to explore and bear witness to the experiences of binational families and couples trying to cope with the UK’s hostile immigration environment. Ca... Read More about Divided by Law.

Rethinking cultural and creative entrepreneurship education (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Agusita, E., & Naudin, A. (2021). Rethinking cultural and creative entrepreneurship education. In F. Matos, M. de Fátima Ferreiro, Á. Rosa, & I. Salavisa (Eds.), ECIE 2021 16th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Vol 1 (628-634). https://doi.org/10.34190/EIE.21.040

For a number of creative graduates, self-employment, micro-entrepreneurship and freelancing is the main pathway to a career in the cultural and creative industries (CCI). In response, creative degrees have adapted their curriculum to include knowledg... Read More about Rethinking cultural and creative entrepreneurship education.

Divided by Law (2021)
Digital Artefact
(2021). Divided by Law. [Film and website content]

Captured just before and during the Coronavirus outbreak and in the lead up to Brexit, 'Divided by Law' bears witness to binational families and couples trying to cope with the UK's hostile immigration environment.

Unexpected Enterprises: Remixing Creative Entrepreneurship (2020)
Book Chapter
Agusita, E., & Ashton, D. (2020). Unexpected Enterprises: Remixing Creative Entrepreneurship. In S. Taylor, & S. Luckman (Eds.), Pathways into Creative Working Lives (31-47). (1). Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38246-9_2

Entrepreneurialism is widely encouraged across many industrial sectors in the ‘knowledge-based’ economy of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Entrepreneurialism, including self-promotion and work on the self, has been held and is a... Read More about Unexpected Enterprises: Remixing Creative Entrepreneurship.

Design thinking as a pedagogic tool (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Agusita, E., Gillet, M., Palmer, M., & Newbutt, N. (2019, June). Design thinking as a pedagogic tool. Presented at UWE Festival of Learning 2019, UWE, Bristol

This presentation shares the findings of research study that explored ways in which the use of design thinking might contribute to innovations in teaching and learning approaches in a range of different subject areas. Funded by a UWE Pedagogic Projec... Read More about Design thinking as a pedagogic tool.

Relationships at risk: Family migration, regulation and communication (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Agusita, E. (2019, March). Relationships at risk: Family migration, regulation and communication. Paper presented at Risky Relationships: Navigating Immigration Regulation in Family and Intimate Relationships, Arnolifini, Bristol, UK

This paper reflects on the findings of a research study investigating the communications practices of partners and families geographically separated due to restrictive UK immigration controls. The study examined the nature and effects of cross-border... Read More about Relationships at risk: Family migration, regulation and communication.

Rosemary Nursery School 90th Anniversary (2018)
Digital Artefact
Agusita, E., Burton, E., & Glazzard, T. (2018). Rosemary Nursery School 90th Anniversary. [Digital Publication]

Since we realised we were heading for Rosemary Nursery School’s 90th birthday, we have been on an amazing journey of discovery. Supported by our local historian, Edson, a group of parents and staff members delved into the Bristol Record Office archiv... Read More about Rosemary Nursery School 90th Anniversary.

Visualising love: Family migration, separation and communication (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
Agusita, E. Visualising love: Family migration, separation and communication. [www.vizlove.org]. Exhibited at Space Gallery, Old Market, Bristol. 30 July 2018 - 3 August 2018. (Unpublished)

This exhibition shares the outcomes of a research project by Dr Emma Agusita exploring the impacts of UK family immigration policies and rules on relationships between British and non-EU partners and families. Online archive featuring materials fr... Read More about Visualising love: Family migration, separation and communication.

Visualising love: Disrupting migrant datafication (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Agusita, E. (2018, May). Visualising love: Disrupting migrant datafication. Presented at Data Justice 2018, Cardiff, Wales

Amid rapidly tightening immigration control by powerful nation states, migrants are increasingly subject to data discrimination, not least through processes of border management that exact individuals’ information for the purpose of social sorting an... Read More about Visualising love: Disrupting migrant datafication.

View over Bristol - Tryers, creativity and a civic imaginary (2017)
Book Chapter
Sobers, S., Dovey, J., & Agusita, E. (2017). View over Bristol - Tryers, creativity and a civic imaginary. In A. Atay, & J. Brower (Eds.), Communication, Culture, and Making Meaning in the City: Ethnographic Engagements in Urban Environments. Lexington Books

"Bristol has a culture of tryers, lots of people trying but because there’s a lack of accessibility. Because there is a lack of exits, naturally there are loads of people trying to get out… it is full of people who are trying because they can't grab... Read More about View over Bristol - Tryers, creativity and a civic imaginary.

Community media as social innovation: Transformation, agency and value (2017)
Book Chapter
Dovey, J., Sobers, S., & Agusita, E. (2017). Community media as social innovation: Transformation, agency and value. In S. Malik, C. Chapain, & R. Comunian (Eds.), Community Filmmaking: Diversity, Innovation, Policy and Practice. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315642727

This chapter discusses the Creative Citizens study, an extensive research project conducted by the authors from 2013 to 2015, looking into the community media practices of the South Blessed collective, a self-motivated network of young creatives appr... Read More about Community media as social innovation: Transformation, agency and value.

How to Teach Entrepreneurship to Communication and Creative Industries Students (2016)
Book
Stenvall-Virtanen, S., Grönlund, M., Malinen, P., Foà, C., Crespo, M., Cardoso, G., …Picard, R. (2016). ISCTE (Ed.), How to Teach Entrepreneurship to Communication and Creative Industries Students. CreBiz

This handbook has been written as a result of work undertaken in the "CreBiz - Business Development Laboratory Study Module for Creative Industries" project. The objective of creating the study module is to enhance the business knowledge of undergrad... Read More about How to Teach Entrepreneurship to Communication and Creative Industries Students.

From networks to complexity: Two case studies (2016)
Book Chapter
Harte, D., Dovey, J., Agusita, E., & Zamenopoulos, T. (2016). From networks to complexity: Two case studies. In J. Hartley, & I. Hargreaves (Eds.), The Creative Citizen Unbound: How Social Media and DIY Culture Contribute to Democracy, Communities and the Creative Economy (129-152). Bristol: Policy Press

"From the noticeboard in the newsagent’s window to multi-layered online networks using social networking technologies, citizens are increasingly accessing networks of support that uncover previously invisible opportunities. Such networks exist online... Read More about From networks to complexity: Two case studies.

Asset mapping and civic creativity (2016)
Book Chapter
Alexiou, K., Agusita, E., Alevizou, G., Chapain, C., Zamenopoulos, T., & Turner, J. (2016). Asset mapping and civic creativity. In J. Hartley, & I. Hargreaves (Eds.), The Creative Citizen Unbound: How Social Media and DIY Culture Contribute to Democracy, Communities and the Creative Economy (181-204). Bristol: Policy Press

"The Creative Citizen project is concerned not only with understanding and capturing current practice and its value (as enacted through the use of different media) but also exploring how this pursuit of value can be further supported and advanced.... Read More about Asset mapping and civic creativity.

Knowle West Media Centre: Creative data toolkit, research and development report (2015)
Report
Agusita, E., Hassan, C., Thomson, S., & Yates, R. (2015). Knowle West Media Centre: Creative data toolkit, research and development report

Report on the Curating Activism Project, funded through the Digital R&D Fund for the Arts (supported by Nesta, the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the National Lottery through the Arts Council). KWMC and partners ran a phased ‘Curating Ac... Read More about Knowle West Media Centre: Creative data toolkit, research and development report.

Creative citizens: Researching the value of creative citizenship through co-creative action research (A ‘transmedia’ case study) (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S., Dovey, J., Agusita, E., & Baidoo, V. (2014, December). Creative citizens: Researching the value of creative citizenship through co-creative action research (A ‘transmedia’ case study). Paper presented at Engage Conference 2014: Unlocking the Potential of Curiosity-Driven Engagement, Bristol, UK

This presentation shares the approach and findings of a case study that explored how ‘South Blessed’, an informal youth network of creative citizens in Bristol, generates value through its activities. South Blessed showcases a diversity of young, cre... Read More about Creative citizens: Researching the value of creative citizenship through co-creative action research (A ‘transmedia’ case study).

Creative citizens: Researching the value of creative citizenship through co-creative action research (A ‘transmedia’ case study) (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S., Dovey, J., Agusita, E., Baidoo, V., West, T., & Chapain, C. (2014, September). Creative citizens: Researching the value of creative citizenship through co-creative action research (A ‘transmedia’ case study). Paper presented at Creative Citizens: The Conference, Royal College of Art, London, UK

This session shares the work of the Creative Citizens strand that set out to investigate the impact of informal creative networks on their communities. In Bristol we worked with the network of young people that work around the very informal South Ble... Read More about Creative citizens: Researching the value of creative citizenship through co-creative action research (A ‘transmedia’ case study).

Cultural hybridity as the fuel of creative enterprises (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S., Agusita, E., & Dovey, J. (2014, January). Cultural hybridity as the fuel of creative enterprises. Paper presented at Community Filmmaking & Cultural Diversity: Practice, Innovation and Policy, BFI Southbank London

South Blessed is a community media operation based in Bristol, specialising in Hip Hop music videos, activist documentary, and live topical debates streamed online. The editorial ethos of South Blessed is one of promotion of talent and opinion from... Read More about Cultural hybridity as the fuel of creative enterprises.

Creative Networks: Asset Mapping South Blessed (2013)
Digital Artefact
Agusita, E. Creative Networks: Asset Mapping South Blessed. [Website Content]

This article discusses the use of asset mapping as a cross-thematic methodology to study the value of creative citizenship in relation to creative networks.

Towards a knowledge base for university-public engagement: Sharing knowledge, building insight, taking action (2012)
Report
Agusita, E., Facer, K., & Manners, P. (2012). Towards a knowledge base for university-public engagement: Sharing knowledge, building insight, taking action. Bristol: National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement

This is a final report of the AHRC/NCCPE Researching the Engaged University Project by Professor Keri Facer (University of Bristol), Paul Manners (NCCPE) and Dr Emma Agusita (Project Researcher, NCCPE). The project asked: what is the state of res... Read More about Towards a knowledge base for university-public engagement: Sharing knowledge, building insight, taking action.

Socially engaged practice, higher education and research – what’s the future? in demanding conversations: Socially engaged arts practices in a changing political climate - Panel chair (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Thomson, S., Fryer, L., Asante, B., & Boldon, A. (2010, September). Socially engaged practice, higher education and research – what’s the future? in demanding conversations: Socially engaged arts practices in a changing political climate - Panel chair. Presented at Demanding Conversations, Knowle West Media Centre, Bristol

This workshop session in Demanding COnversations focuses on the connections and relationships between Higher Education and community and arts organisations exploring a range of issues identified by key contributors and conference delegates. Demand... Read More about Socially engaged practice, higher education and research – what’s the future? in demanding conversations: Socially engaged arts practices in a changing political climate - Panel chair.

Design Hacks: Flips and Tips for Pedagogic Innovation
Presentation / Conference
Agusita, E., Gillet, M., Palmer, M., & Newbutt, N. Design Hacks: Flips and Tips for Pedagogic Innovation. Presented at CIHE Annual Conference 2019: Creative Approaches to Pedagogic Research, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge

This conference presentation summarized the findings of the 2018/19 UWE Pedagogic Project "Design Thinking as a Pedagogic Tool: Innovating the Liminal Learning Process". The project investigated how design thinking approaches could be used as an effe... Read More about Design Hacks: Flips and Tips for Pedagogic Innovation.