User-testing – Pararchive Prototype 2 The island gave us another warm welcome on our most recent trip up, which we – Dean, Imran, Tom & I – made the most of, stretching our legs after the long drive north by cycling the southern central road loop upon arrival (see the Bute Growing Digital Heritage Map). …
Story-blocking workshop Daniel was introduced to Bute on a resplendent day, and, otherwise wheel-less, we slipped into The Bike Shed just shy of closing to then pedal our way out to Ambrismore (the focus of one of the Pararchive research projects) ahead of our evening meeting with Paul. Taking a similar route to our island tour during…
On this sunny late afternoon in mid-April, we had our fifth workshop with the Ceramic City Stories group again at the Burslem School of Art. Facilitated by Danny as usual, Jane, Pat, Phil and Ray attended. We were pleased to welcome Jayne and Lance who are keen to take part in the project. Jayne is…
At this Arduino Manchester group Meet-up session, we were invited to talk about the progress of the Pararchive project and to hear where members were with their own research projects. As always, the session was convened by James – an artist, musician, and maker based in Manchester, and the leader and coordinator of the group.…
Our second visit to Bute was undertaken by Dean, Fiona, Alison and myself and after a long but pleasant journey (in which we were shamefully hoisted on our own service station prejudices) we found ourselves sheltering from the wind inside the Rothesay Ferry, watching the coast of Bute getting closer and growing more distinct. We…
For the first time since Pararchive started, this session was held without members of the technology and academic teams. And by default, the nature of the conversations and discussions were refreshingly different – as Danny, our Ceramic City Stories group facilitator informed us. We learned that members were becoming increasingly aware of what Pararchive was…
After having teas, coffees and some cake in a nearby cosy restaurant on a chilly Thursday evening in late February, we made our way to MadLab. Alongside Adele and James, the four project members present at the session were Olesja (student), Suhail (creative practitioner) and Barney (documentary film-maker) from the Bokeh_Yeah! group as well as Chris (University administrator)…
We enjoyed a great third workshop with the Stoke group at the beginning of February, in the town of Burslem, a little north from Stoke. Despite the smaller-than-expected turnout, we still ran out of time, due to the fascinating conversations that took place, arising from the group delegates’ research so far. We learned about Jane’s progress,…
We held the second briefing session on 11th December 2013, 6pm – 7.30pm in the Foyer space at the Stoke Film Theatre on College Road at which Pat, Elise, Phil, Janis, Jane, Jayne and Ray were present.This follow-up session clarified a range of issues for both participants and the technology team. For example, participants wanted…
While our first visit to Bute in late November was a flying one, Imran, Simon and I made the most of it, fitting in both a great introductory session to Pararchive, as well as getting a taste of the island’s rich history via an evening stroll around Rothesay. Our dusk-time tour revealed the town’s thirteenth-century…
The introductory session took place on Wednesday, 27th November, 3pm – 6pm at CoRE, Enson Works – a centre for training and showcase for refurbishment technology in Longton. Following an invitation from Danny – our project facilitator in Stoke-on-Trent, ten community participants came together to find out about the aims of Pararchive and how they…
