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Art Is Not a ThingTouching MemoriesSend us a textIn this episode, host Ana Carabelea talks to Yulia Sion, Nuno Correia, and Michael Banissy about the power of haptics and sound in recreating and conveying memories, as a way to build empathy and bridge generational gaps in the digital age.Resources:The Sirens of Titan by Kurt VonnegutAudio-Vision: Sound on Screen by Michel ChionMultisensory Experiences: Where the senses meet technology by Carlos Velasco and Marianna Obrist When We Touch by Michael BanissyDigital Touch by Carey Jewitt and Sara Price2025-04-3032 min
Thinking AllowedTouchWhen, where, and who gets to touch and be touched, and who decides? How does touch bring us closer together or push us apart? These are urgent contemporary questions, but they have their origins in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. Laurie Taylor talks to Simeon Koole, Senior Lecturer in Liberal Arts and History at the University of Bristol about his new study of the way in which the crowded city compelled new discussions about touch, as people crammed into subway cars, skirted criminals in London's dense fogs and visited tea shops, all the while negotiating the boundaries of...2025-02-0429 min
UCL MindsS2 E1: Introducing Series 2 - what UCL’s social scientists gain from collaborative partnershipsWhat do we mean when we talk about collaborative social science? Why is collaborative research useful? What are the standout themes of the collaborative projects featured in this second season of Together We Create? In this episode, we discuss these questions and more with Professor Carey Jewitt, Chair of UCL's Collaborative Social Science Domain. Carey Jewitt is Professor of Technology and Learning at the UCL Knowledge Lab, based in the Department of Culture, Communication and Media at the Institute of Education. She brings her interdisciplinary training from fine art and media, sociology, and multimodal discourse to research how the use...2024-03-0419 min
The Student DoseTackling SexismTW: This episode discusses themes that some listeners may find challenging. This includes mention of sexism, sexual assault and rape. Please consider whether you may find this difficult or upsetting before listening. Sexism, unfortunately, is a common problem within healthcare at the level of both medical student and doctor meaning we may see or experience it during our careers. In this episode our hosts are joined by Dr Becky Cox and Dr Chelcie Jewitt, founders of the campaign ‘Surviving in Scrubs’. This is a campaign trying to put an end to sexism in healthcare. They advoc...2023-09-2642 min
Haptics Club#30 Digital Touch Communication with Carey Jewitt and Sara Price form UCLWe interview Sara Price and Carey Jewitt from university College of London on digital touch communication.
We discuss the results of the long and ambitious in Touch project investigating digital touch from a sociological and human centered perspective.
Fantastic conversation!
Manifesto of Digital Social Touch: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomp.2021.754050/full
In Touch project website: https://in-touch-digital.com/2022-10-2251 min
Becoming Tapestry: A Dissertation PodcastCh 3: Empathetic EngagementObjective: Advance the overall account; provide preliminary overview of research data and methods; offer narrative answer to Research Question 3 (“The Researcher”); explore how a significant research turning point and its lingering emotional impact illustrates a theory of meaning that Digital Stories significantly leverage.Preliminary Draft Completed: December 18, 2021Rough Cut Assembled: March 14, 2022Table of Contents:00:00 | Cold Open: (Lack of) Progress Report | p. 5207:58 | Act 1: The Obligatory Segment about Data and Research Methods | p. 5519:15 | Break 1: Kristine Rodriguez Kerr, Katherine Newhouse, Lalitha Vasudevan, and Carey Jewitt | p. 5930:42 | Act 2: Opting In, Blu...2022-05-3058 min
UCL Minds#MadeAtUCL Podcasts - ResolutionIn our final episode of this series, Cassidy and Cerys reflect on some of their favourite interviews. They share updates from guests and discuss the ground-breaking research that has really surprised or changed them in the course of making the podcast.
For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/made-at-ucl/podcasts/s2-ep11-resolution
Date of episode recording: 15/11/20
Duration: 34:27
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Cassandra Martin
Guests: Carey Jewitt, Owain Rhys Hughes, Anne Young, Susan McGrath, Manish Chand, Lili Golmohammadi, Andrew Coates, Michelle Heys, Helge Wurdemann, Simbarashe Chimhuya, Emilia Molimpakis, Sarah J Young, Seb Coxon
Producer...2021-12-0334 min
IOE insightsGetting a feel for interdisciplinary and collaborative research | Research for the Real WorldOur ability to communicate through the sense of touch has never been more important, as groundbreaking work takes place to make touch a reality digitally. We also hear about how UCL researchers are reaching beyond their own fields of expertise to make this and other innovations possible.
Professor Carey Jewitt leads the IN-TOUCH project exploring how the digital is reshaping touch as human communication. And as the pandemic fundamentally alters the way we interact with each other, Professor Jewitt’s work highlights the importance of communicating via multimodal (and non-verbal) means.
With a focus on he...2021-06-1435 min
IOE insightsThis is Season 10 of Research for the Real WorldWe're delighted to be between your ears for the 10th season of the IOE's podcast about education and social science research and its impact on policy, practice and our everyday lives.
This season focuses on how IOE researchers are finding opportunities to extend the impact of their work through collaboration with colleagues at UCL and beyond. Listen to a sneak preview of Dr Sam Sims' and Dr Keri Wong's interviews with:
Professor Carey Jewitt on advancing interdisciplinary knowledge on digital touch
Vivian Hill on working with mental health practitioners in schools
Dr Spela Godec on STEM...2021-06-0107 min
IOE insightsTouch | #MadeAtUCL podcastsHear from Professor Carey Jewitt and doctoral researcher Lili Golmohammadi (UCL Institute of Education) on digital touch technologies and touchy vocab, student Alessia Qiu (Natural Sciences BSc) who joined UCL Volunteering to help a vulnerable group during the pandemic, and Dr Helge Wurdemann’s (UCL Engineering Sciences) robotic limbs that make the feeling of touch possible.
This episode is reposted from the #MadeAtUCL podcast Season 2, Episode 1. It is presented by Cassidy Martin and edited by Cerys Bradley.
Full show notes: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/made-at-ucl/podcasts/s2-ep1-touch
Transcript: https://www.uc...2021-02-2525 min
#MadeAtUCL Season 2TouchACT 1 - from 01.25 - 09.00Prof Carey Jewitt, UCL Institute of EducationLili Golmohammadi, a doctoral researcher at the UCL Institute of EducationACT 2 - from 09.00 - 17.50Alessia Qiu, second-year UCL BSc Natural Sciences studentACT 3 - from 17.50 - 23.37Dr Helge Wurdemann, UCL Mechanical EngineeringPresented by Cassidy Martin and edited by Cerys BradleyFor the transcript and more information visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/made-at-ucl/podcasts/s2-ep1-touch2021-02-1725 min
DiscoveryDigital touchClaudia Hammond asks if touch can be replicated digitally? What devices exist already and how likely are we to use them?
Michael Banissy, co-creator of the Touch Test, neuroscientist David Eagleman and researcher Carey Jewitt look at the possibilities for touch technologies in the future. David has developed a wristband that translates sound into touch for deaf people, Carey looks at the ethics of digital touch and Michael reveals the attitudes from the Touch Test towards digital technologies. If we could replicate the feeling of holding a loved one's hand in hospital would it really be the same? And...2020-11-0227 min
IOE insightsHow do we cope with isolation?As the situation evolves rapidly and rules seem to change, we're talking about isolation - coming out of it, and going back into it, how to cope mentally and emotionally. What can astronauts teach us about dealing with isolation? How can we enable safe interaction among young people? Can digital touch help?
Join Vivienne Parry as she speaks with UCL experts:
Dr Kevin Fong (Consultant Anaesthetist & Anaesthetic Lead for Major Incident Planning UCLH)
Prof Peter Fonagy (Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, Brain Sciences)
Prof Carey Jewitt (Professor of Learning...2020-10-1538 min
All in the MindAnatomy of Touch: Digital TouchCan touch be replicated digitally? What devices exist already and how likely are we to use them?
Michael Banissy co-creator of the Touch Test, neuroscientist David Eagleman and researcher Carey Jewitt look at the possibilities for touch technologies in the future. David has developed a wristband that translates sound into touch for deaf people, Carey looks at the ethics of digital touch and Michael reveals the attitudes from the Touch Test towards digital technologies and if we could replicate the feeling of holding a loved ones hand in hospital would it really be the same?2020-10-0914 min
Coronavirus: The Whole StoryHow do we cope with isolation?As the situation evolves rapidly and rules seem to change, we're talking about isolation - coming out of it, and going back into it, how to cope mentally and emotionally. What can astronauts teach us about dealing with isolation? How can we enable safe interaction among young people? Can digital touch help?Join Vivienne Parry as she speaks with UCL experts:- Dr Kevin Fong (Consultant Anaesthetist & Anaesthetic Lead for Major Incident Planning UCLH)- Prof Peter Fonagy (Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, Brain Sciences)...2020-09-2838 min
Coronavirus: The Whole StoryCoronavirus: The Whole Story - How do we cope with isolation?As the situation evolves rapidly and rules seem to change, we're talking about isolation - coming out of it, and going back into it, how to cope mentally and emotionally. What can astronauts teach us about dealing with isolation? How can we enable safe interaction among young people? Can digital touch help?
Join Vivienne Parry as she speaks with UCL experts:
- Dr Kevin Fong (Consultant Anaesthetist & Anaesthetic Lead for Major Incident Planning UCLH)
- Prof Peter Fonagy (Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, Brain Sciences)
- Prof Carey Jewitt (Professor of Learning and Technology, IoE)
If...2020-09-2838 min
INITKeeping In Touch in the Digital AgeCarey Jewitt is Professor of Technology and Learning at University College London, UK. As Director of the IN-TOUCH project, her work explores how digital technologies shape communication, design, and the arts.Special Guest: Carey Jewitt.Links:Communicating by touch: the final frontier? | UCL Institute of Education — "Sometimes we don't even really understand why we're kind of reaching out to touch..." Find out why Professor Carey Jewitt and her team are looking into digital touch technologies and their potential in transforming the ways we communicate.How digital touch can help people connect | UCL Institute of Ed...2020-07-1739 min
The ScienceRoadie PodcastProfessor Carey JewittProfessor Carey Jewitt is the Director of UCL Knowledge Lab, a research centre based in the faculty UCL Institute of Education (IOE). The UCL Knowledge Lab team undertakes leading interdisciplinary digital research and design in education and beyond, including research on games and playful learning, smart technologies, creativity and coding, digital cultures and media literacy, multimodal interaction, and designing for diversity.
Based on research evidence, the team devises new pedagogies, designs and implements innovative digital media and technologies for teaching and learning, and informs policymakers and educational stakeholders. Carey’s own research explores how technologies shape the ways that people inte...2018-06-2552 min
MethodsMethodological innovation in digital arts and social sciences - Carey JewittIt has become widely accepted that it is both worthwhile and necessary for researchers from different disciplines to work together. But how to go about this may not always be obvious and there will inevitably be challenges. In the exciting and innovative NCRM-funded MIDAS project, researchers from the worlds of Social Science and the Digital Arts have come together to look at how they might synthesise methods to open up different perspectives, generate imaginative research questions, and create a wider range of research tools, for those looking to understand the complex topic of embodiment and how we interact every day...2014-06-1000 min
NCRM What is? seriesWhat is multimodality? by Professor Carey Jewitt and Dr Jeff BezemerCarey Jewitt and Jeff Bezemer give an introduction to multimodality, which is an inter-disciplinary approach that understands communication and representation to be more than about language.2012-07-0500 min