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| Young people's mediaworlds: process videos |  | A two-year  
research project (2008-10) using creative methods to explore how young people make sense of, and participate in, their complex media environments. A series of videos show our progress with this project. Funded by the AHRC.
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| Visual methods discussion |  | On 27 July 2007 the website of the UK's Visual Methods training network (funded by the ESRC) hosted an online discussion between David Gauntlett and some other members of the network. | 
 
          
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| Fatimah Awan's PhD thesis |  | Project which explored young people's perceptions of their own identities by inviting them to create identity collages  that expressed 'how I see myself' and 'how I think other people see me'. | 
 
          
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| Ross Horsley's PhD thesis |  | Project which explored notions of masculinity by asking young men to create a front cover, and a contents page, for an imaginary men's magazine. | 
 
          
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| Sebastian's  identity globe |  | Sebastian May created a 3D model of his identity for a student project. | 
 
          
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| Lego 
            research slideshow |  | Online 
            slideshow explaining our work with Lego Serious Play. | 
 
          
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| Visual 
            Studies interview |  | Creative 
            and visual methods for exploring identities: A conversation between 
            David Gauntlett and Peter Holzwarth, published in the journal Visual 
            Studies in 2006 (abridged version) | 
        
 
          
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| Transforming Audiences |  | Transforming Audiences was an international conference held on
6–7 September 2007, at the University of Westminster. Organised in association with the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), and the International Communication Association (ICA). | 
 
          
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| IAMCR 
            paper |  | 'Using 
            new creative visual research methods to understand the place of popular 
            media in people's lives' - Paper by David Gauntlett for the annual 
            conference of the International Association for Media and Communication 
            Research (IAMCR), Porto Alegre, Brazil, July 2004. The paper explores 
            the philosophy behind the ArtLab studies. | 
        
 
          
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| Inaugural 
            Lecture |  | David 
            Gauntlett's inaugural lecture at Bournemouth University, June 2004, 
            was an opportunity to outline the ArtLab approach and philosophy, 
            and discuss example studies. Presented here with many images and full 
            transcript, it is an accessible introduction to what we do. | 
        
 
          
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| Tate 
            Symposium |  | The 
            New Creative Audience Studies was a Symposium held at Tate Britain, 
            May 2004, featuring a range of researchers working in this area. Here 
            you can view all the presentations, and read a detailed review. | 
        
 
          
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| Times 
            Higher report |  | Report 
            in The Times Higher Education Supplement (April 2005) about 
            the collaboration between ArtLab and Lego Serious Play. | 
 
          
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| General 
            introduction |  | A 
            simple introduction to the ArtLab approach. | 
        
 
          
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| Q 
            & A |  | Some 
            'frequently asked questions' which help to outline the ArtLab approach. | 
        
 
          
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| Visualisation |  | A 
            short introduction to the idea of visualisation, by Jake Peryer (2004). | 
        
 
          
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