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Messy Realities

the Secret Life of Technology

Discussing public engagement in research into assistive living technologies. The podcast series comprises conversations between health services researchers, Museum experts and community members on wide-ranging topics relating to assistive living technologies including living with disability, ageing, conservation and ethics. Studies in Co-Creating Assisted Living Solutions (SCALS) is a five-year research programme (2015-2020) funded by Wellcome and led by Professor Trisha Greenhalgh of the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at Oxford University. SCALS examines...

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See-touch-think-wonder

Stories, objects and pictures as methods of engagement in research in assistive living technologies. Gemma Hughes, Joe Wherton and Beth McDougall discuss methods to engage people in research; visual and tactile methods, stories and story-boards, and co-production. The team counsel that some...

Published 11/12/19

Technology, aging and progression: from amulets to robots

Discussions about the protective powers of amulets, alarms and jewellery are interrupted by the arrival of a cuddly robot. Researchers, Museum facilitators and community members discuss the concerns of using technology to support ageing populations. Dr George Leeson of Oxford’s Institute of...

Published 11/12/19

Living objects - ageing bodies

Researchers and community members go behind the scenes at the Pitt Rivers Museum to learn more about the care and ethics involved in conservation. Museum conservators, Jem and Andrew, provide insights into their work which illuminate new ways of understanding the complex nature of the Museum...

Published 11/12/19

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