Author Archives: Eilis Searson

All 115 students who showcased were photographed by Andrea Capello. Please let me know if you would like to view the additional student work not pictured in the presentation slides and I can send you the link to this content … Continue reading →

In order to collect data on the impact of the intervention, I considered the advice offered in the second ARP Workshop in creating questionnaires. I tried to write an open (but structured — thank you Audré Lorde) questionnaire on how … Continue reading →

The following selected learning resources are inclusive of the key moments in the taste project where students were asked to consider notions of identity. THE CATWALK SHOWCASE BRIEFING SLIDES are the key piece of context here, which are attached via … Continue reading →

As both my Action Research Project, and the project on taste that I am leading for the Level 4 students, relate to exploring positionality in both teaching and illustration practice, auto-ethnographic research methodologies felt like an appropriate starting point. Initially … Continue reading →

Dear Design, What happened?  You used to be dangerous. You used to scare the shit out of people. Then you forgot how to play. You chose to stick with the straight lines and rounded corners… Polishing and glossing your cynic … Continue reading →

If we consider all of the previous blog post (PROJECT IDEA 1) in line with the ‘Action Research Cycle’, at this point, after PLANNING, ACTING, OBSERVING and REFLECTING, I found myself back at the beginning of the cycle. It was … Continue reading →

After receiving feedback from the IP unit on my intervention report, my confidence wavered somewhat. Some of the more densely philosophical and political reading from the unit, though deeply informative on a personal level, appeared to translate only in abstract … Continue reading →

I have commented on Andrea Marfo’s Disability, Faith and Race blog[s]: https://homeofhewondering.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/ I have commented on Amba Sayal-Bennett’s Disability, Faith and Race blog[s]: https://ambasb.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/ I have commented on Sidney Hope’s Race blog: https://sidhopepgcert.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/ I have commented on Michelle Ussher’s Disability … Continue reading →

I am a 0.6 lecturer across the BA (Hons) Illustration and Visual Media course at LCC. I teach across all years of the course, from Level 4 to Level 6. I am also a 0.2 Lecturer on the Visual Communication … Continue reading →