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What we might become: a topology of sharing

What we might become: a topology of sharing

This essay explores organisation-external communications, how to engage the world out there to impact how your peers and colleagues think and act, and how this process shapes our identity and what we might...

What we might become: a topology of sharing

This essay explores organisation-external communications, how to engage the world out there to impact how your peers and colleagues think and act, and how this process shapes our identity and what we might...

Possible futures of research photography

Possible futures of research photography

What is the impact of Generative AI and related technologies on research photography? Will it undermine the need to collect original photos? Or extend their impact? Despite being a niche topic, research photography...

Possible futures of research photography

What is the impact of Generative AI and related technologies on research photography? Will it undermine the need to collect original photos? Or extend their impact? Despite being a niche topic, research photography...

Grain workers, Lagos

The value of original photography in the age of...

Photography can consistently delivers the highest return on investment of any data type we work with, despite only twice hiring dedicated photographers in the past decade. In this article I’ll...

The value of original photography in the age of...

Photography can consistently delivers the highest return on investment of any data type we work with, despite only twice hiring dedicated photographers in the past decade. In this article I’ll...

Black Box AIs and The Evolution of Understanding

Black Box AIs and The Evolution of Understanding

The evolution of understanding framework (Figure 1 below), which I first introduced in The Field Study Handbook, breaks down the stages of understanding practitioners typically go through from initial hypothesis (or...

Black Box AIs and The Evolution of Understanding

The evolution of understanding framework (Figure 1 below), which I first introduced in The Field Study Handbook, breaks down the stages of understanding practitioners typically go through from initial hypothesis (or...

Organisational Data Metabolism

Organisational Data Metabolism

Data metabolism is a conceptual framework for thinking about the types of Data that an organisation ingests and acts upon. The concept is drawn from the Studio D publication Sustainable...

Organisational Data Metabolism

Data metabolism is a conceptual framework for thinking about the types of Data that an organisation ingests and acts upon. The concept is drawn from the Studio D publication Sustainable...

How photography will change in the paradigm shift

How photography will change in the paradigm shift

With advances in generative AI and computational processing we are in midst of a paradigm shift is forcing researchers, designers, communicators and storytellers to re-evaluate the value of photography in...

How photography will change in the paradigm shift

With advances in generative AI and computational processing we are in midst of a paradigm shift is forcing researchers, designers, communicators and storytellers to re-evaluate the value of photography in...