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Reminiscence room

Researchers from SiDE's Connected Community activity have been working with an adult mental health and learning disability development unit where many of the patients have chronic dementia.

Building on dementia research in the Personhood project they have developed a digital artwork that enlivens the 'quiet room' and provides interactive reminiscence for clients living in the unit

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Portrait

This healthcare work addresses the needs of the growing population of people in care homes. The work takes a novel approach to this area by focusing on care givers, addressing the need to facilitate conversations between care staff and residents. For residents with communication difficulties, such as those that arise from late stage Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, it is difficult for care staff, giving their limited time and skills, to initiate conversations with such residents. The Portrait system was designed from the perspective of care staff workers. It provides an easy to use and quick means of getting information about the lives of residents before they entered the care home. In short, it allows care staff to know who the people are.

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The Creative Exchange

The Creative Exchange (CX) is a Knowledge Exchange Hub for the Creative Economy funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). We aim to develop strategic partnerships with creative businesses and cultural organisations, to strengthen and diversify their collaborative research activities and increase the number of Arts and Humanities researchers actively engaged in research-based knowledge exchange.

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SiDE Driving Lab

SiDE’s Transport team now have a complete driving lab in order to monitor driver behaviour and enable older drivers to remain on the road, safely, for longer. DriveLab now has a driving simulator alongside the Peugeot Ion car and specialised instrumentation kit.

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Music in the Household

Much has been written about how the digital economy can transform people’s lives; change the relationships among individuals and society through the growing and constantly changing ecosystem of ICTs and applications. Digital music, as one of the keystones of the digital economy is a useful lens through which we can understand such transformations.

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Electronic footprints in the sand

Work led by SiDE CoInvestigator Aad van Moorsel is exploring the need for privacy in Internet-based social support systems. Working with domestic violence survivors at the Angelou Centre (a women’s support centre for BME (Black and Minority Ethnic) based in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) the research investigates how to design and implement various technological features that can be used to assist domestic violence survivors.

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Position papers

Research is focussed on a systematic literature review of the Smart Home concept (business-related issues) and a comparison of  theoretical perspectives on smart homes vs. the business model approach. The work will look at the historical developments of the smart home concept (technological configuration vs. product integration), market opportunities and barriers, existing business models and possible market development scenarios.

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Net Assets

A deeper understanding of marginalised groups and how digital technologies might be brought to bear upon social issues is generated in a variety of ways. Net Assets has provided case study material so that SiDE Society strand researchers can focus on policy in practice. Net Assets is a Regional Youth Work Unit (RYWU) led project which is seeking to engage young people in a political campaign of their choice – an opportunity for them to use social media to galvanise support and influence appropriate decision makers. SiDE Society researchers, Liz Robson and Graeme Mearns are participant observers and acting as ‘critical friends’ throughout the yearlong programme of activities. 

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The SiDE user panel

User Panels contribute to the formulation of SiDE research strategy, the design and delivery of research activities and the evaluation of research outputs, ensuring that all outputs are tangible, meaningful and usable. A workshop in January, 2011, brought together the full SiDE research team and User Panels constructed to provide specific insights about SiDE projects.