As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
Case Study: Grow Well Cardiff
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
Case Study: Timpson
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
Case Study: Appliances Online
As part of our Relationships Project, we’re collating a series of case studies from a range of sectors and contexts …
Feedback on Relationship-Centred Design Considerations: Round 1
Last month, we (the Relationships Project team) shared a first attempt at a set of relationship-centred design considerations with our …
Extending the Circle
Amongst the responses to the previous blog from the Relationships Project (Talking a little, learning a lot), which discussed ‘circles of …
Introducing MadeByPlay – a new venture born out of Shift
Today sees the launch of a new Shift venture that’s built on our 10 years of work strengthening communities in …
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MadeByPlay: social games that ignite dialogue, empathy and action
The challenge In order to make progress in any context, whether it’s a community or a workplace, well-functioning diverse groups, …
Talking a little, learning a lot
As we have been shaping our ideas about relationship centred design we have been talking a little and learning a …
Rebooting relationships
I have been collecting some very short stories over the summer. Here’s a handful: The doctor sits on the bed, …
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VIDEO: The You and Me Principle
How relationships change the world and where to go with what we know. Film of lecture by David Robinson.
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Relationships Project: a better society through better relationships
The Challenge In a political climate where young and old often cross swords, building relationships has never been more important. …
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Changing Places: Giving young people a voice on their local area
The Challenge “I liked making the video because it’s the most independent and creative thing we’ve done so far on …
Changing Places Pilot Summary
King’s Cross Story Palace
What is King’s Cross Story Palace? King’s Cross Story Palace is a two year project that tells some of the …
#ASFNOLA on Social Media
Using design to solve the problems of rural isolation and loneliness amongst the elderly
Lead Researcher Immy Robinson features in radio series The Fix, in which “12 of the country’s brightest young minds gather to solve difficult social problems” – this episode: rural isolation and loneliness amongst the elderly.
Ten things we’ve learned from designing and piloting a national campaign for young people with NCS
Over the past six months, we’ve been designing a new “mass action campaign” in partnership with the National Citizen Service. …
(Re)Introducing the Shift US Team
Since 2011, Shift has had a presence in the United States and has been growing since then. Originally located in …
Designing for social isolation with BBC Radio Four’s ‘The Fix’
At the end of last week I headed west to the picturesque town of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, to record the first …
The You and Me Principle
Sign up to stay in touch Loading… Add to the conversation #youandmeprinciple Get in touch D.Robinson3@LSE.ac.uk @davrob5 Page Menu Introduction …
Cultural Heritage and Social Change Summit: One Year On
This report summarizes some of the core findings of the Cultural Heritage and Social Change Summit–themes that have also arisen in many other cultural heritage conferences and meetings over the past year:
- Safe Space for Disruptive Dialogue
- Funding for Transformative Gatherings
- Equitable and Ethical Collaboration
- Diversifying Technology Production in Cultural Heritage Spaces
- Integrating Community Archives Into Traditional Cultural Heritage Spaces
- Social Innovation and Rethinking Goals and Objectives in the Cultural Heritage Sector
Our Theory of Change: The Science Behind Historypin’s Storybox, Part 1
Historypin’s Storybox seeks to help address one of the big problems of our time: the increasingly stark disconnections and divisions …
What have we learnt and now what? Part ten of Connecting Well.
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the tenth in a series of blogs.
Beauty of Care: Part nine of Connecting Well
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the ninth in a series of blogs.
The Heart of the Matter: Part eight of Connecting Well
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the eigth in a series of blogs.
Relational offset, the new imperative: Part seven of Connecting Well.
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the seventh in a series of blogs.
Humbug or Hallelujah? Part six of Connecting Well
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the sixth in a series of blogs.
Joining the Dots: Part five of Connecting Well
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the fifth in a series of blogs.
Land of our children: Part four of Connecting well.
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the fourth in a series of blogs.
Doing what anyone would do: Part three of Connecting well.
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the third in a series of blogs.
Human beings being human: Part two of Connecting well
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the second in a series of blogs.
Connecting Well
David Robinson is Shift’s founder and a community worker in east London. He is currently exploring new work on social isolation at the Marshall Institute. This is the first in a series of blogs.
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Change The World For a Fiver: a book and social movement
The Problem From climate change to social isolation, our society faces major social, environmental and health issues. Yet these can …
Gamification to make story sharing impactful and fun
Our Senior Service designer explains how the Historypin team are injecting elements of gamification into their design process for their …
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Storybox: bringing diverse communities together through story sharing
The Challenge We live in increasingly divided communities where the perceived differences between groups with different backgrounds often outweighs what …
Design principles for Historypin’s Storybox
Bringing people together to share stories and experiences with one another has always been intended to be at the core …
How to co-create the future of storytelling
In an age of Brexit and Trump, bridging divided communities might seem like a far fetched dream. But at Historypin, …
Comparte Tu Rollo on Social Media
Comparte tu Rollo
Radio show about the Comparte tu Rollo project in Columbia, teaching basic tech skillls by digitizing history of rural libraries.
The Wartime Films Project: Narrowing the Focus of our User-Centered Design Pilot
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Taking a User-Centered Design Approach with the US National Archives
Historypin began working with the US National Archives in 2014 to take a user-centered design approach to cultural heritage and …
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IMLS Focus: The National Digital Platform
On April 28, 2015, the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) convened library, archive, and museum professionals to, in the …
Ten best uses of Buttons, our new digital inclusion tool
In February we launched Buttons, our new and improved digital inclusion tool, which helps you make lists of websites you …
Historypin & LODLAM at EuropeanaTech 2015
This talk at the National Library of France from February 2015 highlights some of the ways Historypin is being leveraged to increase access to cultural heritage content and strengthen local communities. I also take a quick look at the growing culture around Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives and Museums and how data sharing may soon be the new norm for cultural heritage.
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From Crowdsourcing to Knowledge Communities: Creating Meaningful Scholarship Through Digital Collaboration
In this paper, we share some of the findings of our Mellon-funded crowdsourcing research with Stanford University, with a focus …
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Historypin in the Community: 2013/2014
In the last couple of years, we’ve seen Historypin used to connect generations in Japan, to draw in rich life stories …
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Leading in the Digital World: Opportunities for Canada’s Memory Institutions
Jon: “I was fortunate to be a reviewer on this important publication examining the future of Canada’s memory institutions, though the …