Law of the Journey
Taking a look back at Ai Weiwei’s exhibition at the Biennale of Sydney, 2018. The work is called, ‘Law of the Journey, 2017.’ It tackles Ai Weiwei’s ongoing critique of European nations denying basic human rights to refugees.
Tag: Visual Sociology
Social Media Tips for Not-For-Profits and Small Businesses
Social science offers helpful techniques and insights for sole traders, not-for-profits, and small businesses. Social science can inform social media policymaking, as well as providing methods to improve the impact of messages and encourage audiences to take positive action. This post covers tips about how to post and test messages.
Public Health Compliance
Most public health programs focus on educating the public, but this doesn’t always lead to behavioural change. In order to encourage change, this information should focus on short, clear messaging about what people need to do on the spot (call to action).
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Filming a Training Video
I was in the field today! Today’s the second of two days filming our training video to promote the use of our public health intervention.
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Visual Ethnography of Lockdown
My team and I are working from home, but today, I was required to go into the office. I conducted a mini visual ethnography of my travels. Even though it’s early days of COVID-19 lockdown, there was a lot of positive observance of the Public Health Order, though signs and physical cues can be improved (‘change architecture’).
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Climate Action Protest
Yesterday, I joined 30,000 people in Sydney in protest for climate action. Over 100,000 people marched in other parts of the country.
Research on Accessibility in Recruitment
The past couple of months, my work life has been dominated by our project to improve retention and promotion of people work disability.
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International Day of People With Disability
For International Day of People With Disability, I presented on our fieldwork to improve career outcomes for people with disability.
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Reflections
It’s close to a three and a half years since I moved to Sydney for work. Here is a reflection on my research to date.
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Behavioural Science in Urban Planning
Here is an example of behavioural science in motion in Melbourne. To reinforce the desired behaviour (only cross when green, walk left), the physical environment provides clear cues.
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