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Since I graduated
I have been working at Lewis Moberly
BA: (Hons) English Cultural Studies and Political Science, McGill University, Montreal (2004)
My expertise
Cultural theory and market analysis
Consumer behavior research
Interdisciplinary concept design and planning
Copywriter
My focus
Urban master-planning and project management
Sustainable brand development
Strategic design analysis
Mentor: James Alexander, Managing Director (KUD Europe)
Placement: Beyond Green (www.beyondgreen.co.uk)
Major Project
Housed – Creative Locations of Self-definition
Writing and Critical Theory
Identity is housed. This project explores the implications of how, where and when individuals locate their understanding of 'self' at different times during their lives. By weaving together critical theory and semi-fictional short stories, this project aims to bring what might otherwise be a critical project into the realm of the creative, enganging with memories of the self in/and/of space through "fusion, rather than fragmentation" (Annette Kuhn, 168). It demonstrates how self-space psychologies are embedded within narratives employed to contain and control them. By opening up these narratives and subjecting them to creative engangement as well as critical deconstruction, connections between different individual's stories become apparent and the narrative mechanisms of control move from being personal to a public, shared experience.
Contact
collyn_ahart@mac.com
Collaborators
Typography & Graphic Design: Gigi Ho
Concept Development: Vassiliki Holeva & Alex Spyropoulos
Copy Editing: Justin Renard
Special thanks to those I interviewed: Maggie Stanway, Sarah Cary, James Alexander, Christophe Egret, David West, Jonny Anstead, Amanda Harris, Sarah Featherstone
