graphic recording
Graphic recording is a live visual summary of an event—be it a workshop, a conference, or anything in between! Perched in front of my Flipchart with pens in hand, or bent over my iPad and drawing in Procreate, I capture the content of the event in a colourful image or series of images that spark engagement and discussion in the moment and serve as impactful visual summaries afterwards both for those who attended the event and those who missed it.
#treescapes2021
In July 2021 I accompanied three workshops at the first Treescapes conference. It was an amazing group of early career researchers and practitioners, and explored a wide range of topics surrounding the future of woodlands.
‘be a graphic recorder’ course with cara holland
I took this course in spring 2021 to strengthen my graphic recording skills and practice shifting into a digital space. It was infinitely helpful and a lot of fun—not least because I could be as colourful as I wanted! Learn more about Cara’s course offerings here.
british ecological society festival of ecology 2020
For my fourth British Ecological Society annual meeting, we shifted online! The BES did an amazing job setting up an engaging online platform, and I accompanied the talks over on Instagram live. I ended up renting a flipchart for this (previously flipcharts had always been provided by the venues, so I hadn’t actually had one yet!) and setting it up in a quiet corner of my apartment—with a big mug of warm tea next to me at all times! While I missed the opportunity to meet up with the amazing BES community in person, I really enjoyed the comfort of recording from home.
british ecological society belfast 2019
Before the world shut down, I got to travel to Belfast and attend the BES annual meeting, my third one. Once again, many wonderful talks and a lot of inspiring research!
RELATE
I got brought onto the amazing RELATE project (Environmental Spaces and the Feel-Good Factor: Relating Subject Wellbeing to Biodiversity) by Zoe Davies to do graphic recording at a series of four workshops in 2019 on people’s relationship to woodlands. Each workshop took place during a different season; participants did scavenger hunts in two British woodlands (Sherwood Forest and Clumber Park), making notes about what kinds of sounds and smells and textures and colours they noticed, and what associations these prompted. Following the visits to the woodlands, Zoe’s team facilitated discussions between the participants, during which I stood by and drew! This has also blossomed into a book project… keep an eye on the “books” section!
Zoe’s team of researchers for the project includes Rob Fish, Kate Irvine, Martin Dallimer, Gail Austen, and Phoebe Maund.
path2integrity
I collaborated with Path2Integrity during 2019 and 2020 and drew at several of their conferences in that time, including remotely during the 2020 pandemic. Path2Integrity fosters formal and informal learning towards reliable research results and is a valuable resource if you are looking for materials to help your research team work and collaborate with greater integrity!