IAS Seminar: Archives in Motion: Reimagining Graphic Heritage for Wellbeing and Social Memory

IAS Residential Fellow Dr Ashley Ajumoke Stewart delivers a seminar on their research:

This seminar will explore my ongoing interdisciplinary research on civic graphic heritage from Nigeria, focusing on how visual communication artifacts, such as signage, public information materials, and typographic styles, can be repurposed through design-led inquiry and AI tools to foster community wellbeing and social memory.

I will share initial insights from archival fieldwork, prototype concepts, and collaborative methodologies developed with Loughborough's Graphic Design Research Unit and computer science colleagues. The seminar will invite reflections on the possibilities and ethical dimensions of using AI in cultural heritage research and participatory design.

Arrivals from 11.45am for a 12pm start. For those joining in-person, lunch will be served after the seminar from 1pm.