Kip Jones

KIP JONES, an American by birth, has been studying and working in the UK for more than 20 years.
Under the umbrella term of 'arts-led research', his main efforts have involved developing tools
from the arts and humanities for use by social scientists in research and its impact on a wider
public or a Perfomative Social Science.

Jones was Reader in Performative Social Science and Qualitative Research at
Bournemouth University for 15 years.
He is now a Visiting Scholar and and an independent author and scholar.

Kip has produced films and written many articles for academic journals and authored chapters
for books on topics such as masculinity, ageing and rurality, and older LGBT citizens.
Jones' most recent work involves working with Generation Z youth to tell their stories using
social media.
His ground-breaking use of qualitative methods, including Auto-fiction, biography
and auto-ethnography, and the use of tools from the arts in social science research
and dissemination are well-known.

Jones acted as Author and Executive Producer of
the award-winning short film, RUFUS STONE, funded by Research Councils UK.
The film is now available for free viewing on the Internet
and has been viewed by more than 14,000 people in 150 countries.

Areas of expertise
• Close relationships, culture and ethnicity
• Social psychology, sociology
• Ageing, self and identity
• Interpersonal processes, personality,
individual differences,
social networks, prejudice and stereotyping
• Sexuality and sexual orientation
• Creativity and the use of the
arts in Social Science

Media experience
His work has been reported widely
in the media, including:
BBC Radio 4,BBC TV news,Times
Higher Education, Sunday New
York Times, International
Herald-Tribune and The Independent.

Monday, 15 June 2009

Which Simon Biggs???

Twitter can be fun. And frustrating. This appeared recently:
"creativity and knowledge formation can be regarded as forms of social interaction rather than outcomes of activities ... Simon Biggs"

Great statement. Fits in with relational aesthetics and gets me excited.

But who is this Simon Biggs? [Turns out there are several Simon Biggs scattered around the globe in academia]

A mystery then. To be solved?
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  1. Kip Jones15 June 2009 at 18:27

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  2. Unknown16 June 2009 at 18:45

    I think the quote is form his contribution to this month's discussion on empyre - http://www.subtle.net/empyre - on 'Participatory Art: New Media and Archival Traces'. There's also been much discussion about narrative which I'm sure would interest you.

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