Kate Hartman, OCAD University

Research

games wearables e-textiles inclusivity diversity-in-tech

Latest funding

Designing Wearable Technology for Opera
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$24,998
Bodies in Play: Inclusive Co-Creation for Wearable Technology and Virtual Reality
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$198,295
Textile Game Controllers
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$24,947

Designing Wearable Technology for Opera

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Tindale, Adam R.

Keywords: Wearable Technology; Wearable Electronics; Costume; Opera; Sound; Stage; Performance; New Interfaces for Musical Expression; Physical Computing; 3d Printing; Prototyping; Iterative Designs;

$24,998

Bodies in Play: Inclusive Co-Creation for Wearable Technology and Virtual Reality

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Westecott, Emma

Keywords: feminist game studies; feminist methods; design justice; play theory; game design; critical making; wearable technology; virtual reality; game sketching

$198,295

Textile Game Controllers

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Hartman, Kate

Keywords: games; wearables; e-textiles; inclusivity; diversity-in-tech

$24,947

Wear Me: A Rhetorical and Artistic Analysis of the Turn Toward Wearable Communication

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Pedersen, Isabel

Keywords: humanities; critical humanities; rhetoric; media arts; digital rhetoric; wearable communication; wearable computers; rhetoric of technology; philosophy of technology; new media; media studies

$162,241

Digital economy trading zones interactional expertise and the role of public, private and academic values

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010

Principal investigators: Ratto, Matt V.

Keywords: public-private-academic cluster; digital media; games; space; geo-location; urban; identity; sensors; physical computing; social implications

$199,220

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: games Dear Professor Hartman, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on games connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Textile Game Controllers" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]