Research
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Latest funding
- $94,556
Art, Science and Industrial Plastic Pollution: Long-term monitoring and art-making in the Great Lakes Watershed
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $40,001
Sustainable Museum: Cultural Institutions and Environmental Crisis
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $150,000
Museums, Art, and Sustainability
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
No publications available.
Art, Science and Industrial Plastic Pollution: Long-term monitoring and art-making in the Great Lakes Watershed
Principal investigators: Jazvac, Kelly E.
Keywords: plastic pollution; research creation; visual arts; museum studies; interdisciplinary; sustainability research
Sustainable Museum: Cultural Institutions and Environmental Crisis
Principal investigators: Robertson, Kirsty M.
Keywords: museums; sustainability; conservation; heritage; waste; pollution; environment; contemporary art; decolonization; accessibility
Museums, Art, and Sustainability
Principal investigators: Robertson, Kirsty
Sharing Knowledge with Environmental Awareness at the Centre for Sustainable Curating
Principal investigators: Robertson, Kirsty M.
Keywords: sustainability; curating; environment; Great Lakes region; contemporary art; conversation; community; experiential learning; museums; exhibitions; carbon footprint; carbon offset; environmental assessment
A Museum for Future Fossils
Principal investigators: Robertson, Kirsty M.
Keywords: museums; anthropocene; climate change; curation; pedagogy; contemporary art
Somewhat natural histories: micromuseums and new museology
Principal investigators: Robertson, Kirsty M.
Keywords: micromuseums; museums; critical curating; museum studies; natural history museums; contemporary art; artist-run-centres; alternative museums; outsider histories; marginalized histories; cabinets of curiosity
Understanding plastics pollution: interdisciplinary collaboration and forensic methodology
Principal investigators: Jazvac, Kelly E.
Keywords: plastics pollution; visual arts; earth sciences; interdisciplinary; art history; philosophy; environmental impacts
Cut on the Bias: Textiles, Collaboration and Pedagogy
Principal investigators: Robertson, Kirsty M.
Keywords: textiles; technology; pedagogy; contemporary art; wearable technologies; curator
Putting intellectual property in its place: rights discourses, creative labour, and the everyday
Principal investigators: Murray, Laura J.
Keywords: intellectual property; copyright; creativity; knowledge; legal pluralism; communities of practice; innovation; cultural production
Unraveled: art, textiles and technology in a globalized world
Principal investigators: Robertson, Kirsty M.
Keywords: contemporary art; activism; textiles; creative industries; globalization; feminism
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