Notes from Meeting at Reading University 24th March
Present: Peter, Rachael, Janet
Apologies: Fraser
Ethical Consent and Grant Application
Peter received ethical consent forms from Rachael and also had to go through Open University ethical clearance for human participants in submitting the DTRS grant proposal to the AHRC. The grant application has now been submitted for a start date of 3rd July. Letters of recommendation from the project partners were overlooked and now need to be submitted. Janet and Rachael both gave a letter, Fraser's is yet to materialise.
Plan B
Peter suggested that we might think of a plan B in case of not being able to secure a dataset for distribution - possibly in the form of a mini-symposium before the conference.
Milton Keynes Data
Following the previous meeting Peter had filmed a further meeting with the Milton Keynes architects which focussed on the design of a new crematorium. Peter had transcribed and distributed this data on DVD for discussion. Janet and Rachael were positive about the usefulness of the data and looked forward to further data from the project. Peter will meet with MK architects to discuss how this might take place. Janet and Rachael cautioned against interfering with the process too much (for example carrying out interviews before meetings).
In the afternoon we had an extended discussion about the film and transcription. There were many interesting angles to follow (as expected. Rachael commented that the transcription, although reasonably accurate, had not gone as far as transcribing overlapping words so missing things like the affirmation ('yes', 'yes') that went on when someone was talking about an idea.
Other Sources of Data
At the previous meeting Peter had suggested having a list of all possible companies to approach but all agreed that this would probably be too time consuming. Peter commented that, in the light of the MK data, that there was a real possibility of providing too much data, leading to an unfocussed symposium discussion. All agreed to follow up obvious contacts.
Book
Janet has been in touch with Taylor and Francis and has an outline agreement to produce 100 hardback copies of 300 pages at a price of £35. Subsequent copies will sell for £55. Any sales after the first 100 will receive a royalty of 5%. Janet showed a copy of a recent book by Taylor and Francis imprint the Sponpress titled 'Architecture and Participation' which seemed to be pretty close to the idea we had about the book. The nice thing was a soft cover and this is entirely due to the volume the publisher expect to sell. The two column layout, with references at the side of the text was also thought useful for the DTRS book. Janet will liase further.
Pre-prints
Janet showed a hardbound conference proceedings produced cheaply by Greenwich University and suggested something similar for DTRS. Peter commented that he liked 'rough and ready' proceedings - formatted but loosely bound A4 - that gave the impression of a work in progress.
Website
Peter thought that it might be good to start on the website with outline details of the symposium. He will think of some concepts for the next meeting.
Date of Next Meeting
Depending on Fraser's preference 19 / 20 / 21 June.
Actions Arising:
Fraser: write and send letter of recommendation
Peter: follow up MK crematorium project
All: follow up obvious contacts for design organisations
Janet: negotiate a soft cover!
Peter: Start on the website design
Apologies: Fraser
Ethical Consent and Grant Application
Peter received ethical consent forms from Rachael and also had to go through Open University ethical clearance for human participants in submitting the DTRS grant proposal to the AHRC. The grant application has now been submitted for a start date of 3rd July. Letters of recommendation from the project partners were overlooked and now need to be submitted. Janet and Rachael both gave a letter, Fraser's is yet to materialise.
Plan B
Peter suggested that we might think of a plan B in case of not being able to secure a dataset for distribution - possibly in the form of a mini-symposium before the conference.
Milton Keynes Data
Following the previous meeting Peter had filmed a further meeting with the Milton Keynes architects which focussed on the design of a new crematorium. Peter had transcribed and distributed this data on DVD for discussion. Janet and Rachael were positive about the usefulness of the data and looked forward to further data from the project. Peter will meet with MK architects to discuss how this might take place. Janet and Rachael cautioned against interfering with the process too much (for example carrying out interviews before meetings).
In the afternoon we had an extended discussion about the film and transcription. There were many interesting angles to follow (as expected. Rachael commented that the transcription, although reasonably accurate, had not gone as far as transcribing overlapping words so missing things like the affirmation ('yes', 'yes') that went on when someone was talking about an idea.
Other Sources of Data
At the previous meeting Peter had suggested having a list of all possible companies to approach but all agreed that this would probably be too time consuming. Peter commented that, in the light of the MK data, that there was a real possibility of providing too much data, leading to an unfocussed symposium discussion. All agreed to follow up obvious contacts.
Book
Janet has been in touch with Taylor and Francis and has an outline agreement to produce 100 hardback copies of 300 pages at a price of £35. Subsequent copies will sell for £55. Any sales after the first 100 will receive a royalty of 5%. Janet showed a copy of a recent book by Taylor and Francis imprint the Sponpress titled 'Architecture and Participation' which seemed to be pretty close to the idea we had about the book. The nice thing was a soft cover and this is entirely due to the volume the publisher expect to sell. The two column layout, with references at the side of the text was also thought useful for the DTRS book. Janet will liase further.
Pre-prints
Janet showed a hardbound conference proceedings produced cheaply by Greenwich University and suggested something similar for DTRS. Peter commented that he liked 'rough and ready' proceedings - formatted but loosely bound A4 - that gave the impression of a work in progress.
Website
Peter thought that it might be good to start on the website with outline details of the symposium. He will think of some concepts for the next meeting.
Date of Next Meeting
Depending on Fraser's preference 19 / 20 / 21 June.
Actions Arising:
Fraser: write and send letter of recommendation
Peter: follow up MK crematorium project
All: follow up obvious contacts for design organisations
Janet: negotiate a soft cover!
Peter: Start on the website design
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