Stories about community business
Ethnography, Research, Photography, Storytelling Curtis James Ethnography, Research, Photography, Storytelling Curtis James

Stories about community business

We were commissioned by Power to Change to document the lives of people involved in two community businesses. We turned the stories into a 30 minute live documentary, delivered in front of an audience. The live documentary was narrated by Fieldwork founder Curtis James, and featured photographs, interviews, video and music.

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What's at the heart of a community business?
Research, Ethnography, Photography Curtis James Research, Ethnography, Photography Curtis James

What's at the heart of a community business?

We were commissioned recently to document life at two community businesses. We've spent the past few weeks immersing ourselves in the lives of these fantastic organisations. The Bevy, is the UK’s only community pub on a housing estate and the Stoneham Bakehouse, is a community bakery promoting wellbeing through real bread.

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Gig Economy Journals - A day in their shoes - Elle Coates, Artist
Ethnography, Photography, Research, Storytelling Curtis James Ethnography, Photography, Research, Storytelling Curtis James

Gig Economy Journals - A day in their shoes - Elle Coates, Artist

What is 'gig economy' working really like and what are the opportunities and challenges for gig workers? This is part three in our series commissioned by the CIPD to study the lives of gig economy workers. It features Elle, an artist that uses services like TaskRabbit to supplement her income.

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Documenting the future
Photography Curtis James Photography Curtis James

Documenting the future

We spent some time looking at and documenting the future on a project for Smithery and their client the Royal Society. They'd designed and built some time capsules from the future, and we went along to document them being built.

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Ethnography of a bus shelter
Photography, Ethnography, Research Curtis James Photography, Ethnography, Research Curtis James

Ethnography of a bus shelter

What happens when you turn a traditional bus shelter into a piece of art? Brighton and Hove Buses recently commissioned artists to paint a Grade II Listed bus shelter with bright and colourful paints. The bus company wanted a collection of stories from people that experienced the temporary piece of artwork.

We asked passers by to record their thoughts in sound and on postcards. We delivered the work as a digital book and audio material.

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Gig Economy Journals - Looking for workers to take part
Research, Ethnography, Photography Curtis James Research, Ethnography, Photography Curtis James

Gig Economy Journals - Looking for workers to take part

We are doing some research into flexible or “gig” working, focusing on issues such as employment rights, voice, job security, pay and wellbeing.

We are looking to document three workers and to turn the resulting work into three photographic journals telling the story of their working life. This project is about adding a human voice to some of the statistics around gig working.

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A picture speaks a thousand words - how to use visual research to enhance your business

A picture speaks a thousand words - how to use visual research to enhance your business

I went to speak to the good people at Sony Playstation recently. Before I turned up to do the talk I sent some Fieldwork DIY Kits ahead with a challenge, to document working life at Sony Playstation over the course of a week.

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Why we tell stories
Ethnography, Research, Photography, Storytelling Curtis James Ethnography, Research, Photography, Storytelling Curtis James

Why we tell stories

Imagine a story about commuting told in numbers. 6 hours spent travelling for 200 miles, average heart rate of 70bpm, £5,000 pounds a year for the ticket. Worker scored 6 out of 10 for happiness, 5 for productivity, 3 for engagement. They wrote 2,000 words, replied to 10 emails. Some of this could be useful, but on its own, it's pretty meaningless.

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