Adapt Inc. Research Labs: Recent Episodes
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I record my latest, adapting ideas on people, place and technology spinning... All while walking or running... Not a great listen if you are used to professionally produced podcasts. It mainly helps me think on my feet when there are problems I need to resolve as part of my research lab's work
We discuss the trend of self-health as we framed it in a (potentially) old first asynchronous podcast. Who knows - maybe this is better than peer review in the future while giving time to think slow while also thinking fast as we discuss - we both do some exercise as we record as this podcast is about exploring what is hard to capture in the sedentary lifestyle of the armchair philosopher.
If you have not heard or read Dr. Heffernan's work - now is the time for a deep dive as he gives his time so generously to those willing to listen and engage.
Sandro is working on a documentary based on my PhD. Instead of over-briefing him as a brilliant creative we agreed to just get him to go through the questions I asked participants and for him to decide what to film. Sandro spends a lot of his time in mountains filming adventure docs - have a search for him online and enjoy the quality
Sandro is working on a documentary based on my PhD. Instead of over-briefing him as a brilliant creative we agreed to just get him to go through the questions I asked participants and for him to decide what to film. Sandro spends a lot of his time in mountains filming adventure docs - have a search for him online and enjoy the quality
I prepare to present my PhD as well as learning about climate change as the theme of the conference. I outline a post doc proposal I have been working on as well
I managed to convince Dr. Conor Heffernan to talk to me after just emailing once with the explanation that this podcast involves hardcore working out while discussing research. His work and ability to communicate in audio is something that inspired me to reach out in the first place. Conor specialises in the history of physical culture even though through the conversation and my ability to ask statements rather than question I manage to see the multiple academic and practical influences on his mental palimpsest
I talk about doing the Iron man triathlon over a week and the Inal chapter of the PhD about Rationality and Intuition
Final preparations before our no tech triathlon, doing a 4km swim, 180miles cycle and 42 km run up Snowden. A huge debate over strategies on how to pace ourselves
A brief note to reflect on what phenomenological study can be helpful for - finding out what a thing is about even if there is so many variations of the thing. Treat with caution as you might bring your expectations to this and assume I am suggesting phenomenological study doesn't have its limitations and inappropriate use when more precise methods are needed
l talk to Paul Burgum who inspired me at the Royal Geographical Society hosted Explore conference. His PhD research at Durham University looks at themes close to my heart such as resilience and self-determination I am so grateful he played along and went on the run while we recorded. We talked broadly but also covered key data from his research on Reduced mood variability is associated with enhanced performance during ultrarunnning
The experimental podcasting continues with another attempt at making bad quality podcasting. We recorded on the go. We have proper microphones but they didn't seem to work well. We still enjoyed talking about our cycle, swim and run adventure. Not sure why Anchor uploaded a video from Teams but don't have the time to edit a podcast. Let's hope we get better over time.
I do an update on the PhD writing including heuristics or rules of thumb for writing faster then I share views from the first sub-section of my findings chapter around personal priorities.... All of that while cycling
Me and my mate Charlie are planning to do what we call an Iron Age Man. Cycle over a 100 miles, swim then marathon running - the Iron Man distances - but do that with no digital technology. He thinks a polaroid camera counts as Iron Age tech but I disagree. Anyway, the aim is to get better at making decisions under uncertainty. Just the way a natural scientist uses a microscope or a telescope to study things normal perception can't access a social scientist must exaggerate the experience they are studying by living it in an extreme form. I study decision-making under uncertainty. Not knowing the way an still going forward is a good experiment with an N of 1... or 2 in this case. I am forever grateful to Charlie who is willing to try anything with me
I talk about reading Joseph Campbell's book as I prepare for the write up of my PhD after being done with analysis
Talking about Husserl's book Ideas after finishing the audiobook. A painful book but every time I listened and felt I don't understand then when I would work on analysing my PhD I would be able to find another shape to put them in
Quick note on what felt like a new ide but was already in Techopedia. It was posted there less than a month ago https://www.techopedia.com/ai-washing-everything-you-need-to-know/2/34841
After going to the EXPLORE conference put on by the Royal Geographical society I am captured by the stories of the proper bad ass explorers I met there and start planning my own journey
I am at a stage of my PhD journey where I am exploring narrative structures to present back my findings. Exploring options before choosing a way to present findings true to the data but also easy to follow is not an easy task in, text form
Since I am missing a conference where I would have been able to mingle with other PhDs and will miss the day at uni where newcomers and outgoing PhDs get together I thought I'd record some tips or dare I say rules of thumb
Going through most of what I would have presented at the International Place Branding Association's 2022 Conference. I won't be making the trip but trying to keep working on the PhD findings by going through what I would have shared
I had some feedback a year ago just before starting my PhD analysis. Now I am half way through analysis but have a vision about where the PhD seems to be heading. I want to get some feedback before the final stretch of the last year of writing
I had some feedback a year ago just before starting my PhD analysis. Now I am half way through analysis but have a vision about where the PhD seems to be heading. I want to get some feedback before the final stretch of the last year of writing
I try to think through a submission for the essay prize of the Royal institute of philosophy on the topic of "Emotions"
I discuss how AI should be asked to prove its sentience by demonstrating it can meditate, I open with a placefulness practice and then update on the PhD progress as I start prep for a conference in October
An experiment in bringing a few worlds together. I try to present an example of how we can practice mindfulness that doesn't require sitting still and taking one object of focus
Опитвам се да мина през основните идеи от литературата които са част от докторантурата ми с цел да видя дали ще имам по различна гледна точка на Български. Интересен експеримент
Exploring the first few steps of an ultra run I am doing to raise funds for British-Ukrainian Aid I cover many topics that have zero to do with each other. From initial analysis of the PhD being done to my dislike for linguistics. Basically, I tell stories like a 5 year old with no beginning middle or end. If you want to donate go to adapting.co.uk or straight to my just giving page by searching for Aleks Vladimirov
I talk about the progress with my PhD results as a hierarchy of heuristics recommended by participants seems to emerge. Let's see how much of Maslow's, Kaufman's and Tuan as humanists across management, psychology and geography can help with making sense of my data. Should place brand managers have to be responsible for both basic and higher needs
Talking as I explore the route of an ultra marathon - from the I Ching book of changes to the place attachment to Mars and some other curiosities I will never have time to write about so wanted to let them go into the ether
In this episode I talk about the feedback I got from my first conference. Amazing feedback from a great community... All the recording was done while running in the woods back "home" in Bulgaria so if the quality is not great at some point it might be me going faster so I can keep warm at - 5 degrees celsius
In this one I am walking the streets of Lyon and talking about the landscape of ideas that are close to my PhD interest as I warm up for the Doctoral Colloquium as part of the International Place Branding Conference. It is always difficult to approach the topic with interest when it has been with me for nearly 5 years now but at least there is some confidence in the need to honestpy share where I am upto so that others at the conference can help me out with ideas and reading
On the way to my first academic conference I am taking the time to gather my thoughts about the contributions I am going to be presenting
Who will nudge the nudger and why do we need someone else to boost our intuitions towards better pro-environmental decisions. I am recording this in preparation for a blog post on Behavioraleconomics.com which will break down the ethical considerations that those planning to use behaviour change interventions towards pro-environmental goals. Reviewing two panel discussions at COP 26 in Glasgow and matching it to some of the literature I am reviewing for an upcoming paper I will be presenting at a conference
I talk about how research that is supposed to generate theory or smaller than theory new concepts often goes step by step and add some rules of thumb for how to proceed while letting go of the common sense idea of the scientific hypotethico-deductive method
In this episode I try to delve back through my research experience in order to start a new series on research methodology as I have really wanted to formalise some of these skills through accreditation (chartered scientist) and certification (some courses as well as working on an attestation to an ISO standard for research)
In this walkey talkey episode I totally lose my tain of thought more than once and just keep trying to put out to the fore what I know about the difference between cognitivist and non-cognitivist theories of emotion. I totally forget I have primary data from my PhD that may be related and just get carried away in generalisms
Covering the holistic nature of experience and trying to distinguish between cognition, emotion and feelings. Have been thinking through quite a bit as I started a new research job, got accredited as a chartered scientist and did a course in the philosophy of emotions at Oxford so all of the jumbled thoughts integrated into one for this episode... Then I will start breaking them up into bits
An intro to another 3-5 episodes on a topic that will help me reflect as I prepare for submitting an abstract for my first academic journal publication. Having gathered data in over 200 places from in depth interviews I am starting to go back to the literature on perceptions and emotions to help me make sense of what I have and not to reinvent the wheel
15 interviews deep I reflect on a weekend full of lovely conversations about in-betweenness, place identity and how might I compare people's personal rules of thumb... Also why is there one rationality and multiple emotions?
I talk abou the detailed rules of thumb I get described to me by the participants in my PhD research
I talks about how we can study the decisions of those audiences of our place brands we want to attract. Was Joe Rogan biased to move to Texas before the Covid Pandemic and what is rationality anyway
I talk about wrapping up the Digital Place Branding Rules series in a very windy day. Talking about where to start from before designing - implications of design on wellbeing and how one can use some philosophy to make initial decisions of how to navigate digital design
I talk about journey mapping of your digital place brand presence using the analogy of your place's geographical map
Evaluate the Usability of Your Digital Presence through Heuristic Evaluation using the 10 Heuristics for Good Design by Jacob Nielsen https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ten-usability-heuristics/?lm=usability-heuristics-applied-video-games&pt=article Also talking about the differences between intuition, emotion and heuristics, the limits of user experience research which was suggested as the basis for Rule n1.. .an whatever else crossed my mind
Rule 1 Build Empathy With Your Users Also discussing Borat 2, Emotion as a type of cognitive fit between expectation and reality and a step by step process of how to build empathy with users. of your digital place brand
Place Branding and The Climate Emergency "The cost of inaction will be significantly higher than the cost of mitigation"
The second part of my conversation with Martin focuses on even more clearly distinguishing place promotion, place marketing and place branding