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Politics of Patents – ERC project

Funded Research

Transmissions book launch

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B&B on a British Library podcast

Public Engagement

Transmissions

Books

Creative Practice Ethnographies

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Bikes & Bloomers research

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Bikes & Bloomers

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BB – Goldsmiths Research Questions

Video

Doing sociology with… costume

Video

Garment reconstruction

Creative Methods

B&B in new Open University module

Public Engagement

Talk: Socio-technical mobile devices of resistance

Video

100 Women in Cycling

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B&B at festivals

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Show, Tell & Try On

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B&B by others

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Research linings

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FREE cycle wear sewing patterns

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B&B Exhibition, Performance & Automaton

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Cycling Cultures

Funded Research

Bike Portraits

Creative Methods

Bike Portrait exhibitions

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Time-lapse videos

Creative Methods

Citizenship Hack

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Mobile mobilities conference

Transmissions & Entanglements

Funded Research

DiY WiFi

Books

73 Urban Journeys

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Enquiry Machines (EMs)

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EM #1 – Interview machine

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EM #2 – Serendipity engine

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EM #3 – Failure châtelaine

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EM#4 – Problem maker

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EM Hackday – Makerversity

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EM Hackday – Goldsmiths

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EM Hackday – EASST, Copenhagen

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Research Zines

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Dr Kat Jungnickel
Senior Lecturer
Sociology Department
Goldsmiths, University of London

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GoldsmithsUCU

Woah, check out tomorrow's #Goldstrike picket line-up:
😍Owen Jones
😍Apsana Begum MP
😍Michael Rosen
😍Gary Younge
You don't want to miss it. TOMORROW (Mon 6th Dec) 8am-1pm, RHB main entrance!

Retweet on Twitterdr kat jungnickel Retweeted
GoldsmithsUCU

To round off a remarkable day on the #Goldstrike picket line, teachouts and central London protest at @NatWestGroup HQ, here's the ninth day of #Goldstrike! "Nine strikers striking"? I think we have a few more members than that!

katjungnickel

Another energetic day on the #GoldStrike picket. I ran a making/discussion about What Goldsmiths is? What are we fighting for? We talked about all the positive, valuable &unique things we appreciate. It didn’t take staff & students long to get creative with the task 🌈 ❤️

POP Instagram

We used a range of multi-media to work out the “ We used a range of multi-media to work out the “Carry-All-Hat”. We started with old paper print outs to create the pattern from the patent. We then made the next iteration using felt, cotton, glue, wool and cardboard.
 
As we make the patents in 3D form, we attempt to interview the inventor through their inventions. 

We ask: What are we learning in the process of making that we didn’t know from reading the patent? What is the inventor telling us in the illustration? What information have they included in the patent and what is missing? What do they assume/ take for granted?
 
Watch this space to see more of our research, reconstructions and re-imaginings….
 
#PoliticsOfPatents #SecretHat #Invention #Pocket #Reconstruction #PaperPattern
 
Image Description:

1. A woman wearing glasses and a paper hat in front of a white peg board.

2. A wooden table with two people sitting with scissors, paper, post it notes, felt, highlighters a laptop and some tape.

3. A wooden table with a paper hat and a document with drawings on it.
Happy New Year one and all! The POP team are back Happy New Year one and all! The POP team are back at it and heading into 2022 with lots more #Researching, #Reconstructing and #Reimagining of the last 200 years of clothing patents!
 
Here is another #PatentOfTheWeek - a “Carry-All-Hat” patented in 1970 by Maureen K McGuire and James A. Neckermann.
 
Kat has reconstructed this invention out of 4mm thick felt, with a cotton lining and wool pompom bobble. It features earmuffs and a secret pocket underneath the lid of the hat.
 
She gave a talk at #4S2021 – Society for the Social Studies of Science – about this last year.
 
The invention was designed to hold “objects such as cosmetics, jewellery, medication and the like.” We’re having a great time speculating on what else people used to hide inside it!
 
Patent archives reveal a plethora of secret clothing inventions. While much clothing reveals a lot about us, clothes can also conceal, conspire and keep secrets.…We’re asking what kinds of secrets do clothes keep for us? 
 
And overall, we’re pretty fascinated by how women have constantly invented amazing things with pockets over the last century. Inventors have reimagined the pocket in multiple ways in women’s clothes to help them make, take and claim space and keep things private.
 
 
#PoliticsOfPatents #SecretHat #Invention #Pocket #YesItHasPockets #Reconstruction #QualitativeResearch #PracticeResearch #SpeculativeSewing #Sewing #POPLab
 
Image Description:
1. A photograph of a woman with brown hair and glasses wearing a black top and a grey hat with colourful paintings on the wall.

2. Black line drawings of two women’s side profiles wearing square hats with bobbles and earmuffs. Below are drawings of two hats with their lids raised showing hidden items inside.

3. A grey circular hat on a printed fabric board. The top of the hat is lifted off and reveals a blue interior pocket.
Goldsmiths strike starts today at 8am and there’ Goldsmiths strike starts today at 8am and there’s a full day of events, an opening rally and teach-outs.
 
The POP team stand in solidarity with Goldsmiths colleagues taking industrial action over the next 3 weeks protesting highly valued admin & academic staff redundancies, lack of transparency in the process, role of banks in universities, stealth cuts, precarious contracts + + + #NoJobCuts #GoldStrike

ID: two colourful graphics listing a range of activities - GoldStrike Opening Rally at noon and creative teach-out sessions all day

See @goldsmithsucu and @katjungnickel for more info and pics of the daily action
We’re sharing a few snaps of our research into t We’re sharing a few snaps of our research into the Winthrop #BicycleSkirt. The team are having a great time “making things to make sense of things” in the POP Lab. We are having fittings to see how these garments feel on real bodies. This invention is made from medium weight calico and it features two side plackets, a removable front apron and a gathered back skirt/cape. 

Image Description: 1. A woman is standing up in the middle of a studio, another woman is kneeling down behind her, pinning a fabric calico skirt. 2. A close up shot of the calico fabric skirt, with hands pinning pleats onto the waistband. 3. A wider shot of the pleated calico skirt with a woman altering the bottom left of the fabric. 

#Invention #ClothingFitting #POPLab #STSReconstructions #Trouser #Skirt #Cape #Satchel #Cycling #Walking #Mountaineering #Multiple #MakingThingsToMakeSenseOfThings
Here you can see some of our material thinking, fi Here you can see some of our material thinking, fitting and pattern drafting processes as we make sense of the convertible elements of this patent. It can take a while to RESEARCH + RECONSTRUCT + REIMAGINE data from patent documents and related archival research into a physical 3D garment (especially when it splits into three pieces!) 

Image Description: 1. A wooden table with a calico fabric shape, a neon coloured paper document and some dressmakers tools. 2. A smiling woman wearing a calico fabric cape, you can see the back of her head and also her front in a mirror. 3. A mirror with a woman wearing a colourful top and a calico fabric full skirt. Another woman is kneeling on the floor and pinning the skirt. 

#PatternCutting #Fitting #CalicoToile #MakingThingsToMakeSenseOfThings #InventiveMethods
One of the first garments we made was a “Bicycle One of the first garments we made was a “Bicycle Skirt” patented in 1895 by Alice Winthrop. It’s an incredible invention made up of three separate items 1. wide-leg trousers, 2. a cape and 3. a satchel. 

The invention is not only for cycling, but also for walking and mountaineering. It aimed to give wearers flexibility to choose where and when they engaged in different activities. It features multiple fastenings and construction details to make a seemingly ordinary skirt fit for a range of extraordinary activities and social constraints. 

Image Description: 1. A black line drawing on a white background of a skirt, trousers, an apron, a cape and a satchel hooked over bike handles. 2. A wooden table with a maroon fabric weight and a rectangular paper pattern piece. 3. A woman wearing a cream jumper sits by a table covered in dressmakers tools. In the background is an office with thread hanging on the wall, desks and an open window.

#PoliticsOfPatents #PatentOfTheWeek #BicycleSkirt #ClothingReconstruction #STSMakingAndDoing #POPSpeculativeSewing #OrdinaryAndExtraordinary
We have been busy in the POP Lab over the last cou We have been busy in the POP Lab over the last couple of months and we’re excited to start to share some of our making process with you. Get ready for pins and unpicking, fittings and pattern cutting and of course a lot of neon!

ID: 1. A woman wearing a green sweater vest lifting up a calico hood and smiling. 2. A woman with short brown hair cutting fabric on a table, in the background is a wall of design tools. 3. Two women wearing masks and posing with stretched arms, there is a table, ironing board, boxes of fabric and boards with notes in the background. 

#PoliticsOfPatents #WearableTechnology #ClothingReconstruction #POPSpeculativeSewing #MakingThingsToMakeSenseOfThings #STSReconstructions #MakingAndDoing #Inventions #InventiveMethods #Patents #Clothing
Our POP interview series is growing and we’ve ha Our POP interview series is growing and we’ve had the pleasure of speaking to some fantastic people. 

From workwear to prosthetics and wearable architecture to sustainable accessories, we’ve met with over 40 different designers who are pushing the boundaries of what clothing can be. 

Head over to the POP blog to read more about our Inventor Interviews (Linktree in bio).

The designers are all tagged in the image and the top right work is by #EldinaBegic

#PoliticsOfPatents #Inventor #Interview #ClothingStudies #ClothingResearch 

Image Description: a grid of 8 portrait images showing various different innovative clothing and accessories.
Digitally “try on” #POPMasksFromThePast! A sel Digitally “try on” #POPMasksFromThePast! A selection of mask patents from 1880 - 1920 that you can  wear and move in. 

Completely unlike any of the fabric or medical masks we’re wearing today, step into the extraordinary lives of Automobile Drivers, Barbers, Beekeepers and many more over the 19th and 20th centuries… 

Tap the three stars in the middle of our page, or head to the POP website (link in bio) to test out the filter. 

Please share your stories with us by tagging @politics_of_patents and using the hashtag #POPMasksFromThePast 

#POPMaskFilter #FaceMask #PoliticsOfPatents #WearableTechnology 

Image Description: 3x portrait images of a woman with brown hair wearing a blue top. She has a black and white mask image over her face and also a vertical neon strip and the pop logo bottom left.
We would like to invite you to test out our #POPMa We would like to invite you to test out our #POPMaskFilter and discover your Mask Mood… 

We have created a digital filter in collaboration with the fantastic @61_yi_ that features some of the weird and wonderful mask patents from 1880 - 1920. 

You can find more information about our mask research and the development of the filter in our POP Blog (link in bio). 

You can access the filter through our Instagram stories, through the 3 stars in the middle of our Instagram profile page, or through the QR code on our website. 

Please try it out and share with us by tagging @politics_of_patents and using the hashtag #POPMasksFromThePast 

Image Description: A yellow and blue graphic with “Mask Filter” with a pink POP logo in the top left and 4x black and white mask images on the right hand side.
The final mask spotlight is this “Fireproof Garm The final mask spotlight is this “Fireproof Garment” – patented in 1892 by Betsy J. Martin. 

It features a “combined mask and cloak especially adapted for use by ladies and children.”
 
It was made entirely out of asbestos for its fire-retardant properties… (don’t try this at home).
 
Head on over to the POPBlog to read more about the historic masks included in the digital filter.
 
#PoliticsOfPatents #DuckFace #FireproofGarment #POPMasksFromThePast #Invention
 
Image Description: A black line drawing on a white background of a full head mask that has duck features with a pleated cloak.
The second mask we’re highlighting is this Holid The second mask we’re highlighting is this Holidaymaker “Sun Shield for the Nose” – patented in 1912 by Jules J. Maurice.
 
It was designed to be used by “persons who travel in hot countries” to avoid “burning their features”. It can be “very easily carried in a pocket” and is illustrated here attached to a pair of eye-glasses.
 
Head on over to the POPBlog to read more about the historic masks included in the digital filter.
 
#PoliticsOfPatents #SunShield #POPMasksFromThePast #HolidayMaker #Invention
 
Image Description: A black line drawing on a white background of a pair of glasses with a lower portion to cover a nose.
To celebrate the launch of our POP Mask Filter we To celebrate the launch of our POP Mask Filter we have chosen a few of the masks to talk about for #PatentOfTheWeek
 
The first is a “Fan Mask”, patented by Paul Eschenbach in 1903. It intends to “greatly change the appearance of the face from its natural condition.” It comes in a “varied number of configurations … to produce designs of greater or less disguising effect.”
 
Head on over to the POPBlog to read more about the historic masks included in the digital filter.
 
#PoliticsOfPatents #FanMask #POPMasksFromThePast #MaskedBall #Invention
 
Image Description: A black line drawing on a white background of a person with an oval shaped mask hanging below their nose.
Today is the launch of our very own POP Mask Filte Today is the launch of our very own POP Mask Filter!

Created in collaboration with the talented @61_yi_ at @twenty_two_ninety_seven – we have devised a randomly generated filter for you to digitally “try on” masks from the past.

You can find the filter in our Instagram stories and on our profile (tap the three stars in the middle of our page). 

Feel free to test it out and tag us when you share it! 

#PoliticsOfPatents #POPMasksFromThePast #MasksFromThePast #DigitalFilter #VirtualResearch #HistoricMasks #WhatIsYourMaskMood 

Image Description: 1. A compilation of 8 images taken in a garden in front of a brick wall with 4 women posing wearing masks.
POP stickers! Samples just arrived and we’re pre POP stickers! Samples just arrived and we’re pretty happy with the results 🌈 

ID: two sheets of colourful squares with the word POP in the middle

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