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Research Interests
Patterns of work in creative industries
GIS for cultural research – integrating GIS techniques with qualitative methods
I am currently in the final year of my PhD entitled: ‘Creative city mapping: exploring GIS for cultural planning and auditing’. I am investigating the use of mental maps and GIS to bridge between qualitative interview data and quantitative measures of the creative city. Outputs generated for this thesis are being used to better understand the spatial proclivities of Darwin’s creative workforce.
Research Assistance
ARC Linkage grant: “Creative Tropical City: mapping Darwin’s creative industries” 2007-2009
My role was to carry out a baseline and historical mapping analysis of Darwin’s creative industries, based on census data. Further work involved design and implementation of a methodology for integrating qualitative map data. Results can be accessed in the project report:
http://www.cdu.edu.au/sspr/documents/ctcreport.pdf
A 3D visualisation of qualitative data can be viewed here:
http://www.creativetropicalcity.blogspot.com/
ARC Discovery grant: “Reinventing rural places? The extent and impact of festivals as regeneration strategies” 2004-2008
My tasks included managing the development of a festivals database; survey design and mailout; fieldwork and data analysis. Further information about the project can be accessed here:
http://www.uow.edu.au/science/eesc/eesstaff/UOW050077.html
Current Research Projects
GIS Mapping Technologies in Cultural Research: A Pilot Study Charting Spatialised Understandings of Inequality Across Different Parts of Adelaide
Susan Luckman (UniSA), Chris Gibson and Chris Brennan-Horley
This project builds upon the use of mental maps and GIS utilised in the Creative Tropical City Project (LP0667445). It will test the use of two kinds of mobile devices—mobile palm-held and interactive digital tablets—for both their usability and productive impact upon the conduct of location-based research interviews and surveys.
Representative Publications
Brennan-Horley, C. and Gibson, C (2009) ‘Where is creativity in the city? Integrating qualitative and GIS methods’, Environment and Planning A [in press]
Brennan-Horley, C., Luckman, S., Gibson, C. and Willoughby-Smith J. (2009) ‘Putting maps back in ethnographic mappings: GIS, ethnography and cultural research – a case study. Information society [in press]
Luckman, S., Gibson C., Willoughby-Smith, J. and Brennan-Horley, C. (2008) ‘Life in a northern (Australian) town: Darwin’s mercurial music scene’, Continuum, 22:5, pp. 623-637
Brennan-Horley, C. (2007) ‘Work and Play: the vagaries surrounding contemporary cultural production in Sydney’s dance music culture’, Media International Australia, 123: 1, pp123-127
Brennan-Horley, C., Connell, J. & Gibson, C. (2007) ‘The Parkes Elvis Revival Festival: economic development and contested place identities in rural Australia. Geographical Research 45, 1, pp71-84
Gibson, C. & Brennan-Horley, C. (2006) ‘Goodbye pram city: Beyond inner/outer binaries in creative city discourse’, Urban Policy and Research, 24, 4, 455-471
Brennan-Horley, C., (2004) Work and Play: Post-industry cultural production in Sydney’s dance music culture. Unpublished BSc thesis, University of New South Wales, Sydney.
Conference Papers
Brennan-Horley, C. ‘Finding creativity in a small city: how qualitative mapping methods can reveal new geographies of creativity’, paper presented at the Association of American Geographers conference, Las Vegas, 3 May 2009
Brennan-Horley, C. and Gibson, C ‘Using maps creatively to more critically understand the creative city’, paper presented at Royal Geographic Society and Institute of British Geographers Annual conference, London, 27-29 August 2008
Brennan-Horley, C. and Luckman, S. ‘Putting maps back into ethnographic mappings: GIS, ethnography and cultural research – A case study, paper presented at Creating Value: Between commerce and commons, QUT, Brisbane, 25-27 June 2008
Luckman, S. Gibson, C., Lea, T. and Brennan-Horley, C. ‘Darwin as ‘Creative Tropical City’: Just how transferable is creative city thinking?’ Paper presented at State of Australian Cities conference, UniSA, Adelaide, 30 November 2007
Brennan-Horley, C., ‘Work and play: the vagaries surrounding contemporary cultural production in Sydney’s dance music culture’, Paper presented at the Institute of Australian Geographers Conference, University of Melbourne, July 4, 2007
Gibson, C, Brennan-Horley, C, Gorman-Murray, A and Waitt, G ‘Exploring the qualitative economy of a rural festival: beyond quantitative impact evaluations’, paper presented at the Association of American Geographers conference, San Francisco, April 4, 2007
Brennan-Horley, C., Tindall, T., Gibson, C. and Waitt, G. ‘Youth Surf Carnivals in non-metropolitan locations: a case study of the Rusty Gromfest’, paper presented at the Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers conference, Global social justice and environmental sustainability, London, August 30, 2006
Gibson, C, Brennan-Horley, C, Gorman-Murray, A and Waitt, G ‘Exploring the qualitative economy of a rural festival: beyond quantitative impact evaluations’, paper presented at the International Geographical Union/Institute of Australian Geographers conference, Regional Responses to Global Changes: A view from the Antipodes, July 4, 2006
Gibson, C. & Brennan-Horley, C. Goodbye pram city: Beyond inner/outer binaries in creative city discourse. Paper presented at the Post-Suburban Sydney: The City in Transformation conference, University of Western Sydney, 22 November 2005
Brennan-Horley, C., Connell, J. & Gibson, C. ‘The Parkes Elvis Revival Festival: economic development and contested place identities in rural Australia. Paper presented at the Institute of Australian Geographers Conference, University of New England, 21 July 2005
Brennan-Horley, C. Work and Play: Post-industry cultural production in Sydney’s dance music culture. Unpublished BSc thesis, University of New South Wales, Sydney. Paper presented at the Geographical Society of New South Wales Honours Conference, Macquarie University, 18 November 2005
Other reports
Creative Tropical City: Mapping Darwin’s creative industries 2009
Creative Tropical City: Preliminary Data Analysis 2007
Regional cultural mapping: Statistical support for the arts and culture sector
ChillOut 2006 Visitor and Business Survey Results
Thirlmere Railway Museum: Cultural Planning Stage 1
Student Access to Bus Routes Project: Final Report
Student Access to Bus Routes Project: Scoping Report
The Parkes Elvis Revival Festival Report 2006
The Parkes Elvis Revival Festival Report 2003
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