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Crystal Silver

Crystal Silver

Postdoctoral researcher in UX and co-design at Abertay University, leading UX research for the GRAPHIA project.

Aug 26, 2026

5:15
Is that just how the world is these days?
5:18
For me personally, my PhD is in social agency.
5:21
So sense of agency is our responsibility.
5:24
We feel over our actions.
5:25
And when you interact with the environment, that's super straightforward, right? So you switch on a light switch, the light comes on.
5:30
You're responsible for that.
5:31
But then in social interaction, it's so much more complicated.

19 MINS LATER

24:26
And so that's why the creative methods lend themselves, because in order for the brain to get into a creative space, we need to be relaxed we need to enjoy ourselves we need access to those parts of the brain that that a bright spark can invade and we need we need a friendly warm space for to be heard um so yeah i think would you agree that because this isn't completely built yet we need a a sort of open openness to that

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