Sorrentino, Miriam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1198-4562 (2026) The 3rd space cartographer: co-designing the boundary object as a strategy for activating student expertise. In: SHIFT 2026 Learning & Teaching Conference: "Students at the heart of learning and teaching", 6th - 7th January, 2026, University of Greenwich, London.

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Abstract

Over the last decade, through co-design and collaborative techniques, I have developed a highly successful multi-year project. It is a project that has consistently produced outstanding work and encourages excellent student engagement. At the heart of this project is an open umbrella creative brief that functions as a boundary object for working in the third space, a space at the borders of HE and the creative industries (Star and Griesemer, 1989). A space where people of different ages and experience can create a fluid, dynamic, and hopeful learning network (Hooks, 1994; Vygotsky, 1978). Each year students enjoy it so much that they return the following year as student mentors. Alumni enjoy it so much they return to facilitate it. Practitioners from the creative industries enjoy it so much they dedicate time to it. Projects like this do not just emerge from thin air, they require a rethink of pedagogic approach and a knowledgeable third space cartographer to map it each year, (Deleuze and Guattari, 2020). This presentation focuses on how a lecturer can become a third space cartographer to facilitate student active engagement, collaboration and opportunities through co-design. It does this by outlining 8 practical steps and asks the audience to consider which of their briefs they could turn into a boundary object.

Item Type:	Conference or Conference Paper (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	boundary objects, interdisciplinary, Third Spaces, students, industry, employability
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR N Fine Arts > NC Drawing Design Illustration
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Design and Creative Industries
Last Modified:	18 May 2026 10:32
URI:	https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/53478

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