I’ve had the opportunity to present as a guest lecturer and at a number of conferences and community events. Each opportunity has drawn out memories and flat stories which continues to enrich the project. Below are links to the presentations or publications where they are available online.

2020

Pink Flat the Door in The Commuting Book, September 2020

Mouse House in The Commuting Book, September 2020

Six60 in The Commuting Book, September 2020

2019

Dunedin Heritage Festival: Town and Gown. Heritage Bytes. Why Dunedin’s Named Flats are Part of our Heritage, 28 September 2019

Talk at Otago Medical School Class of 1999 reunion, 22 September 2019

Scarfie Flats Walking Tour. Part of Otago Museum’s Dare to be Wise exhibition event series, 1 September 2019

Scarfie Flats: Hidden Depths. Part of Otago Museum’s Dare to be Wise exhibition event series, 22 August 2019

Semiotics and the City: the case of Dunedin’s Named Flats, MFCO 312, 14 August 2019

Researching in the Open: the how, the why, and how it all played out, Graduate Women Otago, June 2019

Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival, 12 May 2019

Researching and Writing Dunedin History, University of the Third Age, March 2019

Hand on History, presentation and walking tour, January 2019

Scarfie Flats of Dunedin published.

2018 

Presentation to Media Film and Communication class on semiotics and the city, August 2018

Seminar with Dr Ian Chapman at Department of Music and the Performing Arts, July 2018 [video via Facebook]

Articles in Critic

• The signmaker, Critic, Issue 12, 2018
• Double the fun, Critic, Issue 11, 2018
• Where the streets have many names, Critic, Issue 9, 2018
• Staying in touch, Critic, Issue 8, 2018
• The Six60 Flat, Critic, Issue 7, 2018
• Being something you’re not, Critic, Issue 6, 2018
• Who gnomes about Pussy Planet? Critic, Issue 5, 2018
• Signs of Sex, Critic, Issue 4, 2018
• Stolen Signs, Critic, Issue 3, 2018
• The Debacle, Critic, Issue 2, 2018
• The Influence of J.K Rowling, Critic, Issue 1, 2018

2013

• Dunedin #flatnames Project . National Digital Forum, Te Papa, Wellington, November 2013.

2012

• Community Voice: Society through the ages.  Dunedin Public Library, Dunedin, October 2010.

2010

• Hanging out: preserving an ephemeral print culture in Dunedin.  LIANZA Conference, University of Otago, Dunedin, December  2010.
• The inaugural NZ Twitter Conference [#TweCon], December 2010.
• Pecha Kucha#5, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, March 2010.

2009

• My Flat Your Flat Our Place – an exhibition at OUSA Art Week, University of Otago, Dunedin, August 2009. View the online version.