Personal profile
Research Expertise
I work with people through creative engagement, participation and collaboration using a range of media, including digital drawing, film, sound, textiles and photography. Processes of reciprocity and exchange foster meaning and creative agency for projects which are often inter-generational and cross-cultural, spanning the northern and Arctic regions. The geopolitical consequences of contemporary societal threats underpin long term projects, Cold War Projects, a collaboration with artist Susan Timmins, and Landscape in Pain.
I work within different communities, such as the diverse learning community, generated by our MA Art and Social Practice, my home community, Shetland, or the international networks fostered by connections through these communities. The relationship between virtuality, socially engaged art and higher education brings together my research-based art practice and pedagogical practice, as in Repositioning Practice (2018-19).
Keywords
- Centre for Island Creativity
- Social art practice
- Cold War Projects
- Landscape
- societal threats
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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SDG 5 Gender Equality
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
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SDG 13 Climate Action
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SDG 14 Life Below Water
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SDG 15 Life on Land
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations from the last five years
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Northern Connections - Engaging young people in rural Arctic societies in building sustainability across borders
Permar, R. (CoI), Sørmo, W. (PI), Gårdvik, M. (CoI), Stoll, K. (CoI), Manninen, A. (CoI) & Carden, S. (CoI)
1/09/25 → 31/08/27
Project: Research
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Nordic Connections: Learning from the past to shape the future
Permar, R. (PI)
1/10/21 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
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Home and Belonging
Permar, R. (CoI), Carden, S. (PI) & Wild, S. (CoI)
17/04/19 → 30/04/22
Project: Research
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Re-positioning practice, place and people through virtual teaching of socially engaged art
Permar, R. (PI)
18/12/18 → 30/12/19
Project: Research
Research output
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Bloodlines: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5
Permar, R. (Artist), 8 May 2025Research output: Non-textual form › Portfolio of outputs › peer-review
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Bloodlines: Living in the Landscape
Permar, R., 20 May 2025, Kindred. Härkönen, E. & Lundstedt, L. (eds.). Rovaniemi: University of Lapland Press, p. 18-20 2 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution
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Grounded in Shetland
Permar, R., 3 Oct 2025, Collections .Research output: Contribution to specialist publication or web blog › Article
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I live here! Reflections of a socially engaged artist in a small community
Permar, R., 18 Jul 2025, Socially Engaged Art and Ethics : Power, Politics and Participation. Schrag, A. (ed.). London: Routledge, p. 17-31 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Kindred: Living in the Landscape
Permar, R. (Artist), 19 May 2025Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
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Nordic Connections: Interdisciplinary and Intergenerational Approaches to Transformative Sustainability in Arctic Island Communities
Permar, R., Sørmo, W., Stoll, K. & Gårdvik, M., 1 Dec 2025, Relate North: Lessons of the Land. Huhmarniemi, M., Burnett, K. & O'Grady, A. (eds.). Auinta da Cruz Estrada de Sao Salvador, 3510-784 Viseu, Portugal: InSEA Publications, Vol. 12. p. 42-65 23 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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The Knab Lerwick, Creative Strategic Framework
Innes, M., Permar, R. & Carden, S., 1 Oct 2025, 108 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Open AccessFile14 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
Activities
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Design Lab #1 - Northern Connections
Permar, R. (Contributor) & Carden, S. (Contributor)
23 Mar 2026 → 26 Mar 2026Activity: KE and Outreach activities › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Schools engagement
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ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment (Journal)
Permar, R. (Peer reviewer)
27 Feb 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Scottish Arctic Network Conference
Permar, R. (Speaker)
5 Mar 2026 → 6 Mar 2026Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Invited talk
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Landscape in Pain
Permar, R. (Speaker)
25 Oct 2025Activity: KE and Outreach activities › Types of External academic engagement - Invited talk
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TELEPHONE
Permar, R. (Contributor)
10 Oct 2025 → …Activity: KE and Outreach activities › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
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Energy in Motion
Permar, R. (Participant)
8 Jun 2025 → 10 Jun 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Landscape in Pain
Permar, R. (Speaker)
30 Oct 2025Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Invited talk
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Press/Media
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Shetland College UHI lecturer recognised with new title
26/04/16 → 26/04/16
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Research
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Relate North 2014: Engagement, Art and Representation
Permar, R. & Timmins, S.
10/03/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Age of creativity puts Scots cultural figures in the frame
Permar, R. & Timmins, S.
11/10/13
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research