My research explores the information-sharing practices of artist-researchers. I’m interested in learning about how artist-researchers perceive and engage with research-creation—an approach that brings together creative and academic research practices–to conduct and share research.

Speaking

Conference Presentations

Kampen, A. (2025). Can this part count? A sticky exploration of arts-based autoethnography. School of Information Research Day, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Kampen, A. (2025). Understanding information-sharing of artist-researchers. iConference, Doctoral Colloquium, Bloomington, United States of America.

Kampen, A. (2024). Understanding information-sharing of artist-researchers. Information Seeking in Context, Doctoral Colloquium, Aalborg, Denmark.

Kampen, A. (2024). Emergent and exploratory: Understanding information sharing of artist-researchers, Society for Social Study of Science (4S), Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Kampen, A. (2024). Crafting connections: Art kits as a form for processing experiences and ideas in Library and Information Studies. School of Information Research Day, Vancouver, British Columbia

Kampen, A., & De Forest, H. (2023). Gathering Residue: Doing a literature review “otherwise”. Keeping it Real Conference [online].

Guest Speaker

Research Methods, LIBR 507, School of Information, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (October 2023; March 2025)
Title: Arts-based Research

Information Visualization and Visual Analytics, LIBR 514/INFO 419, School of Information, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (June, 2020; April 2021; September 2021)
Title: Show Me the Story

Human Information Interaction, LIBR 506, School of Information, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Fall, 2020)
Title: User Experience

Information Retrieval Concepts and Practices, LAIS 557, School of Information, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (Fall, 2020)
Title: Beyond clicks: Bringing the IRL and AFK to user experience