DCRC - Digital Cultures Research Centre

Michelle Henning is running an introductory four week course for Media Culture & Practice and Media & Journalism students. A frenetic but playful immersion in digital media and cultural theory, we have already seen some clever and imaginative work uploaded to our Facebook group. The images below are the result of an enquiry into the conventions and meanings of portrait photography that involved a pop-up portrait studio, dressing up and props, and online image manipulation....

We're two weeks into term and the new first years in Media Culture & Practice and Media & Journalism are settling in at our new home at the Bower Ashton campus. It's busy and the teaching rooms and technology are being built around us as we work, but - as further blog posts will show - this is not stopping us doing interesting work!

Last Friday saw the culmination of a fantastically successful first sandbox programme for the REACT knowledge Exchange hub. The highliy anticipated and sold out Heritage Sandbox showcase event on the 28th of September gave an engaging overview of six innovative projects linking academics and creative industries partners. One of the projects was, of course, City Strata, led by DCRC researcher Charlotte Crofts.

We are looking for an excellent PhD candidate in one of the research theme areas of: Play, Collaborative Media, Pervasive Media and the Attention Economy. The DCRC also has a number of associated and emergent themes so that candidates are strongly urged to read the profiles of staff in our network to ensure that their topic will contribute to our research community.