DCRC - Digital Cultures Research Centre

Weeks 143-145 of the DCRC have been rather busy with the annual array of double-marking, meetings and paperwork necessary to finalise marks and awards for this academic year. Equally, members of the centre have been involved in planning for a new academic year, a partial change of surroundings - as Media Practice and Culture moves to the Bower Ashton campus, and planning some upcoming events. DCRC researchers have contributed to the celebrations of Watershed's 30th birthday, the Sheffield DocFest, embarked upon residencies and prepared for a summer of international travel.

As the seasonal parties begin in earnest the DCRC team would like to wish everyone compliments of the season as we look forward to a productive 2012.

The week ending on Friday 18th was an interesting cross section of DCRC activity. We held two events related to of our Connected Communities projects, concerning community use of digital media and the kinds of value produced in the Pervasive Media Studio network.

On the afternoon of Friday 18th November we shared research outputs from Keeping In Touch (an early part of Connected DCRC) with an audience of community-based workers and academics, as well as visitors from the AHRC, who funded the research.

The DCRC is pleased to announce the release of its initial report from our AHRC Connected Communities project: 'Keeping in Touch'. The project consisted of a small scale scoping project looking at how people use everyday communication technologies to strengthen communities and a significant portion of the research was conducted in partnership with the Knowle West Media Centre.

Since relaunching this website at the beginning of September the DCRC team haven't stopped! Director Jon Dovey has been striking ground on the South West AHRC knowledge exchange hub REACT, Sam Kinsley has been conducting British Academy funded research fieldwork in California, and Constance Fleuriot has been working on the Pervasive Media Cookbook with Jess Linington as well as concluding research at Knowle West Media Centre for our Connected Communities project 'Keeping in Touch'.