DCRC - Digital Cultures Research Centre

A hectic fortnight brings two 'weeknotes' in one! Weeks 129 and 130 in the activities of the DCRC marked the ongoing preparation of ingredients of the REACT hub and the after dinner drinks of our original launch project, the Pervasive Media Knowledge Transfer Fellowship. 

Fifty guests crammed into the Pervasive Media Studio on Feb 29th for the launch of the Pervasive Media Cookbook. The Cookbook is a Hackspace meets Jamie Oliver mash-up where art and engineering mix to inspire entry level producers to get involved with the new world of location based media experiences. It promotes the emerging field of Pervasive Media by showing how 12 innovative experiments were made. 

At the end of October I crossed flightpaths with fellow DCRC researcher Sam Kinsley. He was heading back from carrying out field studies in California as a follow up to his doctoral work, while I headed toward San Francisco for the first Storyworld Conference and Expo.

In July 2010 the DCRC held the first intensive five day course for producers of pervasive media projects, held at the Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol. The summer school was aimed at those who have some experience working in digital media and want to explore using context aware platforms to deliver a project.

As we close another week of busy activity, DCRC marks the culmination of a stimulating and really productive Creative Producers Summer School. This second Summer School (the first being in 2010) ran here at the Pervasive Media Studio in partnership with iShed. The 2011 summer school was supported by Arts Council England.