heatherj
12-09-2003, 12:31 PM
At http://sightings.kidsown.ie/ there is some (very unacademic) research about the possibilities of using the communication networks, such as the internet, in community arts settings.
'Sightings' was conducted by Kids' Own Publishing Partnership, from Sligo, Ireland. Kids' Own has worked, since 1997 in local publishing and arts projects with community and school groups. I'm Heather James, an arts worker who studied fine art and worked in commercial multimedia.
Hopefully I've written it without too much jargon, and I hope gives a good overview of the topic, and might be interesting not only to community arts workers, but also potential collaborators such as technologists.
There are interviews from a wide variety of people. For example, Barrie Stephenson from the BBC who runs a digital storytelling project, and lowell monke (author on technology in education), and artists and technologists who may not have worked in community arts, but may have something to offer to the discussion.
http://sightings.kidsown.ie/interviews/
ANY feedback or response to the site would be appreciated and possibly published on the site (unless you'd say otherwise). This project is ongoing, so if you see this post a year later, please do write us!
http://sightings.kidsown.ie/contact/
Also, to expand the 'examples' section, we are looking for projects that can meet (most) of these criteria:
- Involved the participation of members of a local community or region
- Used a collaborative approach with community members having input into the work with artists
- Was web-native; used the internet or any other communications networks in the performance or creation of the work.
- The work would invite participation from visitors outside the local community
see: http://sightings.kidsown.ie/research/examples/
'Sightings' was conducted by Kids' Own Publishing Partnership, from Sligo, Ireland. Kids' Own has worked, since 1997 in local publishing and arts projects with community and school groups. I'm Heather James, an arts worker who studied fine art and worked in commercial multimedia.
Hopefully I've written it without too much jargon, and I hope gives a good overview of the topic, and might be interesting not only to community arts workers, but also potential collaborators such as technologists.
There are interviews from a wide variety of people. For example, Barrie Stephenson from the BBC who runs a digital storytelling project, and lowell monke (author on technology in education), and artists and technologists who may not have worked in community arts, but may have something to offer to the discussion.
http://sightings.kidsown.ie/interviews/
ANY feedback or response to the site would be appreciated and possibly published on the site (unless you'd say otherwise). This project is ongoing, so if you see this post a year later, please do write us!
http://sightings.kidsown.ie/contact/
Also, to expand the 'examples' section, we are looking for projects that can meet (most) of these criteria:
- Involved the participation of members of a local community or region
- Used a collaborative approach with community members having input into the work with artists
- Was web-native; used the internet or any other communications networks in the performance or creation of the work.
- The work would invite participation from visitors outside the local community
see: http://sightings.kidsown.ie/research/examples/