ICTs and the Research Process in the Creative and Performing Arts Workshop

ICTs and the Research Process in the Creative and Performing Arts is a free community building workshop which will take place at the University of Glasgow on 24th October 2008.

King's College London, the JISC and the AHRC have made an award for the provision of UK-wide support for ICT in Arts and Humanities Research. As part of this award we are starting to establish a UK Network of Expert Centres in data creation, curation, and processing for A&H research. The intention is that the Network should serve as a forum for the promotion of standards, the discussion of issues, and the exchange of expertise and knowledge resources in data creation, curation, preservation and use in the arts and humanities. As such, it should enhance the capacity of its members to bid for funding, either individually or in groups, for future project work.

The group involved in developing the idea of a UK Network of Centres have had a number of discussions regarding the need for collaboration and better communication across the digital arts and humanities. In order to capture this momentum, we are running a series of agenda setting workshops and HATII at the University of Glasgow has chosen to focus on the theme: ICTs and the Research Process in the Creative and Performing Arts.

Our aim with this event is to engage the community; showcase important work; air views, opinions and ideas; and address some of the key strategic questions about future directions in arts research. The primary aim is to create the foundation for a strong community, and to enable us to think about how we can work together to foster and support the digital arts and humanities.

We are very keen that the creative and performing arts academic community are represented and that our specific needs become part of the development of the new Network of Expert Centres, so we would like as many people as possible to join in the discussion.

The ‘ICTs and the Research Process in the Creative and Performing Arts’ workshop will be held at the University of Glasgow on 24th October 2008 (9.15am – 4pm). There is no charge for the event and lunch and refreshments will be provided. If you would like to attend, please email Ann Gow (a.gow@hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk) before 9th October and you will be sent the programme and further information.

We look forward to seeing many of you at the workshop,

Daisy Abbott
Ann Gow
Seamus Ross