Chronicle 2010; inter-disciplinary practice based research in documentary and the space of Web 2.0.

我们正在见证一个根本性的转变，从20世纪开始，内容创作是少数媒体专业人士的专属。非专业人士现在通过在网上发布文本、剧照和越来越多的视频，分享各种形式的纪实反思。这个项目是在参与式媒体这个新兴领域的背景下进行的，并探索它如何在第二代网络环境中发展，即web 2.0。“Web 1.0”可以看作是一个发布平台，一个包含许多个人网站的信息源。可以说，“Web 2.0”平台通过数据共享、社交网络、大众分类法、在线内容创作工具和富媒体促进了大规模协作。维基百科（Wikipedia）、Flickr、Facebook是“Web 2.0”的典范，显示了它的力量。随着“Web 2.0”的快速发展，我们才刚刚开始瞥见这个领域的创造潜力。这个项目将使用和反思“Web 2.0”工具和应用程序，并探索它所允许的新形式的创造力。现在很多纪录片都可以在网上看到，无论是短视频还是长“导演”作品，但这些通常都是线性的作品，只是把网络作为一个发布平台。更多动态的可能性正在出现。在一些视频分享网站和Vlogs（视频博客）上，人们可以看到以“呼叫和响应”模式创建的片段；富媒体中的创造性对话。此外，还有一些正在进行中的合作实验，比如新闻领域的Echo Chamber项目，以及OpenSource.com上的mashup。我关心的是，利用所谓的Web 2.0的能力——网络的对话和协作潜力，以及内容创作和分享的在线工具，纪录片的实践可能会是什么样子。所有的新媒体都是从现有的文化实践中形成的。我的项目将在实践和理论上调查“对现实的创造性处理”（John Grierson对纪录片的定义）在Web 2.0环境下作为一种协作实践的潜力。这些都是纪录片、新媒体研究和媒体行业急需解决的问题，我相信我完全有能力解决这些问题。

We are witnessing a fundamental shift from the twentieth century when creating content was the exclusive preserve of a few media professionals. Non-professionals are now sharing forms of documentary reflection by publishing text, stills and increasingly video online. This project is situated in the context of this emerging field of participatory media and explores how it might develop in the second generation web environment known as 'Web 2.0.' 'Web 1.0' can be seen as a publishing platform, an information source which included many personal web sites. The 'Web 2.0' platform arguably facilitates mass collaboration through data sharing, social networks, folksonomies, online tools for content creation, and rich media. Wikipedia, Flickr, Facebook exemplify 'Web 2.0' and suggest its power. With 'Web 2.0' evolving rapidly we are only just beginning to glimpse the creative potential of this space. This project will work with and reflect on 'Web 2.0' tools and applications and explore the new forms of creativity that it allows. Many documentaries can now be accessed online / whether short form video or longer 'auteur' work / but these are generally linear pieces which simply use the web as a distribution platform. More dynamic possibilities are emerging. On some video sharing sites and in Vlogs (video blogs) one can see pieces created in a 'a call and response' mode; a creative dialogue in rich media. Additionally there are some experiments in collaboration underway / the Echo Chamber project in the field of journalism, the mashups in OpenSource.com. My concern is with what a documentary practice might look like which takes advantage of the alleged affordances of Web 2.0 - the dialogic and collaborative potential of the network, the online tools for content creation and sharing. All new media form themselves out existing cultural practices. My project will investigate / in practice and in theory / the potential for the 'creative treatment of actuality' (John Grierson's definition of documentary) as a collaborative practice in the Web 2.0 environment. These are urgent issues for Documentary, New Media Studies and for the media industry and ones which I believe I am perfectly placed to address.