In Place of War - a digital platform for artists in conflict zones

In Place of War - 冲突地区艺术家的数字平台

• 批准号: AH/J013293/1
• 负责人: James Thompson
• 金额: $ 11.69万
• 依托单位: University of Manchester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2012 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FJ013293%2F1
• 关键词: Place; War; digital; platform; artists

This application is for follow-on funding for the successful AHRC funded In Place of War (IPOW) project to develop an online platform for artists to share creative responses to conflict. It is based upon an innovative relationship with two new technology companies: Yoomee and AudioBoo. The former specialises in online web and network development, with a particular emphasis on social enterprise and community development. They will be the technology 'supplier' for the project and have been chosen because of their collaborative style of working and a commitment to the overall vision of the initiative. The latter is an audio version of twitter that has come into prominence as a popular format for 'citizen journalists' and social commentators living and working in Libya and Egypt during the recent 'Arab Spring'. AudioBoo are a project partner and are therefore contributing all time and resources in kind. They view this as an exciting development of the technology they have already pioneered and are interested in exploring how different users develop and expand their service. The project will work with both companies to create an integrated online platform that allows artists and creative commentators living in conflict zones to upload, document, and share artistic responses to unrest. IPOW currently has three online resources - an archive of digitised materials from theatre projects in war zones, a project web site and a social networking platform. This initiative seeks to combine all three and then substantially increase their reach. The rising popularity of social media, and the crucial role it has played in recent local (eg. the UK riots) and international conflicts (eg. Libya) has created an environment where international commentators now use social media to learn about different aspects of conflicts. Twitter feeds, facebook posts, online blogs and audioboo reports are now a vital part of knowledge circulation processes. Journalists outside conflict zones, as well as students, academics and the arts community, are interested in stories and different responses from people directly affected by and involved in unrest - and this project seeks to align existing IPOW resources and networks to these international developments. Artists have been widely used as first-hand sources for reporting on the situations in Egypt, Libya and Syria during the 'Arab Spring' - and we believe that an easily accessible site for the arts community, where they can upload material (visual, audio and text) and search the responses of others - could be an innovative platform in this new media environment. Drawing on IPOW's existing network, and on the experience of the technology partners (including a social media advisory board), this proposal, therefore, aims to create an accessible online resource that will become the pre-eminent site through which artists share their work and experiences of war. Simultaneously, it aims to become the portal to which those people seeking to locate first hand 'creative' responses to conflict turn.

此应用程序是为成功的AHRC资助的在战争（IPOW）项目的后续资金，以开发一个在线平台，艺术家分享对冲突的创造性反应。它基于与两家新技术公司的创新关系：Yoomee和AudioBoo。前者专注于在线网站和网络开发，特别强调社会企业和社区发展。他们将成为该项目的技术“供应商”，之所以被选中，是因为他们的合作工作风格和对该计划整体愿景的承诺。后者是Twitter的音频版本，在最近的“阿拉伯之春”期间，作为生活和工作在利比亚和埃及的“公民记者”和社会评论员的流行格式而变得突出。AudioBoo是项目合作伙伴，因此将以实物形式贡献所有时间和资源。他们认为这是他们已经开创的技术的一个令人兴奋的发展，并有兴趣探索不同的用户如何开发和扩展他们的服务。该项目将与两家公司合作，创建一个综合在线平台，允许生活在冲突地区的艺术家和创意评论员上传，记录和分享对骚乱的艺术反应。国际戏剧工作方案目前有三个在线资源----一个战区戏剧项目数字化材料档案、一个项目网站和一个社交网络平台。这一倡议寻求将这三个机构联合收割机结合起来，然后大幅度扩大其覆盖面。社交媒体的日益流行，以及它在最近的本地（例如）中发挥的关键作用。英国骚乱）和国际冲突（例如，利比亚）创造了一种环境，国际评论员现在使用社交媒体了解冲突的不同方面。Twitter供稿、facebook帖子、在线博客和audioboo报告现在是知识传播过程的重要组成部分。冲突地区以外的记者以及学生、学者和艺术界人士对直接受动乱影响和卷入动乱的人们的故事和不同反应感兴趣--该项目旨在使IPOW现有的资源和网络与这些国际发展保持一致。在“阿拉伯之春”期间，艺术家们被广泛用作报道埃及、利比亚和叙利亚局势的第一手资料来源--我们相信，一个便于艺术界访问的网站，他们可以在那里上传材料（视觉、音频和文本）并搜索其他人的反应--可以成为这种新媒体环境中的一个创新平台。因此，这项建议利用国际战争观察组织现有的网络和技术伙伴（包括一个社会媒体咨询委员会）的经验，旨在创建一个可供访问的在线资源，成为艺术家分享其作品和战争经历的杰出网站。同时，它的目标是成为那些寻求找到第一手的“创造性”的冲突反应转向的人的门户。