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.

该应用程序是为成功的AHRC提供的后续资金，代替了战争（IPOW）项目，以开发一个在线平台，以供艺术家分享对冲突的创造性回应。它基于与两家新技术公司的创新关系：Yoomee和Audioboo。前者专门研究在线网络和网络开发，特别着重于社会企业和社区发展。它们将是该项目的技术“供应商”，并因其协作风格的工作方式以及对该计划的整体愿景的承诺而被选择。后者是Twitter的音频版本，在最近的“阿拉伯之春”期间，在利比亚和埃及生活和工作的“公民记者”和社会评论员的一种流行形式引人入胜。 Audioboo是项目合作伙伴，因此正在以所有时间和资源为贡献。他们认为这是他们已经开创的技术的激动人心的发展，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，创建一个集成的在线平台，允许生活在冲突区域中的艺术家和创意评论员上传，记录和分享动乱的艺术回应。 IPOW目前拥有三个在线资源 - 战区项目中的数字化材料档案，项目网站和社交网络平台。该计划旨在将这三个倡议结合起来，然后大大增加其影响力。社交媒体的普及以及它在最近的本地（例如英国暴动）和国际冲突（例如利比亚）中所发挥的关键作用，创造了一个环境，国际评论员现在使用社交媒体来了解冲突的不同方面。 Twitter提要，Facebook帖子，在线博客和AudioBoo报告现在是知识发行过程的重要组成部分。冲突区外的记者以及学生，学者和艺术界对直接受动乱影响和涉及动乱的人们的故事感兴趣，并且该项目旨在使现有的IPOW资源和网络与这些国际发展保持一致。在“阿拉伯之春”期间，艺术家已被广泛用作报告埃及，利比亚和叙利亚情况的第一手资料 - 我们认为，对于艺术社区而言，易于访问的网站，他们可以在这种新媒体环境中上传材料（视觉，音频和文字）并搜索其他人的响应并搜索他人的响应。因此，该提案借鉴了IPOW的现有网络以及技术合作伙伴（包括社交媒体顾问委员会）的经验，旨在创建一个可访问的在线资源，该资源将成为艺术家分享他们的工作和战争经验的杰出网站。同时，它的目的是成为那些寻求第一手“创造性”反应冲突转弯的人的门户网站。