By gopaldass on March 22, 2011
re:Play
Digital engagement for arts, culture and education
Social media has enabled our engagement in arts, culture and education to remain in play across different times and spaces. The re:Play Project takes a second look, to better understand the processes and range of social media, to develop best practice guidelines, and also to embed digital engagement as a means for innovation, education and creativity.
The inclusive nature of social media combined with the ubiquity of mobile technology has led to a revolution in public and private dialogue. This dynamic exchange has also led us to re-examine issues such as privacy, identity, communication, expressions of creativity and ownership. It is within this context that re:Play takes another look at digital engagement for the arts, culture and education. In doing so, the project relates to the emerging theme of Digital Transformations identified by the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
Continue reading “Announcement: re:play project”
Posted in action | Tagged arts, culture, digital engagement, digital literacy, education, social media |
By gopaldass on March 16, 2011
I just caught up with episode 2 of Agony and Ecstasy, the series on BBC that follows the English National Ballet for a year as they produce high profile productions like Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet and Nutcracker. Amongst other things, the show does a very fine job of demonstrating the tremendous commitment and effort it takes to work as a dancer with the company.
Right from the first episode, the threat of a massive cut in government support was looming large and in episode 2 they finally get to know of the extent of cuts. The entire company seemed to face the news with a fair amount of stoicism and camaraderie. Bravo. This moment from the show must have stayed with me because a little later I had an idea just as I was making a cup of tea.
Continue reading “Ballet on the Kinect”
Posted in inspiration | Tagged ballet, bbc4, kinect, television |
By gopaldass on March 15, 2011
A few of months ago Dhyaan Design was commissioned to develop a UN-Women/ PLD website to distribute CEDAW resources to South Asian countries. CEDAW is an acronym for the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The treaty has been ratified by all South Asian countries and the objective of the website is to further its implementation in the region.
I was working with a small team in New Delhi, which meant there were plenty of Skype calls at all hours of the day. To be honest, this added to the excitement of the project. Amongst other things, we also had to solve the rather tricky problem of representing the region. As you all know, the depiction of geo-political boundaries is a very touchy subject.
Continue reading “9 visitors from Kabul”
Posted in action, reflection | Tagged CEDAW, South Asia, un-women, web accessibility, wordpress |
By gopaldass on March 10, 2011
Update: I am happy to announce that two fine companies
United by Design and
Bivouac have agreed to participate in the enterprise activity. They have been very generous and offered an amazing 5 slots each for the go-see activity. This means every group will have a chance to visit at least one company and some might be able to visit both. The visits will happen in the first week of April. I will post the reactions from my students as well as UBD/ Bivouac later in the month.
Background Information
Two years ago I helped setup the Media Enterprise module for the Media Studies programme at York St John University. The objective of this module is to introduce students to key enterprise skills to enable them to explore and realize their creative ideas in a sustainable manner. Every year students work in groups to define a product or service and then create a pitch for it. This includes – presenting a mood board, defining a digital communications strategy and proposing a print campaign.
Continue reading “An enterprise activity for my students”
Posted in action | Tagged colleges and universities, education enterprise, enterprise, higher education |
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