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Bijkomende vereisten die gesteld worden aan de projecten zijn 1. de aansluiting ervan bij het algemene onderzoeksbeleid en de meerjarenplanning die opgesteld werden binnen het Onderzoeksinstituut MAD-Research en 2. een valorisatiepotentieel binnen de Limburgse Regio (economisch maar zeker ook cultureel/maatschappelijk). Bijgevoegd informatiedossier geeft een korte omschrijving van zowel dit onderzoeksbeleid (MAD-Research) als van enkele relevante initiatieven in de Limburgse Regio.

Daarnaast bevat dit informatiedossier ook informatie over de manier waarop een project ingediend kan worden:

- Indiening enkel via domeinspecifieke onderzoekscoördinatoren MAD-Research
- Indiening van projecten via één van de twee bijgevoegde sjablonen: op naam of op project
- Deadline indiening: 15 september 2010

• Bestand “informatiedossier doctoraatsbeurzen LSM-MAD”
• Bestand “sjabloon aanvraagdossier doctoraatsbeurzen LSM-MAD op naam”
• Bestand “sjabloon aanvraagdossier doctoraatsbeurzen LSM-MAD op project”

On 23rd – 25th of August, the research group Social Spaces will be present at the E-Culture Fair 2010 in Dortmund (Germany). The fair is organized by BAM, the Flemish institute for visual, audiovisual and media art, “Virtueel Platform” and “Medienwerk NRW” and is part of RUHR 2010, the European Capital of Culture and ISEA 2010 (16th International Symposium on Electronic Arts). The E-Culture Fair revolves around (cross-disciplinary) projects on (media) technology, art, research and creative industry. Here, companies, schools, universities, research groups and artists from Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany will present their work. At a booth at the Fair, Social Spaces will present itself and several of the projects the group currently is involved in (closely collaborating with Art Centre Z33, the Province of Limburg and the Expertise centre for Digital Media).

As described in the post “Mapping the Euregional fablab: a report”, Social Spaces did two mapping sessions at the i_beta festival in Heerlen, the Netherlands on Friday June 18th 2010. Here, we designed a Euregional fablab. The videos of the two presentations (in which the participants of both the sessions presented their maps) are now online!

Creating spaces: Euregional fablab from Social Spaces on Vimeo.

Creating spaces: Euregional fablab from Social Spaces on Vimeo.

For Project Lab the students of the bridging program Communication & Multimedia Design worked together with ‘Klankenbos’ of Musica. ‘Klankenbos’ is a permanent collection of sound installations in open air, accommodated at the ‘Provinciaal Domein Dommelhof’ at Neerpelt (Belgium) and unique in Europe. Musica aims to be a low level access to sound art and installations. This for instance expresses itself in the fact that ‘Klankenbos’ is always accessible for visitors (24 hours). During Project Lab, students had to work out a typical C-md solution for a cultural organization, integrating the five key courses of C-md, namely Graphic design, Audiovisual applications, ICT, Communication and Marketing. A briefing by Eveline Heylen and a visit to ‘Klankenbos’ served as a kick off of Project Lab and a starting point for the work of the students. Each team of students worked out a project thereby expanding awareness of Musica, addressing hard to reach target groups or experimenting with other ways of communication and participation with people.

On Friday 11th of June the research group Social Spaces was invited to organize two mapping sessions at the i_beta festival in Heerlen, the Netherlands. This festival revolved around innovation and new trends in the world of e-culture and creative economy. Organized by Social Beta – centre for e-culture, the i_beta festival focused especially on the challenges the Meuse-Rhine Euregion faces today and on the role e-culture can play in solving these problems. During the two mapping sessions the participants, all coming from various disciplines, designed a Euregional fablab. They discussed how they would imagine a(n) (e-culture) fablab in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion and what key values it would represent.