The Digital Villages Research Network

The Carlin How researchers met with Paul and Carrie yesterday for the workshop on digital media. ICT connectivity was not available so the group discussed ways of using the research blog and will follow this up with blogging activities with Steve at the school over the summer.

The group also used the workshop space to plan the community mapping in Carlin How and Brotton. The researchers are about to start visiting service providers and organisations in their mapping zone.

The group also talked about the recent job losses in Carlin How and how this impacts on the local community. Stories about the impact of the recession on local livelihoods can be found in the Gazette.

The second Carlin How workshop took place yesterday at the local community centre. The workshop focused on research ethics and safety in the field. We had some really interesting discussions about confidentiality and anonymity in small communities where many people know each other. We also discussed ways of keeping safe when out and about doing research. This research group will soon be able to join the first research group at Margrove Park for the next phase of workshops (4 and onwards) and the survey phase of the research.

The Carlin How group are starting their own research soon by mapping local organisations and access to ICTs in the village. This will provide us with more information about village needs. Meanwhile, researchers from cohort 1 are continuing to collect their datasheets in neighbouring areas.

Our second group of researchers, Amanda, Roger and Marion met at Carlin How Jubilee Hall yesterday for an introduction to the DVN by Paul and Carrie. It’s great to have new people coming on board and we are really looking forward to working in Carlin How and the surrounding area. It’s also fascinating to learn about the different villages and towns in East Cleveland. This group will join the first group of researchers in helping out with the ICT mapping. We are looking forward to our second workshop next week.

This is a bit of a test to see if this works and if it does we can start to map the distribution of community mapping tasks… These are the DVN researchers located in place. Click on the balloons to find out who is researching where.