CornCCoB day 2

Today I've spent the day at Falmouth University - Tremough campus meeting up with colleagues here in Falmouth who are either involved in CornCCoB or working on relevant research. First up I talked with Isabelle Rishner who is working on a 2 year project called "Supercrafted" which is exploring how crafts practitioners engage with the web.

CornCCoB day one

My first day in Cornwall, having spent the previous day traveling and I was straight out for the first two interviews. The first of these was with an artist/print maker living and working rurally in the Penzance area.

We talked about communities of place and interest.

CornCCoB project!

I have some exciting news (well, exciting for me, at least) - I have successfully secured funding for a project which will explore Cornwall's creative communities and the role of broadband (CornCCoB). I'm off down to Cornwall for 2 weeks to talk with a variety of creative professionals, along with people leading community arts projects and outreach programmes. I'm really looking forward to both learning more about the nature of Cornwall's creative cultures, and getting a better understanding of the role that broadband can play within this, in enabling creative practitioners and communities to reach out and better network with potential clients and collaborators. I'm also interested in those who do not use the web for their work/activities - what holds people back from engaging with the web? Is there any kind of support which might be welcome? I will be updating this blog throughout the process so please stay tuned to see how the research unfolds.