IADT Awarded Irish Research Council New Foundations 2022 Funding
This new project is one of 67 projects which will reach communities across the country and beyond, focusing on diverse societal challenges and government policy issues.
IADT’s Dr Elaine Sisson is the project PI and Ella Fitzpatrick is the project researcher. IADT are partnering with Irish Museums Association on this project.
The funding from the IRC will enable up to 15 participants to take part in a workshop facilitated by IADT + Creative Futures Academy called ‘Digital Storytelling for the Metaverse’.
Storytelling for the Metaverse aims to explore technologies of digital storytelling to collaborate on, and create innovative teaching and learning resources and professional training with educators in the museum sector. IADT will work with museum and art/design educators in the use of virtual reality (VR) to promote and enhance knowledge of the makers, materials and histories.
The project is currently registering participants for the workshop titled ‘Storytelling for the Metaverse’, facilitated by Creative Futures Academy. Participants will undertake training in the virtual reality equipment and assess how it may best be applied in their museums. Our research will be concerned with analysing the possibilities and effectiveness of investing in immersive tech.
Link to register for this workshop is here.
Details on the workshop can be found here.
The Irish Research Council New Foundations announcement represents a total investment of almost €875,000, inclusive of the Department of An Taoiseach Shared Island awards announced in December 2022.
43 projects are funded by the IRC to enhance research partnerships with civic society organisations. Through these partnerships with researchers, diverse community organisations will attain new evidence and insights to enhance their services and their impact.
In addition, a further 20 projects are funded by government departments and agencies addressing global development and global citizenship education, north-south reconciliation, our shared island, the National Volunteering Strategy for Ireland, and child protection and welfare policy. Four awards on climate change and biodiversity are funded by the Sunflower Charitable Foundation.
The full New Foundations 2022 Awardees announcement is available here.