Current Research Activity

Senior research assistant David Meurer is attending the 2011 Culture and Computing conference in Kyoto, Japan and will present a paper on Artmob CMS and the principles that underpin development on this digital archiving project. The abstract and a PDF of the accepted paper may be found below.

Meurer, David M. "Towards a Dialogic Archive: Canadian Copyright Law, Digital Archives, and Fair Dealing." Conference Proceedings. 2011 Second International Conference on Culture and Computing. 20-22 October, 2011. Kyoto University, Japan.

Dynamic Fair Dealing: Creating Canadian Culture Online

A volume to be edited by Rosemary J. Coombe (Canada Research Chair in Law, Communication and Culture, York University) and Darren Wershler-Henry (Communication Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University)

Digital Media and the Informational Politics of Appropriation

In this essay, David M. Meurer and Rosemary J. Coombe argue that the capacities of digital media to capture, transmit, and enable derivative uses of cultural expressions problematize distinctions between tangible and intangible goods, materiality and immateriality, and the logic of intellectual property regimes.

From Lifting: Theft in Art. Ed. Atopia Projects. Aberdeen, UK: Peacock Visual Arts, 2009.

New Media Collaboration Centre (NMCC) to support Augmented Reality Research, Digital Archives of Canadian Culture and Canadian Digital Policy Initiatives

The initial phase of development for Artmob was provided through a CFI application submitted with Dr. Caitlin Fisher's Augmented Reality Lab.

New Media Collaboration Centre: Canadian Arts Content Management System and Centre for Digital Policy and Cultural Rights Initiatives

The second development phase of Artmob, currently in progress, is funded through a CFI submitted with Dr. Christopher Innes and his www.ModernDrama.ca project.

Performance and Fair Dealing

Video Cabaret as an Example
Video Cabaret is a theatre ensemble that originated in Toronto in 1976, and became known for its cutting-edge, multimedia productions that incorporated videos with live performances. Over the years they have accumulated a large archive of performance-related material. Incorporating this hybrid theatre form with the Internet has many valuable consequences: it can function to preserve and create a record of the performances, and it will also allow for the performances to be studied as an art form.