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Welcome to the Dundalk Institute of Technology Creative Media Research website. We are a group of academics aiming to use our multidisciplinary skills to advance new research and initiatives in creative media. We have a broad base of specialisms which include diverse areas such as film, drawing, graphic design, tangible interface design, media theory, multimedia authoring, narrative theory or game theory.
Our research is characterized by a mix of basic and applied research. For example, individuals produce new physical artifacts to problem solve, build theory and test theory. By building physical artifacts and thus moving from concept inception to final design, the artifacts can be used to test concepts, experiment with the implications of principles and solve specific practical problems. Such practice-based research artifacts developed within the group include film, art, alternate-reality games, mobile technologies and tangible-user interfaces.
We are based in the PJ Carrolls building – an inspiring location. Carrolls is a historical landmark and one of Ireland’s finest buildings. Built as the Carroll cigarette plant between 1967 and 1970, it is part listed and architecturally distinctive. It is a fine example of modern architecture. The newly refurbished Carrolls contains extensive labs, a darkroom, a radio studio, a film studio, an art studio, screening room, dedicated post grad facilities and a winter garden. These world-class facilities are expected to continue promoting disciplinary synergies, furthering our research into creative media artifacts which enhance human experience either aesthetically or functionally.
About Dundalk Institute of Technology
Research activity at DKIT (see http://ww2.dkit.ie/research) is spearheaded by a number of research centres (Smooth Muscle Research Centre, Netwell, National Freshwater Research Centre, Software Technology Research Centre, Centre for Entrepreneurship Research, and the Centre for Renewable Energy).
Recently the Institute has also established three research groups in Electrochemistry, Organic Resource and our very own Creative Media.