28 January 2021 | 9.30 – 11.00 (CET) ZOOM
As media becomes increasingly entangled into complex social and material worlds, we need to deploy interdisciplinary and non-traditional methods. In particular, working with communities and collaborative participants requires a commitment to research techniques, translation and (knowledge) transmission. In this talk I explore a few examples of fieldwork which required more than just ethnography as action research. I reflect upon the power of creative practice methodologies to give voice to tacit practices and to find alternative ways for adapting the research into productive synthesis, exchange and generative collaboration.

The RMeS PhD Council is looking for a new member. The Council meets twice a year and organizes one network event each year. The Council represents the PhD community in the RMeS Advisory Board and gets to evaluate and discuss the direction of the Research School for Media Studies.

Wednesday, 25th November, 2020 | 3:00 pm GMT | 4:00pm CET (Online)
This ground-breaking collection of essays examines the scope and consequences of digital vigilantism – a phenomenon emerging on a global scale, which sees digital audiences using social platforms to shape social and political life. Longstanding forms of moral scrutiny and justice seeking are disseminated through our contemporary media landscape, and researchers are increasingly recognising the significance of societal impacts effected by digital media.

Scholarships 2021 – 2025
In 2020, Maastricht University (UM) and the China Scholarship Council (CSC) signed a five-year Cooperative Agreement. Within this framework, UM annually provides 30 high quality research scholarships to qualified Master students from Chinese universities or research institutions.