G.R.O.U.P. Research Team
Research Teams are collaborative projects that provide undergraduates with the opportunity to conduct interdisciplinary research with more experienced researchers. Research Teams consist of two faculty members from different departments, at least eight undergraduates, and two graduate students. Undergraduates receive course credit for their work as they gain valuable research skills, build relationships as team members, and develop an appreciation for the insights that an interdisciplinary approach can bring to a single subject. Graduate students participating in the Team will reap the same benefits as well as gain experience as mentors to the undergraduate students.
Download the 2010-2011 G.R.O.U.P. Research Team guidelines and application:
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The application deadline for the 2010-2011 Research Team is November 16, 2009.
For questions about the program, please contact Fellowships Coordinator Bridgette Lehrer at blehrer@berkeley.edu.
2009-2010 Team: Mobile City Chronicles
Led by James Holston (Anthropology) and Greg Niemeyer (Art Practice & Berkeley Center for New Media), the Mobile City Chronicles (MCC) research team will chronicle a contemporary city using mobile media. To chronicle the city, the research team will construct and playtest mobile "detection games" that engage new systems of monitoring urban life. These games will relate online data to local real-world experiences through locative media (cell phones, GPS, laptops).
The online data will come from new surveillance technologies that monitor behavior in cities. The research team will also use websites that track public safety, criminal activity, financial transactions, and dating activities. In their games, cell phones will be interfaces not only for reading from such databases but also for writing to them.