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Grassroots Wavelengths Project
Grassroots Wavelengths is a EU H2020 ICT programme funded project that involves collaboration with academic, community and industry partners in Madeira, Edinburgh, Cork and the Black Sea region of Romania
Grassroots Wavelengths is a EU H2020 ICT programme funded project that involves collaboration with academic, community and industry partners in Madeira, Edinburgh, Cork and the Black Sea region of Romania. The project involves pilot testing technology to support inexpensive, community owned and operated radio stations across Europe, in order to encourage citizen engagement, community deliberation, and the free flow of information within, into, and out of discrete geographic communities. Over three years, the project team will: 1) deploy and test a network of low- power community radio stations in Ireland, Portugal, and Romania; 2) work with community groups, journalists, and public good experts to develop a robust platform for expansion across Europe; 3) enhance use and accessibility of networked community radio through text-to-speech, community oriented programming applications, and other community-supported modes for contributing and managing content); and 4) work within the EU framework to establish a public support infrastructure for local ownership and revenue generation.
Contributors
- Conor Linehan
- Laura Maye
- Nadia Pantidi
- John McCarthy
Collaborators
- Prof. Chris CsĂkszentmihály, Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute
- Dr. Simone Ashby, Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute
- Dr. Maurizio Teli, Aalborg University, Denmark
For more on this story contact:
Conor Linehan
conor.linehan@ucc.ie