CRASSH

The Cambridge Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) was established in the same year as Crucible, and like Crucible, has a strategic focus on interdisciplinary research. Although CRASSH does not have a specific focus on technology, the Directors and Fellows of CRASSH have collaborated with Crucible on technological themes from the outset. CRASSH operations are managed by Catherine Hurley, who has contributed to many Crucible projects, in particular Interdisciplinarity and Innovation, which was managed from CRASSH.

CRASSH is the host organisation for the Cambridge Digital Humanities Initiative, a cross-school seed funding programme that is developing awareness of Digital Humanities research in Cambridge.

CRASSH fellows participating in Crucible:

• Lee Wilson
• Mark Turin
• Anne Alexander
• Barbara Ravelhofer

Crucible events hosted by CRASSH include:

• Subversion, Conversion and Development
• Collaborative performance technology
• Evidence of Value: ICT in Arts and Humanities
• Digital Resources in the Humanities and Arts
• Social Property and New Social Forms
• Representing Knowledge: Exploring Computational Techniques
• Computational aesthetics as a Negotiated Boundary

Crucible Theme: Digital Humanities