Facilities
The Qualitative Research Commons and Studio (QuRCS) is a state-of-the-art multimedia research facility that allows for high-speed audio and video connectivity among multi-site national and international research groups. Updated in March 2019, the facility was created in 2010 as a Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) infrastructure project funded under Professor Janice Graham鈥檚 Canada Research Chair. The QuRCS consists of a research commons and a studio located in the Clinical Research Centre on the Carleton Campus of 新加坡六合彩开奖直播. QuRCS provides the physical platform for Dr. Graham鈥檚 innovative, interdisciplinary, and participatory qualitative research programme. Inspired by the traditions of medical and visual anthropology and ethnographic film, this facility enables interactive access among participants and communities in multi-sited research projects.
In QuRCS, researchers are able to do the following:
- Live, continuous (24/7) multi-site internet video-connections (up to 12 sites)
- One-way 鈥渟treaming鈥 (broadcasting) of video sessions for large audiences
- Live, multi-site data conferencing for teaching and presentation purposes
- Digital video recording of live and off-line performances for later analysis
- Conduct qualitative research analyses using the most recent software
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