dmau has received funding from the Stimulering Funds Creative Industry for a project entitled Participatory Documentary [and the city] the central aim of the project is to investigate the potentials of participatory and interactive documentary to:

• to empower and involve local communities in the urban planning process. 

• and enhance and enrich the presentation of urban research

The research will take place over the next few months and will look at the work and approach of a number of innovative documentary directors. The project will set the foundations for a pilot documentary project later in the year.