In a tweet this week the the Photography and the Archive Research Centre (PARC), based at the London College of Communication in London, announced it’s closure …’After nearly 20 years at the heart of the UAL research community, the Photography and the Archive Research Centre is closing. Our socials will continue to operate under the new name Photography and the Archive Research Community.’
About PARC:
• ‘The Photography and the Archive Research Centre (PARC) is a University of the Arts London research centre based at London College of Communication. The centre’s overall aim is to facilitate practise-based and scholarly research that develops an understanding of lens-based works. PARC endeavours to widen participation with archive collections. PARC seeks to expand upon dialogues surrounding decolonialism, climate change, conflict and trauma within the institution and beyond.’
• ‘It supports photographic and archival research both at the University and within its wider networks. The Centre consists of members, research fellows, associates, PhD students and alumni who together produce significant outcomes that span the history and culture of photography.’