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I'm happy to forward the below news and request from Professor Barbara Flueckiger (University of Zurich). I hope that it will be of interest to this mailing list. Best wishes Catherine Grant School of Media, Film and Music, University of Sussex I am very excited to announce that my database of historical film colors is now online. It consists of approximately 240 entries, illustrated with approximately 400 images from archives and private collections: http://www.zauberklang.ch/colorsys.php <http://www.zauberklang.ch/colorsys.php> In its current form the database is a nucleus for a much more advanced project which will be elaborated in the forthcoming months. It is my plan to develop a collaborative platform which allows experts and researchers to collaborate on a global scale. Many renowned scholars and institutions have contributed already: http://www.zauberklang.ch/acknowledgements.html To date, I have been solely responsible not only for gathering and analyzing all of the data, which derives from my studies of several hundred original papers and secondary sources at Harvard University in the fall term of 2011, but also for programming most of the database and organizing all the images and copyright clearances. Only to a very limited extent have I received financial support from the Swiss National Science Foundation in the framework of my research project "Film History Re-mastered" (see abstract and further information on the university's research database<http://www.research-projects.uzh.ch/p15584.htm>). Thus I had to finance a major part from my private means. Therefore I have set up a crowd-funding campaign to invite you to support the further development of the project, either by sharing it or by contributing financially. It is my goal to collect at least $10,000 in the upcoming 90 days. There are several levels, starting at $25 for buying the rights for one image and extending to $5,000 for possible co-chairs of this project: http://www.indiegogo.com/colorprocesses I am very grateful for any kind of support! And I would be more than happy to give you proper credit for your conceptual or financial contribution. Yours sincerely, Barbara Flueckiger Prof. Dr. Barbara Flueckiger Institute of Cinema Studies University of Zurich http://www.zauberklang.ch -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. Membership is open to all who teach and research these subjects in HE institutions, via either institutional or individual membership. The field includes film and TV production, journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media and the web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as for media studies. This mailing list is a free service from MeCCSA and is not restricted to members. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------