John
Downing bei Civilmedia (Salzburg) am Programmbereich Contemporary Arts &
Cultural Production (14.4.-16.4., Salzburg)
Der Programmbereich Contemporary Arts & Cultural
Production freut sich den renommierten Medien-Forscher John Downing, derzeit
Visiting Fulbright Scholar an der Universität Tampere, Finnland, bei der UnConference
Civilmedia 11
Community Media for Social Change – Low Threshold -
High Impact“ (www.civilmedia.eu) begrüßen zu dürfen: Am
Donnerstag, 14.4. wird John Downing zu aktuellen Entwicklungen im
Bereich„Nanomedia: ‘community’ media vs. ‘social
movement’ media?“sprechen.
Die Civilmedia 11 findet von 14.4. – 16.4. in der Bergstraße 12, 5020
Salzburg in Kooperation zwischen der Radiofabrik Salzburg und dem
Programmbereich Contemporary Arts & Cultural Production statt. Die Inhalte
der Civilmedia 11 am Donnerstag, 14.4. werden in Zusammenarbeit mit dem
FWF-Projekt „Feminist Media Production in Europe“ (Rosa Reitsamer
und Elke Zobl) und vom Masterlehrgang MA in Cultural
Production (www.w-k.sbg.ac.at/ma-cp)
gestaltet, der die kritische Auseinandersetzung mit zeitgenössischer Kunst- und
Kulturproduktion sowie die Erforschung ihrer Kontextfaktoren und Zusammenhänge
zum Lehr- und Forschungsschwerpunkt hat.
>>Conference „Civilmedia 11: Community Media
for Social Change – Low Threshold - High Impact“: www.civilmedia.eu
>> Vortrag John Downing in Englisch, 14.4. um 16:30 Uhr
Abstract:
Nanomedia: ‘community’ media vs. ‘social movement’
media?
The politics of ongoing everyday life, and the politics of
the dramatic upsurge (Egypt, Iran, Greece), sometimes polarize debate about
civil society media. The two terms ‘community’ media and
‘social movement’ media may even symbolize this rift. My argument
is that we need to integrate awareness of time-scale
and spatial scale dimensions into our thinking about our civil society media
practices, and to understand how relying on unexamined assumptions about these
dimensions leads often to energy-wasting disputes and burnout among activists.
The opportunities provided by Internet use, networking media use and smart
phone use are encouraging, but these technologies do not think for us. They
often latch on to our existing practices and rationales. I will seek to
illustrate my argument from experiences of anti-racist and feminist media
projects.
John Downing is most recently editor of the Encyclopedia
of Social Movement Media (Sage Publications, London & Los Angeles, 2011).
He is author of other books, chapters and articles on these issues, especially Radical
Media (1st ed. 1984, 2nd ed. 2001). He also writes on
racism and media, global media, and political cinemas of the global South. He
was founding director of Southern Illinois University’s Global Media
Research Center, and retired from there as emeritus professor in May 2010.
After teaching at Århus University for autumn 2010, and Helsinki and Tampere
Universities for spring 2011, he is returning to live in Brooklyn, NY, where he
lived throughout the 1980s.
John
Downing at Civilmedia at Program Area Contemporary Arts & Cultural
Production (14th-16th of April, Salzburg)
The
Program Area Contemporary Arts & Cultural Production is pleased to welcome
John Downing, Visiting Fulbright Scholar, University of Tampere, Finland. He
will take part in the UnConference „Civilmedia 11: Community Media for
Social Change – Low Threshold - High Impact“ (www.civilmedia.eu) and will give a talk on Thursday, 14th,
4:30 entitled with „Nanomedia: ‘community’ media vs.
‘social movement’ media?“ (see below).
Civilmedia
11 takes place from 14th-16th April 2011 in cooperation between Radiofabrik Salzburg
and the Program Area Contemporary Arts & Cultural Production, Focus Area
'Wissenschaft und Kunst' (University of Salzburg in Cooperation with the
University Mozarteum Salzburg) at Bergstraße 12, 5020 Salzburg.
The
program on Thursday is organized in cooperation with the FWF-Projekt
„Feminist Media Production in Europe“ (Rosa Reitsamer und Elke
Zobl) and the MA in Cultural Production (www.w-k.sbg.ac.at/ma-cp), which is
focussing on the interconnections between contemporary art and culture and
political, media, economic and social processes.
>>Conference „Civilmedia 11: Community Media
for Social Change – Low Threshold - High Impact“: www.civilmedia.eu
>> Vortrag John Downing in Englisch, 14.4. um 16:30 Uhr
Abstract: Nanomedia: ‘community’ media
vs. ‘social movement’ media?
The politics of ongoing everyday life, and the politics of
the dramatic upsurge (Egypt, Iran, Greece), sometimes polarize debate about
civil society media. The two terms ‘community’ media and
‘social movement’ media may even symbolize this rift. My argument
is that we need to integrate awareness of time-scale and spatial scale
dimensions into our thinking about our civil society media practices, and to
understand how relying on unexamined assumptions about these dimensions leads
often to energy-wasting disputes and burnout among activists. The opportunities
provided by Internet use, networking media use and smart phone use are
encouraging, but these technologies do not think for us. They often latch on to
our existing practices and rationales. I will seek to illustrate my argument
from experiences of anti-racist and feminist media projects.
John Downing is most recently editor of the Encyclopedia
of Social Movement Media (Sage Publications, London & Los Angeles,
2011). He is author of other books, chapters and articles on these issues,
especially Radical Media (1st ed. 1984, 2nd ed.
2001). He also writes on racism and media, global media, and political cinemas
of the global South. He was founding director of Southern Illinois
University’s Global Media Research Center, and retired from there as
emeritus professor in May 2010. After teaching at Århus University for autumn
2010, and Helsinki and Tampere Universities for spring 2011, he is returning to
live in Brooklyn, NY, where he lived throughout the 1980s.
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Programmbereich Contemporary Arts & Cultural Production
Bergstraße 12, 5020 Salzburg
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