Emergence, Convergence and Empowerment:
Media Cultural and Global Issues

Presented by

Natrice Gaskins
Fred Johnson
Dirk Koning
Fellicia Sullivan
Karen Toering

for

Community Technology Centers' Network - CTCNet Building Connected Communities: The Power of People and Technology June 11th -13th, 2004

Alliance for Community Media - ACM 2004 International Conference July 7 - 10, 2004

KEY Support:and Funding for this site:

Community Media and Technology Program: College of Public and Community Service

Media Working Group Inc.

The Community Media Center - Grand Rapids

Commonwealth Broadband Collaborative

A Moment in Time: Summer 2004

Converging media empowerment strategies, aesthetics and development activities are showing up from divergent places or sites around the globe. In some cases, entirely new media forms of expression and delivery are evolving from technology centers, media arts centers and cable access centers independently and simultaneously. This web site and workshops are intended to focus on new media developments from the standpoint of social and cultural practices rather than simply technology. It provides news of efforts internationally by ICTs [Community Technology Centers, Community Media Centers, Telecenters, and Indymedia Centers etc.] to act as agents of progressive social change by organizing or supporting "local" actors -- neighborhoods, grassroots groups, regions and communities - in their efforts to "jump the scales" of local politics and transcend political borders. To move between the local and the global, to gain voice and make connections with other "local" actors who share similar or complementary objectives and political projects. Finally it will serve as a primer for people trying to sort out the crazy salad of acronyms now appearing -- ICTs, CMCs, CTCs, MMC, IMCs, PACs .........

TWiki.Mediamerge: web-based collaboration area for dialogue, postings, and playful media.