[ecrea] John Downing at Civilmedia at Program Area Contemporary Arts & Cultural Production

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 Universit=E4t Tampere, Finnland, bei der =
UnConference Civilmedia 11 Community Media for Social Change - Low =
Threshold - High Impact" (www.civilmedia.eu =
<https://webmail.plus.sbg.ac.at/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=3Dhttp://www.ci=
vilmedia.eu>  ) begr=FC=DFen zu d=FCrfen: 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 Bergstra=DFe 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 zeitgen=F6ssischer Kunst- und Kulturproduktion =
sowie die Erforschung ihrer Kontextfaktoren und Zusammenh=E4nge zum =
Lehr- und Forschungsschwerpunkt hat.=20


> > Conference "Civilmedia 11: Community Media for Social Change - Low =
Threshold - High Impact": www.civilmedia.eu =
<https://webmail.plus.sbg.ac.at/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=3Dhttp://www.ci=
vilmedia.eu>  =20
> >  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 =C5rhus 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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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 =
<https://webmail.plus.sbg.ac.at/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=3Dhttp://www.ci=
vilmedia.eu>  ) and will give a talk on Thursday, 14th, 4:30 entitled =
with "Nanomedia: 'community' media vs. 'social movement' media?" (see =
below).=20

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 =
Bergstra=DFe 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 =
<https://webmail.plus.sbg.ac.at/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=3Dhttp://www.ci=
vilmedia.eu>  =20
> >  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 =C5rhus 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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Wissenschaft und Kunst

Programmbereich Contemporary Arts&  Cultural Production

Bergstra=DFe 12, 5020 Salzburg

0043 662 8044 2383

(roswitha.gabriel /at/ sbg.ac.at)

www.w-k.sbg.ac.at<http://www.w-k.sbg.ac.at>  =20

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