[ecrea] Co-Creative Communities - November 8 and 9, ACMI, Melbourne

Co-Creative Communities: Storytelling Futures for Community Arts and Media

Thursday 8 November – Friday 9 November, ACMI, Melbourne, Australia



The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) and the Queensland 
University of Technology (QUT) are hosting a one-day forum and lab which 
will bring together storytellers, broadcasters, filmmakers, artists, 
activists, cultural workers and researchers to discuss the challenges 
and opportunities that digital convergence and participatory media 
present for communities.



Panellists include Sam Gregory, Program Director of the leading human 
rights agency WITNESS; Sue Schardt, Executive Director of the innovative 
US-based public media organisation the Association of Independents in 
Radio; Scott Rankin, writer/director and Creative Director of 
award-winning arts and social change organisation Big hART; Mimi 
Pickering, award-winning documentary filmmaker and community media 
Director at the celebrated Appalshop in Kentucky, USA; and many others.



Full program available here: 
http://www.acmi.net.au/cocreative-communities-forum.aspx





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Co-Creative Communities

Storytelling Futures for Community Arts and Media

Thursday 8 November – Friday 9 November 2012, ACMI, Melbourne, Australia

How are community media and arts organisations responding to the 
challenge of digital convergence? What is the role of storytelling and 
storytellers in this evolving landscape?

This two-day event brings together storytellers, broadcasters, 
filmmakers, artists, cultural workers, activists and researchers to 
discuss the challenges and opportunities that digital convergence and 
participatory media present for communities.


DAY 1 Forum - Thursday 8 November, 8.30am - 5pm

Broadcast Yourself?: Find out how public and community media innovators 
are responding to the challenges, changes and potential of participatory 
media. Speakers include Sue Schardt (Association of Independents in 
Radio, USA) Cath Dwyer (ABC Open), Jodie Bell (Goolarri Media 
Enterprises), Kath Letch (Community Broadcasting Association of 
Australia) and Indu Balachandran (Information & Cultural Exchange).

Impact Effects Evaluation: Leading researchers, practitioners and 
activists discuss the different models and best practice principles for 
working with communities to help tell their stories and creative 
positive change. Speakers include Sam Gregory (WITNESS, USA), Mimi 
Pickering (Appalshop, USA), Andrew Lowenthal (EngageMedia), Dr. Lachlan 
MacDowall (University of Melbourne) and Change Media.

Platforms & Publics: Explore how arts and media organisations are 
connecting with communities across new platforms, and how they might 
harness the power of next generation broadband. Speakers include Feral 
Arts, Assoc Prof. Jean Burgess (QUT), Colin Griffith (Australian Centre 
for Broadband Innovation) and Helen Simondson (ACMI).

Storytelling Futures: We consider the enduring appeal of storytelling, 
the role of the storyteller and storytelling institutions in a changing 
media landscape, and the importance of community-based storytelling. 
Speakers include Prof. John Hartley (Curtin University), Scott Rankin 
(Big hART), Jesse Cox (All The Best, FBi) and Elias Nohra (CuriousWorks).

To book tickets to the forum and to download the full program visit 
www.acmi.net.au/cocreative-communities-forum.aspx


DAY 2 Co-Creative Media Exchange - Friday 9 November, 10am- 2pm

A half-day lab for selected participants to workshop new projects; 
receive feedback, advice and support from our national and international 
speakers; participate in peer-to-peer mentoring; and make new 
connections across community arts and media.

Participation is via application. For more information on how to get 
involved or to register your interest in the lab,email 
(digitalstorytelling /at/ acmi.net.au)

This event is presented by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image 
(ACMI) and the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in partnership 
with the Australian Research Council, the Australia Council for the 
Arts, Goolarri Media Enterprises, Swinburne University of Technology, 
Curtin University, 31 Digital and the Community Broadcasting Association 
of Australia.



Maura Edmond

Senior Research Assistant,

Digital Storytelling and Co-Creative Media

[part time, Thursday and Friday]

Australian Centre for the Moving Image | Queensland University of Technology

www.acmi.net.au | Digital Storytelling at QUT



[direct phone] 61 3 8663 2496 [fax] 61 3 8663 2511

[email] (maura.edmond /at/ acmi.net.au)

[street address] Federation Square, Flinders Street, Melbourne

[postal address] PO Box 14, Flinders Lane VIC 8009, Australia





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