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hot topics
NAMAC keeps you on top of burning issues in the field. Here you'll find recent articles, white papers, relevant links, and a myriad of other resources relating to the most popular topics in the media arts.
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RECENT ADDITIONS
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Next President Should Launch the Digital New Deal |
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by Helen De Michiel
of NAMAC
When more than 3 million voters under age 30 turned out for recent caucuses and primaries, they staked a claim as a major force shaping this historic presidential election. This is a singular moment in which to demand a larger and bolder vision to propel all Americans, across generations, fully into the 21st century. It's time for a Digital New Deal.
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Re:place 2007: The Second International Conference on the Histories of Media, Art, Science, and Technology |
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by Robin Oppenheimer
Re:place’s thematic focus was on place—cultural, geographical, and technological—and the migration of knowledge and knowledge production in the interdisciplinary contexts of art, historiography, science, and technology.
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NAMAC Update on Orphan Works Legislation |
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by David Schwartz and David Lydon
“Orphan works” – it may sound like a description of Oliver Twist remakes, but actually it is a copyright issue that affects a large number of filmmakers and artists today.
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Seize the Opportunity: Moving Towards A Multigenerational Leadership Model |
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by Daniel "Dewey" Schott
of NAMAC
Recently, I have seen a glut of literature signaling the imminent leadership crisis in the nonprofit sector. What is key to reframing the crisis is finding the common ground here that can be the basis for dialogue, mutual learning, and making organizational change.
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GEMS FROM THE ARCHIVE
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by Dirk Koning and Amy Goodman
No doubt you’ve been reading article after article sounding a clarion call against corporate media consolidation—and for good reasons. But as we choke on the alphabet soup of acronyms of nonprofits fighting the good fight for media democracy, access, reform, and justice, we can’t help but wonder if we shouldn’t look at the possibilities of consolidating.
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Talkin’ Exhibition: Excerpts from The Online Salon |
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by Steve Seid
of Pacific Film Archive
Regardless, the online discussion was rife with recurring woes and wonders: how do we activate audience participation? What role does the press assume in promoting our wares? How do we register the engagement of our communities? Persistent questions, though not necessarily time-dated ones.
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Bigger Footprints: Building Shared Vision around Mutual Goals |
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by Tom Borrup
“Community Engagement and the Media Arts” was the topic of an online conversation among several dozen NAMAC members in 2004. Led by Robert West of North Carolina’s Working Films, participants shared strategies, discussed the multitude of tools they use, debated the responsibilities of media arts organizations, and pondered how to best make a case for the importance of independent media.
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