community building
12 Jun 2009
A Preview of NAMAC’s 2009 Conference
Over a year ago, when NAMAC chose Boston as the location for its 2009 biennial conference and chose “commonwealth” as its theme, nobody involved knew how important this convening would become.
Meet Morgan Sully: An Interview with NAMAC's New Online Community Manager
This past July, Morgan Sully arrived at NAMAC headquarters to serve as our Community Technology Center VISTA online community manager. Not only is Morgan remodeling and rebuilding our venerable NAMAC website, but he is creating a number of interactive, web-based pathways for NAMAC members to network.
25 Jun 2007
The NAMAC Member Listserv: Speculations, Dreams & Analysis
Almost one year ago (in 1998), I wrote an article for MAIN called "I Need Help" which imagined a future where NAMAC members could access their peers through the member listserv. My theories were based on issues of isolation that I think media arts administrators feel on a daily basis - feelings that are assuaged when we come together, face to face, at NAMAC s biennial conferences. How can individuals who are in the same field - yet separated by geographical constraints - thrive and build necessary relationships (without having to wait two years for the next conference)?
Alyce Myatt of the MacArthur Foundation Talks with NAMAC
In between finishing the new 1998 "Support for Media Centers" Funding Guidelines and leaving for New York to attend the Independent Feature Project Market, Alyce Myatt, the newly appointed Program Officer for Media at The John D. and Catherine T.
23 Jun 2007
Videazimut: An International Coalition for Media Democracy
While most people in the United States were celebrating the 4th of July last year, some of us gathered for three exhilarating days on the other side of the Americas to discuss and organize for global democratic communication.
Videazimut, an international coalition of community and public media activists, convened its fifth seminar and first general assembly of its membership at the Instituto Cajamar, near Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Information Technology: The Masses' Media
For someone who has been attending NAMAC conferences since the '80s,
as an organizational member and as a board member, each year always
brought out the variations of the important themes of activism,
democracy, access, multiculturalism. But one factor was so different
this year: how digital technology has permeated street culture.
26 Dec 2004
VALUE
Picturing a radical future - again! Of course, I know we are in for four more years of eroded rights. Of
course, I can anticipate the continued war with Iraq, the capitalist
schemes that further only a meager percentage of the population, and
battles where church and state are conflated. Of course, the things
that I value are devalued: education, history, diversity, culture. We
live in a state based on lies and deceit, built on fear and consumption.
10 Sep 2004
Bigger Footprints: Building Shared Vision around Mutual Goals
BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 10, 2004 - A U.S. Army specialist suspected of snapping some of the now-notorious photos of Americans abusing Iraqi prisoners will be the first soldier to face a public court-martial in the scandal, the U.S.-led coalition announced Sunday. - Knight Ridder News Service
Few will deny that the battleground on which the world s public and private drama plays out daily is the media. Owning or managing the content of media outlets is the goal (you might even say obsession) of global corporations and national governments.
19 Jun 1999
Beyond Technical Training: Video as A Tool For Community Development
In our increasingly fragmented and media-focused society, media arts centers are uniquely positioned to bring people together to share arts and culture, create public dialogue, and address local issues. By providing media tools and instruction in their use, these centers are ideal conduits for promoting empowerment, media literacy and social change. In fact, the mission of most media arts organizations from universities to museums to cable access stations centers on facilitating social and community development.
