Homage to Vdovin 2: Berlin, May 09

Homage to Vdovin 1: Berlin, May 09

Mir’s Producing Youth:Producing Media

A research-creation thesis by Miriam Verburg for Concordia’s MA in Media Studies
http://thesis.mirverburg.net/

This community-oriented research project presents a series of video clips collected from interviews with people who work on youth media projects at three sites in Montreal.

Interviewees discuss their experience working in community youth media, addressing issues such as collaboration, institutionalization of practice, motivation, emergent literacy practices, and the effect of the ‘new economy’ on community learning projects. Of particular concern is how ‘youth’ as a political and social category is conceptualized and mobilized in media projects, in ways that both compliment and challenge existing institutional and educational norms.

The body of evidence presented here is not a complete study. However, these nine interviews offer many insights into youth media production, and the interplay between institutions and grass-roots learning initiatives.

New Docs

Drs. Brandi Bell & Katrina Peddle, June 2009; Dr. Alison Powell, November 2008. See below for pics.

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