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.

»» New Docs

Communication and Research in the Public Interest

Communication and Research in the Public Interest
Les communications et la recherche dans l’intérêt public

A special joint roundtable presented by the
Canadian Communication Association & the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Une table ronde spéciale présentée par l’Association canadienne des
communications et le Centre canadien pour les alternatives politiques

Friday May 29 - 3:30 to 5 p.m. / vendredi 29 mai de 15h30 à 17h00
302 Azrieli Theatre, Carleton University

Selected Resources

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
http://www.policyalternatives.ca

–For Sale to the Highest Bidder: Telecom Policy in Canada, ed. Moll and Shade (2008).
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/reports/2008/03/reportsstudies1847/?pa=bb736455

–Seeking Convergence in Policy and Practice Communications in the Public Interest Vol. 2 (2004), ed. Moll and Shade (2004).
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/reports/2004/09/reportsstudies812/?pa=bb736455

-E-Commerce vs. E-Commons Communications in the Public Interest, Vol. 1 (2001), ed. Moll and Shade (2001).
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/reports/2001/01/ReportsStudies798/

Campaign for Democratic Media
http://democraticmedia.ca/

Save Our Net
http://saveournet.ca/

TeleCommunities Canada
http://www.tc.ca

Internet for Everyone
http://internetforeveryone.ca

Canadian Research Alliance for Community Innovation and Networking
http://www3.fis.utoronto.ca/iprp/cracin/

Community Wireless Infrastructure Project (CWIRP)
http://www.cwirp.org/

Mobile Digital Commons Network (MDCN)
http://www.mdcn.ca

Social Science Research Council Necessary Knowledge for a Democratic Public Sphere Project
http://programs.ssrc.org/media/
-Program Background Papers
http://programs.ssrc.org/media/background/
-Making Communications Research Matter
http://www.ssrc.org/essays/mcrm/
–Bridging Scholar/Activist Divides in the Field of Communications, International Communication Association, Montreal, May 22, 2008
http://www.icahdq.org/conferences/2008/scholaractive.asp

Becky Lentz. Why Grantmaking on Media Policy Still Matters (Part 1 of 2). Baltimore: Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media (2009).
http://gfem.org/node/496

Joseph S. Nye Jr. Scholars on the Sidelines. The Washington Post (Monday, April 13, 2009; Page A15).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/12/AR2009041202260.html