In my workshops a couple of weeks back, I mentioned attending a lecture by Alasdair Foster, who (amongst a list of notable achievements and experience) is currently a doctoral researcher in the Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor Learning and Teaching, Monash University, Melbourne.
The lecture was titled ‘CREATING SHARED CULTURE – ART AND THE PRO-AM’, and provided a great insight into the development of maker culture and the historical context that this emerged out of (similarly to Bolter’s article on the entanglement of art & politics throughout the 20th century). For any of you interested in ‘professional-amateur’ practice, or looking for useful research into online communities and content creation, you should check out his work.
Something that might be of interest to some of you, particularly the photographically minded. I received an email from Jess DiBlasi about a pop-up in the SAB this week, a great chance to talk to a couple of authors about their work and being published. Details from Jess’ email below.
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I’ve mentioned ‘six word stories‘ a couple of times already, they can be incredibly powerful, but of particular interest here is the way they demonstrate succinct (yet emotive) storytelling.
While there isn’t anything that ‘networky’ about them, they are well suited to the short-form medium; easy to share, emotionally charged, kind of poetic headlines. Also a great example of ‘microblogging’ at work. Check them out, and see if you can find one that speaks to you.
Note: There are a couple of different Twitter accounts using the name sixwordstories – I’ve linked to my preferred option above, but see what suits you.
Official course blog for Semester 1 2016