Beyond Project

Shawn Sobers's picture

Roxanne’s Revenge – the need to hold multinational corporations to ...

Shawn Sobers's picture

Physical ‘mediators’ as corner-stones of communities

Shawn Sobers's picture

“Suspect Racism:Racism Suspect” – The Movie (draft script proposal)

The Plot:

An internationally respected African American Professor (Denzel Washington) returns home from holiday and finds the door to his plush suburban home is jammed.  The taxi driver (Benicio Del Toro) helps him “break” in to his own house.

The neighbors (played by the full cast of Desperate Housewives) get nervous seeing these events, and call the police, who promptly arrive within seconds. [Backstory - the reason the police arrive so quickly is because this is a “good” neighborhood.] ... read more »

Shawn Sobers's picture

Channels of activity and emphasis of thought in Community Media (a ...

Since 2004, whenever I have given a paper at a conference about community media I have shown a table on powerpoint, (see the first table below).  I would go on to explain how this table informed my definition of the sector – which is according to the main areas of emphasis of activity by practitioners.

 My description and definition of community media states that the channels of activity are according to the main motivation of the action, ranging from; ... read more »

Shawn Sobers's picture

OURMedia 8 en Colombia

—–Original Message—–
From: For communication among alternative media producers, academics, artists, and activists. on behalf of Juan Salazar
Sent: Tue 28/07/2009 18:23
To: OURMEDIALISTS
Subject: OURMedia 8 en Colombia

OURMedia 8 in Colombia

Dear colleagues and friends from the OurMedia network worldwide, ... read more »

Shawn Sobers's picture

The power of still and moving images, and the fragility of a ...

Nothing more to say about this one really, this clip says it all! ... read more »

Shawn Sobers's picture

Open letter to the Prime Minister regarding Community Radio in the UK

I recently c0-signed this letter initiated by Steve Buckley, President of AMARC and Director of Sheffield Live fm.  See the letter in it’s original context at http://www.sheffieldlive.org/lettertogordonbrown/

 

========== ... read more »

Shawn Sobers's picture

Dance your PhD contest (one of the parallel universes of YouTube)

Shawn Sobers's picture

Uni runs Graduate Certificate in Participatory Arts and Media ...

Here are details of a Graduate certificate course I helped to write at the University of the West of England, which is aimed at people working in community arts & media.

There are three modules, with a wide range of tutors each module;

- Participatory Arts: Practice & Context
Looks at the history of community arts & media, influential theories (e.g. Paulo Freire’s dialogic pedagogy), informal education theories, government influence and evaulation models. ... read more »

Shawn Sobers's picture

Community Media as the constant entity in generational change in ...

Last night I went to an interesting seminar at the Watershed Media Centre called ‘Cultural Learning: Young people – schools – creative industries’.  It was all about the year-long relationship the Watershed have built up with Fairfield High School, which has seen film & TV professionals working in the school, and the students taking part in projects.  ... read more »