"From Outports to Netports: Community Media and Shared Identity in Rural Newfoundland and Beyond."
It has been argued that the tools we use to communicate can influence the kind of community that we can create. In an age dominated by large urban media, how can a rural community construct and affirm its identity? Where does it get to tell its own stories? In this province, there has been a tradition of appreciating the link between the use of locally-focussed communications technologies and the construction and celebration of rural community life, from CBC's Fisheries Broadcast to MUN's Extension Services. This presentation will reflect on community media projects that use low-power FM radio, sometimes linked with the internet and webcasting. It will offer stories of the media events themselves interwoven with broader theories around communication, technology, community and identity.
Thursday, January 9, 7:30 p.m, MMaP Gallery (Arts and Culture Centre, 2nd floor)