|  Autonomous
Media
Activating Resistance & Dissent
edited by
Andrea Langlois
Frédéric Dubois
168
pages
5.5" X 8.5"
isbn 0-9733499-4-8
includes
photos & illustrations
$20
communications/
media studies
non-fiction
traduction
français autumn 2006 par
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cover
stencil : Chester Rhoder @ typo-pwasitive |
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table
of contents
introduction
by Andrea Langlois & Frédéric Dubois
one
- hard at work in the bamboo garden: media activists
& social movements by Scott Uzelman
two
- broadcasting on our own terms: temporary autonomous
radio by Marian van der Zon
three
- how open is open?: the politics of open publishing
by Andrea Langlois
four
- 101 tricks to play with the mainstream: culture
jamming as subversive recreation by Tom Liacas
five
- independent reporting: a tool for international
solidarity building by Andréa Schmidt
six
- echoes from the curb: street newspapers and empowerment
by Isabelle Béique Mailloux
seven
- screening the revolution: FAQs about video activism
by David Widgington
eight
- re/writing media: weblogs as autonomous spaces
by Dawn Paley |
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Autonomous
media are the vehicles of social movements. They are attempts to
subvert the social order by re-claiming media and
public spaces from the private domain. Autonomous media are defined
by their openness--in terms of content and membership--and their
objective of amplifying the voices of people and groups that normally
do not have access to the media. They are intended
to provide people and communities with information that is alternative
to that within the corporate mass media, and audiences are encouraged
to participate directly in the production of content.
The
Montréal launch of Autonomous Media raised $300 to benefit
CKUT's 2005 funding
drive. Thanks to everyone who came out to support independent, alternative,
and dissenting media. Funds were also raised for other media projects
during the launches in Toronto and Vancouver.
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- networkers unite!: strengthening media
solidarity by Frédéric Dubois
afterword:
linking back, looking forward by Dorothy Kidd
bibliography
- contributors - acknowledgements
illustrations
: Fanchon Esquieu, Élise Gravel, Pink Panthers Collective,
Public Works Collective, Jesse Purcell & Marielle Levine,
Chester Rhoder.
Photographs
: Bernard Bastien, Clara Gabriel, Andrew Stern, Dawn Paley,
Chester Rhoder
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“Autonomous
Media is a bold and terrific contribution to media activists’
thinking and practice. Langlois and Dubois have captured a
number of the most intense communication developments and
debates within the current global social justice/altermondialiste
move-ments. Like the most promising projects at the present
time, they constantly combine local and global issues: low
power radio, open publishing, blogging, culture-jamming and
more. They provide solid fuel for the fire that continues
to burn in Québec, in Canada, and across the planet.”
-- John Downing, author of Radical
Media & editor of the upcoming Sage Encyclopedia
of Alternative Media
reviews, interviews, etcetera
:
trente
"Bouquiner - À la rescousse du journalisme"
par Ulysse Bergeron.
ravage
no13, "Netwerken Vormen Tegenmacht" by Kees Stad.
available in Dutch at globalinfo.nl
(October 14, 2005)
THIS
Magazine Blog
THIS by kellym (july 20, 2005)
Redeye,
Vancouver Co-op Radio. Interview with editor Andrea Langlois.
Available at Radio4all
(June 04, 2005) |
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"Autonomous
media activists deploy their weapons of choice – video
cameras, spray cans, blogs, laptops – to liberate “meaning-making”
from PR specialists and corporate board rooms. As they engage,
connect, and project the voices of people around the world
who are demanding freedom and justice, they crack open spaces
in which social movements can grow and genuine democracy can
flourish."
--
Naomi Klein, author of No
Logo
“At
a time when the reach of corporate media extends into the
deepest recesses of private life, few struggles are more important
than the contest over access to the means of representing
the world
we share -- yet few must fight harder against the weight of
so-called ‘common sense’. This important collection
of writings
about what’s currently going on in autonomous media
(from open publishing to street newspapers) should be welcomed
for opening a new perspective on this struggle in such a clear-sighted
and self-critical way.” -- Nick
Couldry author of Contesting Media Power |
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“An
exciting collection of essays examining the efforts of communities
and social move-ments to appropriate media technologies. Autonomous
Media: Activating Resistance and Dissent explores vital issues
such as re-creating communication and information technologies,
re-inventing democracy, and re-designing local and global
net-works. Written by media activists, this book is living
proof that the construction of knowledge is not restricted
to academia; the editors and contributors of Autonomous Media
are genuine organic intellectuals producing creative, solid,
and significant knowledge from the heart of social change
communication initiatives.” -- Clemencia
Rodriguez author of Fissures in the Mediascape
"This
collection of essays shows, among other things, that the anti-globalization
movement has managed to contructively acquire new technologies
and means of communication to make their claims known."
-- Ulysse Bergeron, trente:
Le magazine du journalisme au Québec. |
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