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By Michelle | February 20, 2008
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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways… Or in terminology you’ll recognize if you, too, listen to WAMU, public radio is my source of random information. I especially enjoy hearing about random 21st century terminology (not necessarily for the terminology itself but rather for the concepts they describe). For example this month, I’ve learned about these things: |
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- Un-conference: Grassroots organization as a concept is certainly nothing new. Civil rights activists in the US made history in the in the 19th century with women’s suffrage and again in the 20th century with African American suffrage. Unconference participants don’t aspire to such high goals (on average, there are a lot of tech geeks talking tech-ness)–but they are avid supporters of free speech and of the important of participants’ voices, which is more than can be said for a lot of traditional conference organizers.
- Mumblecore: Mumblecore, according to Wikipeida is “an American independent film movement that arose in the mid-2000’s. It is primarily characterized by ultra-low budget production (often employing digital video cameras), focus on personal relationships between twenty-somethings, improvised scripts, and non-professional actors.” The New York Times comments, “Mumblecore bespeaks a true 21st-century sensibility, reflective of MySpace-like social networks and the voyeurism and intimacy of YouTube. It also signals a paradigm shift in how movies are made and how they find an audience.”
Topics: In the News, Randomness |