New Landscapes for New Media
Part of the aim of the TML process was to go “deep-local”, to those places were the involvement of media makers in a local environment passes beyond a temporary presence and becomes a long-term commitment. In this section we wish to devote attention to initiatives demonstrating how deep local commitment can go hand in hand with translocal connections - in ways that reconfigure modernity in ways that take greater responsibility for local environments and communities. These initiatives generally operate in complicated social environments, most often inhabited by an economically deprived and marginalised constituency, but where surprisingly strong and highly unique centres of media culture have emerged. What is the story behind these initiatives that provide a platform for these voices at the edge? What is their model of success?
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