[Bilimsel Haber] NOTICE: In Media Res call for curators, summer edition

[Gonul Pultar]

From:    "Avi Santo" <avisanto at hotmail.com>

In Media Res is currently seeking curators for the period of June 15, 
2009 through July 31, 2009. In Media Res is a website devoted to 
experimenting in collaborative, multi-modal online forms of scholarship 
(more information below).

Please forward this CFC to anyone you think might be interested in 
taking part.

We are seeking both single posts as well as theme-week participants
(explained below).


Single posts can be on any topic. Possible topics for theme-weeks include:

DTV conversion
Human rights
Shifting Summer Season Strategies for film and TV
Travel TV
Prequels
Representing Race post Obama’s election

We are also open to other theme-week possibilities. The listed
possibilities above are only suggestions

If you are interested in curating for IMR, please contact Avi Santo at
asanto at odu.edu for more information.

If you have not had the opportunity to check out IMR, please do so at:

http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/

ABOUT IN MEDIA RES

In Media Res is dedicated to experimenting with collaborative, 
multi-modal forms of online scholarship.

Each day, a different scholar will curate a 30-second to 3-minute video
clip/visual image slideshow accompanied by a 300-350-word 
impressionistic response.

IMR posts are multi-modal (combining written text with visual and/or
moving images).

Generally, contributors to the site (whom we call "curators") select an
existing short video clip (30 seconds-3 minutes in length) OR assemble a
short slideshow of visual images (5-7 images) AND compose a short,
scholarly comment (300-350 words) that combined, express something about
their research interests. The clip/slideshow and comment combination are
intended to both introduce the curator's work to the larger community of
scholars (as well as non-academics who frequent the site) and, 
hopefully, encourage feedback/discussion from that community.

Theme weeks follow a similar process, except that all the contributions
for that week are on a related topic. Five scholars whose research
interests broadly intersect around that theme are invited to each
contribute a single post. We also ask that contributors comment on one
another's posts in order to generate discussion on the site.

We use the title "curator" because, like a curator in a museum, you are
repurposing a media object that already exists and providing context
through your commentary, which frames the object in a particular way.

The uploading process has been streamlined so that even the most
technologically-phobic scholar can participate.

MediaCommons is a strong advocate for the right of media scholars to 
quote from the materials they analyze, as protected by the principle of 
“fair use.”

If you have any additional questions or would like to contribute to IMR,
please contact Avi Santo at asanto at odu.edu

Sincerely,

Avi Santo
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Avi Santo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
3014 Batten Arts & Letters (BAL)
Department of Communication and Theatre Arts
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia 23529
USA

(757) 683-6971
asanto at odu.edu

Co-Coordinating Editor: MediaCommons: A Digital Scholarly Network
http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org
Co-Creator: Flow: Television and Media Culture
http://www.flowtv.org