This week’s reading was on the DIY Culture of making your voice heard though media such as documentaries.
With the availability of cheap technology and ease-of-use, telling your story these days is easier than ever. Gone are the days where you required expensive camera, high-end edit suites and large budgets to make a film. For many of us, we have access to technology that shoots High Definition video right in our pockets. We carry our cellphones with us every waking moment, with the ability to capture thoughts, actions, feeling or incidences anytime, anywhere. We can share our videos on YouTube to reach audiences in the millions and all for free and ready to be consumed by the masses.
We are not limited to DIY, rather, we can also collaborate and co-author with others in a Do It With Others (DIWO) combining efforts to create mashups of life, to ask questions and start dialogues. There isn’t anything to stop an individual from making a statement, proposing a solution or changing the world on their own or with the help of others from around the community, country or world. This freedom to create, is allowing many to document their environment, be it a location, a socioeconomically status or political situation. People can tell their stories to the world, and to bring change though the sharing of information and knowledge and experiences. Historically only available to the media elite, everyone now can speak volumes though the tiny lenses of their phones and make a statement that will resonate with others facing similar sentiments or obstacles.
Reference
Mandy Rose. “Making Publics: Documentary as Do-it-with-Others Citizenship.” DIY Citizenship. Pp. 201-212
With the availability of cheap technology and ease-of-use, telling your story these days is easier than ever. Gone are the days where you required expensive camera, high-end edit suites and large budgets to make a film. For many of us, we have access to technology that shoots High Definition video right in our pockets. We carry our cellphones with us every waking moment, with the ability to capture thoughts, actions, feeling or incidences anytime, anywhere. We can share our videos on YouTube to reach audiences in the millions and all for free and ready to be consumed by the masses.
We are not limited to DIY, rather, we can also collaborate and co-author with others in a Do It With Others (DIWO) combining efforts to create mashups of life, to ask questions and start dialogues. There isn’t anything to stop an individual from making a statement, proposing a solution or changing the world on their own or with the help of others from around the community, country or world. This freedom to create, is allowing many to document their environment, be it a location, a socioeconomically status or political situation. People can tell their stories to the world, and to bring change though the sharing of information and knowledge and experiences. Historically only available to the media elite, everyone now can speak volumes though the tiny lenses of their phones and make a statement that will resonate with others facing similar sentiments or obstacles.
Reference
Mandy Rose. “Making Publics: Documentary as Do-it-with-Others Citizenship.” DIY Citizenship. Pp. 201-212