User Profile for Martin Lucas (Martin_Lucas)
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Martin Lucas
New York, New York
United States
Bio:
Martin Lucas is a videomaker and media educator. His work spans the gamut from documentary to public access cable and fine art installation. Martin is currently director of the Integrated Media Arts MFA Program in the Film and Media Studies Department at Hunter College, City University of New York where in 2007 he organized mobilizednyc, the first ‘unconference’ on social action and mobile media in New York City. He has been working with the NGO Story Workshop in Blantyre, Malawi, training a doc production unit.
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Joined: Sep 08 '08
Last login: Oct 12 '08 |
Speaker Information:
| Speaking Topics: | Mob(i)Art!! Video Presentation
Short film: "Malawi: Cybersubsistance and Globalization" This is a snapshot of a small and very poor African country as its inhabitants confront the double whammy of globalization and the advent of the information age. The video lays out some of the contending forces at work as Malawians try to find their way between the problems of an agricultural society and the possibilities opened up by Internet access, new mobile communications technology, and the realities of everyday life in a Sub-Saharan nation. |
