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Hello, I am a filmmaker and (ex?) anthropologist. I have been involved with
PocketVisions at UCL and am from a documentary production company called
Banyak Films (www.banyak.co.uk). I am putting together a documentary about
the social and political implications of Web 2.0. and would like to get in
touch with anthropologists and researchers who are looking into the
anthropology of the web, in particular its role in building community. Below
is an outline of the film. Are you or could you give me the name of someone
who is working in this area?
Thanks for your help,
Hugh.
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*Us Now** (working title)*
*1x 1hr creative documentary exploring the possibilities for government in
the age of Web 2.0*
Citizen collaboration on a huge scale, made possible by the internet, is
starting to address some of the biggest challenges our government faces – on
one hand climate change and obesity, on the other, citizen isolation and
disenchantment with politics. Government cannot tackle these issues without
the active participation of the citizens – a new relationship must be
brokered.
Us Now tells the stories of people who are solving their own problems
publicly and together. In the process they are solving the big problems that
we all share. The film is not just about the literal power of the Internet; we
ask what are people's motivations for involvement? To what extent are these
models for larger scale social organisation? And what does this mean for
government? Us Now takes us inside the homes, minds and projects of the
pioneering users and creators of new web-based networks. It charts the
progress of these projects as their scope becomes ever broader and the
volume of users gives them even greater influence.
How then could government adapt to our renewed enthusiasm for collaboration?
and how would this work? If government is going to respond, what do we want
from it, how will it operate, what will it do? - and what will *we* do?
Us Now asks these questions. The experts; mums, dads, teenagers, patients,
football fans, politicians, customers... -citizens, show us their answers.
--
Hugh Hartford
Banyak Films
HMS President
London
EC4Y 0HJ
www.banyak.co.uk
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