Hello Dave, apologies if this is just a spam but I thought you might know of people interested in contributing to the below?
Talk soon, Trish
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Subject: CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS - PREEMPTING DISSENT: OPEN SOURCING SECRECY
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CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
PREEMPTING DISSENT: OPEN SOURCING SECRECY
An Open Source Documentary Film Project
Call for Videos, Testimonials, Photographs, and other Audio Visual =
Materials
This project examines new forms of social control including the =
proliferation
of Tasers and the rise of =93no-fly=94 and watch-lists. We are seeking
contributions to this project in the form of video, still images, and
testimonials. This content will be made available for others to mix and =
remix
into their own documentaries.
HOW TO CONTRIBUTE:
We are seeking video content from those of you who have experienced =
and/or
captured on video new forms of surveillance and social control. Have =
you
been Tasered by police, security guards, or other citizens? Did you =
witness
someone being Tasered and record it on video? Has your name been placed =
on a
=93no-fly=94 list =96 or similar exclusionary watch-list? If so, we =
invite you to
submit your video footage, personal video testimonials, audio =
testimonials,
photographs, news footage, cell phone videos, mash-ups, and any other
audio-visual medium which will convey your story.
To participate in this project, please go to
http://www.opensourcecinema.org/project/preempting-dissent
BACKGROUND:
Greg Elmer of Ryerson University and Andy Opel of Florida State =
University
are working with Open Source Cinema, to create a collaborative, =
open-source
documentary film based on Elmer and Opel=92s book, Preempting Dissent. =
Using
the Open Source Cinema platform - a collaborative website which serves =
as a
repository for user-generated content - the audience will be encouraged =
to
submit their own media as well as to remix media uploaded by the =
filmmakers
and other users. By publishing a =93road map=94 of production, this =
project will
encourage participation through all stages of production. The project =
will
produce a feature length documentary, as well as enable a non-linear =
open
source cinematic database that will evolve over time through the
collaborative contributions of users. The documentary, the producer's =
video
clips, and user-generated contributions will all be available for =
remixing.
PREEMPTING DISSENT:
This project is based on the 2008 book Preempting Dissent that =
critically
examines new forms of surveillance and social control. This new logic
encourages the suppression of public dissent and mobilizes both =
=93fear=94 of the
unknown and =93faith=94 in government leadership. Elmer and Opel show =
that this
new logic stretches well beyond the realm of airport security and
international relations into everyday police techniques, including the =
use of
Tasers, the deployment of =93stealth=94 crowd control, the zoning of =
protestors
and the suppression of public dissent. Drawing on social theories and =
media
analyses, this book reveals the underlying=94logic of =
preemption=93whereby
threats must be eliminated before they materialize. By addressing the
implications of this new logic, Elmer and Opel lay the groundwork for =
more
effective resistance.
AUTHORS:
Greg Elmer is Bell Globemedia Research Chair and Director of the =
Infoscape
research lab, Ryerson University, Toronto. He also teaches in the =
graduate
programme in Communication and Culture, York & Ryerson Universities and =
the
School of Radio, TV Arts. Andy Opel is an Associate Professor in the
Department of Communication at Florida State University, where he =
teaches
documentary video production and critical media studies.
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CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS<BR>
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PREEMPTING DISSENT: OPEN SOURCING SECRECY<BR>
<BR>
An Open Source Documentary Film Project<BR>
Call for Videos, Testimonials, Photographs, and other Audio Visual =
Materials<BR>
<BR>
This project examines new forms of social control including the =
proliferation of Tasers and the rise of “no-fly” and =
watch-lists. We are seeking contributions to this project in the =
form of video, still images, and testimonials. This content will be made =
available for others to mix and remix into their own documentaries.<BR>
<BR>
HOW TO CONTRIBUTE:<BR>
<BR>
We are seeking video content from those of you who have experienced =
and/or captured on video new forms of surveillance and social =
control. Have you been Tasered by police, security guards, or =
other citizens? Did you witness someone being Tasered and record =
it on video? Has your name been placed on a “no-fly” =
list – or similar exclusionary watch-list? If so, we invite you to =
submit your video footage, personal video testimonials, audio =
testimonials, photographs, news footage, cell phone videos, mash-ups, =
and any other audio-visual medium which will convey your story.<BR>
<BR>
To participate in this project, please go to <A =
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BACKGROUND:<BR>
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Greg Elmer of Ryerson University and Andy Opel of Florida State =
University are working with Open Source Cinema, to create a =
collaborative, open-source documentary film based on Elmer and =
Opel’s book, Preempting Dissent. Using the Open Source Cinema =
platform - a collaborative website which serves as a repository for =
user-generated content - the audience will be encouraged to submit their =
own media as well as to remix media uploaded by the filmmakers and other =
users. By publishing a “road map” of production, this =
project will encourage participation through all stages of =
production. The project will produce a feature length =
documentary, as well as enable a non-linear open source cinematic =
database that will evolve over time through the collaborative =
contributions of users. The documentary, the producer's video clips, and =
user-generated contributions will all be available for remixing.<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
PREEMPTING DISSENT:<BR>
<BR>
This project is based on the 2008 book Preempting Dissent that =
critically examines new forms of surveillance and social control. This =
new logic encourages the suppression of public dissent and mobilizes =
both “fear” of the unknown and “faith” in government =
leadership. Elmer and Opel show that this new logic stretches well =
beyond the realm of airport security and international relations into =
everyday police techniques, including the use of Tasers, the deployment =
of “stealth” crowd control, the zoning of protestors and the =
suppression of public dissent. Drawing on social theories and media =
analyses, this book reveals the underlying”logic of =
preemption“whereby threats must be eliminated before they =
materialize. By addressing the implications of this new logic, Elmer and =
Opel lay the groundwork for more effective resistance.<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
AUTHORS:<BR>
<BR>
Greg Elmer is Bell Globemedia Research Chair and Director of the =
Infoscape research lab, Ryerson University, Toronto. He also teaches in =
the graduate programme in Communication and Culture, York & Ryerson =
Universities and the School of Radio, TV Arts. Andy Opel is an Associate =
Professor in the Department of Communication at Florida State =
University, where he teaches documentary video production and critical =
media studies.<BR>
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