Colin Rhinesmith

Just checked the mediageek blog and learned that this year’s Allied Media Conference website is up and registration is open. I wish I had gone to last year’s conference, but instead ended up missing my college graduation to go to the Free Press conference.

Here’s the blurb from the AMC site:

“How can alternative media go beyond merely “speaking truth” and actually change the material conditions of our world? How do we construct popular media projects that effectively build grassroots power and advance social justice?

The Allied Media Conference 2006 will bring together some of the most innovative and visionary culture producers, media workers, artists and activists to probe these and other critical questions. Together, we will share skills and ideas and build new networks for action and support. With our tremendous collective skill, ingenuity, and vision, we can use media to build new forms of popular power for the 21st century.”There’s a day long “Symposium on Media Literacy in Education” and highlights from past AMC conferences.

On this year’s AMC conference mediageek writes, “last year I facilitated a session on blogging that I enjoyed and think went well. This year I think I’ll propose a similar session, but with an emphasis on aggregating more wisdom from bloggers about how to make this medium worth the time and effort. I’d also like to add podcasting to the mix.

I’m still mulling the possibilities–I’ve got until March 15 to decide. Your feedback is welcome.”

Lots of great conferences this summer, now I have to figure out which ones I can go to!

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