[Reader-list] Videochronic: Video Activism and Video Distribution in Indonesia

[Alexandra Crosby]

Videochronic: Video Activism and Video Distribution in Indonesia
by: KUNCI Cultural Studies Center and EngageMedia
Date Of Publication: Nov 2009
ISBN: 978-0-646-5200

EngageMedia and Kunci Cultural Studies Center are pleased to announce  
the launch of Videochronic. This publication is the result of a  
collaborative research project charting how activists are engaging  
with video technologies in Indonesia, addressing some of the issues  
of technology-mediated social movements, and exploring the potential  
and limitations of online video distribution.

The past decade in Indonesia has seen a dramatic increase in the use  
of video as a social change tool by community, campaign and activist  
organisations. Access to the tools for producing video have become  
increasingly democratised over this period, and rapidly adopted.  
Since the fall of Suharto’s New Order regime, space has been opened  
up for a host of new media projects to emerge. Individuals and  
organisations dealing with issues such as the environment, human  
rights, queer and gender issues, cultural pluralism, militarism,  
poverty, labour rights, globalisation and more have embraced video as  
a tool to communicate with both their bases and new audiences.

What groups are currently active in producing social and  
environmental video in the archipelago? What are the histories of  
that work? How is it currently being distributed? How are activists  
thinking they might approach distribution in the future?

This 140 page book presents both English and Indonesian versions of  
the research as well as colour illustrations including a  
visualisation of the development of video activism and online video.

To order a copy of the book, please contact ali at alimander.com (AUS$10  
+ postage)
To download pdfs, please visit http://www.engagemedia.org/videochronic