[Reader-list] Seeking a content coordinator for Pad.ma

[shaina a]

Dear Colleagues,
Seasons greetings.
Please forward to friends and associates* *who may be interested*.


Pad.ma (the public access digital media archive) is seeking a content
coordinator, based in Mumbai or Bangalore. *

Pad.ma is a web-based video archive, launched as a public website (
http://pad.ma) in February 2009, working primarily with footage and not
finished films. Pad.ma offers some exciting new ways in which moving images,
dialogue, timelines and annotations can relate to each other. At the same
time it offers a practical technical and legal framework through which video
footage can be shared, cited and reused.
Pad.ma is an archive looking to the future, proposing that film and
video-based "production" can be thought of as an expanded field of activity.
For example, as a filmmaker publishing video that is not a film, a
researcher probing documentary images, a film editor organising footage
using the archive, a writer commenting on one or many video pieces, a film
student working online, or an institution offering material for public use.
Pad.ma as an interpretative archive opens up all these possibilities,
encouraging recirculation and debate around material that is often easily
forgotten.
Currently the archive has some 400 contributions of densely-annotated video
material. Starting in 2010, Pad.ma enters a new phase, with new software
features, and a focus on new content, writing fellowships and
collaborations.
*
The content coordinator's role* would be to take immediate charge of all
activity related to content contributions and relations with contributing
archives, collections or individuals. This would include:

> researching and dialoging with independent filmmakers in the region.
> seeking and managing collaborations with existing archives that have a
video component.
> inviting researchers and others who are interesting in writing, theory, or
education using moving images.
> travelling (mostly domestic), to facilitate above meetings.
> helping to plan and execute pad.ma offline and online events, and writing
fellowships.
> assisting with fundraising, proposal-writing and long-term planning of
content focus areas.
> overall, facilitating the growth of the archive and building relationships
with related initiatives.

*We are looking for a person who:*

> Is passionate about moving images, and life around them.
> Has 5 years or more of experience working with film/documentary as a
filmmaker, scholar, activist or archivist.
> Is comfortable working with both computers and people.
> Is a good manager of their own time and resources.
> Is interested in the conceptual and organisational aspects of the Pad.ma
project.

The job location is Mumbai, or Bangalore, in that order of preference.
Remuneration will be on par with similar responsibilities within the
non-profit sector.  The position is available as full-time only, although
flexible hours can be discussed. The work is with an exciting group of
people and institutions, and within the dynamics of an ongoing
interdisciplinary, international collaboration. The day-to-day interactions
of the coordinator will be with CAMP, Mumbai  (http://camputer.org) and the
Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore (www.altlawforum.org).

*Please send us:*

1.  A detailed CV.
2. A paragraph about your motivations to work with, and responses to, the
Pad.ma project.

*Or recommend *someone you think might be interesting.

*By: January 10, 2010.* Please write to us with any queries you may have.
Reply to this mail or email pad.ma at pad.ma

The shortlisted candidates will be invited for interviews in Mumbai in
January.

See for more:
http://pad.ma/about
and a report on pad.ma's 2009 meet:
http://camputer.org/event.php?this=padma09&tab=optBtn2

The Pad.ma project was initiated in 2008 by a group consisting of Oil21.org
Berlin, the Alternative Law Forum Bangalore, and Majlis, Point of View, and
Chitrakarkhana/ CAMP from Bombay. Pad.ma is supported by HIVOS.

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