Children of the e•volution: the curator’s role in the user-led content revolution
Presented to the 2006 Communications Policy & Research Forum
Date: Monday, 25 September 2006 to Tuesday, 26 September 2006
Venue: University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Guthrie Theatre, Bldg 6, Level 3, 702-730 Harris Street, Ultimo
The Internet, like life, is not a spectator sport; the moment you connect, you are a part of it – you count both metrically and metaphorically. In the months leading up to the Communications Policy and Research Forum 2006, several pieces of user- led innovation featured in both Internet and traditional media. When this paper was being proposed, Bus Uncle was the talk of the town or the buzz of the node, so to speak. For those of you who were otherwise engaged – or perhaps, disengaged – Bus Uncle started out as a simple moment of everyday Hong Kong urban conflict captured on a mobile phone on 29 April 2006. Within four weeks of its having been posted on the Internet there were Mandarin and English sub-title versions, a rap remix, dance remix, a karaoke version, a shadow puppet version, academic and media commentaries, T-shirts, mugs, teddy bears, and shopping bags [EastSouthWestNorth, 2006].
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