From Blue Sky to Grass Roots: Issues, Challenges and Approaches to Creating
Local Digital Cultural Content
Dr Karin Geiselhart http://doctordemocracy.net/, National
Office for the Information Economy and Visiting Research Fellow, University of
Canberra. Karin.geiselhart@noie.gov.au
Peter Huta, National Office for the Information Economy, Canberra. Peter.huta@noie.gov.au
Keywords
Broadband, community, local content, creative industries
Abstract
p> Government and industry view broadband technologies as
critically important for national and economic development. Reports from many
quarters indicate that these technologies can assist industries and regions to
realise the benefits of a true information society. Research also indicates that
one substantial obstacle to attaining a critical mass of broadband users is the
lack of compelling applications and content at a local level. This paper
explores the issues and challenges of creating locally relevant digital cultural
content, in the context of current government directions and through an action
research project currentlynow underway by the National Office for the
Information Economy (NOIE).
The Creative Community project explores local digital cultural content
creation in the Canberra region. It seeks to bring together the resources of
educational institutions, the skills and abilities of students and researchers,
broadband providers and content producers, not for profit (NFP) community and
cultural organisations and government agencies to create appropriate local
digital content. The intention is to identify collaborative approaches that have
the potential to be applied in regional communities around Australia.
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