“Mediascapes refer both to the distribution of the electronic capabilities to produce and disseminate information (newspapers, magazines, television stations and film production studios), which are now available to a growing number of private and public interests throughout the world, and to the images of the world created by these media.” (Appadurai 1990:9)
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| "A media remix featuring creative commons materials" created with the Be Funky Collage Maker as a project requirement for the KQED Teach microcredential course on Understanding Copyright & Fair Use Image Sources: ISS Lunar Transit Photo from NASA HQ and Lock Picking Icon from Openclipart |
Appadurai's notion of mediascapes is still relevant and insightful today, especially when including digital devices and platforms in the (re)mix of local and global processes and possibilities. I have produced innumerable media artifacts throughout my lifetime, including analog and digital media productions ranging from cassette "radio" programs and paper "movie" scrolls made with papertowel cylinders and a Converse All-Star shoebox to short video and audio productions, nerdy memes, and lessons learned working with different digital tools. Some of the analog artifacts are long-gone while many others have survived, but most of the digital artifacts are available through various online media, which I have curated here.
AnthroBone Blogs
Other Blogs: I have written several blog posts on other sites about various topics and experiences.
- “Supporting Intergenerational Oral Histories,” Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region (OHMAR) Blog, 1 August 2019
- “What’s in Your Bag, Anthropologists?” Anthropology News website, 18 July 2018
- “Growing Across Appalachia: KY2WV and Home Again,” with Timi Reedy, Grow Appalachia Blog, 29 September 2015
- “Ain’t No Place Like Home: Appalachia, Anthropology, and Autoethnography,” anthropologies: A Collaborative Online Project, Issue 8, November 2011
AnthroBone Digital Stories
These sample playlists from my YouTube channel include several short digital storytelling projects from over the years.
AnthroBone Meme Machine
MEMEMACHINETLC INSTAGRAM GALLERY: I MEME WHAT I SAY
AnthroBone SoundScapes
The New Normal (3:58 min.): collaborative podcast with Timi Reedy and Robert Rorrer as OM Radio as part of the 2018 KCRW 24-Hour Radio Race and the Independent Producer Project on the designated theme, “The New Normal,” August 2018
Being a Kidd: Lessons from Ruby May (5 min.): Audio tribute to my grandmother, supported by an Artist Enrichment Grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, August 2019
The New Normal (3:58 min.): collaborative podcast with Timi Reedy and Robert Rorrer as OM Radio as part of the 2018 KCRW 24-Hour Radio Race and the Independent Producer Project on the designated theme, “The New Normal,” August 2018
Being a Kidd: Lessons from Ruby May (5 min.): Audio tribute to my grandmother, supported by an Artist Enrichment Grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, August 2019
Silent soundscape of two dozen teenagers and young adults with video panorama of Hillsboro, West Virginia and the Allegheny Mountains from the High Rocks overlook on Hike Day at New Beginnings Camp, June 25, 2017
AnthroBone Typography
I have created and digitized a number of custom fonts over the years, which are available in this Dropbox folder. I created the first six (0-5) almost a decade ago on an early HP Tablet, which I loved and died too young. These are mostly versions of fonts I created in my analog composition journals when I was a teenager. The rest I created with the Fonty app on my Samsung Galaxy Tab-A, which I love even more. Have fun and please share your creations if you use them!
AnthroBone Typography
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Appadurai, Arjun. 1990. "Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Economy." Public Culture 1(2):1-24.
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