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m-cult produces and publishes information on media culture, communicates about developments
of the field domestically and internationally as well as follows, contextualizes and promotes
ongoing discussion on media culture. The publishing activities are being developed to cover
both print, internet, mobile and digital television platforms.
M2HZ is a Helsinki-based multi-channel television project which is being collaboratively
developed by artists, developers and civil society organisations. M2HZ reinvents the idea
of "channel" for the current media environment and provides access for cultural and civic
groups. m-cult initiated M2HZ in 2005 and coordinates its development in 2006.
http://www.m2hz.net/
In 2003, m-cult together with Koskela Art & Media House launched an ambitious
cross-media production on Finnish new media culture, . The project includes a
5-part documentary for the digital YLE Teema channel (first broadcasts in January
2004) and a dynamic web documentary with interviews and project presentations by 60
artists and developers (launched in 2005).
http://www.m-cult.org/rajapinnalla
m-cult.net is an online information and communication resource for new media
culture, which contains a database of Nordic actors and projects, an events
and funding calendar as well as news and discussions filtered from national
and international scenes. Content and platforms for m-cult.net are co-developed
with Nordic and international partners.
http://www.m-cult.net
The online proceedings of ISEA2004, the 12th International Symposium of Electronic Art, present
keynotes and papers from the symposium held in August 14th - 22nd, 2004.
http://www.isea2004.net
Web journal for media culture mediumi forms a part of the m-cult.net service.
mediumi is Finland's only forum dedicated to media culture practice and research
and its theme issues have focused eg. on e-cities, digital television, mobile
and internet cultures.
http://www.m-cult.net/mediumi
Digitaalinen televisio kansalaisvaikuttamisen kanavana
Minna Tarkka, Kari Hintikka and Oili Suominen
ArviD publication 05/2005
Helsinki:Ministry of Traffic and Communication
98 pages (in Finnish) ISBN 952-201-015-4 (print), ISBN 952-201-016-2 (pdf)
The report publishes results from the research on Civic participation in Digital
Television. Based on extensive interviews and interactive workshops, the report
places media citizenship within a framework provided by participatory politics
and peer-to-peer communication in a multi-channel environment. The results are
summed up in an overview of communication needs from civil society and governmental
points of view, concept descriptions for participatory services and proposals for
further policy actions.
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Eds. and
Helsinki: m-cult 2004
166 pages (in English) ISBN 952-99439-0-3
The catalogue of the ISEA2004 symposium contains essays by Erkki Huhtamo, Joanna Berzowska, Tapio
Mäkelä and Mare Tralla as well as presentations of almost 100 new media art and technology projects,
grouped under the ISEA2004 themes of Sonic, Wearable and Wireless experience.
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Eds. Minna Tarkka and Mirjam Martevo
Helsinki: m-cult 2003
140 pages (in English)
ISBN 952-91-5878-5 (paperback)
ISBN 952-91-5880-7 (pdf)
publication
in pdf format
(in Finnish)
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Nordic media culture - actors and practices publishes results of the Nordic research project
carried out by m-cult in collaboration with PNEK (NO), CRAC (SE), Lorna (IS) and CultureNet
Denmark (DK). The report contains an overview of Nordic media culture, reports from the
national "scenes" in the five countries, proposals, project presentations and a catalogue
of key organisations in the field. The research project was funded by the Nordic Council
of Ministers and the Nordic Cultural Fund.
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uusi mediakulttuuri innovaatioympäristönä
Eds. and
Helsinki: m-cult 2002
207 pages (in Finnish)
ISBN 952-91-4785-6
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New media culture as innovation environment - Finnish and international research (eds. Minna
Tarkka and Tapio Mäkelä) publishes the results of m-cult.s research project on media culture
2001-02. Realized in an inter-ministry collaboration (Trade & industry, Traffic and communication,
Education), the research makes a qualitative and comparative survey of practices and policies of
new media culture while proposing actions towards developing a cultural information society.
Eds. and
8 /2002 Helsinki: Opetusministeriö 2002.
68 pages (in Finnish)
ISBN 952-442-977-2
publication
in pdf format
(in Finnish)
Media art - Finnish actors and international models is an overview of the contemporary
Finnish media art field as well as of its policy in relation to international models
of best practice. The report suggests a substantial increase in funding for Finnish
media art, and makes a recommendation to form a National Council for Media Art within
The Arts Council of Finland.
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