Culture Jam Media

Its a bit late, but in preparation for the 1st issue of my new zine, DIY 2010, I’ve been compiling a list of notable events from 2009. Is there something important to DIY culture that you don’t see here? Let me know!

January

• New device uses laser beams to project your own lane from the back of your bicycle,
• Shooting of Oscar Grant in Oakland, California, sparks months of protests and clashes with police,
• Canada is no longer a safe place for U.S. war resisters
• Faythe Levine releases her documentary “Handmade Nation” alongside her book “Craft’s New Wave”,
• FCC Free Radio begins broadcasting
• Make Magazine begins airing a new national TV series
• Bolivia approves of a new constitution that creates a ministry in support of indigenous autonomy

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I’ve been producing the public affairs radio program The Digital Divide for over a year at KBOO Community Radio.  As the show’s founder, I intended to create a feature-length program that would look at the political side of science and technology.  I gathered a team of reporters and anchors and with each show, we asked “How can we use science to benefit society and how do we keep it from harming us?”

During my time, we’ve covered everything from twitter protesting to moon bombing, the NSA to DIY wifi, and greenhouse gasses to ewaste.

Now, as I move out of state, I have to say goodbye to this program.  Luckily, it sounds like others will be taking my place and I look forward to hear what they’ll come up with.

Blog it Yourself is a new blog I’ve created that covers the wide spectrum of DIY culture.  I’ll be posting some of my photography and sharing stories from people who do it themselves.  I’m looking for writers to contribute stories so please contact me if interested.