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New Media/New Democracy Forum at Fabryka Trzciny

19 March 2009

Finalists of the photo and video contests on stage with Andrzej Wajda and Alicja Pacewicz (more photos)

The New Media/New Democracy Forum, itself a wired, multimedia event, took place on Thursday and Friday, March 19-20 at Fabryka Trzciny, announced Deputy Cultural Attaché, Candace Faber.  The program featured two outstanding American experts: Joe Rospars, New Media Director for the Obama for America campaign, and David Silver, a civil society activist and Director of the University of San Francisco's Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies.  Renowned Polish journalist and Chairman of the Central and Eastern European Media Center Foundation Stefan Bratkowski gave the keynote speech. After five panel discussions (with simultaneous interpretation) and various multimedia exhibits, the NMND Forum culminated Friday evening with the presentation of the winner of the Embassy’s "Democracy Is" photo competition by Alicja Pacewicz of CEO and the Polish winners of the global Democracy Video Challenge by legendary film director Andrzej Wajda. For details, please follow this link.  

There were five panel discussions covering the use of new media tools to enhance democracy in repressive and free societies alike, beginning with the role of media in Poland's transformation, addressing new media efforts in today's Belarus, discussing 'digital democracy' in the U.S. as expressed in the recent presidential campaigns, exploring the way that Poles engage with new media today, and also featuring the efforts of young Polish activists in a variety of social-political fields.  

In addition to these discussions, the Forum featured two historical exhibits (an object exhibit of underground publications from the Communist period in Poland and an audio exhibit of Radio Wolna Europa clips from the PRL), an exhibit from the U.S. campaign by young Polish photographer Konrad Wedekind, winning photos from our "Democracy Is" photo competition, a video exhibit of the 26 short films submitted by Poles for the YouTube/U.S. Department of State global Democracy Video Challenge, and, on March 19, a performance of Edward Gordon Craig’s play "Democracy."  Our Internet Patron wyborcza.pl blogged live from the conference.

Please follow the links below for interactive content and more information from the New Media/New Democracy Forum: expert views, interviews, blogs, photos, discussions, and more:

Gazeta Wyborcza 
Gazeta Wyborcza Blog
David Silver Blog
David Silver Photos
Video Interview with Joe Rospars
Guest Blog 1
Guest Blog 2
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