Subject: Labor and Multimedia.
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As Victoria has now changed hands from a Liberal to a Labor government, it will be interesting to see what is in store for the multimedia
“industry” in this state. Kennett’s government often abused the modernist mantra of ‘technology as progress’ or the idea that imbedded in technology is its own agency…as opposed to the more socially progressive direction of Labor ie. you have to be able to afford a computer in the first place.
Does this mean no more “minister for multimedia” or does it mean “e-merge” will finally arrive? Does this mean that there is a possibility
now that those of us who are interested in “thinking” about interactive media can distance ourselves from “industry battler” types who are more interested in revenue generation?
Is Victoria finally on the move and can we now think about technology a little more sophisticatedly that the often simplistic logic that just because a new model Falcon comes out every two years, that we are rocketing ahead? How will the funding bodies change?
something to be aware of I ‘spose.