Fishing on You Tube

I thought I would start having a look around online at the types of media available and found this documentary. It interested me in lots of ways, one was that I have actually sought out this type of information at the Dhanya Centre and elsewhere only to find that this unofficial distribution (by that I mean that I’m assuming it hasn’t been broadcast on TV through traditional production means) is the most informative resource I’ve seen. Although its not an online documentary in the sense that we’ve been talking about in Transient Spaces (a good example is Us Mob) it is an example of You Tube changing the producer/broadcaster=power dynamic. Unfortunately in my exploration this morning I also found a disgusting response to the National Apology. I won’t put the link in here because I don’t want to support such filth, but i suppose democracy isn’t all roses.

I was also interested for other reasons, more to do with my major research project. I noticed that towards the end an interview with Lee Joachim was 4 minutes of unedited talking. I think its fair to say that this technique is not typical of TV production but i wonder if it relates to a framework of fewer edits in Oral History recordings, with the producer receding into the background of decisions over content.

I was also interested in Lee’s discussion of consultation. Consultative methods are part of my research area and even though he’s talking about land management consultation, i think the risk of tokenism he’s referring to is very relevant.

Finally, I have my finger on the wire of a story about Bill Cooper (William in this doco at 4:20), so I was excited to see that archival materials obviously exist somewhere, and it will just been a matter of finding it!