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<strong>The Imaginary SXSWi: If SXSWi is a Dream, Then How Do We Wake Up From It?</strong> <br /> <em>Jonathan Hickman and Jennifer Jones / Birmingham City University and University of the West of Scotland </em>

The Imaginary SXSWi: If SXSWi is a Dream, Then How Do We Wake Up From It?
Jonathan Hickman and Jennifer Jones / Birmingham City University and University of the West of Scotland (1)

March 13, 2012

Is SXSWi a Dream World?
South by Southwest Interactive (SxSWi) is a dream. A trade fair in a desert, a pilgrimage, a Mecca, where stories are created and products are launched. It is a sign, a referent, a display. For those who attend, it is cultural capital, it is membership of a club – the ‘have-beens’ [...]

<strong>SXSW Memes & Themes: What Journalists See Up & Down Dirty Sixth</strong> <br /> <em>Todd Schack / Ithaca College</em>

SXSW Memes & Themes: What Journalists See Up & Down Dirty Sixth
Todd Schack / Ithaca College

On the narrowness of journalistic coverage of SXSW.

<strong>The Future of Television?</strong> <br /> <em>Sharon Strover / The University of Texas at Austin</em>

The Future of Television?
Sharon Strover / The University of Texas at Austin

The Future of Television
Amid all the doom and gloom coming from incumbent broadcasters as they face the fact that some of their spectrum may go away and that people are finding a lot of things to watch besides their channels, a perennial bright spot for most media industries is South by Southwest (SXSW). The [...]

<strong>Problems in “Wellywood”: Rethinking the politics of transnational cultural labor</strong> <br /> <em>Bridget Conor / Goldsmiths College, University of London</em>

Problems in “Wellywood”: Rethinking the politics of transnational cultural labor
Bridget Conor / Goldsmiths College, University of London

Bridget Conor examines the politics of transnational cultural labor in last fall’s Hobbit dispute.


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