AMP Blog: economy

Jenny Lee presents the "City As Ecosystem"

DFM3 Orientation Explores the Purpose of Media and Technology

Detroit Future Media launched it’s third round of community media trainings (DFM3), with an orientation for new students on January 15th and 16th. The DFM3 class of 55 Detroiters represent a variety of communities, experiences, neighborhoods and identities throughout the city.

TODAY: "Digital Dead End: Fighting for Social Justice in the Information Age" book event

The idea that technology will pave the road to prosperity has been promoted through boom and bust. We hear that Facebook and Twitter create democratic revolutions across the globe.

But is this just magical thinking?

AMP and DDJC present at MIT Media Lab this Thursday

Detroit is what the rest of the world has to look forward to. In Detroit we are growing a community of media makers, culture producers, technologists, and small business owners who are building a media-based economy at the city's grassroots. We believe that instead of trying to "bridge the digital divide" between our communities and existing technology, it is more important to reshape technology to meet our communities' needs.