International Digital
Media and Arts Association
EON Member Profile
Serving educators, practitioners, scholars and organizations with
interests in digital media
The International Digital Media & Arts Association (iDMAa) is all about the
convergence of people, ideas, disciplines, technologies and progress.
iDMAa is a forum for professionals working across the wide range of
disciplines and initiatives that are clustered around the emerging field of
Digital Media and Arts. Traditional disciplines including the Arts, Computer
Science, Engineering, Journalism and Communications, Media Studies, Film and
Television, and many others are embroiled in sweeping changes wrought by new
technologies, new applications, and new challenges.
Colleges and universities are attempting to incorporate these new
technologies and practices into their curricula, with varying results. Industry
practitioners are also affected by the rapid proliferation of new media, but
traditional trade associations do not offer sufficient interdisciplinary depth
for creative individuals whose work cuts across boundaries.
iDMAa is a forum where progressive thinkers and creators can come
together as a community — both online and in person — to share insights,
concerns and experiences related to their common interests.
The International Digital Media Arts Association (iDMAa) was founded in
early 2004 by a group of 15 universities. The iDMAa is dedicated to serving
educators, practitioners, scholars, and organizations with interests in digital
media.
Around the world, universities and colleges are creating new programs
and departments to teach and conduct research in Digital Media and Digital Arts.
These programs are emerging from partnerships of Art, Computer Science,
Communications-Radio/TV-Journalism, English, Music, Theater, Film and other
disciplines. These programs often don't fit within the neat and tidy confines of
traditional university structures - their creators and champions often forge
interdisciplinary partnerships to create opportunities, attract money, and
stimulate explosions of creativity. Digital Media and Arts programs around the
world address the production of content for existing media such as the Internet,
radio and TV, digital cinema and video, computer games, cinematic special
effects and animation, as well as for emerging media such as:
- mobile computing (GPS, personal digital assistants, cell phones)
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ubiquitous computing ("smart houses", "information appliances")
- interactive television
- online role playing games
- virtual reality
- distributed collaborations
The International Digital Media & Arts Association was organized by and
for people working in these margins. Margins are frontiers, but they are also
uncertain places. Marginal people upset the establishment, take risks and make
new things happen.
Learn more about the benefits and foci of
iDMAa now.
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