Making a New Reality

Immerse on 2018-03-27

A series by Kamal Sinclair on equity and diversity in emerging media

Introduction

Turning Point: Emerging Media and Social Justice Philanthropy by Cara Mertes, Ford Foundation

High Stakes of Limited Inclusion Part 1: “Emerging media cannot risk limited inclusion and suffer the same pitfalls of traditional media. The stakes are too high. Together, we must engineer robust inclusion into the process of imagining our future.”

Industry Analysis: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Challenging the Innovator Stereotype Part 2

The Radical Opportunity: Strategies to mitigate bias in emerging media Part 3

Industry Analysis: Internet of Things

Silos, Groupthink and Knowledge Ghettos Part 4

Share Space (and Other Ideas for Inclusive Innovation) Part 5

Boundary Issues Part 6

Design for Justice, Well-Being, and Prosperity Part 7

Making a New Reality: Affirmations and What Comes Next

The Making a New Reality research project is authored by Kamal Sinclair with support from the Ford Foundation JustFilms program and supplemental support from the Sundance Institute. Learn more about the goals and methods of this research, who produced it, and the interviewees whose insights inform the analysis.

Immerse is an initiative of MIT Open DocLab and The Fledgling Fund. Learn more about our vision for the project here.