Community-Driven Ethics in Sectoral Self-Governance

Overview of the Independent Media Arts Alliance’s Online Presentation Standards

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ID6417347
AuthorsMariane Bourcheix-Laporte (McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume50
Issue2
Pages278-298
Publication date2025-06-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Journal of Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0705-3657 • E-ISSN: 1499-6642
PublisherJilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences (PUBLISHER • CN)
DOI10.3138/cjc-2024-0062
OpenAlexW4411180115
LanguageEN
References cited14

Background: The Online Presentation Standards (OPS), a project of the Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA), was initiated as a direct response to the migration online of the presentation activities of media arts organizations in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Analysis: The OPS was a community-driven and participatory research project that addressed gaps in self-governance in the independent media arts sector with regard to digital presentation models. In this article, the methods and outputs of OPS are analyzed as components of a responsive and inclusive model for developing a sectoral digital policy that is guided by an ethics of care. Conclusion and implications: The article develops a case study of a sectoral self-governance initiative that took an intersectional and inclusive approach to developing a digital policy rooted in a community-driven ethics of care. The structural vulnerabilities of the Canadian independent media arts community complicate the implementation of value-driven policies that seek to remedy systemic inequities in the sector

Alliance · Corporate governance · Economics · Management · Political science · Presentation (obstetrics · Public relations · Sociology · The arts · Artistic and Creative Research · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Law · Medicine · Psychology

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