lisagye

Username

lisagye

Name

Lisa Gye

Gender

female

Country

Australia

Website

http://www.lisagye.com

Description

I'm an educator, activist, media maker and sometime writer who is interested in social justice, social change, critical theory and media practices.

I have joined the Memfest community becasue i am interested in

making a difference. I believe in making media that matters and I am passionate about sharing this with other people who feel the same way.

Education

Politics and Media

Working place

Swinburne University

Collaborators

Oliver Vodeb, Darren Tofts, Danny Butt, Andrew Dodd, Fibreculture network, my colleagues & students

Music I like

Calexico
The Avett Brothers
Neil Young
Bob Dylan
Joni Mitchell
Beck
Billy Bragg
Aretha Franklin
Cowboy Junkies
Sonic Youth
Gillian Welch
Too too many others

Books I like

Anything by Jacques Derrida
Doreen Massey For Space
Wanderlust Rebecca Solnit
Debating Derrida Niall Lucy
Memory Trade Darren Tofts
Applied Grammatology Gregory Ulmer
The Medium is the Massage Marshall McLuhan
A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
The Practice of Everyday Life Michel De Certeau
A History of Reading Alberto Manguel
Anything by Gabriel Marcia Marquez, Milan Kundera, Jorge Luis Borges, Kurt Vonnegut, Ian McEwan, Greil Marcus, Mark Amerika.
Zadie Smith On Beauty

Films I like

Django Unchained
Pulp Fiction
Once Upon a Time in the West
Fargo
Whatever happened to Baby Jane
To Kill a Mockingbird
Cape Fear
Spirited Away
Once upon a time in America
Inglourious Basterds
Unforgiven
La Dolce Vita
Wings of Desire
Cigarettes and Coffee
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
Midnight in Paris

Communication projects I like

Memefest :)
The People's Tour
The Yes Men
Soda Jerk
Engage Media
Media that Matters
Reel Lives

People I like

Too many to mention