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I wrote this post in 2010 as a newsletter article for the Creative Metropoles newsletter. Recycling it here now. /// Demand for cultural products and its enhancement has been undoubtedly an ambigous theme for the policy makers. Demand is often understood ...Read More

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I have a new job starting this month. Although I will continue to head the Crossmedia Production MA programme at BFM for one more year my main job from here on will be the one of postdoctoral researcher at TLU's ...Read More

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As I have mentioned earlier I have been greatly involved in developing a new MA programme at the Baltic Film and Media School - titled "Crossmedia Production". In fact, I have been leading its development and am now heading the ...Read More

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Edited book: "Crossmedia Innovations: Texts, Markets, Institutions, Education" Editors: Dr. Indrek Ibrus (Tallinn University), Dr. Carlos A. Scolari (University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) To be published by Peter Lang The book is supported by First Motion consortium (see: http://www.firstmotion.eu), which is an EU funded ...Read More

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I will be trying here also to briefly summarise the essays and columns I sometimes publish in Estonian media. This week one of these was published in Sirp, the main arts weekly. The general elections are soon coming up in Estonia ...Read More

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I still need to write here in more detail about the Crossmedia Production MA programme that I have developed at the Baltic Film and Media School. However, the main message right now is that it is institutionalised, everything is formalised ...Read More

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The institution where I work, Tallinn University's Baltic Film and Media School, is soon, in only one year, to get a new building. Purpose build and everything - with two large studios and equipped with the most advanced and cutting edge ...Read More

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I was awarded this week the first prize in Estonian national competition for student research - in the category of social sciences and humanities PhD research. In other words: I got a national award for my doctoral thesis! See the results ...Read More

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Here comes the Prezi presentation of my Media Innovation lecture vol. 2. To remind you, these lectures are part of my course titled "Creative and Cultural Industries: Introduction" that I deliver at Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School. Last ...Read More

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Since I work as a lecturer in Tallinn University I therefore also need to do my paid work sometimes - i.e.: give lectures, teach and supervise. This term I am lecturing an introductory course to "Creative and Cultural Industries".  It ...Read More