Guest lecturing at Australian National University in Canberra

2009 has been a fully hectic year for both social media tag team Joseph Hieu Dinh (a.k.a JH) and Maria Tran (a.k.a MT) as they endeavoured into the world of online social content via the online world of you.tube, twitter, facebook etc… creating a number of “random” video clips.

At times, these have been described as somewhat “dodgey” and “unconventional”, but nonetheless fun to watch. So fun, that these two, have been invited to the prestigious Australian National University in Canberra as guest lecturers. Canberra is considered Australia’s Capital Territory, (300 kms south of Sydney, 3 hours drive).

These two will be conducting a 60 minute presentation on the topic of Internet 2: Alternative Media for University course ANTH1003 2009 Global and Local.

“The traditional world of media has been eroding. Everything is becoming multimedified & online”.

“Identity explorations and expressions have taken on a different platform through digital media, forums, blogsites, v-logging and it seems that everything can accrue an audience” says Australian-Vietnamese of the Year 2009, Joseph Hieu Dinh.

“Generation 2.0 in the Vietnamese diaspora to an extent have disengaged with the highly monopolised, narrow creative industry to cross connect with other diasporic communities. Identity is about being yourself.” Adds martial arts comedic actress Maria Tran.

Lecture: Internet 2: Alternative Media
Time: 12-1pm
Date: Wednesday 9 September 2009
Location: COP T Building, Australian National University, Canberra