Papaya Fest
From Panamenian pop to Honduran Garífuna musica, the Papaya Fest was an expression of Central America's true diversity. These are a few videos
Recent Work
Futures of Entertainment
I've participated in the speaker selection and organization of Futures of Entertainment 2, 3 and 4. In this last one I focused on communication and marketing. Futures of Entertainment (FOE) is a conference dedicated to bringing together thought leader from academy and industry in order to di
Tecnobrega
As part of my work for the Convergence Culture Consortium, I went to the city of Belém (north of Brazil) to conduct ethnographic interviews with fans of Tecnobrega ("chessy" techno) music. I wrote my research around the idea of audiences as a site of value beyond their act of consumption. This
Spreadable Media
In 2008, my colleague Xiaochang Li and I had the opportunity to work with Henry Jenkins on a research project about how audience-driven media distribution operates, we tried to uncover the paradigm under which this activity runs and contrasted it with other models. Because of the audiences' activ
Cinergia
During 4 years I worked alongside María Lourdes Cortés in the construction of Cinergia. When we started the fund there was no cultural policy suppo
Ferguson
Don Walter Ferguson was 83 when we made this CD. He had already become a Jehova's witness so singing in public was not allowed. He also refused to com
Tropix
With 18 locations all over the Costa Rica, a bicultural crew and SAG regulations, I consider this feature film my first graduate program. I worked clo
