Got the Fulbright!

I got a let­ter in the mail from the Ful­bright com­mis­sion yes­ter­day.  They’re giv­ing me a 10 month grant to work in Ethiopia.  Stoked!

fulbrightletter

I’ll be work­ing with Sud­den Flow­ers, a youth video coop­er­a­tive in Ethiopia’s cap­i­tal.  I worked with Sud­den Flow­ers last sum­mer. You can read my Ful­bright appli­ca­tion mate­ri­als here.  The grant period starts in August.  Between now and then, I’ll build on the amaz­ing intel­lec­tual and cre­ative resources I’ve tapped into at Parson’s Com­mu­ni­ca­tion, Design, and Tech­nol­ogy depart­ment to pre­pare for the trip.  While Sud­den Flow­ers works mainly in video, their col­lab­o­ra­tive pro­duc­tion meth­ods allow for a mul­ti­plic­ity of cre­ative projects.  Dur­ing my last trip, Sud­den Flow­ers direc­tor Daniel Negatu and I spent a lot of time cook­ing up imag­i­na­tive schemes for facil­i­tat­ing social jus­tice media prac­tices.  I’m brim­ming with enthusiasum.