From an Analogue Past to a Digital Present

Abstract

From an analogue past to a digital present describes and analyses how a rural community in South East Queensland has adapted to having improved television reception and other digital enhancements introduced into their lives. This exegesis presents and reflects on the progress of a Doctor of Visual Arts which drew on an action research methodology where the researcher was an active participant in the community’s endeavours to gain broadcast and digital reception. It also provides a detailed case study which contextualises and supports the studio project, the produced online documentary A Satellite Solution. A Satellite Solution is an experiment with the nonlinear documentary form and is designed to assist communities connected to the internet by providing an exemplar that demonstrates how they may similarly upgrade and practically install their own communications systems.