About us
Our mission is to connect and celebrate a global community of media makers, technologists, and designers dedicated to working together and making a difference with their talents.
PHOTO: Greg Clark
Overview
At WITH Festival, we believe in the global community of media makers. designers and technologists can contribute significantly to social change. While social change organizations are focused on their various domains (education, public health, inequity, etc.), these organizations are often unable to tell their stories to various audiences effectively. This affects the organization’s ability to function optimally. Fundraising, client relations, reporting, motivating staff and volunteers – digital storytelling is essential to occupying and succeeding in social change work.
WITH Festival exists to celebrate these stories of change. Apart from recognizing good work, we are dedicated to connecting social change organizations to dedicated and talented digital storytellers who can help.
Festivals
The Withfestival consists of globally oriented, yet locally embedded celebrations of purposeful work created at the confluence of media, technology and design. Festivals are organized at locations around the globe and throughout the year.
Program
At each location, Withfestival showcases local storytelling, placemaking and innovation for a global audience. The occasions are marked by conviviality, exchange and collaboration. This is the spirit of the festival.
Conveners
Our diverse team of conveners organize WITH Festival in their cities and help with virtual global engagement.
Ana Laura Gamboggi
Professor, Anthropology
SENAC
BRAZIL
Prof Ana Laura Gamboggi is an anthropologist and seasoned professor with extensive experience in higher education and environmental research. Her global collaborations with institutions and organizations enhance Media for Change’s educational and research policies. Fluent in Spanish and English, she brings expertise in research design and methodology, holding an MA and PhD in Anthropology from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana.
Vijay Sekhon
Associate Professor and Lead, Interaction Design, School of Design
Anant National University
INDIA
Prof Vijay Sekhon is an Associate Professor and Lead, Interaction Design, School of Design. His research interest lies in narrative construction and creating site-responsive immersive experiences. In his work, Vijay focuses on interweaving various narratives that run parallelly and create work that is contextual yet pushes the boundaries. The materiality of the form as its meaning, the dynamic equilibrium between the two remains his key research area.
Juan Pablo Viteri
Professor, College of Contemporary Arts
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
ECUADOR
Prof Juan Pablo Viteri is a researcher and media producer who studies Latinx media and music. Exploring the connections between creative practice and academic research is at the core of his work. He has a PhD in Media and Cultural Studies at Birmingham City University, and he is a full time lecturer at Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador. He leads Radio COCOA; a web-based platform created for the documentation and promotion of the Ecuadorian independent music cultures.
Sanjeev Chatterjee
Professor, Cinematic Arts and Journalism
School of Communication
University of Miami
USA
Prof Sanjeev Chatterjee is a professor, documentary filmmaker, and mentor dedicated to the power of storytelling in social impact. With an M.F.A. from Brooklyn College, he teaches at the University of Miami in Cinema, Interactive Media, and Journalism. Sanjeev founded Media for Change, a non-profit promoting global collaboration among media changemakers.