Where My Wild Web Things Are!

. . . and he sailed off through night and day and in and out of
weeks and almost over a year to where the wild things are . . .

(with apologies to Maurice Sendak & his book, Where the Wild Things Are,
which influenced my imagination much more than the author could have ever suspected!)

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About Me!Michael R. Ogden [109K pdf]

Presently, I'm an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Education: PhD in Political Science (1993), MA in Communication (1986) & Graduate Certificate in Pacific Islands Studies (1986) from UHM. BA in Communication Arts (1982), with a major in TV production & minor in sociology, from George Fox College in Newberg, Oregon.

Peace Corps volunteer in Fiji (1982-84) at the University of the South Pacific (slow link).

Co-founder of the SeaMOO project at UHM with its WWW entrance via SeaMOO's World.
Also, architect and supervisor of theHawai'i website (maintained by C. Kanemura).

Research Interests: political economy of telecommunications & development; communication policy & planning; video & multimedia production; social impact of information technologies in the Asia-Pacific region; alternative futures; info. tech's role in & impact on indigenous societies.

Abstracts of Recently Published Papers - & - Syllabi of Courses I'm Presently Teaching

You're welcome to Explore my abridged collection of WWW bookmarks; including a few Communication links, a modest collection of Hawaii links, & some of Max's favorites which you may find useful, interesting, currious or at least worth a look. Then again, maybe not!

. . . And now . . . let the wild rumpus start! . . .

Some Favorite World Wild Web Hang Outs!

Potholes on the Video Superhighway!: After years of hype and alliances, a few traffic stoppers are developing along the video superhighway. Here are 10 reasons not to hold your breath for a 500-channel future! (Reported by Frank Beacham in VIDEO Magazine, February 1995.)
Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies (HRCFS): HRCFS was created by the Hawaii State Legislature in 1971. Placed within the Social Science Research Institute at the University of Hawaii, it serves as a research arm for public agencies that require assistance in locating future-oriented information or experts. The Center encourages and promotes the research, development and use of futures studies theories, methods and designs and maintains a database of studies, individuals, and groups concerned with futures in Hawaii, the U.S. and globally.
Pacific Telecommunications Council: The Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) occupies a unique place in the dynamic, rapidly-growing world of Pacific hemisphere and global communications. Founded in 1980, PTC organizes a major annual conference, regional seminars, an important quarterly journal, a variety of other publications, research activites, and special issue-specific task groups.
Pacific Islands Internet Resources: Frustrated by the scattered and incomplete nature of WWW & other Internet links to resources on or about the Pacific Islands, I decided to create my own page of links. Check it out and let me know what you think!
4th World Documentation Project: Oceania: Documents from Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia, including essays, position papers, resolutions, treaties, UN documents, speeches and declarations. This service is maintained by The Center for World Indigenous Studies, an independent, non-profit research and education organization dedicated to wider understanding and appreciation of indigenous peoples.
Native American Resources on the Internet: An exhaustive listing of WWW & other Internet links to resources for and about Native Americans. Also, check out the Native Web Home Page and the accompanying Native Events Calandar for a schedule of Pow-Wows and other events. Native American Public Telecommunications, Inc. is also an excellent source of educational and public telecommunications programs and services supporting tribal sovereignty.
Electronic Frountier Foundation: A non-profit civil liberties public interest organization working to protect freedom of expression, privacy, and access to online resources and information.
The Alliance for Public Technology (APT): A Washington, DC based nonprofit, coalition of public interest groups and individuals whose goal is to foster broad access to affordable, usable information and communication services and technology.
Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition(CIEC): A broad group of Internet users, library groups, publishers, online service providers, and civil liberties groups fighting for the future of the First Amendment and the future of free expression in the Information age.

. . . The wild things roared their terrible roars and
gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible
eyes and showed their terrible claws . . .
[and] the wild things cried, "Oh please don't go -
we'll eat you up - we love you so!"

To UHM Communication Dept. To UHM College of Social Science

Acknowledgements: Except where obvious, all pictures and captions taken from
Where the Wild Things Are, Story & Pictures by Maurice Sendak, Copyright © 1983
by Maurice Sendak. Published by Scholastic Inc., New York, by arrangement with Harper
& Row, Publishers, Inc.