Participant Info
- First Name
- Misha
- Last Name
- Griffith,PhD
- Country
- United States
- State
- VA Virginia
- mishagriffith68@gmail.com
- Affiliation
- Northern Virginia Community College
- Website URL
- Keywords
- History of technology, broadcast technology, theater technology, technology in the public sphere, technology as tool of resistance, Cold War, Central Europe, 1968
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
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- About Me
I have recently completed my dissertation on the role of broadcast technology in creating a public sphere and as a tool of resistance in Czechoslovakia in 1968. Prior to my graduate studies, I worked as a grip/gaffer/stagehand/technician in theaters and in video and film productions. Working with my husband, we have produced hour-long historical documentaries on such topics as the Japanese-American internment in World War II, the translation of the King James Bible, and the early use of guns in the Hussite Revolution of the 14th century. My hands-on experience as a technician informs my work, and allows me to see the human, creative side of technology.
- Recent Publications
Towards a Portable Public Sphere: How Technology Created a Discursive Space in Czechoslovakia in 1968. Dissertation published in 2017.
- Media Coverage
- Frequent guest on the YouTube livecast "The NonSequitur Show": Cold War Underground https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnqMsEGWlUY , "Tales from the Secret Police" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5w9rSbUGCQ&t=2501s&list=LLO8O817I6AQFCyvOzinZAog&index=31 ,
- Social Media
- @3MGriffith
- Country Focus
- Czechoslovakia
- Expertise by Geography
- Eastern Europe
- Expertise by Chronology
- 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Technology
