ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This work was initiated and inspired by Joan Shigekawa, Associate Director of
the Creativity & Culture program at the Rockefeller Foundation. We are especially grateful for her encouragement and patience throughout the course of
this research. We extend our thanks to the dozens of members of the media arts
community who shared their ideas with us and added immeasurably to the
report. Special thanks are due to John Hanhardt and Lev Manovich for their
thoughtful reviews, which occasioned many changes that improved the clarity
and accuracy of the report. We also thank our RAND colleagues Lisa Lewis, Judy
Rohloff, Miriam Polon, Eileen La Russo, and Denise Constantine.
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