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Let's Talk Digital Equality, Ethics & Ethos in the Metaverse with Athena Demos
Episode #35: On today's episode, I will be talking with Athena Demos [https://www.linkedin.com/in/athenademos/]about digital equality, ethics & ethos in the Metaverse. This conversation explores why it is essential to advocate for digital equality, ethics, and ethos in the virtual space. Athena also shares her journey as a producer behind bringing the legendary Burning Man experience into VR in the pandemic, why she's passionate about advocacy in the Metaverse, and advice that she has for those listening that want to learn more about being an advocate for ethics & ethos in the Metaverse. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in digital equality in virtual spaces. About Athena Demos: Athena co-founded Big Rock Creative, a successful XR experience company, that won the Producer's Guild Award for Innovation, the Aurea Award for creativity, the No Proscenium award for Best VR experience of 2020, and the Hermes' Platinum Award. With over 20 years of experience producing iconic events like the LA Decompression Arts and Music Celebration and the Art of Change Inaugural Ball for President Obama in LA to produce BRCvr. BRCvr is an official virtual Burning Man Experience and unprecedented in the VR space. She spent 8+ years as the PM of two time Academy Award Winning documentary film company, Moriah Films. In October, 2020 she took the documentary series she was working on before covid about indigenous women called In Her Shoes, and her VR knowledge and combined them to produce a 360 VR documentary shot in Teotitlan de Valle, Mexico about a Zapoteca family celebrating their most holy holiday, Dia de Los Muertos, during a deadly pandemic (currently in post production). Athena will be speaking on 'Bringing the Principles of Burning Man into the Metaverse; Jan 29 at 10am PT in AltspaceVR. More details and RSVP can be found here. [https://account.altvr.com/events/1894348477354214325] Links Mentioned in the Show: * XR Women [https://www.xrwomen.com/] * BRCvr - An Official Virtual Burning Man Experience [https://brcvr.org/] * 10 Principles of Burning Man [https://brcvr.org/10-principles-of-burning-man/] * BRCvr Facebook Page [https://www.facebook.com/BRCvr.org/] * BRCvr Twitter [https://twitter.com/brcvr] * BRCvr Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/brcvr/] Want to support this podcast? Visit https://anchor.fm/coffeyandcode/support or leave a rate & review on Apple Podcasts. [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coffey-code/id1522512306] *Subscribe to Coffey & Code to be notified when new episodes go live!* Is there someone in the tech space who you would love to hear on the show? I'd love to hear from you. CLICK HERE [https://anchor.fm/coffeyandcode/message] to drop me a line, or send me a DM on Twitter @ashleycoffey_ [https://twitter.com/ashleycoffey_]or Instagram @ashleyrcoffey89 [https://www.instagram.com/ashleyrcoffey89/]. Thanks for listening to Coffey & Code! FULL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT HERE [https://otter.ai/u/Lei8fRGW4LNHbYFYYTqMMQO4Ik8] [https://otter.ai/u/AxY3h5y8TGqRqx9v4jbImLU4yhU]
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