From melinda at subtle.net Fri Aug 6 15:01:17 2010 From: melinda at subtle.net (Melinda Rackham) Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 22:31:17 +0930 Subject: ::fibreculture:: lecture: CITIES: FROM FLUX TO NOW In-Reply-To: <8unj9t$5p2hi4@ipmail07.adl2.internode.on.net> References: <8unj9t$5p2hi4@ipmail07.adl2.internode.on.net> Message-ID: <3397813F-F515-4DD9-B919-61649D1BE4AC@subtle.net> Michael Yuen who is producing the Dreamworlds : Australian Moving Image exhibition I am curating in Beijing next month is in Melbourne from 18 sept for 3 weeks. Michael is interested in doing lectures to art and/or architecture students at rmit, vca or elsewhere. If this fits into you course contact Michael directly. cheers Melinda CITIES: FROM FLUX TO NOW Recently, Michael Yuen has been touring Europe with his lecture series ?Cities: from flux to now?. The lectures are concerned with reconsidering the city and breaking with contemporary city thinking. Michael lectures about new views on the city. He has a desire to go beyond our known positions on it, to confront its clich?s and ultimately our inaction. Against the backdrop of Asia?s mega cities Michael guides us through the complexities of the contemporary city. Within today?s cities of flux, we find rapidly changing social structures and built environments with no clear direction. And, in them, Michael tells us it is not enough to merely describe and document, but rather it is important to find tools for acting. Michael has given talks in Europe and China expressing his need for new hierarchies to emerge that focus on the contemporary use of the city. Dismantling urban theory from the last sixty years, he searches for new terms for the city in art, architecture, philosophy and city planning. The current tour has included the Willem de Kooning Academie Rotterdam, Jan Matejko Academy Krakow, Warsaw Polytechnic, Bauhaus- Universit?t and Liszt School of Music Weimar, Whiteconcept Berlin, Love Vienna, C Space Beijing. This is not the first time Michael has tackled the idea of cities ? his works are often interventions into the city. In Follow, Michael paid fifty people to follow him for a day as he went about his usual activities walking through the city. Michael Yuen is an Australian artist working across a range of mediums including sound, light and performance. Over the past few years Michael has divided his time equally between Australia and China. His works have been selected for exhibitions and projects with Zendai Museum of Modern Art (Shanghai), Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Melbourne), Beijing Modern Dance Company, Hong Kong Shenzhen Biennale of Architecture, Adelaide Festival of Arts, SSamzie Space (Seoul), Beijing 798 Biennale, Freies Museum (Berlin), ArtBeijing and MODEM Centre of Contemporary Art (Hungry). He has served as a peer for InterArts and Music at the Australia Council and received Ruby Litchfield and AsiaLink awards. Michael is also the co-founder of the Donkey Institute of Contemporary Art, an art space travelling Beijing's streets on the back of a donkey. www.michaelyuen.com.au www.donkeyinstitute.net From g.goggin at unsw.edu.au Mon Aug 9 05:10:01 2010 From: g.goggin at unsw.edu.au (Gerard Goggin) Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 13:10:01 +1000 Subject: ::fibreculture:: Anne Galloway/'Counting Sheep'/Thurs 26 Aug, 2-4pm Message-ID: [apologies for x-posting] Counting Sheep: New Zealand Merino Wool in an Internet of Things Dr. Anne Galloway, Victoria University of Wellington Seminar Thurs 26 Aug 2010, 2-4pm hosted by Journalism and Media Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney 1-3 Eurimbla Avenue, Randwick (corner High St) Abstract. Pervasive computing brings together wireless, networked and context-aware technologies, including Global Positioning System (GPS), environmental sensors and Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID), to embed computational capacities in the objects and environments that surround us. The "Internet of Things" is a related vision for future computing that proposes a shift from a network of interconnected computers to a network of interconnected objects. By virtue of their status as highly regulated and globally traded commodities, livestock animals and animal products have long been tracked and are primed to be amongst the first non-humans in such a network. Specifically, RFID-enabled livestock traceability programmes are increasingly being mandated by governments and agricultural industries worldwide to better support management of disease outbreaks and maintain access to high-value export markets. In these technologically determinist traceability scenarios, animals are largely envisioned as manageable and saleable information and farmers are more often positioned as technicians and data collectors than as animal caregivers. This project investigates the role that cultural studies and design can play in presenting both producers and consumers with alternate visions for the future of human-animal relations. Through a juxtaposition of technological livestock management programmes and non-technological wool industry products and services, this presentation will critically question the social and cultural implications of emergent technologies and existing traceability efforts. Particular attention will be given to articulating research practices and stakeholder relations that can significantly engage relevant issues and avoid the pitfalls of both dystopian and utopian futurism. About Dr Anne Galloway: Anne recently relocated from Canada (a.k.a. The Great White North) to take up a position as Senior Lecturer in Design Research at the School of Design, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Drawing on a background in sociology and anthropology, her research focusses on emergent technologies in their visual, discursive, material and practical manifestations. Anne really likes animals and technology, and you can learn more about her and the world's best catTM on the web at plsj.org or on twitter @annegalloway About the Journalism and Media Centre: The Journalism and Media Research Centre is an initiative of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales. JMRC undertakes research of high quality and impact across the fields of journalism, communication, and media and makes a significant contribution to public debate and policy. It offers rigorous, relevant and excellent education for postgraduate coursework and research students. More information at http://jmrc.arts.unsw.edu.au/ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Gerard Goggin Professor of Digital Communication & Deputy Director Journalism and Media Research Centre University of New South Wales Sydney 2052 NSW Australia http://jmrc.arts.unsw.edu.au/ e: g.goggin at unsw.edu.au w: +61 2 9385 8532 f: +61 2 9385 8528 m: +61 428 66 88 24 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From g.goggin at unsw.edu.au Wed Aug 18 06:49:12 2010 From: g.goggin at unsw.edu.au (Gerard Goggin) Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:49:12 +1000 Subject: ::fibreculture:: Christian Licoppe - Australian visit, 8 & 9 Sept '10 Message-ID: [apologies for x-posting] Renowned mobiles and technology research Professor Christian Licoppe ( T?l?com ParisTech) is coming to Australia for two events in Sydney and Melbourne - supported by the ARC Cultural Research Network. Details below - or contact Gerard Goggin (g.goggin at unsw.edu.au - for Sydney event), and Larissa Hjorth (larissa.hjorth at rmit.edu.au - Melbourne event). 'Mobile Methods' research workshop featuring Professor Christian Licoppe (T?l?com ParisTech ) Wed 8 September, 10am-4pm Journalism and Media Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney Places are limited and registrations are essential - please contact Gerard Goggin (g.goggin at unsw.edu.au). About the presenter: Christian Licoppe is professor of sociology of information and communication technologies at the Department of Economic and Social Science, T?l?com ParisTech (http://ses.telecom-paristech.fr/licoppe/). Trained in Science and Technology Studies he has worked extensively on studies of the uses of communication technologies from an ethnographic perspective. Licoppe's visit is supported by the 'Cultural Technologies' node of the ARC Cultural Research Network (http://www.uq.edu.au/crn/nodes/technologies.html) The 'crisis of the summons': a techno-pragmatic approach to notifications (from phone rings to instant messages) Professor Christian Licoppe (T?l?com ParisTech ) Thursday 9th September 2010, 2.30 -4.30pm RMIT University, Melbourne, Building 9, Level 3, Room 6a This communication analyzes a class of interactional devices which share the property of being 'designed-to-occur' (e.g. alerts, alarms, warnings, calls, rings, 'pop-up' windows, etc.), and which can be more generally categorized as 'notifications'. It will review performativity theories to get a sense of what a phone ring or more generally a notification "does" when it occurs. It will discuss how this class of devices is directly related to interruptions and to attention management issues, and is crucial to the unfolding of communication events. In a review of the last thirty years of HCI research on this topic, the paper shows the transformation of the meaning of interruptions and notification devices. Initially perceived as disruptions in the accomplishment of tasks, interruptions have gradually acquired a positive value, while 'notification' devices are supposed to be more subtle and to embed some degree of 'intelligence' of the recipient's context. On the basis of a case study on phone rings it will show the relevance of an observable "crisis of the summons", a phenomenon which may be more generally characteristic of connected lives in connected worlds. About the presenter: Christian Licoppe is professor of sociology of information and communication technologies at the Department of Economic and Social Science, T?l?com ParisTech (http://ses.telecom-paristech.fr/licoppe/). Trained in Science and Technology Studies he has worked extensively on studies of the uses of communication technologies from an ethnographic perspective. Licoppe's visit is supported by the 'Cultural Technologies' node of the ARC Cultural Research Network (http://www.uq.edu.au/crn/nodes/technologies.html) For more details contact: Larissa Hjorth (larissa.hjorth at rmit.edu.au) \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Gerard Goggin Professor of Digital Communication & Deputy Director Journalism and Media Research Centre University of New South Wales Sydney 2052 NSW Australia http://jmrc.arts.unsw.edu.au/ e: g.goggin at unsw.edu.au w: +61 2 9385 8532 f: +61 2 9385 8528 m: +61 428 66 88 24 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From melinda at subtle.net Wed Aug 18 10:54:06 2010 From: melinda at subtle.net (Melinda Rackham) Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:24:06 +0930 Subject: ::fibreculture:: DreamWorlds: Australian Moving Image in Beijing Message-ID: <2A7F1F7B-AA76-4940-839E-11E01DE5659C@subtle.net> PRESS RELEASE (?????? - Chinese below) ----------------------------------------------- DreamWorlds: Australian Moving Image in Beijing 4 September - 16 October 2010 ----------------------------------------------- DreamWorlds presents unique perspectives from eight leading Australian artists on timeless themes of intimacy, isolation and the imaginary. Forged in a vast island continent embraced by sea, these dreamy realms will be on public display on the spectacular 27m outdoor media screen in Beijing?s Sanlitun Village. Curator Melinda Rackham, ex-Director of the Australian Network for Art and Technology, is an award-winning new media artist, writer, producer and curator, with a background in sculpture, installation and performance. For Sanlitun Big Screen she has brought together a selection of the most outstanding Australian media artists working today, many showing for the 1st time in China. The short video works move between mediations on daily life to fantastical computer creations, ranging from Anita Fontaine?s rebellious sense of play and a taste for magic in a modified video game to Daniel Crook?s rhythmic stretching and compacting of time and space in dreamy urban scapes shot in China and Australia. Jess MacNeil traces the abstract movement of swimmers through the undulating waters of the Bondi Iceberg ocean pool, while composer Peter Miller?s generates delicate digital microscopic life forms. Dream Worlds includes an exclusive 3 minute edition of Warwick Thornton?s Indigenous Australian film Samson and Delilah (winner of the Camera d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival), a powerful cinematic depiction of first love framed by the red earth in a remote desert community. DreamWorlds is an exciting opportunity to view Australia?s most innovative and thought-provoking moving image art in a major Beijing public space. ----------------------------------------------- Media Contacts: ----------------------------------------------- For more information, images and interviews please contact: Email: info at dreamworlds.com.au Beijing: Edward Sanderson +86 13621078560 (English), ?? 86 15901010870???? Australia: Melinda Rackham +61 410506592 ----------------------------------------------- DREAMWORLDS: NOTES for EDITORS: ----------------------------------------------- Event: Dreamworlds: Australian Moving Image 2010 Curator: Melinda Rackham Producer: Michael Yuen Premiere: 4 September 2010, 6.30pm Screening Dates: 4 September ? 16 October 2010 Times: Screening every half hour, please see website for details www.dreamworlds.com.au Venue: The Sanlitun Village Screen, Courtyard 19, Sanlitun Road, Sanlitun Area, Beijing Cost: Free ----------------------------------------------- Media ----------------------------------------------- Images and Information available in English and Mandarin at: www.dreamworlds.com.au/media ----------------------------------------------- Artists ----------------------------------------------- Daniel Crooks Anita Fontaine Warwick Thornton Jess MacNeil Troy Innocent Kate Richards Peter Miller Chunky Move ----------------------------------------------- Sponsors ----------------------------------------------- Australia International Cultural Council Australia?China Council RMIT University Swire Properties ? 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Sanlitun Village, Beijing ----------------------------------------------- -end- ----------------------------------------------- From monica.capsula at gmail.com Wed Aug 18 17:15:27 2010 From: monica.capsula at gmail.com (monica) Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:15:27 +0200 Subject: ::fibreculture:: Call for entries: VIDA 13.0 Art and artificial life international awards Message-ID: Call for entries: VIDA 13.0 Art and artificial life international awards Fundaci?n Telefonica announces the VIDA 13.0 Art & Artificial Life International Competition, which for the last twelve years has awarded prizes for artistic projects using technological mediums offering innovative approaches to research into life and artificial life. At a time when the notion of life is once again located in an uncertain domain, a wide range of artistic initiatives come together to illustrate and investigate this phenomenon; they examine the impact on the collective conscience and the way it is manifested in cultural, technological and social thought. Over the last decade, in the same formal space, VIDA has been bringing together interdisciplinary projects that respond to this situation. By means of formal strategies that defy the boundaries between existing practices, these projects offer new ways of reflecting on what we understand by life and artificial life. As in previous years there are two categories to the competition: FINISHED PROJECTS In this category VIDA 13.0 will award prizes to artistic ALife projects developed after 2008. The sum of 40,000 Euros will be shared between the projects selected by the jury: First Prize: 18,000 Euros, Second Prize: 14,000 Euros, and Third Prize: 8,000 Euros. In addition seven honourable mentions will be awarded. PRODUCTION INCENTIVES In this category VIDA 13.0 helps to fund artistic ALife projects that have not yet been produced. This is aimed at citizens or residents of countries comprising Latin America, Spain and Portugal. The sum of 40,000 Euros will be shared between the selected projects. You will find the competition guidelines and the on line entry form in VIDA website: www.fundacion.telefonica.com/vida The deadline for submission of projects is the 7th November 2010. Should you need any further information. Please do not hesitate to contact us at vida at telefonica.es http://www.fundacion.telefonica.com/vida -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stephen at melbpc.org.au Wed Aug 18 19:33:04 2010 From: stephen at melbpc.org.au (stephen at melbpc.org.au) Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:33:04 GMT Subject: ::fibreculture:: e-government Message-ID: <20100818173304.42E01985@eagle.melbpc.org.au> And now for something completely different Regarding the elections tomorrow .. an alternative? It's a registered political party running State candidates for the Senate and whom will apparently vote on bills according to public-voting via their website. http://www.senatoronline.org.au Told you it was different :) Happy trails Stephen Loosley Melburbs, Victoria Message sent using MelbPC WebMail Server From a.munster at unsw.edu.au Thu Aug 19 04:18:16 2010 From: a.munster at unsw.edu.au (Anna Munster) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:18:16 +1000 Subject: ::fibreculture:: recent articles on private networks? Message-ID: <49DC9210-D91E-4360-BCB2-5BB943A3C66A@unsw.edu.au> Does anyone know of any good recent analysis of the rise of private networks and architectures such as NING? preferably from a network critique/theory perspective? thanks Anna A/Prof. Anna Munster Deputy Director Centre for Contemporary Art and Politics School of Art History and Art Education College of Fine Arts UNSW P.O. Box 259 Paddington NSW 2021 612 9385 0741 (tel) 612 9385 0615(fax) a.munster at unsw.edu.au From B.Neilson at uws.edu.au Thu Aug 19 05:38:11 2010 From: B.Neilson at uws.edu.au (Brett Neilson) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:38:11 +1000 Subject: ::fibreculture:: recent articles on private networks? In-Reply-To: <49DC9210-D91E-4360-BCB2-5BB943A3C66A@unsw.edu.au> References: <49DC9210-D91E-4360-BCB2-5BB943A3C66A@unsw.edu.au> Message-ID: <3239A306F7C8F24693698F633C37BE54029FC09A@VALLE.AD.UWS.EDU.AU> Hi Anna, Not sure this is what you're after but the following links might have some leads: http://www.janvaneyck.nl/0_3_3_research_info/design_extrastatecraft.html http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=876941 http://www.re-public.gr/en/?p=99 Brett -----Original Message----- From: fibreculture-bounces at listcultures.org [mailto:fibreculture-bounces at listcultures.org] On Behalf Of Anna Munster Sent: Thursday, 19 August 2010 12:18 PM To: fibreculture at listcultures.org Subject: ::fibreculture:: recent articles on private networks? Does anyone know of any good recent analysis of the rise of private networks and architectures such as NING? preferably from a network critique/theory perspective? thanks Anna A/Prof. Anna Munster Deputy Director Centre for Contemporary Art and Politics School of Art History and Art Education College of Fine Arts UNSW P.O. Box 259 Paddington NSW 2021 612 9385 0741 (tel) 612 9385 0615(fax) a.munster at unsw.edu.au --- (un)subscribe info: http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/fibreculture_listcultures.org general website: http://www.fibreculture.org Fibreculture Journal: http://journal.fibreculture.org/ From baden.offord at scu.edu.au Thu Aug 19 05:50:52 2010 From: baden.offord at scu.edu.au (Baden Offord) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:50:52 +1000 Subject: ::fibreculture:: CSAA Annual Conference Byron Bay: PG & ECR Day Message-ID: Cultural Studies Association of Australasia Postgraduate & ECR Pre-Conference Day Join other Postgrads and Early Career Researchers (ECRs) from around Australasia for a great day of networking, professional development and stimulating conversation on 6 December 2010 (immediately prior to the CSAA National Conference from 7-9 Dec). The day will be a great opportunity to share research ideas and interests in a supportive collegial atmosphere, discuss the challenges Postgrads and ECRs are facing in a rapidly changing academic world, connect with senior scholars in the field and establish ongoing networks that will sustain us into the future. The Postgrad & ECR Day is free and fully catered (lunch + morning and afternoon tea) and located right in the heart of beautiful Byron Bay. There are limited spaces available, so make sure you register asap through the conference website: http://www.scu.edu.au/research/cpsj/asa/registration.html Come along, have a great time and join the main conference already knowing some of your fellow travellers! For questions contact Soenke Biermann: soenke.biermann at scu.edu.au or (02)6620 3936. ********************************************************************************* CSAA Conference Bursaries for Postgrads/ECRs (Supported by the ARC Cultural Research Network) Are you a Postgraduate Student or Early Career Researcher (ECR) interested in attending the CSAA PG Day and Conference from 6-9 December 2010, but having difficulty finding the funds to do so? Apply for a bursary through our website: https://scuau.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9TUOb3HsG3k0LvC (if the link doesn't work, copy and paste into your browser window) We will accept Bursary applications until Friday, 27 August 2010. 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I actually am interested in the development and uses of network architectures such as Ning which attempt to evade search engine indexing and in fact visibility per se and are often used by small corporate franchises. I'm interested especially in the context of the 'disenfranchisement of the'rights' of mass net usership that occurs through 'free' social media such as Facebook... I was wondering if anyone new of any specific studies or critical analysis of Ning networks etc cheers Anna On 19/08/2010, at 1:38 PM, Brett Neilson wrote: > Hi Anna, > > Not sure this is what you're after but the following links might have > some leads: > > http://www.janvaneyck.nl/0_3_3_research_info/design_extrastatecraft.html > http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=876941 > http://www.re-public.gr/en/?p=99 > > Brett > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: fibreculture-bounces at listcultures.org > [mailto:fibreculture-bounces at listcultures.org] On Behalf Of Anna Munster > Sent: Thursday, 19 August 2010 12:18 PM > To: fibreculture at listcultures.org > Subject: ::fibreculture:: recent articles on private networks? > > Does anyone know of any good recent analysis of the rise of private > networks and architectures such as NING? preferably from a network > critique/theory perspective? > thanks > Anna > > A/Prof. Anna Munster > Deputy Director Centre for Contemporary Art and Politics > School of Art History and Art Education > College of Fine Arts > UNSW > P.O. Box 259 > Paddington > NSW 2021 > 612 9385 0741 (tel) > 612 9385 0615(fax) > a.munster at unsw.edu.au > > > > > --- > (un)subscribe info: > http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/fibreculture_listcultures.org > general website: > http://www.fibreculture.org > Fibreculture Journal: > http://journal.fibreculture.org/ > > > --- > (un)subscribe info: > http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/fibreculture_listcultures.org > general website: > http://www.fibreculture.org > Fibreculture Journal: > http://journal.fibreculture.org/ A/Prof. Anna Munster Deputy Director Centre for Contemporary Art and Politics School of Art History and Art Education College of Fine Arts UNSW P.O. Box 259 Paddington NSW 2021 612 9385 0741 (tel) 612 9385 0615(fax) a.munster at unsw.edu.au From stephen at melbpc.org.au Thu Aug 19 09:24:35 2010 From: stephen at melbpc.org.au (stephen at melbpc.org.au) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:24:35 GMT Subject: ::fibreculture:: One Kindle Per Child Message-ID: <20100819072435.95F98965@eagle.melbpc.org.au> Nonprofit Tries One-Kindle-Per-Child In Ghana By Geoffrey Fowler The Wall Street Journal August 5, 2010 In the developing world, where literacy remains a giant challenge, might digital books be able to leapfrog their print counterparts? That?s what a non-profit called Worldreader is trying to figure out with a series of trials in Ghana that involve giving students Kindles to read in school and at home. ?There?s a huge difference between being able to read from a selection of the 10 books that you happen to have ? or that somebody donated ? versus being able to get your hands on a book that you are really interested in,? says Risher. ?When you combine that with very very low distribution costs for additional books and falling technology prices, these are ingredients for doing something really special.? This test will involve 300 junior and senior high school students, who will get a Kindle preloaded with some public-domain books, as well as contemporary international and *local books* (which the organization is helping to get published in digital form for the first time). "It?s important that this be positioned not just as an educational aid, but as something that can be used for personal pleasure," says Risher. "The long-term idea is that technology will ultimately help create a real culture of reading in parts of the world where that?s not been possible before." The children in Ghana show their e-readers to their parents. Most of the parents do not read, so Kindle capabilities like the built-in dictionary and text-to-speech help whole families. www.worldreader.org say: "We are a market-oriented, not-for-profit organization focused on increasing access to books in developing countries. Families and schools in the developing world have access to vanishingly little written material. Worldreader.org aims to put a library of digital books in the hands of every family. But we don?t work alone: we depend on donations and partnerships, and we invite you to join companies like Amazon in helping achieve our mission." -- Cheers people Stephen Loosley Melburbs Australia From ulises.mejias at oswego.edu Thu Aug 19 13:23:35 2010 From: ulises.mejias at oswego.edu (Ulises Mejias) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:23:35 -0400 Subject: ::fibreculture:: recent articles on private networks? In-Reply-To: <49DC9210-D91E-4360-BCB2-5BB943A3C66A@unsw.edu.au> References: <49DC9210-D91E-4360-BCB2-5BB943A3C66A@unsw.edu.au> Message-ID: Dear Anna, I don't know if this is exactly what you are looking for, but my article "The Limits of Networks as Models for Organizing the Social" just came out in New Media & Society (Vol 12 No 4, pp 603-617: http://nms.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/12/4/603?rss=1). I don't focus on any service specifically (like Ning), but provide a more general theoretical framework for critique. I'm dealing with the "disenfranchisement through participation" issue at more length in my current book project, but that's not out yet. I am, however, looking for manuscript reviewers! Regards, -Ulises Dr. Ulises A. Mejias Assistant Professor, Communication Studies Department 10 Lanigan Hall SUNY Oswego Oswego, NY 13126-3599 ulises.mejias at oswego.edu http://ulisesmejias.com 315.312.3525 On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Anna Munster wrote: > Does anyone know of any good recent analysis of the rise of private > networks and architectures such as NING? preferably from a network > critique/theory perspective? > thanks > Anna > > A/Prof. Anna Munster > Deputy Director Centre for Contemporary Art and Politics > School of Art History and Art Education > College of Fine Arts > UNSW > P.O. Box 259 > Paddington > NSW 2021 > 612 9385 0741 (tel) > 612 9385 0615(fax) > a.munster at unsw.edu.au > > > > > --- > (un)subscribe info: > http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/fibreculture_listcultures.org > general website: > http://www.fibreculture.org > Fibreculture Journal: > http://journal.fibreculture.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From a.munster at unsw.edu.au Thu Aug 19 23:28:04 2010 From: a.munster at unsw.edu.au (Anna Munster) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:28:04 +1000 Subject: ::fibreculture:: recent articles on private networks? In-Reply-To: References: <49DC9210-D91E-4360-BCB2-5BB943A3C66A@unsw.edu.au> Message-ID: <1E8B2CF5-62E9-406B-B188-1D7F44884E26@unsw.edu.au> Hi Ulises, Thanks very much for this - will have a look. Although I'd love to review your book I'm in the middle of writing my own so wouldn't give it the attention it deserves right now! Look forward to reading when it comes out, best Anna On 19/08/2010, at 9:23 PM, Ulises Mejias wrote: > Dear Anna, > > I don't know if this is exactly what you are looking for, but my article "The Limits of Networks as Models for Organizing the Social" just came out in New Media & Society (Vol 12 No 4, pp 603-617: http://nms.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/12/4/603?rss=1). I don't focus on any service specifically (like Ning), but provide a more general theoretical framework for critique. > > I'm dealing with the "disenfranchisement through participation" issue at more length in my current book project, but that's not out yet. I am, however, looking for manuscript reviewers! > > Regards, > > -Ulises > > > > Dr. Ulises A. Mejias > Assistant Professor, Communication Studies Department > 10 Lanigan Hall > SUNY Oswego > Oswego, NY 13126-3599 > > ulises.mejias at oswego.edu > http://ulisesmejias.com > 315.312.3525 > > > > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Anna Munster wrote: > Does anyone know of any good recent analysis of the rise of private networks and architectures such as NING? preferably from a network critique/theory perspective? > thanks > Anna > > A/Prof. Anna Munster > Deputy Director Centre for Contemporary Art and Politics > School of Art History and Art Education > College of Fine Arts > UNSW > P.O. 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Melissa Lucashenko, author Title: "Duggai Yugam Binung - the White People Have No Ears for Stories" Catherine Manathunga, University of Queensland Title: "Re-imagining the place of the Australian scholar: reflections on time, location, identity and power" Deborah Bird-Rose, Macquarie University Title: "Slow Scholarship: entanglements of love and death" Trevor Gale, University of South Australia Title: "The politics of scholarship in policy production: a very public affair" Katrina Schlunke, University of Technology, Sydney Title: "After the affair? Cultural Studies, Historicism and the Queer Mourning After." Susan Ballyn, University of Barcelona "Looking backwards to look forward. English Studies in Spain." **************************************************************************************************8 CONFERENCE NEWS Keynote International Speaker Professor Vinay Lal (New Delhi and UCLA) will be delivering a keynote plenary on December 7 on the topic of: 'The Intellectual in an Age of Violence: Criticism, Ethics, and Democratic Futures' He will also be giving a Public Lecture titled: 'Gandhi's West, the West's Gandhi: Intercultural Dialogue and Its Limitations' on Wednesday 8 December. Check out Vinay's blog 'Lal Salaam': http://vinaylal.wordpress.com/ Update on Papers More than 150 papers have now been received and are currently being reviewed. A second and final call for papers has opened and the deadline is 17 September. Just a sample of the Topics, Themes and Issues being addressed in papers at the conference: community arts and media scholarly transformation scholar as witness sexuality, children and young people Masterchef queer pedagogies challenges of enthusiasm pleasure and danger slow scholarship hacking constructing youth mongrel metaphors cultural research in 21st century surfing cultures democratic futures economic imagination ecofeminism writing that matters decolonising pedagogy protest music politics of recognition young people and new media death of the teacher social justice and pedagogy hospitality and pleasure discomfort zones cultural studies and global apocalypse gender perspectives and peacebuilding corporate scholarship self love and scholarship redressing transgender intercultural dialogue politics of inclusion strangers ethical frameworks negotiating identity space and discipline academic bastardry indigenous identity South Korea aesthetic frontiers microgeography new media landscapes language pedagogy narrating communities into the wilds unsafe sexting listening spaces the lecturing body cultures of addiction ******************************************************************************************************8 REGISTRATION FEES Registration Fee includes: Conference Welcome Reception 8pm Tuesday 7th December at the Conference Venue Participation in all conference sessions Tuesday 7th December through Thursday 9th December 2010 Conference materials including: program booklet/proceedings and conference folder or satchel Arrival tea/coffee, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea Tuesday 7th December through Thursday 9th December 2010 (excluding lunch on Wednesday 8th December) Membership of the CSAA Early Bird Registration Fee (If registering before 29th October 2010) $420 (incl. gst) Early Bird Registration Fee for Post Graduate / Unwaged / Students (if registering before 29th October 2010) $270 (incl. gst) Registration Fee (If registering after 29th October 2010) $470 (incl. gst) Registration Fee for Post Graduate / Unwaged / Students (if registering after 29th October 2010) $300 (Incl gst) *****************************************************************************************************8 Cultural Studies Association of Australasia Postgraduate & ECR Pre-Conference Day (Supported by the ARC Cultural Research Network) Join other Postgrads and Early Career Researchers (ECRs) from around Australasia for a great day of networking, professional development and stimulating conversation on 6 December 2010 (immediately prior to the CSAA National Conference from 7-9 Dec). The day will be a great opportunity to share research ideas and interests in a supportive collegial atmosphere, discuss the challenges Postgrads and ECRs are facing in a rapidly changing academic world, connect with senior scholars in the field and establish ongoing networks that will sustain us into the future. The Postgrad & ECR Day is free and fully catered (lunch + morning and afternoon tea) and located right in the heart of beautiful Byron Bay. There are limited spaces available, so make sure you register asap through the conference website: http://www.scu.edu.au/research/cpsj/asa/registration.html Come along, have a great time and join the main conference already knowing some of your fellow travellers! For questions contact Soenke Biermann: soenke.biermann at scu.edu.au or (02)6620 3936. *******************************************************************************************************8 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Baron From MUDs to MMORPGs: The History of Virtual Worlds Richard A. Bartle Visual Iconic Patterns of Instant Messaging: Steps Towards Understanding Visual Conversations Hillary Bays Research in e-Science and Open Access to Data and Information Matthijs den Besten, Paul A. David, and Ralph Schroeder Toward Information Infrastructure Studies: Ways of Knowing in a Networked Environment Geoffrey C. Bowker, Karen Baker, Florence Millerand, and David Ribes From Reader to Writer: Citizen Journalism as News Produsage Axel Bruns The Mereology of Digital Copyright Dan L. Burk Traversing Urban Social Spaces: How Online Research Helps Unveil Offline Practice Julie-Anne Carroll, Marcus Foth, and Barbara Adkins Internet Aesthetics Sean Cubitt Internet Sexualities Nicola D?ring After Convergence: YouTube and Remix Culture Anders Fagerjord The Internet in Latin America Suely Fragoso and Alberto Efendy Maldonado Campaigning in a Changing Information Environment: The Anti-war and Peace Movement in Britain Kevin Gillan, Jenny Pickerill, and Frank Webster Web Content Analysis: Expanding the Paradigm Susan C. Herring The Regulatory Framework for Privacy and Security Janine S. Hiller Toward Nomadological Cyberinfrastructures Jeremy Hunsinger Toward a Virtual Town Square in the Era of Web 2.0 Andrea Kavanaugh, Manuel A. Perez-Quinones, John C. Tedesco, and William Sanders ?The Legal Bit?s in Russian?: Making Sense of Downloaded Music Marjorie D. Kibby Understanding Online (Game)worlds Lisbeth Klastrup Strategy and Structure for Online News Production ? Case Studies of CNN and NRK Arne H. Krumsvik Political Economy, the Internet and FL/OSS Development Robin Mansell and Evangelia Berdou Intercreativity: Mapping Online Activism Graham Meikle Internet Reagency: The Implications of a Global Science for Collaboration, Productivity, and Gender Inequity in Less Developed Areas B. Paige Miller, Ricardo Duque, Meredith Anderson, Marcus Antonius Ynalvez, Antony Palackal, Dan-Bright S. Dzorgbo, Paul N. Mbatia, and Wesley Shrum Strangers and Friends: Collaborative Play in World of Warcraft Bonnie Nardi and Justin Harris Trouble with the Commercial: Internets Theorized and Used Susanna Paasonen (Dis)Connected: Deleuze?s Superject and the Internet David Savat Language Deterioration Revisited: The Extent and Function of English Content in a Swedish Chat Room Malin Sveningsson Elm Visual Communication in Web Design ? Analyzing Visual Communication in Web Design Lisbeth Thorlacius Feral Hypertext: When Hypertext Literature Escapes Control Jill Walker Rettberg The Possibilities of Network Sociality Michele Willson Web Search Studies: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Web Search Engines Michael Zimmer Appendix A: Degree Programs Appendix B: Major Research Centers and Institutes as described on the backmatter: This handbook, the first of its kind, is a detailed introduction to the numerous academic perspectives we can apply to the study of the internet as a political, social and communicative phenomenon. Covering both practical and theoretical angles, established researchers from around the world discuss everything: the foundations of internet research appear alongside chapters on understanding and analyzing current examples of online activities and artifacts. The material covers all continents and explores in depth subjects such as networked gaming, economics and the law. The sheer scope and breadth of topics examined in this volume, which ranges from on-line communities to e-science via digital aesthetics, are evidence that in today?s world, internet research is a vibrant and mature field in which practitioners have long since stopped considering the internet as either an utopian or dystopian "new" space, but instead approach it as a medium that has become an integral part of our everyday culture and a natural mode of communication. (I don't know if it was the first of the kind published, but I think it was the first done this way -jh) Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech http://www.stswiki.org/ sts wiki http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. -Pablo Picasso From christian.fuchs at uti.at Sun Aug 29 00:24:24 2010 From: christian.fuchs at uti.at (Christian Fuchs) Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:24:24 +0200 Subject: ::fibreculture:: Special issue tripleC: Capitalist Crisis, Communication & Culture Message-ID: <4C798C98.5000502@uti.at> tripleC (cognition, communication, co-operation): Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society. Vol. 8. No. 2: Special Issue on Capitalist Crisis, Communication & Culture Edited by Christian Fuchs, Matthias Schafranek, David Hakken, Marcus Breen http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/issue/current Suggested citation: Fuchs, Christian, Matthias Schafranek, David Hakken and Marcus Breen. Eds. 2010. Special issue on ?Capitalist crisis, communication & culture?. tripleC (cognition, communication, co-operation): Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society 8 (2): 193-309. ?Capitalism [?] is approaching an apocalyptic zero-point? (Slavoj ?i?ek). What is the role of communication in the general situation of capitalist crisis? The global economic downturn is an indicator of a new worldwide capitalist crisis. The main focus of most public debates as well as of economic and policy analyses is the role of finance capital and the housing market in creating the crisis, less attention is given to the role of communication technologies, the media, and culture in the world economic crisis. The task of this special issue of tripleC is to present analyses of the role of ICTs, the media, and culture in the current crisis of capitalism. The seven papers focus on the causes, development, and effects of the crisis. Each paper relates one or more of these dimensions to ICTs, the media, or culture. Capitalist Crisis, Communication, & Culture ? Introduction to the Special Issue of tripleC Christian Fuchs, Matthias Schafranek, David Hakken and Marcus Breen (Special Issue Editors) pp 193-204 http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/228/189 Computing and the Current Crisis: The Significant Role of New Information Technologies in Our Socio-Economic Meltdown David Hakken pp 205-220 http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/161/193 The Virtual Debt Factory: Towards an Analysis of Debt and Abstraction in the American Credit Crisis Vincent R. Manzerolle pp 221-236 http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/149/192 Calculating the Unknown. Rationalities of Operational Risk in Financial Institutions Matthias Werner and Hajo Greif pp 237-250 http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/184/194 Crisis, What Crisis? The Media: Business and Journalism in Times of Crisis Rosario de Mateo, Laura Berg?s, Anna Garnatxe* pp 251-274 http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/212/195 Anglo-American Credit Scoring and Consumer Debt in the Subprime Mortgage Crisis of 2007 as Models for Other Countries? Thomas Ruddy pp 275-284 http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/176/198 Crise, Genre et TIC : Recette pour une D?s-Union Pronon- c?e. L?Exemple de l?Afrique du Sud (in French) Joelle Palmieri pp 285-309 http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/141/197 -- - - - Priv.-Doz. Dr. Christian Fuchs Unified Theory of Information Research Group christian.fuchs at uti.at Personal Website: http://fuchs.uti.at NetPolitics Blog: http://fuchs.uti.at/blog Research Group: http;//www.uti.at Editor of tripleC - Cognition, Communication, Co-Operation | Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society http://www.triple-c.at Fuchs, Christian. 2008. Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age. New York: Routledge. http://fuchs.uti.at/?page_id=40