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<div>I wrote an essay called "Defriending the Web" for this book:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://digital-folklore.org">http://digital-folklore.org</a>/</div><div><br></div><div>My essay questions the web2.0 being a "new digital democracy" (Time Magazine, 2006), might be interesting to you guys!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>PS: I once tried to post my video to this discussion but I'm not sure my message ever went through because I sent it from a different account. So pardon if you've already seen this; I'm playing with the YouTube format in the end (featured videos):</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIzL99tlCs">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIzL99tlCs</a></div><div><br></div><div>All the best,</div><div><br></div><div>Dennis</div><div><br></div><br><div> <div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">-- </div><div><a href="http://www.dennisknopf.net">http://www.dennisknopf.net</a></div> </div><br><div><div>Am 09.02.2010 um 12:57 schrieb Valentin Spirik:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:00 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:videovortex-request@listcultures.org" target="_blank">videovortex-request@listcultures.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Send videovortex mailing list submissions to<br> <a href="mailto:videovortex@listcultures.org" target="_blank">videovortex@listcultures.org</a><br> <br> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> <a href="http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/videovortex_listcultures.org" target="_blank">http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/videovortex_listcultures.org</a><br> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> <a href="mailto:videovortex-request@listcultures.org" target="_blank">videovortex-request@listcultures.org</a><br> <br> You can reach the person managing the list at<br> <a href="mailto:videovortex-owner@listcultures.org" target="_blank">videovortex-owner@listcultures.org</a><br> <br> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br> than "Re: Contents of videovortex digest..."<br></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br> == The Questions ==<br> <br> <br> What I'd like to find out now is whether there is any research,<br> articles, projects dealing with<br> <br> - is this just a German phenomnon or similar in other countries?<br> <br> - why are so few women considered relevant or important bloggers?<br> <br> - what creates relevance/attention/importance in the web 2.0?<br> <br> - how does it happen that the much praised open structures of the<br> current digital world seem to create even more exclusive (virtual)<br> realities?<br> <br></blockquote><div><br>My (non) scientific answer is that it seems web 2.0 is (also) simply mirroring structures in our society that is to a certain extend (still) male dominated.<br><br>I always wondered why there are almost no well know women film makers. Simply ask anyone what female film maker they like in particular...! Those women who made it (through a male dominated industry) of course had to be exceptional. The first two names that come to my mind are Leni Riefenstahl (controversial of course but basically she created and perfected a modern advertising look long before others did it - handsome people/bodies in a very stylised environment) and the other one is Kathryn Bigelow, a real master of action/suspense/drama (e.g. The Hurt Locker, 2008).<br> <br>I'm sure there are as many talented women film makers as there are male ones, but maybe women just don't fell the need to show off their egos as much as men often do...? While men can't have babies they can produce art/movies etc. that "live on". (Artists, writers etc. often talk about their "baby" = latest work.) I think that's a point in this not to be underestimated...<br> <br>Of course I'd love to see more women film makers, vloggers, bloggers etc!<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I'm not active in adademia (anymore) and not even regularly reading or<br> writing on feminist issues. Same for all the different strands of net<br> culture(s), media politics and the like. And so it's perfectly likely<br> that I missed obvious things said on these subjects. Please let me know<br> of anything you know!<br> <br> <br> <br> Thanks for any kind of help and feel free to forward this wherever you<br> think is appropriate!<br> <br> <br> Anne<br> <br> <br> <a href="http://annalist.noblogs.org" target="_blank">http://annalist.noblogs.org</a><br> mostly in German<br> <br> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/annnalist" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/annnalist</a> (German)<br> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/Anne_Roth" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/Anne_Roth</a> (English)<br> <br> <br> <br> ------------------------------<br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> videovortex mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:videovortex@listcultures.org" target="_blank">videovortex@listcultures.org</a><br> <a href="http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/videovortex_listcultures.org" target="_blank">http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/videovortex_listcultures.org</a><br> <br> to change your settings or unsubscribe, please go to: <a href="http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/videovortex_listcultures.org" target="_blank">http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/videovortex_listcultures.org</a><br> <br> End of videovortex Digest, Vol 38, Issue 1<br> ******************************************<br> </blockquote></div><br><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-----</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">video vortex discussion list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">artist responses to youtube</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">to change your settings or unsubscribe, please go to: <a href="http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/videovortex_listcultures.org">http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/videovortex_listcultures.org</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>