From paulien at dresscher.nl  Wed Sep  1 13:39:16 2010
From: paulien at dresscher.nl (Paulien Dresscher)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 13:39:16 +0200
Subject: <rmm> Dick el Demasiado: Friday 3 SEPTEMBER, 22 uur,
	5 euro Pakhuis Wilhelmina
Message-ID: <794A162E-74B8-4F8B-AEB4-B31799CEF5B0@dresscher.nl>

Paulien Dresscher And for some more academic inspiration:

Friday 3 SEPTEMBER, 22 uur, 5 euro
Pakhuis Wilhelmina
Veemkade 5761019 BL Amsterdam06 51364146


The source of all insanity in contemporary Cumbia in Latin America,  
the Dutch "Dick el Demasiado" is in town! After Mexico City,  
Valparaise, and Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Medelin, Bogota,  
Barranquilla, Cali, Sonar Barcelona, St Petersburg, Arcangel, Berlijn,  
Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto, this friday in PAKHUIS WILHELMINA. ++++++++++++ 
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SPECIAL  
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demasiado betaversion, you can visit the dickeldemasiado.com and find  
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CASTELLANO++++++++++++++++++++++dickeldemasiado.com el chalet del  
cerebro cumbiamchero.
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From P.P.R.W.Pisters at uva.nl  Thu Sep  2 16:41:28 2010
From: P.P.R.W.Pisters at uva.nl (Pisters, P.P.R.W.)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:41:28 +0200
Subject: <rmm> FW: studenten voor frankendael
References: <26702D7A-8C9B-43C3-A281-55B09C8E0F29@huizefrankendael.nl>
	<C224F859-2C57-43D1-92AD-85A711CD45BC@huizefrankendael.nl>
	<C23A7D48C71330429DDC708818F1BD4604BB61B4@devries.uva.nl>
Message-ID: <C23A7D48C71330429DDC708818F1BD4604BB61B5@devries.uva.nl>

 
Huize Frankendael is looking for volunteers in the month of October for their next exhibition. Students who want to help out get 20 Euros a day and lunches. Those who are interested can contact Jacqueline Grandjean (podium at huizefrankendael.nl) for more information (www.huizefrankendael.nl <http://www.huizefrankendael.nl>  ). 
Best wishes, Patricia
 
 
 
Prof. dr. P. (Patricia) Pisters l Head of  Department of Media Studies l Universiteit van Amsterdam l Turfdraagsterspad 9 l 1012 XT Amsterdam l http:www.mediastudies.nl  l http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/p.p.r.w.pisters <http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/p.p.r.w.pisters>  l http://flashmedia.uva.nl/avc/uvatv/fascinatie/p_p.html <http://flashmedia.uva.nl/avc/uvatv/fascinatie/p_p.html>  
 

________________________________

Van: Jacqueline Grandjean [mailto:podium at huizefrankendael.nl]
Verzonden: do 2-9-2010 15:50
Aan: Pisters, P.P.R.W.
Onderwerp: studenten voor frankendael



Ondertussen staan we op Frankendael alweer voor de volgende tentoonstelling, die op 30 september opent. 
The Keys is een tentoonstelling die een brug slaat tussen kunst, geschiedenis en erfgoed.
In de bijlage de samenvatting van onze catalogus. 


Voor dit project ben ik op zoek naar studenten die willen helpen The Keys tot een succes te maken. 
In oktober zijn veel vrijwilligers (er wordt een vrijwilligersbijdrage van 20 euro per dag uitgekeerd) nodig op locatie. 


Het gaat om de periode 2-30 oktober elke donderdag, vrijdag, zaterdag en zondag. Studenten kunnen op Frankendael gewoon studeren, er is wifi en voor (een heerlijke) lunch wordt gezorgd. 




Jacqueline (podium at huizefrankendael.nl)
 


	
	
	
	
	

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From J.W.Kooijman at uva.nl  Thu Sep  2 17:18:13 2010
From: J.W.Kooijman at uva.nl (Kooijman, Jaap)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:18:13 +0200
Subject: <rmm> Research Master Media Studies,
	Core Course 1: Classic Texts in Media Theory
References: <4B39B3F0-0D6E-4816-8085-5920DB40B389@dresscher.nl>
Message-ID: <3E5C5B18CD1F014C865FA1195884848005523DE2@devries.uva.nl>

Dear new students of the Research MA Media Studies,

 

Welcome to Amsterdam. My name is Jaap Kooijman and, together with Thomas Poell, I coordinate the first core course "Classic Texts in Media Theory." Coming Monday, Thomas and I will explain the course to you and give you all the details about the literature and assignments. In the meantime, we would like to ask you the following:

 

*	Think about what you consider a "classic text" in your studies so far. In other words, which text has been "essential" of extremely "influential" in the way you perceive Media Studies or a related field? Feel free to pick any text that you think is most appropriate; don't pick a text just because you think WE might consider it a classic text. If you have a hardcopy of the text, please bring it to class.
*	Be prepared to say a few words about the text. You don't have to prepare a full presentation, but we will use the texts to learn more about each other academically.
*	Please send the author and title of the text by e-mail to Jaap Kooijman a.s.a.p., just so we know what texts we can expect.

Looking forward to meeting you all,

 

 

Jaap Kooijman 

 
+++++++
 
dr. Jaap Kooijman
Associate Professor Media & Culture
Head of Education Media Studies Department
University of Amsterdam
J.W.Kooijman at uva.nl
www.jaapkooijman.nl <http://www.jaapkooijman.nl/> 
 

________________________________

Van: Paulien Dresscher [mailto:paulien at dresscher.nl]
Verzonden: di 31-8-2010 20:22
Aan: whiteleg at hotmail.co.uk; Pappelendam, Lisa van; liliana.bounegru at gmail.com; Ivanova, Adriana; barb.hana at gmail.com; wu.pete at gmail.com; susanne.lehr at gmail.com; ittalika at gmail.com; frank.haperen at uni-konstanz.de; reyek85 at hotmail.com; Roo, Ludo de; d.tylus at gmail.com; Reehorst, Lucas; morgan currie; rmm
CC: Forceville, Charles; Kooijman, Jaap; Teurlings, Jan; Dresscher, Paulien
Onderwerp: listcultures mailing list


Dear new Research M.A. students 

It was nice meeting most of you this afternoon.

You can subscribe to the Research Master Media Studies mailing list by following this link: http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/rmm_listcultures.org
If you fill in the form, you not only will receive mail from this list but you also can add to it: you can post interesting media related events, job applications, or other study related questions to rmm at listcultures.org.

If you have any more questions regarding the program or the UVA, don't hesitate to contact me.

I hope to see you next thursday at the new media party- see mail below!

Best,
Paulien Dresscher
OC member for the RMA media studies

paulien at dresscher.nl
06-50668369
Skype: pauliendresscher


	---------------------------------
	Dear Research M.A. student,
	
	We warmly invite you to a festive opening of the new media season with
	a Pixelparty on Thursday 2 September starting at 8:30 in the evening.
	The new media party is a co-production of "Schijnheilig"
	(http://www.schijnheilig.org/) together with the new media team at the
	University of Amsterdam. We also have invited the new M.A. students,
	all of last year's international M.A. students as well as the B.A.
	students in new media & digital culture, so it is a nice blend.
	
	We are proud to present the program of the evening, which includes a
	performance, a notorious rogue band, Gameboy/Atari/Nintendo-inspired
	DJs and our own alumni VJ Minke and VJ Rosa! Attached please find the
	flyer.
	
	
	We look forward to seeing you at the Pixelparty!
	
	The new media team
	
	
	
	Program
	20.30  Best of YouTube
	21.30  Sin Sin Collective
	22.00  The RaaskalBOMfukkerZ
	23.00  EINDBAAS dj team  (Klazien Schaap & Frans Twisk) + VJ Rosa Menkman
	00.00  EINDBAAS dj team  (Klazien Schaap & Frans Twisk) + VJ Minke Kampman
	01.00  End_
	
	Location
	Schijnheilig // Passeerdersgracht 23BG
	info at schijnheilig.org
	+31 (0)6 4797 2033
	
	Organization
	Lonneke, Esther, Anne & Marc
	Questions? Please mail a.helmond at uva.nl or e.j.t.weltevrede at uva.nl
	
	
	BIOGRAPHIES
	
	Sin Sin Collective
	Dubbed 'digital terrorists' by The Irish Times, sin sin is an
	international group of pan media artists working under the auspices of
	their beloved leader, The Fat Controller. Sin Sin Collective makes
	performances, music and art animations using new technology in
	combination with classical techniques. See
	http://sinsincollective.com <http://sinsincollective.com/> .
	
	The RaaskalBOMfukkerZ
	Notorious rogue with pockets full of surprises in the form of
	intricate noise / soundscape of hip-hop with eggs and poisonous
	complex versification (from Russian bio). More on:
	http://www.myspace.com/raaskalbomfukkerz
	
	EINDBAAS DJ team (Klazien Schaap & Frans Twisk)
	EINDBAAS is the bad guy at the end of every computergame. We all know
	him, he comes in shapes and sizes, he's invincible and always there.
	EINDBAAS! It's also the name of the super super super happy and
	happening chiptune parties in Utrecht, hosted by dj PCK and Kla. They
	love you getting your kicks playing their upbeat chiptunes, micro
	dubstep, and other 8-bit dance delights. www.micromusic.nl <http://www.micromusic.nl/> 
	
	VJ Rosa Menkman
	Every technology possess its own inherent accidents. Rosa Menkman is a
	Dutch visualist who focuses on visual artifacts created by accidents
	in digital media. The visuals she makes are the result of glitches,
	compressions, feedback and other forms of noise. Although many people
	perceive these accidents as negative experiences, Rosa emphasizes
	their positive consequences. http://rosa-menkman.blogspot.com/ and
	http://www.youtube.com/rosamenkman
	
	VJ Minke Kampman (VIADUKTAPE)
	VIADUKTAPE does it low-tech, analogue, crispy, trashy with lots of vodka.
	One does the live VJ input that the other brings to the screen in a
	wild performance. It's like an electronique etch-a-sketch that keeps
	on sketching. http://viaduktape.com/
	

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From paulien at dresscher.nl  Mon Sep 13 18:10:25 2010
From: paulien at dresscher.nl (Paulien Dresscher)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:10:25 +0200
Subject: <rmm> Fwd: <mom> LabforCulture book launch: Cultural Bloggers
	Interviewed
References: <f41f88796bab1b99ac9ec9ad21444a98@office.labforculture.org>
Message-ID: <3095CF42-3154-40D0-9228-890EA9437F86@dresscher.nl>



Begin forwarded message:

> Resent-From: Geert Lovink <geert at xs4all.nl>
> From: LabforCulture <info at labforculture.org>
> Date: September 13, 2010 5:18:25 PM CEDT
> Resent-To: mastersofmedia at listcultures.org
> To: LabforCulture list <info at labforculture.org>
> Subject: <mom> LabforCulture book launch: Cultural Bloggers  
> Interviewed
>
>
> LabforCulture book launch:
> Cultural Bloggers Interviewed
> 13th September 2010
>
> LabforCulture would love you to come and celebrate the launch of  
> their new book, Cultural Bloggers Interviewed. This collection of  
> insightful interviews explores the role of blogging in the cultural  
> sector ? and will be unveiled during Picnic on Wednesday, 22  
> September at 5.30pm at WesterLiefde, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam.
>
> LabforCulture's latest book features a series of interviews by  
> Austrian-born producer and researcher, Annette Wolfsberger with nine  
> renowned bloggers from across Europe: including Anne Helmond, Robert  
> Misik, Alek Tarkowski, Marta Peirano and Jos? de Vicente, Alessandro  
> Ludovico and R?gine de Batty.
>
> With a thought-provoking introduction about the role of blogs by  
> Guardian journalist and blogger Mercedes Bunz, this publication is a  
> must for anyone considering the future role of cultural bloggers and  
> online publishing.
>
> The launch kicks off with an introduction by Katherine Watson,  
> Director of LabforCulture and European Cultural Foundation. This  
> will be followed by a short Q&A session with Annette Wolfsberger,  
> who was the joint editor of Cultural Bloggers Interviewed. She will  
> be talking to Michelle Kasprzak, one of the nine cultural bloggers  
> featured in LabforCulture's latest book.
>
> The event will take place directly after the first of a three-part  
> series of discussions put together by Culturalmondo/Picnic, starting  
> off with a focus on new journalism and cultural criticism.
>
> We look forward to seeing you at the launch on 22 September at  
> 5.30pm. Please let us know whether you can join us by emailing  
> Nicola Mullenger ? nicola at labforculture.org ? before 17 September ?  
> email confirmation is necessary to ensure entrance.
>
> Click here for a sneak preview of the book!
>
> www.labforculture.org
> the networking platform for information on European arts and culture
> Contact information: Nicola Mullenger: nicola at labforculture.org
> LabforCulture is a partnership initiative of the European Cultural  
> Foundation and is grateful for the support provided by its funders.
> LabforCulture is a unique tool for artists, cultural professionals,  
> organisations and networks across the 50 countries of Europe, and a  
> platform for cultural cooperation between Europe and the rest of the  
> world. It provides a wide range of linked information from funding  
> possibilities to cultural news and through their open community  
> space the arts and culture sector can post blogs, search contacts  
> through the online profiles or simply make an announcement about an  
> arts event. The site is in six languages: English, French, German,  
> Italian, Polish and Spanish. http://www.labforculture.org/
>
> If you would like to unsubscribe from our mailing list please send  
> an email to info at labforculture.org and write "unsubscribe" in the  
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From rogers at govcom.org  Wed Sep 15 18:32:42 2010
From: rogers at govcom.org (Richard Rogers)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:32:42 +0200
Subject: <rmm> Special Lecture 23 September - Digital Methods: Seemingly
	Intractable Issues
Message-ID: <268B1E09-0B0E-45B2-AB5C-899C2A7C18DE@govcom.org>

dear R.M.A. students,

You are invited and most welcome to attend this special lecture, and meet our guests from the University of the Free State (South Africa) who are also in attendance. The lecture presents the outcomes from the Digital Methods Summer School, New Media & Digital Culture, University of Amsterdam. Presentations by New Media PhD candidates are included. If you are able, do come! It is 23 September in the University Library at 11am to 1pm (11-13u.).

regards, Richard Rogers (New Media Professor)



LECTURE ANNOUNCEMENT 

Digital Methods: Seemingly Intractable Issues
By Richard Rogers and the Digital Methods Summer School Group including PhD candidates in New Media & Digital Culture

Organized by: New Media & Digital Culture, University of Amsterdam
Date & Time: Thursday, 23 September 2010, 11:00am - 1pm
Location:  University Library,  De Doelenzaal (Room C.007), Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam
Admission: free

The new media lecture is dedicated to digital methods, a term and program of research developed since 2007 at the University of Amsterdam [1]. Digital methods seek to analyze Web data in order to make findings about societal conditions and cultural change. Among the basic problems faced by digital methods researchers is the question of the status of Web data. Often considered messy, dirty, incomplete and otherwise reputationally challenged, under which conditions may Web data be seen as robust? Another set of fundamental problems concerns the idea of the Web as virtual, representational or otherwise having a special, ungrounded status. Where does the study of online culture end, and social and cultural research begin? When may the allegedly virtual be considered the baseline against which the real is measured and judged? 

The Web also has its recent specificities, which pose particular problems for digital methods researchers. Among them is the emergence of a new Web 'currency' - the 'like' and the 'share' buttons in social media. Digital methods, like search engines, have customarily relied on the hyperlink as a main unit of analysis. Are likes and shares challenging hyperlinks as the dominant, underlying calculation units of the Web? How would such acknowledgments change hierarchies of credibility on the Web, such as lists of relevant sources, or relevance more generally? In the case of the Gulf oil spill, do people tweet mainly news, and ignore governmental and scientific URLs? Do official information channels suffer in Web 2.0 ranking cultures? A second issue to be treated is the different paces per online space, exemplified by whether and when the ages of hyperlinks, posts and tweets matter. How do currency objects, particularly freshness, organize content per sphere? That is to say the pace of the various spheres vary, and comparing the websphere, the blogosphere, news sphere and the status update space (for example) should take into account how freshness is handled. Can the distinctive pacings be built into cross-spherical analysis -- a technique that ultimately investigates the quality of different online media spaces? Finally, from critiques of the web as workspace of amateurish content to the demise of directories and other librarian practices online, the Web has issues with content. Indeed, content is continually at risk on the Web from spambots and other content spoiling practices that foul especially wikis and comment spaces. In order to keep content intact, software bots, settings and other code are deployed, making content a rather technical affair online. Thus the Web may pose a problem for 'content analysis,' unless its technicity is considered. 

The presentation also includes findings from projects undertaken during the Digital Methods Summer School which explored popular claims about the Web. Among the research questions posed are, is there substance to the claim that Facebook is incapable of hosting activism? How do social media change the composition and the activities of social movements? The research projects to be presented include an investigation into two new forms of journalism. One emerging area of online investigative activity is "data-driven journalism." Arguably, interest in such a practice has been prompted by such seemingly diverse developments as the availability of online data visualization software (Wordle and IBM's Many Eyes), governmental data sets (data.gov), and leaked documents (as on wikileaks.org). Hans Rosling's Ted Talk about the Gapminder software was entitled, "No more boring data."  The Guardian called its reporting on the Afghan war diary "datajournalism." To investigate data-driven, citizen journalism we inquired into the use of the Afghan war diary - a set of official U.S. military reports detailing incidents in the war in Afghanistan. Are these documents and data being referenced by 'citizen journalists,' bloggers and other writers unaffiliated with traditional news organizations? The findings from the case study may go some way in developing what could be called the myth of citizen journalism.

_______________

About this lecture

The presentation is a culmination of the 2010 Digital Methods Summer School by the Digital Methods Initiative (DMI), a co-production of New Media & Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam and the Govcom.org Foundation, Amsterdam, with generous support from the Faculty of Science, UvA. The Digital Methods Initiative and the Digital Methods Summer School are online at http://www.digitalmethods.net/.

_______________

About the speakers

Richard Rogers holds the Chair in New Media & Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam. Thomas Poell is Assistant Professor; Erik Borra is Docent; Anne Helmond, Sabine Niederer, Lonneke van der Velden and Esther Weltevrede are PhD candidates; and Catalina Iorga is a Research Master's candidate, all in New Media & Digital Culture, University of Amsterdam.
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Significant URLs

http://www.digitalmethods.net/
http://www.govcom.org/

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[1] See R. Rogers (2009). The End of the Virtual: Digital Methods. Amsterdam University Press. 
Hard copy: http://tinyurl.com/yb8vwlc
Pre-print: http://www.govcom.org/publications/full_list/oratie_Rogers_2009_preprint.pdf




From paulien at dresscher.nl  Mon Sep 20 21:02:25 2010
From: paulien at dresscher.nl (Paulien Dresscher)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:02:25 +0200
Subject: <rmm> Fwd: <mom> invitation for 3 PICNIC AFTERNOONS@DIALOGUE CAFE
	coming wednesday, thursday and friday at the Waag,
	Nieuwmarkt 4, Amsterdam
References: <359437870.2892.1284974516893.JavaMail.root@zimbra>
Message-ID: <535AEB8B-E511-4841-835C-C41517066992@dresscher.nl>



Begin forwarded message:

> Resent-From: Geert Lovink <geert at xs4all.nl>
> From: Christine van den Horn <christine at waag.org>
> Date: September 20, 2010 11:21:56 AM CEDT
> Resent-To: mastersofmedia at listcultures.org
> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
> Subject: <mom> invitation for 3 PICNIC AFTERNOONS at DIALOGUE CAFE  
> coming wednesday, thursday and friday at the Waag, Nieuwmarkt 4,  
> Amsterdam
>
> Dear relation,
>
> We would like to invite you to join the Picnic Afternoons at Dialogue  
> Caf? Amsterdam (or Lisbon, or Rio). In the 3 day program Picnic  
> Afternoons at Dialogue Caf?, a selection of Picnic lecturers and a  
> variety of experts, in Dialogue caf?s in Rio and Lisbon, share their  
> knowledge and discuss developments and ethical issues in fields like  
> live science, domotica, architecture, mobility and design.
>
> We?ll look at future scenarios, ethical and moral implications,  
> decision-making and ways to influence developments.
>
> Picnic Afternoons at Dialogue Caf? take place at the Waag, Nieuwmarkt  
> 4, Amsterdam. The program runs from Wednesday till Friday from 17.30  
> till 19.00. The entrance is free.  Please make a reservation at  
> events.waag.org (name or date the event)
>
> We hope to welcome you!
>
> With kind regards,
>
> Christine van den Horn
>
> Head of public program Waag Society
>
> (it might be possible that you receive this invitation more than once)
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> mastersofmedia at listcultures.org
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From asca-fgw at uva.nl  Tue Sep 21 11:51:20 2010
From: asca-fgw at uva.nl (asca-fgw)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:51:20 +0200
Subject: <rmm> FW: Rey Chow lecture in Amsterdam, October 1, 10.00-12.00
Message-ID: <1B497454633A91468C9BCF018347C1B304EBF494@devries.uva.nl>

The Modern East Asia Research Centre (MEARC) at Leiden University and Leiden University College The Hague are happy to invite you to attend a lecture in Amsterdam by one of the important thinkers in the humanities today,
Prof.dr. Rey Chow (Duke University) entitled
Framing the Original: Toward a new visibility of the Orient
This lecture is hosted by ASCA (Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis), University of Amsterdam
Admission is free and registration is not necessary.
Chair: Chris Goto-Jones (Leiden University)
Discussant: Jeroen de Kloet (University of Amsterdam)
Lecture details
Date       Friday, 1 October 2010
Time      10.00-12.00
Venue    Doelenzaal (Library of the University of Amsterdam, UvA), Singel 425, Amsterdam
Abstract
With the rise of China to the status of an economic superpower, the paradigms for studying East Asia are undergoing fundamental changes in the early twenty-first century. What are some of these changes and how may they be understood in relation to issues of ideology, media technologies, and international cultural politics? These questions will be explored in this lecture with a focus on the film Lust, Caution.
Rey Chow is the Anne Firor Scott Professor of Literature at Duke University. She is one of the most prominent intellectuals working in the humanities today. She contributes to as many disciplines as she weaves into her elegantly structured, comparative critiques, and her ever-expanding oeuvre confronts the interlocking and overlapping fields of film, sex, gender, ethnography, postcolonialism, visual culture, cultural studies, and Asian society and politics.
Rey Chow?s books include Writing Diaspora (1993); The Age of the World Target: Self-Referentiality in War, Theory, and Comparative Work  (2006); and Sentimental Fabulations, Contemporary Chinese Films (2007). She has edited the collection Modern Chinese Literary and Cultural Studies in the Age of Theory: Reimagining a Field (2000). Her book Primitive Passions received the James Russell Lowell Prize from the Modern Language Association in 1996.
In 2010 the first anthology of her work, The Rey Chow Reader (Paul Bowman, ed.) was published by Columbia UP.
Please note that the time and place of the event differ from the normal MEARC lectures.
For more information, please do not hesitate to get in touch with MEARC via info at mearc.eu

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