Inoltrato da: geert lovink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | f i b r e c u l t u r e 2 0 0 3 | > || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| > i n t e r n e t > || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| > theory | criticism | research > || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| > > You are invited to join ::fibreculture:: - a community of critical thinkers, > Australia/New Zealand-wide, engaged with new media / internet theory and > practice. We are people who think, read and write about the design, > application and cultures around new technology. > > ::fibreculture:: is a mechanism for sharing work in theory, design, art, > policy, education, activism and research with and about new media > technologies. While we certainly hope to stimulate real debate about culture > and technology, this is not a space for polemic or adversarial > confrontations. > > The list, website, events, publications and other ::fibreculture:: > initiatives are coordinated and produced through collaborative 'steering' > taskforces. Invitations are posted on the main fibreculture list for people > to join ad hoc groups off-list to achieve particular objectives. These > off-list groups then report back to the main list. ::Fibreculture:: is not a > formally constituted organisation, but a collaborative and distributed group > of people with similar interests. New ideas and initiatives are welcome. > > || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || t h e l i s t > The ::fibreculture:: email list was founded in January 2001 by David Teh and > Geert Lovink, and has around 700 members (May 2003). The list is not a > primarily a conversational space, but a forum for exchange of productively > critical articles, ideas and arguments about Australian IT policy in a broad > political, cultural and economic context. List subscribers include > theorists, critics, journalists, academics, artists, activists, media > producers, designers and other information-workers. See details of how to > subscribe and post at the bottom of this message. > > || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || a n n o u n c e m e n t s > As well as the main ::fibreculture:: list, there is a separate moderated > list, fibreculture-announce, specifically for announcements about relevant > events, publications, calls for papers, etc. You can subscribe and > unsubscribe to this separately. > > || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || e v e n t s > ::Fibreculture:: held its first conference in Melbourne from December 6 to > 8, 2001. This event brought together a community of critical thinkers > engaged with new media/Internet theory and practice with a view to > constructing a strategic picture of how Australia might better support > innovation, R+D and the applications and culture of new technology. > Organised around the major themes of theory, policy, education and the arts, > the conference developed a number of exciting initiatives, exhibition > possibilities and policy interventions. The second meeting, 'networks of > excellence,' took place in Sydney (November 22-24, 2203) at the ICA where a > public debate was held about NICTA, the recently opened IT research centre. > > || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || b r i s b a n e f i b r e p > o w e r > :: fibreculture :: in association with critical new media studies sections > in universities across Brisbane, is organising a conference on 11-13 July > 03 > on theory, policy, practice, and education in New Media and the Internet. > The conference, :: fibrepower :: Currents in Australian Internet Research > and > Culture, will bring together practitioners in the academy and industry from > around Australia and New Zealand to participate in critically informed > debates about new media and its cultures. Theme of the 2003 Fibreculture > meeting will be Fibrepower > > Set in a literal and figurative locus of power from the previous, > industrial, era, the :: fibrepower :: conference will engage with a range of > themes that disclose the unseen power of fibre-culture in the informational > age. Outcomes of this event will include a high profile public forum, an > online publication of refereed articles, and deeper connections between new > media industries, the academy and others. The conference will be held at the > Brisbane Powerhouse. > > || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || p u b l i c a t i o n s > _Politics of a digital present: an inventory of australian net culture, > criticism and theory_, is the first fibreculture reader, launched at the > Melbourne conference in December 2001. It is available for sale on the > website: http://www.fibreculture.org. > > The reader grew directly out of list interactions, mediations and debates. > Over a six week period, subscribers to the list posted their work and the > full papers were subject to peer review. This book draws together competing > and coinciding discourses from a range of Australian and international > critical writers dealing with theory, policy, politics, arts and education > in new media and internet studies. > > In 2002/3, ::fibreculture:: is collaborating with the University of > Queensland's Media and Cultural Studies Centre to edit a special issue of > their online webzine: m/c a journal of media and culture. > > || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || w e b s i t e > The main function of the current version of the ::fibreculture:: website is > to provide a repository for an archive of posts to the list. Visit the site > at http://www.fibreculture.org. > > || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || w e b j o u r n a l > A seperate peer reviewed webjournal is being prepared, to be launched in > October 2003. > > || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || i n i t i a t i v e s > Fibreculture is associated with a number of initiatives in the critical new > media community. > > The proposed Network for New Media Research is a more formal grouping of new > media researchers and practitioners who advocate stronger integration of > critical humanities perspectives into IT design, policy, standards, > education and media analysis. Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > NewMedia-Ed is an index of new media teaching and research activities in > Australia including links to current new media courses, and a list of recent > publications in the field. It will become a website showcasing new media > teaching and research at Australian Universities and other institutions, and > will encourage resource-sharing and collaboration. Contact: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The second Fibreculture meeting will take place in Sydney from 22-24 > November 2002. Please consult the www.fibreculture.org website for more > details about the program and how to register. > > || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || n e w s u b s c r i b e r s > We invite all new subscribers to introduce themselves to the list - tell us > about your work (practical, research, commercial or otherwise) and what > issues and initiatives you think the list might focus on. For instructions, > see below. > > We encourage all participants to send their new and old content (essays, > interviews, reviews, etc.) to the list so that a database of critical > material will grow over time, accessible through the web archive. We suggest > that new subscribers may find interest in trawling through the ist's > archives. > > Please invite other people with an interest in fibreculture themes to > subscribe to the list by passing on this message. > > || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || f a c i l i t a t o r s > > Hugh Brown (Brisbane) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Axel Bruns (Brisbane) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Danny Butt (New Zealand) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chris Chesher (Sydney) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Lisa Gye (Melbourne) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Molly Hankwitz (Brisbane) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Geert Lovink (Brisbane) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Esther Milne (Melbourne) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Anna Munster (Sydney) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Ingrid Richardson (Perth) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Ned Rossiter (Melbourne) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > David Teh (Sydney) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || h o w to j o i n > > SUBSCRIBE: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "subscribe" in the subject line. > POST: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > > || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || s e p a r a t e a n n o u n c > e m e n t l i s t > > ::fibreculture::announcements:: > To subscribe, please visit > http://lists.myspinach.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fibreculture-announce > and enter your e-mail address. > > to unsubscribe from ::fc-announce::, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || P o s t i n g g u i d e l i n > e s > > We hope that new listmembers will contribute to the discussion and > information sharing which occurs on the list. Don't be shy! There are a > range of different topics and modes of discussion on ::fibreculture:: - > Internet theory, aesthetics, media research, public policy, popular culture, > new media education, net activism. If you find a discussion that interests > you, jump in! Or if you have other information or opinions which you think > will interest the ::fibreculture:: community, feel free to start a new > thread. > > The best way to get a sense of the kinds of conversations ::fibreculture:: > encourages is to check out the archives. There have been some great > exchanges on the list already. > > ==> Posting Guidelines <== > > 1> A good post provides a point of view which encourages other listmembers > to respond. Most of all, posts should be interesting to read in some way > even outside the context of a discussion thread. "Would I forward my post to > someone outside of :fibreculture:?" is a good question to ask before sending > it to the list. > > If you want to > > i) clarify your position ("I didn't mean that, I meant this"), > ii) express agreement/disagreement ("I agree with X, but not Y"), or > iii) correct minor factual detail ("Actually, that show was at AGNSW, > not the MCA") > > without extending the discussion, consider replying to the original sender > off-list. The size and diversity of :fibreculture: makes it unsuited to > conversational exchanges. If your off-list dialogue turns into something > new, you can always post a summary back to the list. > > 2> A good post highlights *your* perspective. If you want to forward an > article by someone else or a URL which may be of interest to the list, take > some time to set some starting points for discussion. Why do you find this > interesting? What are the likely implications for :fibreculture: members? > > If you just want to provide an informational post about an upcoming event or > a resource which may be of interest, send it to fibreculture-announce. > > 3> A good post shows respect. There are real people on the other end of list > messages. If you're disagreeing with someone's argument, remember to > acknowledge parts you do agree with. If someone's post offends you, sit on > it for a day before hitting reply. > > 4> A good post is generous. Concentrate on being supportive and expansive. > Open conversations up rather than shut them down. You get out of > :fibreculture: what you put in. Spend some time engaging with people on > list, and you'll find them much more likely to do the same when you start > new conversations. > > 5> A good post is in the established :fibreculture: styles - opinion pieces, > journalistic articles, discussion questions, essays, short academic papers, > reviews - and of course responses to these posts. While the :fibreculture: > facilitators value other forms of writing (such as fiction, or theses), we > believe that there are other lists which are probably better suited for > them. E-mail a facilitator if you're not sure. > > 6> The following kinds of posts are not suited for :fibreculture: > > * Announcements (send to fibreculture-announce) > * Flames > * Unannotated URLs/forwarded articles > * Fiction > * Long (>5000 wd) academic papers / thesis chapters > * Text-art > * One-liners (unless *really* funny or insightful) > * Promotional material > > ::fibreculture:: is an unmoderated list, so we rely on subscribers following > these guidelines to keep the list dynamic and active. The facilitators may > send reminders to anyone not following the guidelines. Posters who > repeatedly ignore these guidelines and reminders may be removed from the > list. > > 7> Most of all, enjoy yourself! The :fibreculture: list has been a fantastic > forum for the exchange of ideas, and it continues to grow in size and > diversity. But it can only do so while new members come in and contribute. > The facilitators are here to help, so feel free to ask them any questions. > > > > ::posted on ::fibreculture:: mailinglist for australian > ::critical internet theory, culture and research > ::subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ::with "subscribe" in the subject line > ::unsubcribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ::with "unsubscribe" in the subject line > ::info and archive: http://www.fibreculture.org > ::please send announcements to seperate mailinglist: > :: http://lists.myspinach.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fibreculture-announce >
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