----------empyre- soft-skinned space---------------------- Hello to our -empyre-subscriber list. Tim Murray and myself are eagerly anticipating our discussion on the list serve this month. We have decided to do a bit of an impromptu discussion inspired by the recent events in Ferguson and New York City over the past week though realizing that other social and political events and movements such as in Iguala, Mexico and Hong Kong may provide an important opportunity for all of us to devote a month in solidarity. Tim and I have just arrived in New York City. We are right now just a few blocks from Time Square and Rockefeller Center where thousands marched last night.
Our monthly discussion Social Media/ Social Justice will feature a few guests over the next three weeks but we are hoping that all of you will feel free to post about this issue. We are reaching out to all of our global subscribers and not just those in the western hemisphere. We are hoping that our subscribers will consider and respond to the moment but also critically look at the relationship between social media in the broad sense and political movements. Our Introductory post will follow this. In solidarity. Renate Ferro and Tim Murray from New York City -- Renate Ferro Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, (contracted since 2004) Cornell University Department of Art, Tjaden Hall Office: 306 Ithaca, NY 14853 Email: <rfe...@cornell.edu> URL: http://www.renateferro.net http://www.privatesecretspubliclies.net Lab: http://www.tinkerfactory.net Managing Co-moderator of -empyre- soft skinned space http://empyre.library.cornell.edu/ _______________________________________________ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://empyre.library.cornell.edu
