Hi everyone, J. Nathan Matias (@natematias) blogged very thoroughly about the panel mentioned in the earlier Libtech email quoted below. Here's his post: http://civic.mit.edu/blog/natematias/mexicos-networked-social-movements-yosoy132
Douglas On 09/12/2012 12:22 PM, Yosem Companys wrote: > > Panel discussion on the #YoSoy132: Mexico’s Networked Social > Movement – Sep 20, 5pm at the NERD Center > > <http://socialmediacollective.org/2012/09/12/panel-discussion-on-the-yosoy132-mexicos-networked-social-movement-sep-20-5pm-at-the-nerd-center/> > > by Andrés Monroy-Hernández > <http://socialmediacollective.org/author/andresmh/> > > In collaboration with the MIT Center for Future Civic Media, Microsoft > Research New England is hosting a discussion about the #YoSoy132 > activist movement. Open to the public. > > *What: #YoSoy132: Mexico's Networked Social Movement* > > *When*: Thursday September 20 at 5:00 PM > > *Where*: Microsoft Conference Center (Barton Room) located at One > Memorial Drive > <http://microsoftcambridge.com/About/Directions/tabid/89/Default.aspx>, > First Floor, Cambridge, MA > > *Abstract* > > The role of social media in movements like the Arab Spring and Occupy > Wall Street has been much discussed, and such "hashtagged" social > movements continue to appear in multiple latitudes. The panelists will > discuss the development of the #YoSoy132 > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosoy132> movement, "I am 132" in English, > an ongoing student-led activist group that fights for democracy and > against media bias in an apparent attempt to impose the next president > of Mexico during the recent 2012 general election. The movement embodies > the collision between centralized traditional media and distributed > social media, and reveals the limitations of social media in reaching > beyond those who are already networked. The panelists include a member > of the #YoSoy132 and researchers investigating networked social movements. > > *Bios* > > *Sasha Costanza-Chock* is a researcher and mediamaker who works on civic > media, the political economy of communication, and collaborative design > for media justice and communication rights. He is Assistant Professor of > Civic Media at MIT's Comparative Media Studies program, Co-PI of the > Center for Civic Media, and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Center > for Internet & Society. Sasha has been a part of the Independent Media > Center network, the Allied Media Conference, and VozMob, among other > projects. For more info see http://schock.cc <http://schock.cc/>. > Twitter: @schock <http://twitter.com/schock> > > *Antonio Attolini Murra* is a student at the Instituto Tecnológico > Autónomo de México majoring in political science and international > relations and the spokesperson of his university's Local Assembly in the > student movement #YoSoy132. He has participated in several conferences > about transnational organized crime and political reforms in Mexico. In > 2011, he was elected Secretary General of his university's Model of > United Nations. He writes in his school's newspaper, specialized > publications, and online news portals such as Animal Político and ADN > Político. Antonio is an avid social media user and blogs at > http://antonioattolini.blogspot. > <http://antonioattolini.blogspot.com>com > <http://antonioattolini.blogspot.com> Twitter: @antonioattolini > <http://twitter.com/antonioattolini> > > *Andrés Monroy-Hernández* is a social computing researcher at Microsoft > Research and an affiliate at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & > Society. His research focuses on the design and study of social media > systems that support collaboration for creative expression and civic > engagement. His current research looks at the use of social media in > crises, such as in the Mexican Drug War. Andrés' work has been featured > in the New York Times, CNN, and Wired. Andrés holds a PhD and a Masters > from the MIT Media Lab, and a Bachelor’s from Tecnológico de Monterrey. > For more info see: http://andresmh.com <http://andresmh.com/>. Twitter: > @andresmh <http://twitter.com/andresmh> > > *Arrival Guidance* > > Upon arrival at One Memorial Drive, kindly approach the Lobby Floor > Security Desk; identity yourself, show your picture ID and sign the > Building Visitor Log. > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
