Stallman is coming to the University of Bedfordshire on March 20th, talk starts at 6pm. Any want to come? dave
On 13 February 2013 16:26, Eduardo Valle <[email protected]> wrote: > Stallman is using the same marketing bullshit , of all americans enterprises > that says and sells the idéia that internet is free and it is not. You > cannot think only about the software, You have Telecoms, ICANN DICTATORSHIP > , Intel DICTATORSHIP and many others. He is thinking people are stupid ? I > totally agree with the term Open source , but Open for Who ? And worst , the > people that are for Open source sometimes dont praticse OPEN DATA. > About the term Digital Culture it is widespread in World by An english > spoken Author and people accept as they accept FREE ???? Software. There is > a process of digitalization of various cultures If it is good or bad we can > discuss about it , but there is NO Digital Culture. There is digital Media , > that is no longer NEW, where artists can work with and make Art with in > various forms. > Globalization did not affects the geopolitical power, i was showing that in > Liverpool as Aaron Schwartz did with Elsevier. > > ________________________________ > CC: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:44:15 +0000 > > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] New Digital Culture Unit @ Goldsmiths > > Not sure if all examples of a shift to the digital, across cultures, is > something that we have to suffer. I can think of plenty of positive aspects > the digital brings us, across cultures. But that's another argument. > > I was just seeking to clarify that there are cultures (many) that can be > characterised as digital sufficiently to be termed digital cultures. So long > as we realise this is a plural situation I am relaxed with that. I will be > attending a conference in Brazil next month on this topic (one of several > I've attended in South America) so clearly there are Brazillians who think > this is a relevant term. I've attended similar events in probably 50 > different countries, many in Asia and elsewhere. > > My impression is that this is a global phenomenon - globalisation is closely > associated with digital issues. I know many have an automatic reflex to > reject globalisation and it is true it is deeply problematic - but the > process of globalisation can also be seen as part of a post-colonial dynamic > where power is more globally distributed. Whilst that doesn't mean power is > evenly distributed (far from it - if it was evenly distributed it wouldn't > be power in the sense we understand it) it is better than power being > located in a handful of European and north American capital cities. > > best > > Simon > > > Sent from a mobile device, thus the brevity. > > Simon Biggs > [email protected] > [email protected] > http://www.littlepig.org.uk > > On 13 Feb 2013, at 13:15, Eduardo Valle <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am not saying that there no field relates to the digital media, like > software art, net art etc and etc. What i am saying is that a lot of > diferent cultures are suffering a process of digitalization and that is > totally diferent from a totalitárian single and not plural term that is > digital culture, worst than that only people that defende a term like > f(r)EE. Software , are they Really FREE ? What is to be FREE ? But as i say > institutions and acadêmics that Still think that South América is Latin > América ... > > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:49:09 +0000 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] New Digital Culture Unit @ Goldsmiths > > I'd argue that there is a thing called digital culture - this is what > defines the boundaries of the digital places, spaces and media we > increasingly inhabit in the various aspects of our lives. However, this > culture is not singular but plural, with multiple dimensions deriving from > different places and demographies. So, computer gaming culture in Korea, > hacker culture in the USA, smart phone culture in Tanzania, for example, are > all distinct. A really useful writer to read, although working in a very > different context, is Olivia Garcia, with her work on pluriliteracy. She > articulates how different forms of cultural engagement demand distinct kinds > of literacy and capability - often at the same time. > > best > > Simon > > > On 13 Feb 2013, at 12:33, Eduardo Valle wrote: > > Digital Culture ? > Digital is a media not a culture, we are living in a World of various > cultures that are suffering a process of digitalization, but having someone > in the program that Thinks that South America is Latin América ... > >> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:20:36 +0000 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] New Digital Culture Unit @ Goldsmiths >> >> Hi all, >> >> I would like to agree with Tom, >> >> I must say, we've been working with some of the students from Goldsmiths >> which includes the "MA Interactive Media, critical theory and practice" >> crew. And, the passion and interest in the projects at Furtherfield, and >> their added zest/openness to explore related ideas and contexts, has >> been impressive. As well as, their critically engaged approaches towards >> networks and social engagement, in art generally. >> >> I'm not a fan of the 'fine art' section of Goldsmiths, and especially >> have not forgiven 'Michael Graig Martin' and 'Yucky Hirst bag', for >> imposing their Saatchi and Saatchi 'conservative' driven, market >> branded, Brit Art on the world. >> >> But, these other people at Goldsmiths, have soul... >> >> chat soon. >> >> marc >> >> > Hi All, >> > A quick forward which might be of interest... >> > I can highly recommend "MA Interactive Media, critical theory and >> > practice" which I completed last year. >> > Tom >> > >> > >> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> > From: Harwood <[email protected]> >> > Date: Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:03 PM >> > >> > It would be great if you could pass this on to any of your networks. >> > >> > >> > Digital Culture is a place of fundamental change. Understanding, >> > shaping and leading that change are graduates from two Masters >> > programmes at the Digital Culture Unit. The problems of computing are >> > increasingly those of the social and those of meaning, interpretation, >> > cultural expression, organization that have been core to the humanities >> > over the last two millennia. At the same time, computing is now central >> > to the activity of thought and communication and both computing and >> > humanities find themselves reconstituted, so that one cannot exist >> > without the other. >> > >> > The Digital Culture Unit at the Centre for Culture Studies at >> > Goldsmiths, University of London brings together researchers who have a >> > special interest and expertise in digital culture in the broadest sense. >> > We make software, texts, installations and investigations and edit >> > journals, make books, art and collaborate with others to take part in >> > and understand the changes computing is making to all forms of life. >> > Drawing closely on this research we run two Masters and a PhD programme. >> > >> > http://www.gold.ac.uk/cultural-studies/ccsdigitalcultureunit/ >> > >> > MA Interactive Media, critical theory and practice. >> > >> > The MA Interactive Media offers students the opportunity to equally >> > develop theory and practice-based research on the information systems >> > embedded in the technical, cultural, aesthetic, and political structures >> > of society and how we interact with them. >> > >> > Building on the Centre for Cultural Studies research excellence in >> > software studies, media philosophy and digital arts practices, students >> > will learn to employ advanced research and practice-based methodologies >> > to enhance and develop their own skills. >> > >> > Student research and experiments focus on new and historical modes of >> > interaction to develop a critical understanding of technical objects in >> > the way they are implicated in who we are today. >> > >> > The programme will help students prepare for or develop a critical >> > career in the cultural, creative, educational, or computational sectors. >> > >> > Central to the MA is the Centre for Cultural Studies FLOSS (Free Libre >> > Open Source Software) Media Lab. This is a social hub as well as a place >> > to study. Students from around the world with different backgrounds and >> > research interests in software development, design, philosophy, art, >> > activism, media theory, curating, or programming, share, exchange and >> > refine skills and specialized knowledge, developing individual and group >> > projects. As well as attending lectures and seminars, students crucially >> > spend at least 9 hours a week in the Lab with close supervision in this >> > technically and critically challenging environment. >> > >> > The MA is jointly convened by the leading theorist Luciana Parisi >> > (author of Contagious Architecture. Computation, Aesthetics and Space, >> > MIT Press) http://www.gold.ac.uk/cultural-studies/staff/l-parisi/, who >> > teaches Critical Theory and International artist and Lab Director Graham >> > Harwood ("http://yoha.co.uk/"; >> > http://www.gold.ac.uk/cultural-studies/staff/g-harwood/"; who teaches >> > practice based enquiry. They are joined by theorist Matthew Fuller >> > (editor of Software Studies, co-author of Evil Media, MIT Press) who >> > teaches Software Studies >> > http://www.gold.ac.uk/cultural-studies/staff/m-fuller/; with special >> > input from Bernard Stiegler (author of Technics and Time) who teaches >> > Media Philosophy >> > >> > http://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-interactive-media-critical-theory-practice/ >> > >> > MA/MSc in Creating Social Media >> > >> > This unique theory and practice programme combines computing and >> > cultural studies to provide students with the practical and critical >> > skills to shape the future impact of social media. You will analyse >> > existing ideas, approaches and tools and plan, develop, hack and >> > implement ground-breaking interventions. >> > >> > The MA/MSc is a collaborative theory/practice programme across the >> > Department of Computing and the Centre for Cultural Studies. Based on >> > emerging examples, students explore the technological and intellectual >> > questions coming to prominence with social media and social computing. >> > >> > Social media, at its most interesting, develops new forms of connecting, >> > relating, sharing and competing. Effective and innovative social media >> > creation, therefore, involves theoretical and practical knowledge of >> > both software development and social processes. Students learn how to >> > hack social media, how to conduct digital research, how software tools >> > enable different forms of social practice, and how social media projects >> > can be successfully launched. >> > >> > The capabilities that students develop are helping to transform media, >> > government, social campaigns, NGOs, companies and startups. Hackdays, >> > open innovation and the power of networks are becoming core to the >> > future of many organisations and this programme equips graduates to >> > accelerate the impact of social media in their chosen field. >> > >> > Teaching staff include the course convenor Dan McQuillan (co-founder of >> > Social Innovation Camp) >> > http://www.gold.ac.uk/computing/staff/d-mcquillan/ and theorist Matthew >> > Fuller (editor of Software Studies, co-author of Evil Media, MIT Press) >> > http://www.gold.ac.uk/cultural-studies/staff/m-fuller/, who are joined >> > for specific sessions by leading developers, practitioners and thinkers. >> > >> > http://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-creating-social-media/ >> > >> > Contact Centre Manager, Lisa Rabanal [email protected] >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "Open Systems Association" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> > an email to [email protected]. >> > To post to this group, send an email to >> > [email protected]. >> > Visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/opensystemsassociation?hl=en-GB. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> ---> >> >> A living - breathing - thriving networked neighbourhood - >> proud of free culture - claiming it with others ;) >> >> Other reviews,articles,interviews >> http://www.furtherfield.org/reviews.php >> >> Furtherfield – online arts community, platforms for creating, viewing, >> discussing and learning about experimental practices at the >> intersections of art, technology and social change. >> http://www.furtherfield.org >> >> Furtherfield Gallery – Finsbury Park (London). >> http://www.furtherfield.org/gallery >> >> Netbehaviour - Networked Artists List Community. >> http://www.netbehaviour.org >> >> http://identi.ca/furtherfield >> http://twitter.com/furtherfield >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > Simon Biggs > [email protected] http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ @SimonBiggsUK skype: > simonbiggsuk > > [email protected] Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh > http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/edinburgh-college-art/school-of-art/staff/staff?person_id=182&cw_xml=profile.php > http://www.research.ed.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/simon-biggs%285dfcaf34-56b1-4452-9100-aaab96935e31%29.html > > http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ http://www.elmcip.net/ > http://www.movingtargets.org.uk/ http://designinaction.com/ > MSc by Research in Interdisciplinary Creative Practices > http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgraduate/degrees?id=656&cw_xml=details.php > > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- Dave Miller UNESCO Research Fellow in Augmented Reality & the Future of the Book University of Bedfordshire Research: http://augmentedwonder.blogspot.co.uk/ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
