Hi Dave, Thanks for this - I saw this event promoted earlier today ;-)
marc On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 1:46 PM, dave miller <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi marc > This might be interesting - this evening 6:45 Farrington > dave > > You are receiving this email because you are a friend of Le Monde > Diplomatique. > > View online <http://email.sav.co.uk/t/r-e-ptuitc-xthdhuudu-r/>? > [image: Friends of Le Monde > Diplomatique]<http://email.sav.co.uk/t/r-l-ptuitc-xthdhuudu-j/> Next > Cafe Diplo - Monday 10th February - "Drone Technology - A Cause for > Concern?" with Chris Cole > > > *Dear Friend of Le Monde Diplomatique,* > > This is to confirm the talk at 6.45pm on Monday 10th February 2014. We > are sending you this reminder, because you may have been unable to find the > talk on our website today due to a temporary glitch with the website. Our > apologies to you for any confusion caused. > > *TO CONFIRM - THE TALK BY CHRIS COLE ON DRONES IS DEFINITELY ON FOR 6.45PM > ON MONDAY 10TH FEBRUARY* > > The talk begins at 6.45pm and ends around 8.30pm giving plenty of time for > questions and discussion. Wine and soft drinks will be on sale. We > suggest you arrive 15 minutes beforehand so that you can settle in with a > glass of wine or fruit juice. > > The Cafe is at our usual venue at The Gallery, 70/77 Cowcross Street, > London, EC1M 6EJ. The nearest tube station is Farringdon - the station > has recently been re-built and after you emerge from either of the two > exits you head up the hill into Cowcross Street. On the right hand side you > pass the "Four Compasses" Pub and about 50 metres further on you will see > some iron gates with a small Cafe Diplo sign. Inside the gate you will > find the reception area. Map of the > venue<http://email.sav.co.uk/t/r-l-ptuitc-xthdhuudu-t/> > > Entrance fee: £3 (£2 for concessions). Tickets on the door. > > Further details on our new Friends of Le Monde Diplomatique > website<http://email.sav.co.uk/t/r-l-ptuitc-xthdhuudu-h/> where > you can see the future programme of events. Please note the new website > address - http://www.mondediplofriends.org.uk > > > *Monday 10th February - "Drone Technology - A Cause for Concern?" with > Chris Cole* > > The issue of the use of armed unmanned vehicles drifts in and out of the > news cycle as individuals are targeted and eliminated in areas of conflict > under the mantle of the War on Terror. A number of civilians have also > become victims of the snipers in the sky. Chris Cole, speaks and campaigns > widely on behalf ofDrone Wars > UK<http://email.sav.co.uk/t/r-l-ptuitc-xthdhuudu-k/> of > which he is Director. They aim to be a source of information on the > growing use of armed drones and particularly of British drones in use in > Afghanistan <http://email.sav.co.uk/t/r-l-ptuitc-xthdhuudu-u/> since > 2007. He examines some of the moral, strategic and legal questions > engendered by a growing deployment. > > > We very much look forward to seeing you, > > With Best Wishes, > > Committee, FLMD > > Link to Le Monde Diplomatique English > Edition<http://email.sav.co.uk/t/r-l-ptuitc-xthdhuudu-o/> > > > > On 10 February 2014 13:23, marc garrett <[email protected]>wrote: > >> The 1,000 Drones Project: an interview with Joseph DeLappe. >> >> Marc Garrett interviews Joseph DeLappe about his latest art venture 'The >> 1,000 Drones Project - A Participatory Memorial'. He is considered a >> pioneer of online gaming performance art. His work examines the conditions >> and processes of cultural information to provoke and critique the state of >> military influences on everyday culture and people's lives. >> >> "On hearing about DeLappe's The 1,000 Drones Project - A Participatory >> Memorial, I was immediately intrigued. I wanted to find out more and >> discuss his approach as well as how he intends to bring to light the lives >> lost by these unmanned Arial predators as an art project, and what this >> would look like." Garrett. >> >> DeLappe's work includes the controversial game based, performance and >> intervention, Dead in Iraq 2006-2011. This involved him frequently visiting >> the US Army's online recruitment game and propaganda tool America's Army. >> Using the login name dead-in-iraq, he methodically typed in all of the >> names of U.S. service personnel killed in Iraq, co-opting the Army's own >> technology challenging the official figures as a reminder to its players of >> the real consequences of war. He also directs the iraqimemorial.orgproject, >> an "ongoing web based exhibition and open call for proposed >> memorials to the many thousand of civilian casualties from the war in Iraq." >> >> http://www.furtherfield.org/features/interviews/1000- >> drones-project-interview-joseph-delappe >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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