> Subject: <nettime> Egyptian and Tunisian riots were driven in part > by the spike in global food prices
the choice of words reveals perceptions. "riot" evokes images of irrational mob violence. why choose that word to refer to people's uprising, i.e. conscious acts of resistance and revolt? avidly reading, gita # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mail.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]
