Re: nettime sad news
I heard just yesterday upsetting (given his youth the shocking) news of Ricardo's death. I came to know Ricardo first through reading and admiring his writing. His texts (I refuse to say was) are so valuable because they offer a window into vibrant world of Brazilian free media activism. They are illuminating precisely because he refuses to buy into the hype of the revolutionary 'open source Brazil' that is maybe still fashionable. The writing is critical but without rancor his observations always diffused the observed through a sensibility which is simultaneously gentle and rigorous, affectionate and skeptical. But because his critique is delivered not in text alone but by practicing alternatives it is able to show the particular power and potential of Brazilian media activism. My encounter with this aspect of Ricardo's work came from the piece which Brian Holmes describes earlier in this thread. The Autolabs project in which he was part of a team and a passionate advocate. Worked actively mentoring teen agers in free media practice in the poor districts of Sao Paulo The power of the Autolabs project is that embodied everything which the state sponsored Telecenters claimed to be but in Ricardo's view were not. I know he did many other things which have been identified by Lucas Bambozzi and I am sure there is much more that will emerge but these are my memories While I stayed in Sao Paulo Ricardo (and others in the team) gave me so much in terms of hospitality, warmth and education, changing the way I saw many things. As Ricardo is no longer here in person nettime (I hope he might agree) is as good a place as anywhere to say goodbye. David Garcia # 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and info nettime-l in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nettime sad news
This is very sad news, indeed. As Trebor Scholz wrote Ricardo Rosas saw and established connections where few people could perceive them, let alone could make them work. Yet, once he pointed them out and set out to bring them into the world, they were natural. He introduced a lot of people, including myself, to Brazil and to a world of ideas, cosmoplitan and uniquely personal at the same time. He did so in the most humane way possible, by having long conversations, zig-zaging through Sao Paolo, disappearing and turing up again with more people, more connections, more things to do. I was always convinced our paths would cross again, there would be plenty of time for more drinks, walks, and conversations. It would have been the most natural thing in the world. Now it won't be. Felix --- http://felix.openflows.com - out now: *|Manuel Castells and the Theory of the Network Society. Polity, 2006 *|Open Cultures and the Nature of Networks. Ed. Futura/Revolver, 2005 # 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and info nettime-l in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
