Digital Activism #Now: April 4th King's College London
Dear all, hopefully something of interest in London. Cheers Tim DIGITAL ACTIVISM #NOW conference Information Politics, Digital Culture and Global Protest Movements King's College London - April 4th 2014 Confirmed speakers: Clare Birchall, Gabriella Coleman, Paolo Gerbaudo, Joss Hands, Tim Jordan and Guobin Yang Twitter: @KingsDCS #DigitalActivismNow #DAconf Facebook: http://on.fb.me/HXs2Hf Blog: http://wp.me/p1BSEo-29 Sign up at http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-activism-now-tickets-9047139237 The so-called web 2.0 of social network sites was invented as a business strategy to react to the dot.com bust and, as revealed by the NSA scandal, it has been heavily used by the state as a tool of surveillance. Yet, this space has also seen the rise of new powerful forms of digital activism, as seen in the adoption of Facebook and Twitter as means of mass mobilisation in the context of the Arab revolutions, the Spanish indignados and of Occupy Wall Street. These contradictions raise a number of burning questions for contemporary digital activists. What are the real opportunities and threats for digital activism at the time of social network sites and big data? How can protest movements make use of the power of mass diffusion and collective coordination afforded by social media without falling prey of state monitoring or cultural banalisation? And is it better to invest energy in creating alternative and non-commercial communication platforms or in "occupying" the digital mainstream? The "Digital Activism #Now" conference will explore emerging digital protest practices at a time of increasing diffusion of social media and progressive massification and commercialisation of the web. By gathering leading international researchers and activists we will examine how digital activists are making use of the affordances of the social web. Moreover, we will debate the main issues of contention among contemporary digital activists, faced with increasing possibilities of mass outreach but also with new dangers. Among the issues covered by the conference will feature the role of social network sites in contemporary protests, hacktivism at the time of Anonymous and Lulzsec, the activist use of digital culture, internet memes, and online pranks, as means of digital propaganda and the politics of transparency and secrecy in digital whistleblowing. The conference is supported by the Culture, Media and Creative Industries and Digital Humanities Departments, by the China Lau Institute and the North America Institute, all at King's College London. Dr Tim Jordan, Senior Lecturer Department of Digital Humanities and Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries, Creative Arts Administrative Centre, Room 5D, D Floor, Chesham Building, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, England Phone: +44 (0)20 78481100
[apologies for cross-posting] Colleagues: I'm writing regarding an issue that is a bit afield from Internet studies per se, but which may be of interest to some on this list. Sean Flynn and I have drafted the linked letter from legal academics to the Obama administration and Congress requesting an increase in the transparency of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) IP chapter negotiations. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b1fVVbKkQvA2oMuEr2j8q_2I0TOYcpicPORIoayc... The letter focuses on the procedural quagmire around TPPs negotiation process and takes no position on TPP's substance. As you may know, the Obama administration claims that TPP is in its final stages. Nonetheless, no text of the agreement has been publicly released, meaning that the level of transparency is not even up to the standards set by the secretive Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) process. If you would like to add your signature or have any questions, please email me directly *by the end of the day Wednesday, November 13, at dlevine3@elon.edu.* Please include your title and affiliation if you wish to sign. Apologies for the short notice. Thanks, Best, Dave ~~~~~~~~~~~ David S. Levine + Associate Professor + Chair, Faculty Development Elon University School of Law + Affiliate Scholar Center for Internet and Society Stanford Law School 201 N. Greene St., Room A206 Greensboro, NC 27401 p: 336-279-9298 e: dlevine3@elon.edu radio: http://hearsayculture.com SSRN: http://papers.ssrn.com/author=620105
Dr. Jordan: This sounds like a wonderful conference and I do wish I had the opportunity to be there, but will be in the middle of my last term. For those of us who may not be able to attend, I am wondering if there is any way discussions maybe be posted online? Please advise if any links are made available. Thank you again for the note. I really cannot express how much I wish I could be there live and in person. Most sincerely, Christine Badowski North Central College MALS - Society & Culture, expected 2014 Thesis: "The Virtual Line in the Sand: Consequences of New Media on College Admissions and Job Applications of Digital Natives" http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisbadowski http://chicagopublicart.blogspot.com @chrisbadowski -------------------------------------------- On Wed, 11/13/13, Jordan, Timothy <timothy.jordan@kcl.ac.uk> wrote: Subject: [Air-L] Digital Activism #Now: April 4th King's College London To: "'air-l@listserv.aoir.org'" <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 6:08 AM Dear all, hopefully something of interest in London. Cheers Tim DIGITAL ACTIVISM #NOW conference Information Politics, Digital Culture and Global Protest Movements King's College London - April 4th 2014 Confirmed speakers: Clare Birchall, Gabriella Coleman, Paolo Gerbaudo, Joss Hands, Tim Jordan and Guobin Yang Twitter: @KingsDCS #DigitalActivismNow #DAconf Facebook: http://on.fb.me/HXs2Hf Blog: http://wp.me/p1BSEo-29 Sign up at http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-activism-now-tickets-9047139237 The so-called web 2.0 of social network sites was invented as a business strategy to react to the dot.com bust and, as revealed by the NSA scandal, it has been heavily used by the state as a tool of surveillance. Yet, this space has also seen the rise of new powerful forms of digital activism, as seen in the adoption of Facebook and Twitter as means of mass mobilisation in the context of the Arab revolutions, the Spanish indignados and of Occupy Wall Street. These contradictions raise a number of burning questions for contemporary digital activists. What are the real opportunities and threats for digital activism at the time of social network sites and big data? How can protest movements make use of the power of mass diffusion and collective coordination afforded by social media without falling prey of state monitoring or cultural banalisation? And is it better to invest energy in creating alternative and non-commercial communication platforms or in "occupying" the digital mainstream? The "Digital Activism #Now" conference will explore emerging digital protest practices at a time of increasing diffusion of social media and progressive massification and commercialisation of the web. By gathering leading international researchers and activists we will examine how digital activists are making use of the affordances of the social web. Moreover, we will debate the main issues of contention among contemporary digital activists, faced with increasing possibilities of mass outreach but also with new dangers. Among the issues covered by the conference will feature the role of social network sites in contemporary protests, hacktivism at the time of Anonymous and Lulzsec, the activist use of digital culture, internet memes, and online pranks, as means of digital propaganda and the politics of transparency and secrecy in digital whistleblowing. The conference is supported by the Culture, Media and Creative Industries and Digital Humanities Departments, by the China Lau Institute and the North America Institute, all at King's College London. Dr Tim Jordan, Senior Lecturer Department of Digital Humanities and Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries, Creative Arts Administrative Centre, Room 5D, D Floor, Chesham Building, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, England Phone: +44 (0)20 78481100 _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/
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chris badowski -
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Jordan, Timothy