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ludiccrew.org

robdyke — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:56:00 -0500

Between the increasingly strident demands by drug and media corporations for the protection of their trademarks, copyrights or patents, and the pervasive popular cultures of file sharing and pirating, lies more than an incidental clash of interests. In this bold new book, McKenzie Wark argues that the struggle around so-called ‘intellectual property’ is not just a legal or technical matter. It signals a whole new era of class conflict. Tagged by robdyke under hacker ideology, book, class conflict, network society,

Geert Lovink : 1998 - present

robdyke — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:44:00 -0500

Geert Lovink's Web Archive Tagged by robdyke under person, network society, culture, archive,

Zero Comments: Blogging, the Nihilist Impulse « Electrodiva

robdyke — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:43:00 -0500

This is the title of an upcoming lecture at Goldsmith’s University in London by Geert Lovink, author of a recent book by the same name. Lovink is critiquing notions of blogging as citizen journalism, and I thought that you might be interested in his analysis. The following quote outlines Lovink’s position, and may provide some food for thought. Tagged by robdyke under network society, culture, Blogging..., blog,

net critique » Blog Archive » Zero Comments: Blogging and Critical Internet Culture

robdyke — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:43:00 -0500

The book contains eleven essays and an introduction that deals with Web 2.0 and Internet culture after its recovery of 9/11 and the dotcom crash. Tagged by robdyke under network society, culture, book, blog,

Arjun Appadurai: Research

robdyke — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 07:33:00 -0400

Arjun Appadurai is a socio-cultural anthropologist with specializations in globalization, public culture, and urban studies. His major accomplishment has been the construction of anthropological frameworks for the study of global media, consumption, and migration. His current work focuses on poverty, violence, and social inclusion in mega-cities with a special focus on Mumbai (India). Tagged by robdyke under anthropologist, globalisation, scapes,

FAIFzilla.org

robdyke — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:15:00 -0400

This site is the home page for the no-frills online version of Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software. This site is maintained by me, Sam Williams, author of Free as in Freedom. Tagged by robdyke under free as in freedom, free software, culture, philosophy, book,

Arjun Appadurai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

robdyke — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:53:00 -0400

Arjun Appadurai is a contemporary social-cultural anthropologist focusing on modernity and globalization. Tagged by robdyke under globalisation, thinker, anthropologist,

Digital Humanities Research : Programme search : King's College London

robdyke — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 03:54:00 -0500

A research degree in the digital humanities will equip you to make substantial and original contributions to any field or activity in which computing is applied to the study, conservation or presentation of cultural artifacts. Because the degree privileges human knowledge and cultural production rather than the tools used to study these things, it will also prepare you to offer powerfully creative resistance to computing in its present state and so to help advance it in the best possible way. The degree is thus highly relevant to further work in higher education and the cultural sector. Tagged by robdyke under university, king's college, digital, humanities, research, MA, post-graduate,

Digital Culture & Technology MA : Programme search : King's College London

robdyke — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 03:51:00 -0500

To explore the culture of the internet, and digital culture more generally, and to gain a broad understanding of digital technology and its relationship with society and business communities. Tagged by robdyke under university, post-graduate, king's college, MA, digital, culture, technology,

The New Politics of Class

robdyke — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 07:35:00 -0500

The New Politics of Class: Social Movements and Cultural Dynamics in Advanced Societies Tagged by robdyke under book, new social movments, politics of class,

Homesteading the Noosphere

robdyke — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 03:21:00 -0500

Anyone who watches the busy, tremendously productive world of Internet open-source software for a while is bound to notice an interesting contradiction between what open-source hackers say they believe and the way they actually behave—between the official ideology of the open-source culture and its actual practice. Cultures are adaptive machines. The open-source culture is a response to an identifiable set of drives and pressures. As usual, the culture's adaptation to its circumstances manifests both as conscious ideology and as implicit, unconscious or semi-conscious knowledge. And, as is not uncommon, the unconscious adaptations are partly at odds with the conscious ideology. In this essay, I will dig around the roots of that contradiction, and use it to discover those drives and pressures. I will deduce some interesting things about the hacker culture and its customs. I will conclude by suggesting ways in which the culture's implicit knowledge can be leveraged better. Tagged by robdyke under open source, culture, property, locke, eric s. raymond, hacker ideology,

The Challenge of French Diversity

robdyke — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 04:53:00 -0500

The Challenge of French Diversity By Kimberly Hamilton Migration Policy Institute Patrick Simon Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) with Clara Veniard Migration Policy Institute Related Articles: •French Government Revives Assimilation Policy •French Muslims, Government Grapple With Integration Pains Would you like to see more articles on this topic? Yes No Please give us your feedback on this article. You may include your name and email address. (max 250 characters) Tagged by robdyke under french politics, culture, migration,

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