22/03/10

Call for Applications: ESF-Liu Conference - "Paying Attention: Digital Media Cultures and Generational Responsibility"

Call for Applications: ESF-Liu Conference - "Paying Attention: Digital Media Cultures and Generational Responsibility"

PAYING ATTENTION: DIGITAL MEDIA CULTURES AND GENERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
September 6-10
Linkoping, Sweden


"Paying Attention" concerns the politics, ethics and aesthetics of the attention economy. This is the
social and technical milieu in which web native generations live much of their lives. It will address key
questions like:

- What architectures of power are at work in the attention economy?
- How is it building new structures of experience? What kinds of value does this architecture
produce?

"Paying Attention" encourages dialogue between researchers from the fields of Cultural and New
Media Studies, Education, Communications, Economics, Internet studies, Human Computer Interface
Studies, Art and Design. It also seeks the input and insights of creative practitioners exploring critical
and alternative uses of new media forms and technologies.

Chairs:
- Jonathan Dovey, Digital Cultures Research Centre, University of the West of England, UK
- Patrick Crogan, Department of Culture, Media and Drama, University of the West of England, UK

Invited Speakers will include:
• Michel Bauwens, Foundation for Peer-to-Peer Alternatives
• Ruth Catlow, Furtherfield .org Independent Net Art collective, UK
• Jonathan Dovey, University of the West of England, UK
• Aphra Kerr, National University of Ireland Maynooth, IE
• Simon Poulter, Independent Digital Artist and Curator, UK
• Stanza, Independent Digital Artist, UK
• Bernard Stiegler, Institut de recherche et d’innovation, Centre Georges Pompidou, FR
• Tiziana Terranova, University of Naples, IT


Full conference programme, including list of invited speakers, and application form accessible online
from www.esf.org/conferences/10316

Grants are available for students, early stage researchers and other applicants to cover the
conference fee and possibly part of the travel costs. Grants are distributed based on financial need,
ESF conference participation guidelines and scientific merit. Grantees must attend the entire
conference in order to benefit from the grant.

Closing date for applications: 1 May 2010.

ESF Contact: Anne Blondeel - ablondeel@esf.org

This conference is organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF), in partnership with the
University of Linköping (LiU).

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AULA ABERTA "The Rise of New PlaNET (international communication 2.0) and the Trends of Emerging web-native world".


AULA ABERTA



"The Rise of New PlaNET (international communication 2.0) and the Trends of Emerging web-native world".
Prof. Kazimierz Krzysztofek, PhD
Institute of Sociology, University of Bialystok, Poland

Data: 3ª Feira - 23 Março de 2010 das 14 às 17h.
Local: Universidade do Minho, Complexo Pedagógico 3 - Gualtar. Sala 3.301
I - Rise of the Global Communication 2.0: From Institutions to Networks

The lecture is meant at giving an answer to important question what kind of culture is emerging in international networks, what cultural activities of people on the net are like and what future they will create, how they will feature the international communication thus tracking the future trends of social and cultural development, in what degree this will be a continuity and in what measure new cultures will change the world in generations to come. International communication as a term seems a bit obsolete as we do not really know what the very word “nation” means nowadays. That is why when talking about communication 2.0 the “global communication” seems more relevant.
II. Emerging web native world: cultural and institutional time lag
Here I attempt at answering a question what a new quality the present day Web–coined 2.0 – creates as a product of digital network technologies of cooperation and user generated contents. The Author reflects on the nature of this emergent phenomenon: to what extent it is an open participatory system of information/knowledge creation and distribution beyond markets and corporations, in what measure a new system of market regulation and in what degree a self-regulating and self-poietic system to use the Niklas Luhman’s term, and, finally, what cultural and institutional change it brings about. To get a better grip of the nature of this change a general conceptual framework has to be conceived that is based on legitimate principles of power and freedom in networks.
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Brief CV
Kazimierz Krzysztofek's fields of research and scholarly competence include: the impact of information technology on the arts; the implications of IT for cultural industries and culture production, distribution, and consumption; and community cultures and civil society. Since 1994 (until 2000) he worked at the Institute of Culture as Director for Research. He has been Professor of Sociology at the University of Bialystok since 1997, vice-president of the Pro Cultura Foundation and a member of the Polish Academy of Science Committee for Forecasting "Poland 2000Plus" since 1995. Since 2000 he has been professor of sociology at the Warsaw School of Social Psychology in Warsaw. ;; He is also a member of the International Studies Association, as well as a member and former board member of the European network of research institutes on culture and culture documentation centers (CIRCLE). In 1987/88 he was senior Fulbright scholar in the MIT Center for International Studies (Program on International Communication) and in 1996, a visiting lecturer at the Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pa, He has published widely and received numerous awards and honours. I.a. he is co-author of the university text-book : Understanding Human Development: from traditional to information society (2002), as well as UNDP Report” Poland on the way to Information Society: Logging on (2003)

15/03/10

"Apropriações do Twitter" de André Lemos

A apropriação social da tecnologia.

Excertos de "Apropriações do Twitter" de André Lemos


"A cibercultura nos dá, desde o início, exemplos de como a apropriação social dirige os rumos do desenvolvimento tecnológico.
[...]
No entanto, essa apropriação social da tecnologia não é exclusiva do campo das novas tecnologias ou das novas mídias, mas inerente à toda evolução tecnológica. Veja, nesse sentido, o interessante site de Kevin Kelly, Street Use, para se ter uma idéia dessa apropriação ao quotidiano. Gambiarras são produzidas o tempo todo. Desde sempre, e desde o início, o “Homo Faber”, o que faz coisas, e “Homo Ludens”, o que “joga” com as coisas, se encontram no mesmo Homem que lida com seus artefatos. E é nos desvios que surgem sempre os usos mais criativos, críticos ou mesmo inovadores, no sentindo de impulsionar, no seu modo de existência (Simondon), os destinos da sociedade humana.
[...]

Hoje o Twitter é incontornável, utilizado para reforço social e comunitário, como forma de denúncia política (como recentemente no Irã) ou de ajuda humanitária (nos terremotos do Haiti e do Chile), para a circulação de informações acadêmicas, propaganda governamental e/ou empresarial, como extensão de empresas de informação, etc. Os usos são inúmeros e variados. Assim, o que foi pensado como uma simples atualização de amigos dizendo o que eles estariam fazendo naquele momento, se transformou, pelo uso social e não pela intenção original, em algo maior, mais importante e menos frívolo. As vezes, dizer o que se está fazendo é o que menos aparece no sistema.
[...]
Nada disso foi previsto e tudo isso só enriquece a ferramenta, os usuários e, obviamente, seus idealizadores. E assim caminha a cibercultura no embate entre o “sistema” e o “mundo da vida” mostrando a adaptação do primeiro e a criatividade do último.


09/03/10

"Critérios de reputação em coletivos digitais: estudo de caso na disciplina criando comunidades virtuais de aprendizagem e de prática"

Ver esta tese de mestrado brasileira sobre as relações sociais numa comunidade virtual em que se utiliza um método etnográfico baseado na antropologia simétrica de Bruno Latour.

"Título original

Critérios de reputação em coletivos digitais: estudo de caso na disciplina criando comunidades virtuais de aprendizagem e de prática
Autor

Freire, Claudia Pontes

Resumo

"Relações de poder na sociedade em rede, emergência, nomadismo e coletivos digitais.

Estudo inserido na Área de Concentração Interfaces Sociais da Comunicação, na Linha de Pesquisa Educomunicação do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Comunicação (PPGCOM) da Universidade de São Paulo. A pesquisa trata dos critérios de reputação em trabalho coletivo mediado denominado texto coletivo desenvolvido por alunos do Programa de Pós- Graduação em Ciências da Comunicação (PPGCOM) da Escola de Comunicação e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo, constituindo-se em um estudo de caso na disciplina Criando Comunidades Virtuais de Aprendizagem e Prática, em vigor desde o ano de 2001. Estudo longitudinal, exploratório, o método é etnográfico utilizando técnicas de coleta de dados quantitativas (questionário fechado) e qualitativas observação participante e coleta de depoimentos. Os resultados apontam para os seguintes critérios de reputação: a) o envolvimento dos participantes na atividade de produção coletivo; b) a influência do conhecimento de cultura digital e ferramentas da web (literacia digital); c) perfil do aluno e característica pessoais que despertam a confiança e o compartilhamento de conhecimento por parte dos outros colegas."

Metodologia utilizada:



Ver aqui a tese completa:

08/03/10

A comunicação pós-massiva (André Lemos)

Ver este texto de André Lemos:

“A nova esfera conversacional se caracteriza por instrumentos de comunicação que desempenham funções pós-massivas (liberação do pólo da emissão, conexão mundial, distribuição livre e produção de conteúdo sem ter que pedir concessão ao Estado), de ordem mais comunicacional do que informacional (mais próxima do ‘mundo da vida’ do que do ’sistema’), alicerçada na troca livre de informação, na produção e distribuição de conteúdos diversos, instituindo uma conversação que, mesmo sendo planetária, reforça dimensões locais. As tecnologias da comunicação e da interação digitais, e as redes que lhe dão vida e suporte, provocam e potencializam a conversação e reconduzem a comunicação para uma dinâmica na qual indivíduos e instituições podem agir de forma descentralizada, colaborativa e participativa.”

Ver aqui o texto completo:


E também o texto de Raquel Recuero:

07/03/10

Reviews of books about contemporary media and culture

Each month, RCCS Reviews reviews of books about contemporary media and culture.

Site: http://rccs.usfca.edu/booklist.asp

Ex.:

Small Tech: The Culture of Digital Tools
Editor: Byron Hawek, David M. Rieder, Ollie Oviedo
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 2008

Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and Beyond: From Production to Produsage
Author: Axel Bruns
Publisher: Peter Lang, 2008

20 Questions About Youth & the Media
Editor: Sharon R. Mazzarella
Publisher: Peter Lang, 2007

Instant Identity: Adolescent Girls and the World of Instant Messaging
Author: Shayla Thiel Stern
Publisher: Peter Lang, 2007

Online Social Support: The Interplay of Social Networks and Computer-Mediated Communication
Author: Antonina Bambina
Publisher: Cambria Press, 2007

Theorizing Digital Cultural Heritage: A Critical Discourse
Editor: Fiona Cameron, Sarah Kenderdine
Publisher: MIT Press, 2007

Playing the Past: History and Nostalgia in Video Games
Editor: Zach Whalen, Laurie N. Taylor
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press, 2008

Zero Comments: Blogging and Critical Internet Culture
Author: Geert Lovink
Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Digital Shock: Confronting the New Reality
Author: Herve Fischer (Translated by Rhonda Mullins)
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006

Las Metáforas de Internet
Author: Edgar Gómez Cruz
Publisher: Editorial Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 2007

Living on Cybermind: Categories, Communications, and Control
Author: Jonathan Paul Marshall
Publisher: Peter Lang, 2007

The Exploit: A Theory of Networks
Author: Alexander R. Galloway, Eugene Thacker
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 2007

Technically Together: Rethinking Community within Techno-Society
Author: Michele A. Willson
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing, 2006

Electronic Literature Collection (Volume 1)
Editor: N. Katherine Hayles, Nick Montfort, Scott Rettberg, Stephanie Strickland
Publisher: Electronic Literature Organization, 2006

Electronic Literature Collection (Volume 1)
Editor: N. Katherine Hayles, Nick Montfort, Scott Rettberg, Stephanie Strickland
Publisher: Electronic Literature Organization, 2006

Organized Networks: Media Theory, Creative Labour, New Institutions
Author: Ned Rossiter
Publisher: NAi Publishers, 2006

The Internet Imaginaire
Author: Patrice Flichy
Publisher: MIT Press, 2007

The Body and the Screen: Theories of Internet Spectatorship
Author: Michele White
Publisher: MIT Press, 2006

Youth Online: Identity and Literacy in the Digital Age
Author: Angela Thomas
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishers, 2007

Social Consequences of Internet Use: Access, Involvement, and Interaction
Author: James E. Katz, Ronald E. Rice
Publisher: MIT Press, 2002

Information Please: Culture and Politics in the Age of Digital Machines
Author: Mark Poster
Publisher: Duke University Press, 2006

Connecting: How We Form Social Bonds and Communities in the Internet Age
Author: Mary Chayko
Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2002

New Technologies at Work: People, Screens and Social Virtuality
Editor: Christina Garsten, Helena Wulff
Publisher: Berg Publishers, 2003

Computer Mediated Communication: Social Interaction and the Internet
Author: Crispin Thurlow, Laura Lengel, Alice Tomic
Publisher: Sage, 2004

Connected, or What It Means to Live in the Network Society
Author: Steven Shaviro
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 2003

Online Social Research: Methods, Issues, and Ethics
Editor: Mark D. Johns, Shing-Ling Sarina Chen, G. Jon Hall
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishers, 2004

Touch: Sensuous Theory and Multisensory Media
Author: Laura U. Marks
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 2002

Literacy in the New Media Age
Author: Gunther Kress
Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Me++ : The Cyborg Self and the Networked City
Author: William J. Mitchell
Publisher: MIT Press, 2003

The Postdigital Membrane: Imagination, Technology and Desire
Author: Robert Pepperell, Michael Punt
Publisher: Intellect Books, 2000

Windows and Mirrors: Interaction Design, Digital Art, and the Myth of Transparency
Author: Jay David Bolter, Diane Gromala
Publisher: MIT Press, 2003

The Internet: An Ethnographic Approach
Author: Daniel Miller, Don Slater
Publisher: Berg Publishers, 2001

A Hacker Manifesto
Author: McKenzie Wark
Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2004

Virtual Society?: Technology, Cyberbole, Reality
Editor: Steve Woolgar
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2002

Cyberculture
Author: Pierre Lévy (Translated by Robert Bononno)
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 2001


Online Connections: Internet Interpersonal Relationships
Author: Susan B. Barnes
Publisher: Hampton Press, Inc, 2001

On the Internet
Author: Hubert L. Dreyfus
Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Semiotic Flesh: Information and the Human Body
Editor: Phillip Thurtle, Robert Mitchell
Publisher: Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, 2003

Communities in Cyberspace
Editor: Marc Smith, Peter Kollock
Publisher: Routledge, 1999

At Home With Computers
Author: Elaine Lally
Publisher: Berg Publishers, 2002

Metal and Flesh: The Evolution of Man: Technology Takes Over
Author: Ollivier Dyens (Translated by Evan J. Bibbee and Ollivier Dyens)
Publisher: MIT Press, 2001

Where the Action Is: The Foundations of Embodied Interaction
Author: Paul Dourish
Publisher: MIT Press, 2001


Communication and Cyberspace: Social Interaction in an Electronic Environment (2nd Edition)
Editor: Lance Strate, Ron L. Jacobson, Stephanie Gibson
Publisher: Hampton Press, Inc, 2003

Community Informatics: Shaping Computer-Mediated Social Relations
Editor: Leigh Keeble, Brian D. Loader
Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Cyberpunk and Cyberculture: Science Fiction and the Work of William Gibson
Author: Dani Cavallaro
Publisher: Athlone Press, 2000

Digital Mosaics: The Aesthetics of Cyberspace
Author: Steven Holtzman
Publisher: Touchstone Books, 1998

An Introduction to Cybercultures
Author: David Bell
Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Media Technology and Society, A History: From the Telegraph to the Internet
Author: Brian Winston
Publisher: Routledge, 1998

The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers
Author: Tom Standage
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group, 1998

What's the Matter with the Internet?
Author: Mark Poster
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 2001

Techgnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information
Author: Eric Davis
Publisher: Harmony Books, 1998


Philosophy and Computing: An Introduction
Author: Luciano Floridi
Publisher: Routledge, 1999

Conversation and Community: Chat in a Virtual World
Author: Lynn Cherny
Publisher: CSLI Publications, 1999

The World Wide Web and Contemporary Cultural Theory
Editor: Andrew Herman, Thomas Swiss
Publisher: Routledge, 2000

The Language of New Media
Author: Lev Manovich
Publisher: MIT Press, 2001

New Technologies at Work: People, Screens and Social Virtuality
Editor: Christina Garsten, Helena Wulff
Publisher: Berg Publishers, 2003

Community Building on the Web
Author: Amy Jo Kim
Publisher: Peachpit Press, 2000

How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics
Author: N. Katherine Hayles
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1999

Remediation: Understanding New Media
Author: Jay David Bolter, Richard Grusin
Publisher: MIT Press, 1999

Memory Trade: A Prehistory of Cyberculture
Author: Darren Tofts, Murray McKeich
Publisher: G + B Arts International, 1998

05/03/10

Social Media Revolution


Social Media Revolution
www.youtube.com
"Social Media Revolution: Is social media a fad? Or is it the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution? This video details out social media facts and figures that are hard to ignore. This video is produced by the author of Socialnomics".