The Temporary Travel Office produces a variety of services relating to tourism and technology aimed at exploring the non-rational connections existing between public and private spaces. The Travel Office has operated in a variety of locations, including Missouri, Chicago, Southern California and Norway.
Is MySpace a Place?
Networked Performance pointed me toward an interview (download in PDF)with Networked Publics speaker Henry Jenkins and Networked Publics friend danah boyd about Myspace. The site, popular with teenagers, has become increasingly controversial as parents and the press raise concerns about the openness of information on the site and the vulnerability this supposedly poses to predators (Henry points out that only .1% of abductions are by strangers) and the behavior of teens towards each other (certainly nothing new, only now in persistent form). In another essay on Identity Production in Networked Culture, danah suggests that Myspace is popular not only because the technology makes new forms of interaction possible, but because older hang-outs such as the mall and the convenience store are prohibiting teens from congregating and roller rinks and burger joints are disappearing.
This begs the question, is Myspace media or is it space? Architecture theorists have long had this thorn in their side. "This will kill that," wrote Victor Hugo with respect to the book and the building. In the early 1990s, concern about a dwindling public culture and the character of late twentieth century urban space led us to investigate Jürgen Habermas's idea of the public sphere. But the public sphere, for Habermas is a forum, something that, for the most part, emerges in media and in the institutions of the state:
The bourgeois public sphere may be conceived above all as the sphere of private people come together as a public; they soon claimed the public sphere regulated from above against the public authorities themselves, to engage them in a debate over the general rules governing relations in the basically privatized but publicly relevant sphere of commodity exchange and social labor. The medium of this political confrontation was peculiar and without historical precedent: people's ...
SWITCH: Issue 22
HI everyone. Just wanted to announce the new issue of SWITCH:
SWITCH : The online New Media Art Journal of the CADRE Laboratory for
New Media at San Jose State University
http://switch.sjsu.edu switch@cadre.sjsu.edu
SWITCH Journal is proud to announce the launch of Issue 22: A Special
Preview Edition to ISEA 2006/ ZeroOne San Jose.
As San Jose State University and the CADRE Laboratory are serving as
the academic host for the ZeroOne San Jose /ISEA 2006 Symposium,
SWITCH has dedicated itself to serving as an official media
correspondent of the Festival and Symposium. SWITCH has focused the
past three issues of publication prior to ZeroOne San Jose/ISEA2006
on publishing content reflecting on the themes of the symposium. Our
editorial staff has interviewed and reported on artists, theorists,
and practitioners interested in the intersections of Art & Technology
as related to the themes of ZeroOne San Jose/ ISEA 2006. While some
of those featured in SWITCH are part of the festival and symposium,
others provide a complimentary perspective.
Issue 22 focuses on the intersections of CADRE and ZeroOne San Jose/
ISEA 2006. Over the past year, students at the CADRE Laboratory for
New Media have been working intensely with artists on two different
residency projects for the festival – “Social Networking” with Antoni
Muntadas and the City as Interface Residency, “Karaoke Ice” with
Nancy Nowacek, Marina Zurkow & Katie Salen. Carlos Castellanos,
James Morgan, Aaron Siegel, all give us a sneak preview of their
projects which will be featured at the ISEA 2006 exhibition. Alumni
Sheila Malone introduces ex_XX:: post position, an exhibition
celebrating the 20th anniversary of the CADRE Institute that will run
as a parallel exhibition to ZeroOne San Jose/ ISEA 2006. LeE
Montgomery provides a preview of NPR (Neighborhood Public Radio)
presence at ...
Art & Mapping
The North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) has released a special issue of their journal, Cartographic Perspectives:
Art and Mapping
Issue 53, Winter 2006
Edited by Denis Wood and and John Krygier
Price: $25
The issue includes articles by kanarinka, Denis Wood, Dalia Varanka and John Krygier, and an extensive catalogue of map artists compiled by Denis Wood.
[-empyre-] Liquid Narrative for June 2006
Christina McPhee:
hi all, I am not sure we got this message out to Rhizome!
Please join our guests this month, Dene Grigar (US), Jim Barrett
(AU/SE), Lucio Santaella (BR), and Sergio Basbaum (BR) , with
moderator Marcus Bastos (BR), for a spirited discussion of "Liquid
Narratives" ----- digital media story telling with a dash, perhaps,
of 'aura' .
Here's the intro from Marcus:
The topic of June at the - empyre - mailing list will be Liquid Narratives. The concept of 'liquid narrative' is interesting in that it allows to think about the unfoldings of contemporary languages beyond tech achievements, by relating user controlled applications with formats such as the essay (as described by Adorno in "Der Essay als Form", The essay as a form) and procedures related to the figure of the narrator (as described by Benjamin in his writings about Nikolai Leskov). Both authors are accute critics of modern culture, but a lot of his ideas can be expanded towards contemporary culture. As a matter of fact, one of the main concerns in Benjamin's essay is a description of how the rise of modernism happens on account of an increasing nprivilege of information over knowledge, which is even more intense nowadays. To understand this proposal, it is important to remember how Benjamin distinguishes between an oral oriented knowledge, that results from 'an experience that goes from person to person' and is sometimes anonymous, from the information and authoritative oriented print culture. One of the aspects of this discussion is how contemporary networked culture rescues this 'person to person' dimension, given the distributed and non-authoritative procedures that technologies such as the GPS, mobile phones and others stimulate.state of the planet infographics
a small collection of beautiful information graphics documenting the current state of the planet.
see also gapminder & 3d data globe.
[seedmagazine.com]
Re: Fwd: rally to end "owner occupancy" mass evictions this weekend
> it's not that one should ignore these conflicts, but it's so much more
> constructive to move ahead and not consider them (particularly as
> obstacles). eventually, we look back and say "hey, that's not a
> problem any more". but when folks get riled up about some conflict,
> that's a pretty good sign they aren't framing it in a very useful way.
> in general, these "disasters" require more faith, and more faith
> brings us better luck. thus disasters can either be a source of
> protest or a source of luck. everyone decides for themselves.
call me stupid, but i think when a lot of people get "riled up" over
conflicts, it's generally because they feel they are not making
decisions for themselves. and i would be very, very hesitant to say
that the civil rights movements and many other issue-based campaigns
(labeled "liberal" or not) are just people who should "move ahead" and
"frame" the conflict in a more "useful way." i think what you're saying
seems reasonable, but it comes from a position (not unlike my own in
many situations) that can afford to say "everyone decides for
themselves." that cuts both ways, and i think libertarians would feel
very different if those on the loosing side of free market economics
decided to get militant, including many of those in the national
military who they think will protect them. to say that disasters can be
a source of "luck" is extremely disturbing to me. is this supposed to
be some kind of "zen" statement or something? i don't see how losing
your home could be seen as lucky for either bohemians or public housing
residents. i have plenty of faith... both religious and historical,
history tells me that land owners will oppress people and the oppressed
are only lucky when they seek to improve their own situation at the
reluctance (often violent) of their oppressors. religious faith can
give people the language and stamina for such struggles.
i also think the argument joseph makes is a little too easy... and
sounds vaguely like the criticism of student protest movements against
war, sweatshops or for equitable housing. somehow the privileges make
their claims less? in this case, i tend to think similarly - that
people of "upwardly mobile" status are pushing it to ask for sympathy -
but at the same time, the relaxing of rent control for them doesn't
benefit anyone. i don't know the specifics of what's going on in NYC,
but rent stabilization can be leveraged to help more than first wave
gentrifiers. i'm also skeptical of claims that these people are being
subsidized by other residents because of rent stabilization. property
values (and the taxes that go with them) are such constructed numbers,
and renters do not pay property taxes on land/property usually, so i
don't know how the renters are being subsidized unless they're on
section 8 - which this group in question shouldn't be. in LA right now,
section 8 is becoming extinct outside of the most neglected
neighborhoods (where sometimes police don't even show up for a call,
much less landlords) due to the "market value rent" being inflated so
far past the rate of inflation and income that HUD's estimation of fair
rent value can be half what a landlord actually will get for the place
- which in many cases (certainly mine) is more than half of the income
of renters. we've ended up in a situation that section 8 was supposed
to solve - segregated populations based on race and class. of course,
it could be argued that section 8 was merely a way to privatize
services further and deconcentrate poverty in order to make it
invisible and easier to neglect. i don't think the "pay to play" answer
cuts it.
i don't mean to sound like i know what i'm talking about, but i think
some things were touched on that warranted a response. best - ryan
Fwd: U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein responding to your message (broadcast flag)
> Dear Mr. Griffis:
>
> Thank you for writing to me about the digital broadcast
> flag. I appreciate hearing from you.
>
> I feel strongly that we must prevent the theft of copyrighted
> works, and that includes digital television (DTV) programming.
> As we move forward in the digital age, it is increasingly easy for
> unauthorized copies of copyrighted works to be made and illegally
> distributed. Over-the-air digital content is the easiest to pirate.
>
> As we contemplate the use of new technologies to protect
> copyrighted works, we must pay careful attention to ensure that a
> balance is struck between competitive protections and individual
> consumer interests. It is important to allow for the continued fair
> use of copyrighted material, even while we seek to stop
> unauthorized reproductions from being illegally distributed outside
> the home and over the Internet.
>
> Again, thank you for writing. Please know that as the
> Senate considers legislation of the broadcast flag, I will be sure to
> keep your views in mind. If you should have any questions, please
> feel free to contact my Washington, DC staff at (202) 224-3841.
>
>
>
>
>
> Sincerely yours,
>
> Dianne Feinstein
> United States Senator
>
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>
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Re: Creationism wins
http://www.landoverbaptist.org/staff/
On Jun 21, 2005, at 7:49 AM, Pall Thayer wrote:
> I guess that settles it. Creationists win, hands down...
>
> http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0605/flyingdinos.html
Fwd: EFFector Special Alert: Forty-Eight Hours to Stop the Broadcast Flag
> From: EFFector Special Alert <action@eff.org>
> EFFector Special Action Alert, June 20, 2005 action@eff.org
>
> MPAA ATTEMPTS TO BYPASS CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE
> BROADCAST FLAG MAY BE SNEAKED IN THIS WEEK
>
> Rumor has it that this Tuesday, June 21st, in a
> sub-committee on Commerce, Science, and Justice, a single
> senator will propose an amendment, hidden among many
> others, to re-animate the MPAA's broadcast flag and burn
> it into law.
>
> On Thursday, the full Senate Appropriations Committee
> will vote on that amendment. If they nod it through, the
> Broadcast Flag will be law.
>
> It's the lobbyist's oldest, and most desperate, trick. If
> you can't win in the market, snag a regulator. If you
> can't snag a regulator, get a law passed. And if you
> can't get a law, sneak an amendment into one of
> Congress's giant Appropriations Bills.
>
> If you've received this mail from us, your senator is one
> of the few with the power to put a stop to the flag.
>
> ACT NOW TO STOP THE FLAG
>
> Your senator is on the relevant sub-committee or the full
> Senate committee. You have less than 24 hours to warn him
> or her of Tuesday's manoeuvre. You have only 48 hours to
> warn the full committee.
>
> Letters are too slow. The press will be too slow. Only
> you, as a constituent of a senator on the committee, can
> reach them in time, by personal phone call or by fax.
>
> IF YOU HAVE THIRTY SECONDS
>
> Click here to use our action center: read, add your own
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>
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> warning of what's planned in the Appropriations committee.
>
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>
> SUB-COMMITTEE AND FULL COMMITTEE MEMBERS
>
> ALABAMA Senator Richard Shelby (202) 224-5744
> ALASKA Senator Ted Stevens (202) 224-3004
> HAWAII Senator Daniel Inouye (202) 224-3934
> IOWA Senator Tom Harkin (202) 224-3254
> KANSAS Senator Sam Brownback (202) 224-6521
> KENTUCKY Senator Mitch McConnell (202) 224-2541
> MARYLAND Senator Barbara Mikulski (202) 224-4654
> MISSOURI Senator Christopher Bond (202) 224-5721
> NEW HAMPSHIRE Senator Judd Gregg (202) 224-3324
> NEW MEXICO Senator Pete Domenici (202) 224-6621
> NORTH DAKOTA Senator Byron Dorgan (202) 224-2551
> TEXAS Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (202) 224-5922
> VERMONT Senator Patrick Leahy (202) 224-4242
> WASHINGTON Senator Patty Murray (202) 224-2621
> WISCONSIN Senator Herb Kohl (202) 224-5653
>
> FULL COMMITTEE MEMBERS
>
> MISSISSIPPI Thad Cochran (202) 224-5054
> PENNSYLVANIA Arlen Specter (202) 224-4254
> MONTANA Conrad Burns (202) 224-2644
> UTAH Robert F. Bennett (202) 224-5444
> IDAHO Larry Craig (202) 224-2752
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> NEVADA Harry Reid (202) 224-3542
> CALIFORNIA Dianne Feinstein (202) 224-3841
> ILLINOIS Richard J. Durbin (202) 224-2152
> SOUTH DAKOTA Tim Johnson (202) 224-5842
> LOUISIANA Mary L. Landrieu (202) 224-5824
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>
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> is AVAILABLE NOW
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