[csaa-forum] Geert Lovink, Public Lecture, University of Melbourne

Michael Dieter mdieter at gmail.com
Wed Dec 3 05:10:20 CST 2008


Hi CSAA,

Apologies for cross-posting.

An upcoming public lecture at University of Melbourne.

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The Cultural Politics of Blogs and Web 2.0
By Geert Lovink

What's left of Web 2.0 in time of financial meltdown and economic
crisis? Are new media part of the problem called global capitalism or
do they contribute to the development of a more equal, sustainable
society? How do we research these web spheres, populated by millions
of users? These are some questions that need to be asked before we
return to the realtime craze of Twitter, Flickr, blogging and social
networking that have dominated Internet culture over the past years.
What are the strategic questions for critical media theory for the
next years?

Geert Lovink, founding director of the Institute of Network Cultures,
is a Dutch-Australian media theorist and critic. He holds a PhD from
the University of Melbourne and in 2003 was at the Centre for Critical
and Cultural Studies, University of Queensland. In 2004, Lovink was
appointed as Research Professor at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam and
Associate Professor at University of Amsterdam. He is the founder of
Internet projects such as nettime and fibreculture. His recent book
titles are Dark Fiber (2002), Uncanny Networks (2002) and My First
Recession (2003). In 2005-06 he was a fellow at the Berlin Institute
for Advanced Study where he finished his third volume on critical
Internet culture, Zero Comments (2007) that also came out in Italian
and German translations.

Tuesday, 16th December 4.30
Theatrette 1 in the Economics & Commerce Building (next to the Baillieu library)
University of Melbourne


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