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Table of Contents: for announcer Geert Lovink <geert@xs4all.nl> [ A20: The Struggle Is Live ] A Call for Electronic Civil Disobedience Against t "ricardo dominguez" <rdom@thing.net> Promozione + Arte = PROMARTE Promarte <promarte@promarte.com> digirose ke_an is o-o <ke_an@o-o.lt> Anarchist/Autonomist Events Calendar On-Line Geert Lovink <geert@xs4all.nl> Interview Yourself - Latest Additions! Amy Alexander <plagiari@plagiarist.org> Interview Yourself Latest Additions URL! Amy Alexander <plagiari@plagiarist.org> Conference on Race in Digital Space Christiane <robbins@usc.edu> Immediacy -Call For Submissions Immediacy Editorial Board <immediacy@usa.net> http://meta.am/ - s.scan m e t a <meta@meta.am> digirose "|{.f|." <ke_an@o-o.lt> A Call to Digital Action Against Starbucks and For Franchise Free Zones "ricardo dominguez" <rdom@thing.net> Erik Davis :::: the interview "Apostolos Grigoropoulos" <agrigo@pan.gr> hexpo web page new address marko kosnik <march@kud-fp.si> Dream Trackers (Yapa art) CD-ROM plus Unesco Conference "geert lovink" <geert@xs4all.nl> Prom@rte Interactive Promozione + ARTE = Promarte (tm) <promarte@galactica.it> Media Channel Update Robert Atkins <robertatkins@earthlink.net> hybrid<life>forms - Australian New Media Art Marieke Istha <istha@montevideo.nl> ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 19:11:24 +0200 (CEST) From: Geert Lovink <geert@xs4all.nl> Subject: for announcer Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:31:02 +0200 From: The VOICE <the_voice_jena@gmx.de> Subject: protest against German refugee law Abolition of the "Residenzpflichtgesetz" Pass Laws for refugees in Germany Protest march and Demonstration in Berlin-17-19 May 2001 Invitation to the nation-wide preparation Meeting on Saturday, 31.03. 2001, at 1pm in Berlin Mehringhof (Meeting Hall) Gneisenaustraße 2a 10961 Berlin U-bahn "Mehringdamm". Introduction: Names of the Groups, Organisations and Addresses of the Participants Report on the Political Contents of Events and Mobilisation Reports on the refugee declaration call for the Demonstration from The VOICE Jena. Discussions on Information and Political contents of events: - -Open call with names of all groups for the support of refugee`s demands and the declaration call for May Protests and Demonstrations in Berlin. - -The political demands of all preparatory groups with information on: refugees that have been physically abused, arrested, fined and punished for violating the Pass Law "Residenzpflichtgesetz", including, the court trials. Why and how do the German legislation violate the fundamental Rights of Movement within the national borders of Germany with the "Residenzpflichtgesetz" "Pass Laws for Refugees in Germany. - -Criminalisation of movement: The gaps between Migration and confinement with the political strategies of socio-political, -economics, -labour and physical restriction of migrants. - -The connection of the German political corruption and discriminatory laws with the neo-colonial global exploitation and the confinement of migrants in Germany. Preparatory meeting of the refugees representatives on the 14th of April 2001 in Goettingen - -Refugees' Memorandum for the Abolition of the "Residenzpflichtgesetz" for free movement of Refugees in Germany, - -readers of the protest action and the political contents of the events from 17-19 May in Berlin. Participating organisations: Brandenburg Refugees Initiative, African Refugees Association in Hamburg, The VOICE Africa Forum and International Menschenrechtsverein in Bremen. Mobilisation Tours and the Benefit Concerts in Germany. 25-30 busses; with 01 bus per 40 persons, for the transportation of refugees, 17-19 May 2001 - -Manifestation on the Bundestag - -Open hearing and Tribunal on: What are the most realistic possibilities for the abolishment of "Residenzpflichtgesetz" in the Red-Green government? Abolition of "Residenzpflichtgesetz" with Sunny and Cornelius Court trials and the defence Lawyers - -Strategies for civil disobedience, Court trials, Public protests and Direct (spontaneous) protests against Police controls, urgent action, Petition to the parliament and the constitutional appeals to Federal court, European Court, and the UN Human Rights Court. The Caravan Refugees Platform under the motto: Free Speech, Movement and Residence. Neo-colonial Globalisation with migration and confinement theories, and strategies for political repression of refugees and migrants Discussion with the representatives of refugees organisations in Germany. - -Printed reports, information and videos on the situation of refugees and Cultural events. - -Final Protest march and Demonstration on the 19 May in Berlin. Cost analysis of mobilisation: Telephone and Communication, Printing and Photocopies, Placards, Leaflets, feeding, transportation, invitations for international observers to the May event in Berlin. Reports from working-groups: - mobilisation - call - medias/public (-relation) - financing - infrastructure - Events of 17-19 May in Berlin. This programme is a proposal from The VOICE Africa Forum, Jena. For more information contact: The VOICE Africa Forum, Schillergäßchen 5,07745 Jena Tel.: 03641-665214, Fax: 0 36 41 - 423795 E-mail: The_VOICE_Jena@gmx.de Abolition of the "Residenzpflichtgesetz" Pass Laws for refugees in Germany Protest march and Demonstration in Berlin-17-19 May 2001 "Come to Berlin" Action Days and General Demonstration from 17. to 19. May 2001 in Berlin Abolition of the "Residenzpflichtgesetz" (Pass Law) for the refugees! Freedom of movement! The refugees will mobilise to Berlin for a three day political protest meetings and cultural event with a nation-wide demonstration against the Residence Obligation ( Residenzpflicht) Pass Laws. The aim is to inform many refugees about the actions. For accommodation,tents would be built around the center of Berlin for women,children and others . The starting point: For refugees, they are not allowed to leave their local district "landkreis" , where they live. It is only possible for them to leave after obtaining permission from the foreign authority "ausländerbehörde" in the local district. In most cases, the authorities deny this permission, so the refugee is forced to go against this pass law for example when he/she has to meet their relatives or friends or take part in cultural and political events. The "Residenzpflichtgesetz", which exists only in Germany since 1982, violates the fundamental right of free movement for the refugees and also criminalizes them. If refugees have to leave their landkreis without permission this is taken as a crime - so, the refugee is punished and forced to pay money to the court or to the foreign authorities. Their continuous violation of the pass law may lead to imprisonment of up to one year with deportation threat. You may be fined as much as 5000DM according to article 86 of the German asylum law (AsylVFG) for the violation of the Apartheid residential restriction -Obligation "pass law" and if the fine cannot be paid by the refugee who get a meagre 80DM per month, he or she is slave worked as punishment for the fine.Situation now: Because of the increasing repression of the refugees by the state authorities, the Karawane will be mobilising for the preparation of a nationwide demonstration, which will take place on the 17 to the 19 of May in Berlin at the Bundestag. We took the first step in initiating a nation-wide self -organisations of refugees in the Die Karawane for the rights of refugees and migrants (summer 1998), Die Karawane hunger strike for justice during the G8-summit in Cologne, the Refugees Congress in Jena (April/May 2000) and the demonstrations during the Expo in Hannover (July/October 2000). We protest, calling for the immediate abolition of the Apartheid Residential Restriction -Obligation Pass Law "Residenzpflichtgesetz" which exist only in Germany since 1982. Our protest against the discrimination of refugees is part of our(my) political engagement for the continuation of our (my) political struggle for human freedom in exile, as our (my) right to freedom of opinion, expression and association regardless of frontiers is also restricted, in violation of Articles 13, 19, 20, 27 and 29 of the Universal Declaration of Human rights which Germany ratified. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 08:51:32 -0500 From: "ricardo dominguez" <rdom@thing.net> Subject: [ A20: The Struggle Is Live ] A Call for Electronic Civil Disobedience Against the FTAA [ A20: The Struggle Is Live ] A Call for Electronic Civil Disobedience Against the FTAA April 20, 2001 will be the start of the Fourth Summit of the Americas meeting. It will feature the leaders of the 34 members of the Organization of American States (OAS) - all the heads of state of the countries of the Western Hemisphere except Cuba. High on the Summit's agenda is the Free Trade Area of the Americas negotiations. The FTAA is a trade agreement currently being negotiated by 34 countries in an "effort to unite the economies of the Western Hemisphere" (excluding Cuba) within the framework of the Organization Of American States (OAS). The FTAA is based on elements of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) the protocols of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the failed Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI). The stated objectives of the FTAA are: economic integration of the hemisphere promotion of the integration of capital markets consistency with the World Trade Organization (WTO) elimination of barriers and non-tariff barriers to trade elimination of agricultural export subsidies elimination of barriers to foreign investment a legal framework to protect investors and their investments enhanced government procurement measures new negotiations on the inclusion of services The major theme present throughout the available FTAA documents is harmonization. In essence the laws and policies of the 34 countries of the OAS are to be based on uniformity. This standardization will be based on the principles of: Privatization (the transfer of publicly funded invention and ingenuity to private hands once it's determined to be potentially profitable. De-regulation ( a misnomer referring to extensive re-regulation of the delivery of good and services in the market). The FTAA negotiators aim to create the worlds largest and most far reaching free trade agreement. Free trade is traditionally defined as "Trade between nations without protective customs tariffs" a good working definition but not an accurate description of what has become known as free trade. The "free trade" that the FTAA refers to is an Orwellian euphemism for the re-regulation (not de-regulation) of the delivery of goods and services in favour of private (rather than public) enterprise while limiting the ability of elected representatives to enact legislation that may be construed as a non-tariff barrier. That is, far from just dealing with the re-regulation of trade "free-trade" agreements concern and affect all aspects of our lives including environmental regulations, healthcare, social security and education. The Internet is not exempt from FTAA re-regulation in fact it is actually one of the Summit's major themes. Indeed, all the hot topics amongst security experts, hackers, and netizens are being discussed and will be affected by the FTAA: Internet privacy, encryption, freedom of speech, and freedom of information. The FTAA is being negotiated in secret. Despite the claim of a commitment to "transparency" actual information regarding the working documents and the negotiations has been extremely limited. Most of the information about the FTAA has been from "derestricted" documents. However, FTAA negotiating documents are available to some 500 corporate representatives. This is an affront to all who believe in open-source and democracy and is an extreme violation of freedom of information especially considering the drastic affect that this secret deal will have on both the Internet and our lives. While the FTAA acknowledges that privacy, more properly consumer privacy, needs to be protected it is only in favor of such protection in so far as it does not "inhibit the growth of electronic commerce". In essence, it is not a right that consumers are entitled to but rather a privilege so long as it does not impede the growth of the profit margin. Additionally, the FTAA favors "self-regulation" by the industry, a business as usual scenario, since governments have "different traditions and approaches to privacy protection" and may be unable to agree on harmonization of privacy policies. The FTAA views encryption and digital signatures as "essential technology for enabling electronic commerce" provided that there is "appropriate mechanisms for lawful access to encrypted information". The FTAA is concerned that "these technologies may also be used for illegal activities, which can affect public safety, business and consumer interests" but assures us that industry self-regulation is "powerful and effective" and that other mechanisms may impede "further growth". The FTAA addresses intellectual property rights but the exact nature is unknown for few documents have been available to the public. However, the FTAA, being fully WTO compatible, will fully support extreme interpretations of copyright and trademark issues. With recent WIPO rulings as precedent it is safe to assume that the FTAA will strengthen legislation like the DMCA and support WIPO rulings in domain name disputes, meta-tag disputes and other freedom of speech issues. In order to facilitate the Summit and the FTAA negotiations Quebec City is being turned into a militarised encampment. Despite the rhetoric of "open borders" the Old City sector of Quebec City is being surrounded by a 2.5-mile "security perimeter" a ten-foot high fence designed to enclose the Summit. Behind this fence there will be a security force of 5000 armed police officers. Residents of the Old City will be required to present photo identification and proof of residence to enter to and from their homes. Additionally, the Orsainville provincial prison has been emptied of its 600 inmates in order to accommodate arrested protestors. Furthermore, citizens of other countries, particularly the U.S. that plan to attend the April 20 Demonstration are being systematically denied entry into Canada solely because they wish to exercise their democratic right to voice opposition to a secret Agreement being negotiated in their name but without their consent. However, while extensive efforts are being undertaken to keep dissenters at bay Corporations are being invited to "sponsor" the Summit in return for "preferential seating" and other perks designed to give Corporations access to the decision-makers behind the FTAA. Furthermore, a corporate sponsor could have a "potential speaking opportunity" for a mere $500,000 at a reception that will be attended by the heads of state of 34 countries in Western Hemisphere. Despite the extensive efforts to silence and criminalize democratic dissent thousands of citizens will descend on the Summit of the Americas in Quebec. There will be a Peoples' Summit of the Americas, a forum in which a wide variety of alternatives will be explored and suggested. In addition, there will be over 170 groups from Canada and the hemisphere encompassing human rights groups, trade unions, student organizations, feminist organizations, church groups, indigenous people groups, environmental groups, the Zapatistas, women's organizations struggling in the maqilladoras, and many more - a broad spectrum of focus and opinion all voicing their resistance to the Summit and the FTAA. Within this mass mobilization there will be a variety methods of protest - from direct action to legal marches - but there is an overwhelming respect for a diversity of tactics. With respect for the diversity of tactics and in solidarity with the democratic opposition in the streets of Quebec - we call upon hackers, activists, hacktivists and netizens to engage in an Electronic Civil Disobedience campaign against the Summit of the Americas, the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), and the Corporate Sponsors. Let data bodies join in non-violent direct action on-line in solidarity with the real bodies on the streets. The Internet is that common factor that both hackers and activists have a huge investment in. The Internet has become essential to both communities: activists rely on it for organization, communication and dissemination of information. With the globalization of activism and protest the Internet has become an even more essential technology. Hackers, on the other hand, also require a stable, healthy and free Internet environment in which to exist and explore the complexities of computers and technology. Hacktivism is based on the issues of freedom of speech, information and exchange of ideas, captured beautifully in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. Recognizing that the FTAA will constrain the Internet by regulating it based on profitability instead of possibility and cognizant of the fact this threatens the freedoms of speech, expression, and information which are vital components of keeping the Internet healthy and vibrant we oppose the FTAA. We call for Electronic Civil Disobedience that will disturb the super highway for a few days and not destroy it forever like the FTAA. Let us add Quebec to the list that started in Chiapas, on January 1, 1994 which begat Geneva, Seattle, Melbourne, Prague, Davos, Cancun, and Naples. Let us join those on the street and across the world struggling "For Humanity, Against Neoliberalism." Let us say Ya Basta! Enough is Enough! The Struggle Is Live http://thehacktivist.com/a20/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 16:04:39 -0500 From: Promarte <promarte@promarte.com> Subject: Promozione + Arte = PROMARTE Buongiorno da Promarte, nell'obiettivo di offrirti mezzi sempre più efficienti, www.promarte.com ti da il benvenuto. Da oggi Open Art ti permetterà di dare sfogo alla tua fantasia, potrai direttamente on-line pubblicare la tua creatività (previo controllo redazione). Approfittane subito, sarà divertente ma soprattutto ti libererà la mente, collegati subito all'indirizzo www.virtualart.it/openart.htm magari è quello che cercavi ! Ti ringraziamo per utilizzare i nostri servizi. ====================================== Good morning from Promarte, in the objective to offer to you means more and more efficient, www.promarte.com you from the welcome one. Starting today Open Art Project will allow you to give discharge to your imagination, you will directly be able on-line to publish your creativeness (previous control editing). Immediately take advantage of it, it will be amusing but above all it will free you mind, even is what looked for! URL www.virtualart.it/openart.htm We thank you to use our services. ====================================== Cordiali Saluti dallo Staff di PROMARTE Se preferisce non essere informato su future novità o su offerte speciali puo' inviare un messaggio di posta elettronica, cliccando semplicemente sul collegamento: Mailto: promarte@promarte.comt?subject=STOPnewsPromarte la sua E-mail è stata prelevata dal sito: http://piglet.ex.ac.uk/mail/nettime.2000/1241.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 13:59:30 +0200 (GMT-2) From: ke_an is o-o <ke_an@o-o.lt> Subject: digirose d | g | _ r o s e f o r d e a d n e t . a r t c o n c e p t s . f o r t h o s e , n a m i n g t h i n g s d e a d . a n d s e n t / m e n t a l f o l l o w e r s of s m t h . http://www.o-o.lt/~ke_an/digirose6.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 19:28:39 +0200 (CEST) From: Geert Lovink <geert@xs4all.nl> Subject: Anarchist/Autonomist Events Calendar On-Line Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 11:15:36 -0500 From: Jim Fleming <jim@autonomedia.org> Subject: Anarchist/Autonomist Events Calendar On-Line The radical media collective Autonomedia has the following features running on its website at http://www.autonomedia.org : a radical events calendar, a radical discussion board and forum, and an organized, searchable linkbank of websites in radical academics, arts, media, living and politics. These features are geographically global as well as local , and will morph to follow good use! We encourage you to visit us, add your links, post your events, rants, essays, announcements, calls to arms, etc. etc. Thanks, jim@autonomedia.org Website: http://www.autonomedia.org ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 16:24:24 -0800 From: Amy Alexander <plagiari@plagiarist.org> Subject: Interview Yourself - Latest Additions! Hot off the Plagiarist Press: Natalie Bookchin interviewed by Natalie Bookchin Geert Lovink interviewed by Geert Lovink Sheik Yoboudi interviewed by Sheik Yoboudi and... an Interview Yourself Update: NN - one week later. Interviewed by NN Remember, Interviews are accepted on a rolling basis at interview@plagiarist.org Join the Web Celebs at Interview Yourself... Celebrity interviews just like Warhol used to do 'em.... only cheaper. ....IY-IY-IY-IY-IY-IY...Interview Yourself Interview Yourself Interview Yourself.... - -plagiarist ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 16:48:43 -0800 From: Amy Alexander <plagiari@plagiarist.org> Subject: Interview Yourself Latest Additions URL! Apologies for leaving out the URL on that last post... it's not easy being a plagiarist.... http://plagiarist.org/iy - -plagiarist - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 16:24:24 -0800 From: Amy Alexander <plagiari@plagiarist.org> To: syndicate@eg-r.isp-eg.de, nettime@bbs.thing.net Subject: Interview Yourself - Latest Additions! Hot off the Plagiarist Press: Natalie Bookchin interviewed by Natalie Bookchin Geert Lovink interviewed by Geert Lovink Sheik Yoboudi interviewed by Sheik Yoboudi and... an Interview Yourself Update: NN - one week later. Interviewed by NN Remember, Interviews are accepted on a rolling basis at interview@plagiarist.org Join the Web Celebs at Interview Yourself... Celebrity interviews just like Warhol used to do 'em.... only cheaper. ....IY-IY-IY-IY-IY-IY...Interview Yourself Interview Yourself Interview Yourself.... - -plagiarist ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 14:05:59 -0800 From: Christiane <robbins@usc.edu> Subject: Conference on Race in Digital Space ============================================ USC-MIT conference addresses rhetoric around "digital divide" and expands perceptions of minorities' use of technology ============================================ What: Conference on Race in Digital Space When Friday, 27 April, 12:00-7:00 p.m. Saturday, 28 April, 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. Sunday, 29 April, 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 13, 8:30am-12pm Where: MIT Campus, Wong Auditorium, Building E51 Full Schedule: http://cms.mit.edu/race Registration: Registration required. Contact Brad Seawell (617-253-3521, seawell@mit.edu) SPACE IS LIMITED Most discussions of the "digital divide" erase the numerous contributions of minority artists, activists, entrepreneurs, journalists, and scholars. Researchers in MIT's Program in Comparative Media Studies and USC's Annenberg Center for Communication will host a three-day conference, "Race in Digital Space," to explore current issues and celebrate the accomplishments of minorities using digital technologies, Friday, 27 April through Saturday, 29 April 2001 on the MIT campus. The conference is free and open to the public. "Cyberspace has been represented as a race-blind environment, yet we don't shed our racial identities or escape racism just because we go on-line," said Henry Jenkins, professor, director of Comparative Media Studies at MIT, and co-organizer of the event. "The concept of 'digital divide,' however, is inadequate to describe a moment when minority use of digital technologies is dramatically increasing. The time has come to focus on the success stories, to identify examples of work that has increased minority access to information technologies and visibility in digital spaces." Conference organizers hope the event will serve as a touchstone for thinking critically about race in a wide variety of digital spaces. "We need to think beyond the screen and the mouse," said Tara McPherson, professor at USC's School of Cinema-TV and conference co-organizer. "Digital spaces extend to a whole range of 'tote-able' street technologies from cell phones and beepers to Gameboys, music equipment and more. We're interested in the way these forms constitute new publics." Plenary panels will explore such issues as: E-Race-ing the Digital; How Wide is the Digital Divide; Authenticating Digital Art, Expression and Cultural Hybridity; and Speculative Fictions/Imaging the Future. Breakout sessions, designed for focused conversations with smaller groups of conference participants, will address: Art and Hactivism; Funding the Arts-Creative Capital; Digital Business-From Netrepreneurs to Corporations; Hactivist Workshop-Organizing the Million Women March; Hate Speech; Job Opportunities and Training; and Community Best Practices. A keynote will be presented by Walter Massey, president of Morehouse College. "The ways in which we represent ourselves and use digital media raises significant issues," said Anna Everett, professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara and conference co-organizer. "We need to begin exploring answers to such important questions as 'What cultural and social baggage do we carry into the digital domain?' and 'How have minority communities deployed digital tools to comment on digital culture, to reconfigure the history of racism, and to claim a more powerful voice in shaping the future?'" Speakers While the event is being planned within the academy, organizers have invited a diverse group of speakers to address an equally diverse audience, which will include scholars and teachers, professionals, artists, writers, policy makers, social and cultural commentators, community leaders, and young people. Confirmed speakers include: Vivik Bald, (aka DJ Siraiki), Co-founder, Mutiny Nolan Bowie, Senior Fellow, JFK School of Government, Harvard University Karen Radney Buller, President, National Indian Telecommunications Institute (NITI) Farai Chideya, Editor, PopandPolitics.com Mel Chin, Artist Beth Coleman (aka DJ Singe), Co-director, SoundLab Cultural Alchemy Ricardo Dominguez, Co-founder, The Electronic Disturbance Theater (EDT) Coco Fusco, Associate Professor, Tyler School of Art, Temple University Jack Gravely, Office of Workplace Diversity, Federal Communications Commission Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky), Artist, Musician, Writer Lisa Nakamura, Assistant Professor of English, Sonoma State University Alondra Nelson, Ph.D. Candidate, American Studies, NYU Mimi Nguyen, Ph.D. candidate, Comparative Ethnic Studies, U.C.-Berkeley Elizabeth Nunez, Distinguished Professor of English, Medgar Evers College, CUNY Alex Rivera, Digital Media Artist and Filmmaker Kalamu ya Salaam, Poet and Community ActivistAna Sisnett, Austin Free-Net Ana Sisnett, Executive Director, Austin Free-Net Thuy Linh Tu, Ph.D. Candidate, American Studies Program, NYU Jamille Watkins-Barnes, Business Consultant, Classic Business Development Art Exhibition, Digital Salon, and Dance Performance In coordination with the conference, a concurrent video show and digital salon is being be curated at the LIST Center for the Visual Arts. "The exhibition will feature the work of innovators and visionary film, video, new media, and website designers whose work deals specifically with the intersection of race and technology," said Erika Muhammad, Ph.D. candidate in Cinema Studies at NYU, co-organizer of the conference, and curator of the exhibition at LIST Visual Arts Center. "In the ever-changing terrain of new media productivity, issues of race and ethnicity ferment in digital space. Artists who tackle issues of race in their work are faced with fresh challenges and opportunities as they build and define what will be the most powerful networks on earth," Muhammad said. Included in this digital salon, video program and soundscape are works by artists who are building digital habitats and laying political foundations through the use of hi-tech documents. Spanning the past 20 years, the program will include experimental film and video, net.art, CD-ROMS, websites and aural mixes. A performance event featuring DJs and live video mixing by Vivek Bald (DJ Siraiki), Beth Coleman (aka DJ Singe), and Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky) will be held for conference participants and students on the evening of Saturday, 28 April 2001. MIT Assistant Professor Tommy DeFrantz will also perform "My Digital Body," an original dance piece developed for the event. Pre-Conference Workshop A pre-conference workshop for Boston metropolitan and New England regional educators, artists, and technology center directors will be held on Wednesday, 11 April 2001, 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Bartos Theater, MIT Campus. "We want to spotlight community 'best practices' and encourage conversations among the dozens of Boston-area technology centers that support minority communities," said Paula Robinson, founder of the Institute for the Integration of Technology and Education and conference co-organizer. All events are free and open to the public. To learn more and register, visit: http://cms.mit.edu/race Organizers and Sponsors The Race in Digital Space Project is organized by the University of Southern California and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in conjunction with New York University and University of California at Santa Barbara. The conference is sponsored by USC Annenberg Center for Communication, USC School of Cinema-Television, MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, MIT Program in Comparative Media Studies, MIT Communications Forum, MIT Council for the Arts, MIT LIST Visual Arts Center, MIT Program in Women's Studies, and the NYU Department of Cinema Studies. Major financial support has been provided by the Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation. Microsoft is an in-kind sponsor. - - Exit Communication - Christiane Robbins Associate Professor / Director Matrix Program for Digital Media University of Southern California Watt Hall 103 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0292 Tel: 213.821.1539 Fax: 213.740.8938 email: robbins@usc.edu ------------------------------ Date: 28 Mar 2001 00:17:50 EST From: Immediacy Editorial Board <immediacy@usa.net> Subject: Immediacy -Call For Submissions Immediacy, the on-line forum of The New School Media Studies Department is currently seeking contributions (text, film/video, still images, audio) to its new issue on History and Memory. In this issue, we plan to reconsider the salient subject of history and memory some ten years after the subject was at its hottest in American intellectual circles. Have we found the answers to those questions that once seemed so urgent? Did we not simply end up confining memory to identity politics and history to conservative ideology in public discourse? The problems of remembering/forgetting and reconciliation are still highly relevant and with us today. And how about memory-as-the-unspeakable, and historical understanding as the basis of democratic society, just to mention a few possible avenues for inquiry? In the new issue of Immediacy we propose to take up these subjects again, particularly from the perspective of their representation in various media. We invite contributions in any format that we can channel through our website, such as text, film, video, audio and still images, and including reviews of recent books, movies, exhibitions, websites or other initiatives. Please contact us via e- mail at immediacy@usa.net. For our earlier issue on the Avantgarde and our new issue, Media Mix 2000, as well as our policy on submissions see our website: http://www.newschool.edu/mediastudies/immediacy. Immediacy Editorial Board - ---------------------------------------------------------- IMMEDIACY is an on-line discussion forum for Media, Arts and Culture sponsored by The New School University Media Studies Department. e-mail: immediacy@usa.net phone: 1.212.229.8903 - ---------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 22:27:16 -0700 From: m e t a <meta@meta.am> Subject: http://meta.am/ - s.scan // http://meta.am/sound/octave/ s.scan //m 127.0.0.1 http://meta.am/ 216.71.65.73 . ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 00:33:23 -0700 (MST) From: "|{.f|." <ke_an@o-o.lt> Subject: digirose d | g | _ r o s e f o r d e a e t . a r t c o n s . f o r t h o s e , n a m i n g t s d e a d . a n d s e n f o l l s of s m t h . http://www.o-o.lt/~ke_an/digirose6.html p____________o____________s_____________t a r c h i v e http://www.o-o.lt/post ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 08:28:11 -0500 From: "ricardo dominguez" <rdom@thing.net> Subject: A Call to Digital Action Against Starbucks and For Franchise Free Zones A CALL TO DITGITAL ACTION AGAINST STARBUCKS AND FOR FRANCHISE FREE ZONES BY REV. BILLY OF THE CHURCH OF STOP SHOPPING AND THE CYBERZAPATISTAS OF THE ELECTRONIC DISTURBANCE THEATER JOIN OUR LOCAL/GLOBAL VR-SITIN STARTING AT 12 NOON ON APRIL THE 15TH 2001 TILL MIDNIGHT APRIL 16TH2001 NEW YORK CITY TIME AGAINST STARBUCKS AND FOR FRANCHISE FREE ZONES ALL AROUND THE PLANET. STOP THE STARBUCKS OF THE WORLD FROM TAKING YOUR NIEGBORHOOD! NO MORE STARBUCKS IN THE EAST VILLAGE! NO STARBUCKS IN WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN! OUR NIEGBORHOOD IS YOUR NIEGBORHOOD! YOU CAN DOWNLOAD YOUR VR-SITIN TOOLS ON APRIL 13th 2001 AT NOON - A GOOD FRIDAY INDEED! AT: http://www.revbilly.com/ REMEMBER - THAT'S ON APRIL 13th 2001 AT NOON NEW YORK CITY TIME. TO DOWNLOAD YOUR VR-SITIN TOOL AND THEN JOIN THE VR-SITIN ON APRIL 15TH 2001 STARTING AT NOON! DO NOT BE AFRAID SISTERS AND BROTHERS TO DOWNLOAD THIS LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN! AND NOW SISTERS AND BROTHERS A WORD FROM REV. BILLY: Children welcome to the Church of Stop Shopping. This week we are punishing that Cancer in Earth Tones, Starbucks. In particular the Starbucks at 2nd Ave. and 9th Street, which is just a few feet from another Starbucks on 3rd Ave. and 8th Street, which is just a few feet from another Starbucks in front of Kmart, which right next to a Barnes and Nobles --that has a Starbucks inside.these are examples of shops that aren't required to make money. They just act as loss leaders, attacking owner-run businesses, financed by funny money from Nasdaq. Nothing from our neighborhoods ever indicated an interest for an infinity of Starbucks. We're declaring a "Franchise Free Zone," from 2nd Ave to Williamburg, Brooklyn. We have plenty of great coffee shops between these Logo free zones. Only a sin-pit of a Starbucks breaks the string of long-time neighborhood shops. They will feel THE WRATH OF... OF.. ALL YOU DIGITAL SPRITS!! FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH THE POWER OF TELELPORTATION PLEASE JOIN US AT CHURCH OF STOP STARBUCKS REVIVAL ON APRIL 15th, 2001. For Time and Place http://www.revbilly.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 16:06:57 +0300 From: "Apostolos Grigoropoulos" <agrigo@pan.gr> Subject: Erik Davis :::: the interview Erik Davis, the writer of "Techgnosis : Myth, magic and mysticism in the age of information", talking to .netculture about new media, technology and Internet. http://www.netculture.gr/eng/erikdavis.asp - -------------------------------------------- .netculture ::: closer to the digital spirit http://www.netculture.gr ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 12:06:11 +0200 From: marko kosnik <march@kud-fp.si> Subject: hexpo web page new address dears, for a while already you can reach hexpo main pages at: http://meta.iflugs.hdk-berlin.de/hexpo/ the spring is here. marko kosnik - -- <march@kud-fp.si> http://www.iflugs.hdk-berlin.de/emi ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 05:46:17 +1000 From: "geert lovink" <geert@xs4all.nl> Subject: Dream Trackers (Yapa art) CD-ROM plus Unesco Conference From: "Barbara GLOWCZEWSKI" <barker@ehess.fr> CollĂšge de France Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Sociale 52 rue du Cardinal Lemoine 75005 Paris tel: 01 44 27 17 57 fax: 01 44 27 17 66 - ----- Dream Trackers Yapa Art and Knowledge of the Australian Desert Fifty-one Warlpiri artists and story-tellers lead us on a journey through their ritual painting, singing and dancing, on the tracks of their Dreaming Ancestors, who are embodied in the land. Developed for the Lajamanu Community of Central Australia by Virtuel Bazaar and Dr Barbara Glowczewski, senior anthropologist at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, France), with support from the Institut de Recherche et DĂ©veloppement (IRD), the Direction de la Musique et de la Danse du MinistĂšre de la Culture and the MusĂ©e du Quai Branly, Paris, France. cd-rom (Mac/PC) in English or French on the same disc 14 hours of navigation, 500 photos, 3 hours of songs and stories in Warlpiri, 1/2 hour of film ISBN: 92-3-003774-5 © Warnayaka Art Centre / B.Glowczewski / UNESCO, 2000 Distribution: UNESCO Publishing, under licence Yapa is a central Australian word for âindigenous peopleâ. The Aboriginal notion of jukurrpa is the dream as a parallel space-time, a past, present and virtual memory of the earth and the cosmos. It manifests itself as Ancestral and Eternal Beings, the myths of their adventures, the trails of their travels, the rituals, sites or sacred objects that embody their living presence. As part of its initiative Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS), and in association with the Warnayaka Art Centre and the French anthropologist/producer Barbara Glowczewski, UNESCO presents this outstanding cd-rom, the result of her many years of work with the Warlpiri people of the Lajamanu community. This cd-rom represents only a fraction of the complex cultural, ritual and ecological knowledge of the Warlpiri people. It is based on the network of the fourteen Dreamings most often painted by the people of Lajamanu. In fact, all named things in nature and culture have a Dreaming, or jukurrpa, so there are thousands of stories and named Dreaming places marking the Warlpiri land, their âliving bookâ, as they call it. The transposition of Aboriginal cognitive mapping into an interactive map allows the user to experience the interconnectivity of indigenous cosmology, emulated by the logic of cd-roms or the Web. Unlike conventional linear text, multimedia is an ideal tool to convey the dynamism and wealth of oral traditions. By strengthening the dialogue between elders and youth, it reinforces the transmission of indigenous knowledge. * Travel in the desert country of the Warlpiri men and women * Discover the many links among animals, plants, places and people * Explore hundreds of Dreaming stories, song-lines and paintings * Read the signs painted on bodies, boards or canvas * Study films of sand stories, hand signs and ritual dancing * Learn Warlpiri words and meanings * Sarch notebooks on art, colonization, healing or land-rights * Understand the taboo on the deceasedsâ names and pictures Dream Trackers: Yapa Art and Knowledge of the Australian Desert has been developed in collaboration with fifty-one artists and story-tellers who, with the elders of the community, have carefully verified the contents. To respect Aboriginal ethics, the cd-rom has been designed to allow the user to cover up images of the dead, which become taboo during the mourning period. The cd-rom, in use by the Lajamanu school since 1998, was developed primarily to restitute to the Warlpiri their recorded heritage. The Community Council and the artists represented by the Warnayaka Art Centre decided to make the cd-rom available to universities, museums, and other cultural institutions. The Warnayaka Art Centre receives part of the income from distribution. Artists and story-tellers represented by the Warnayaka Art Centre: Jimmy Robertson Jampijinpa, Jimmy Kelly Jampijinpa, Tommy Hargraves Jampijinpa, Liddy Miller Nampijinpa, Tim Kennedy Jupurrurla, Teddy Morrison Jupurrurla, Victor Simon Jupurrurla, Peggy Rockman Napaljarri, Molly Nangala, Linda Hector Nangala, Topsy Nangala, Lorna Fencer Napurrurla, Rosie Tasman Napurrurla, Jean Birrel Napurrurla, Daisy Napurrurla, Molly Napurrurla, Abe Jangala, Jo Long Jangala, Henry Cook Jakamarra, Jacko Gordon Jakamarra, Barbara Gibson Nakamarra, Beryl Gibson Nakamarra, Jenny Nakamarra, Liddy Nelson Nakamarra, Liddy Herbert Nakamarra, Paddy Gibson Japaljarri, Bobbie Payton Japaljarri, Martin Johnson Japanangka, Bob Leo Japaljarri, Clarry Japaljarri, Billy Hogan Japaljarri, May Napaljarri, Louisa Lawson Napaljarri, Maisy Rennie Napaljarri, Nora Nungarrayi, Betty Yungari Nungarrayi, Margaret Martin Nungarrayi, Betty Jamanawita Nungarrayi, Elisabeth Ross Nungarrayi, Lily Hargraves Nungarrayi, Rosy Napangardi, Juddy Jigili Napangardi, Neil Scobie Japanangka, Peter Blacksmith Japanangka, Jo James Japanangka, Betty Walker Napanangka, Nelly Napanangka, Peter Gordon Japangardi, Maggie Watson Napangardi, Maggie Pampa Napangardi, Maisy Kelly Napangardi. âThe author has succeeded in untangling the skein of myths based on the dream (jukurrpa in the Warlpiri language) that govern the life of Aboriginal people. But the dreaming in question is different from the one known to Westerners: dreaming is a âvirtual space-timeâ in which all that exists on earth has been created at the onset by totemic heroes â plants, animals or representations of rain or fire. As they travelled, the ancestors left many traces of their passage in the form of hills, rocks or waterholes⊠All people that exist are thus the incarnation, the heroes, of these myths. But they must practise rituals in order to âreanimate the principles of these dreamingsâ, a virtual matrix of life and forms.â Christiane Galus, Le Monde, August 2000 Minimum system requirements: 32 MB RAM, colour monitor 600 x 800 pixels PC: Windows 95/98, 16-bit monitor Mac: OS 8, PowerPC processor, thousands of colours - ------ UNESCO Publishing Dream Trackers: Yapa Art and Knowledge of the Australian Desert (cd-rom) ORDER FORM Licences to museums, libraries, academic and research institutions: For multiple internal users: A. Small-size institutions (1 to 3 computers): 2,000 FF / 304.90 Euros (equivalent to US$265 and A$500) B. Medium-size institutions (4 to 10 computers): 4,000 FF / 609,80 Euros (equivalent to US$530 and to A$1,000) C. Large institutions (over 11 computers): 8,000 FF / 1,219.59 Euros (equivalent to US$1,060 and to A$2,000) General conditions: the licence agreements are not limited in time, but institutions obtaining a multi-user licence commit themselves to respect the will of the Warlpiri community to use the CD-ROM exclusively in an appropriate and respectful learning environment. Retail price for single users: 380 FF / 57.93 Euros (equivalent to US$50 and to A$95) Single users must abide by the same general conditions as stated for licencing agreements. For any public use, a licence agreement must be obtained from UNESCO Publishing. Yes, I would like to purchase ----- copy(ies) of the CD-ROM Dream Trackers : Yapa Art and Knowledge of the Australian Desert (ISBN: 92-3-003774-5) Please check the appropriate choice: ï Single user Licence group: ï A ï B ï C + Shipping and handling: 30 FF / 4.57Euros Total: Payment: ï Cheque* ï Visa ï Eurocard ï MasterCard Card number: Expiry date: * To the order of UNESCO Publishing, in FF or Euros drawn on a bank established in France or the equivalent in US$ drawn on a bank established in the United States. Institution: Name of the buyer: Position: Address: City and postal code: Country: E-mail: Date: Signature: Please return this form to: UNESCO Publishing, 7 place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris (France) Tel: +33 1 45684930, Fax: + 33 1 4568 5737, e-mail: publishing.promotion@unesco.org - www.unesco.org/publishing - ------ PROGRAMME PROVISOIRE COMMENTĂ IDENTITES AUTOCHTONES : PAROLES, ECRITS ET NOUVELLES TECHNOLOGIES SALON DU LIVRE ET COLLOQUE INTERNATIONAL En coopĂ©ration avec le CNRS UNESCO, 15 -18 Mai 2001 PRĂSENTATION GĂNĂRALE Les populations autochtones comptent aujourdâhui quelque 300 millions de personnes dans plus de 70 pays sur tous les continents, et reprĂ©sentent plus de 5000 langues et cultures. Dans le cadre de la DĂ©cennie internationale des populations autochtones du monde (1995-2004) et de lâAnnĂ©e des Nations Unies pour le dialogue entre les civilisations (2001), la Division des politiques culturelles de lâUNESCO organise conjointement avec le CNRS une manifestation culturelle composĂ©e des deux Ă©vĂ©nements suivants : Salon du livre : « IdentitĂ©s et Cultures autochtones » Le livre apparaĂźt aujourdâhui comme un complĂ©ment de l'oralitĂ© et un support de la mĂ©moire autochtone. Le Salon mettra en Ă©vidence l'Ă©volution de la reprĂ©sentation de ces cultures et la force des nouvelles voix autochtones qui s'expriment Ă travers la recherche, lâessai, le roman ou la poĂ©sie. Les Ćuvres prĂ©sentĂ©es couvriront un large Ă©ventail de publications, du livre d'art au roman, en passant par l'essai et le droit international. Des Ă©crivains et des conteurs seront invitĂ©s Ă rencontrer le public. Les Editions de lâUNESCO feront connaĂźtre leurs publications consacrĂ©es aux cultures autochtones. Des maisons d'Ă©dition engagĂ©es dans la publication de nouvelles collections prĂ©senteront des ouvrages consacrĂ©s Ă la dĂ©fense de la mĂ©moire et des voix de ces peuples. De nouvelles idĂ©es de co-Ă©ditions pourront naĂźtre des rencontres entre professionnels du livre. Colloque international : « IdentitĂ©s autochtones : Paroles, Ecrits et Nouvelles Technologies » Le Colloque portera sur la sauvegarde, la transmission et les mutations des cultures autochtones. Il rĂ©unira des universitaires, des experts, des auteurs, des Ă©diteurs, autochtones et non autochtones. Il conduira Ă la prĂ©sentation de recommandations concrĂštes qui permettront dâesquisser des lignes dâaction pour le dĂ©veloppement culturel de ces communautĂ©s. Le Colloque abordera Ă©galement les perspectives offertes par les nouvelles technologies Ă ces cultures souvent isolĂ©es, qui peuvent dĂ©sormais ĂȘtre en contact avec le monde entier par vidĂ©oconfĂ©rences, Internet etc. Des projets de collaboration (Ă©laboration de CD Roms, collectes de donnĂ©es sur le patrimoine traditionnel, programmes d'enseignement bilingue et dâĂ©changes) pourront rĂ©sulter des rencontres des participants au Colloque. Le Salon du livre et le Colloque tenteront de rĂ©pondre au double dĂ©fi qui vise dâune part Ă protĂ©ger la diversitĂ© culturelle et dâautre part Ă renforcer les liens entre culture et dĂ©veloppement en stimulant le renforcement des capacitĂ©s locales et le partage des connaissances et des savoirs. PREMIERE PARTIE DU COLLOQUE : LE DIT ET L'ECRIT (15 ET 16 MAI 2001) Au seuil du XXIĂšme siĂšcle, la protection de la diversitĂ© culturelle, la promotion du pluralisme et le dialogue entre les cultures et les civilisations revĂȘtent une importance croissante. La Division des politiques culturelles de lâUNESCO dĂ©ploie, dans le cadre de la DĂ©cennie internationale des populations autochtones du monde (1995-2004), des efforts visant Ă favoriser la sauvegarde de l'identitĂ© de ces cultures et la promotion d'une citoyennetĂ© multiculturelle. Les Editions de l'UNESCO s'emploient Ă publier des ouvrages consacrĂ©s Ă la protection de l'identitĂ© culturelle et linguistique, Ă lÂŽhistoire de ces peuples et de ces cultures et Ă l'expression contemporaine de leur crĂ©ativitĂ©. Certaines cultures ont Ă©tĂ© particuliĂšrement Ă©branlĂ©es, voire menacĂ©es de disparition au cours des siĂšcles, en particulier les cultures autochtones. Un certain nombre de facteurs nouveaux et l'affirmation d'une identitĂ© culturelle qui se rĂ©clame de la tradition tout en s'inscrivant dans la modernitĂ© semblent porter l'espoir d'une reconnaissance de leurs valeurs, de leurs cosmogonies et de leurs visions du monde. Pour beaucoup de cultures autochtones, qui ont Ă©tĂ© marquĂ©es par la colonisation, la discrimination et l'intolĂ©rance, le livre a Ă©tĂ© Ă la fois source de bouleversements et de recomposition culturelle. Aujourd'hui, les modes d'expression autochtones s'inscrivent dans une problĂ©matique nouvelle qui met en Ă©vidence l'interaction et la complĂ©mentaritĂ© de l'oral et de l'Ă©crit. En outre, ces deux premiĂšres journĂ©es viseront Ă mettre en Ă©vidence la diversitĂ© des formes d'expression autochtone contemporaines. La rĂ©flexion qui sera menĂ©e sur le Dit et l'Ecrit, devrait contribuer Ă faire prendre conscience de la valeur de ces cultures ainsi que de l'importance de leur apport Ă la civilisation universelle. KatĂ©rina Stenou Division des Politiques culturelles Secteur de la Culture UNESCO 1, rue Miollis 75732 Paris Cedex 15 France Email : k.stenou@unesco.org SECONDE PARTIE DU COLLOQUE : NOUVELLES TECHNOLOGIES, ANTHROPOLOGIE, MUSEOLOGIE ET SAVOIRS AUTOCHTONES (17 ET 18 MAI 2001) Ces deux journĂ©es sont consacrĂ©es Ă lâimpact des nouvelles technologies (multimĂ©dia, internet) sur la recherche et lâenseignement en anthropologie, la musĂ©ologie et les nouveaux protocoles relatifs Ă la rĂ©appropriation de la culture matĂ©rielle et intellectuelle par les populations concernĂ©es. Les interventions sâappuieront sur la prĂ©sentation de documents interactifs (CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, sites internet en ligne), bases de donnĂ©es informatiques et Ă©ventuellement une vidĂ©o-confĂ©rence avec une communautĂ© aborigĂšne. La premiĂšre journĂ©e, Protocoles de collaboration entre anthropologues, peuples autochtones et MusĂ©es, sera consacrĂ©e aux enjeux scientifiques et Ă©thiques que reprĂ©sente la multiplication de sites internet qui divulguent parfois une information non-authentique, prĂ©judiciable aux groupes autochtones. Nous examinerons la maniĂšre dont ces groupes se servent des nouvelles technologies (en rĂ©alisant leurs propres sites internet, portails dâaccĂšs, productions multimĂ©dias) pour appuyer une revendication de rĂ©appropriation des objets et des savoirs de leur culture au bĂ©nĂ©fice de leurs communautĂ©s. Sur la base dâexpĂ©riences pilotes australiennes, un dĂ©bat sâengagera sur lâinstauration actuelle de la collaboration entre peuples autochtones, anthropologues et musĂ©es. Des exemples dâautres pays permettront dâĂ©largir la discussion. La matinĂ©e de la deuxiĂšme journĂ©e, Le multimĂ©dia pour lâenseignement et la recherche sur les savoirs autochtones, sera consacrĂ©e, dâune part, au rĂŽle des anthropologues dans les productions multimĂ©dias et les banques de donnĂ©es sur internet, et dâautre part, Ă lâinterdisciplinaritĂ© qui engage divers spĂ©cialistes Ă collaborer avec les populations Ă©tudiĂ©es, les musĂ©es et les enseignants en vue dâĂ©laborer des outils de mise en valeur des recherches et des savoirs autochtones, qui puissent accompagner lâ enseignement de lâanthropologie et le rendre accessible Ă un public de non spĂ©cialistes. LâaprĂšs-midi nous animerons une table-ronde sur le thĂšme Transmission des savoirs traditionnels et questions Ă©thiques, qui sera suivie dâune synthĂšse de la semaine et de recommandations. Cette deuxiĂšme partie du colloque sâinscrit dans le cadre dâun PICS (Programme International de CoopĂ©ration scientifique) montĂ© entre le CNRS et lâUniversity of Western Australia sur « Art aborigĂšne et multimĂ©dia » par : Dr Barbara Glowczewski (Barker) Dr John Stanton Laboratoire dâAnthropologie Sociale Berndt Museum of Anthropology 52 rue du Cardinal Lemoine - 75005 Paris University of Western Australia tel 01 44 27 17 57, fax 01 44 27 17 66 Nedlands, UWA, Australia Email: barker@ehess.fr Email : jstanton@cyllene.uwa.edu.au Mardi matin 15 mai 2001 Salle II (Fontenoy) PrĂ©sident de sĂ©ance: Rapporteur : Mme MarĂa Eugenia Choque Mme Pierrette Birraux-Ziegler* 9h30-10h: Accueil 10h-11h :Ouverture - - M. KoĂŻchiro Matsuura, Directeur gĂ©nĂ©ral de lâUNESCO (ou son reprĂ©sentant) - - M. Scott Momaday, Ă©crivain kiowa, Prix Pulitzer - - ReprĂ©sentant du CNRS - - ReprĂ©sentants de maisons dâĂ©dition : Voix autochtones dans lâĂ©dition contemporaine 11h-12h 15 : « Supports de la mĂ©moire autochtone » - - M. Miguel LeĂłn Portilla, Ă©crivain, Professeur Ă lâUNAM (Mexique) : La diversitĂ© des supports de la mĂ©moire - - Mme Marcia Langton, anthropologue aborigĂšne, Professeur Ă lâUniversitĂ© de Melbourne : Voix et Ă©crits aborigĂšnes d'Australie - - M. OmruviĂ©, Ă©crivain tchouktche (FĂ©dĂ©ration de Russie) : hĂ©ritage tchouktche - - En attente de rĂ©ponse : M. Alfredo Mires Ortiz, Ă©crivain pĂ©ruvien ou M. Dario Espinoza, Ă©crivain pĂ©ruvien du Centre SAMI 12h15-12h45 : Discussion suivie de lectures de poĂšmes - - Mme Roma Potiki, poĂšte maori - - Mme Kimberly TallBear, poĂšte dakota (sioux) Mardi aprĂšs-midi 15 mai Salle II PrĂ©sident de sĂ©ance: M. Scott Momaday Rapporteur: Mme Birgitta Leander 1. LA TERRE EST NOTRE LIVRE : PROTECTION DE LA CULTURE ET DE LA MEMOIRE AUTOCHTONES 15h- 15h30 - - M. Feliciano Sanchez Chan, Ă©crivain maya: PoĂ©sie maya - - M. Mohamed Aghali-Zakara, spĂ©cialiste de littĂ©rature touareg, Professeur Ă lâINALCO (France) : PoĂ©sie touareg 15h30-16h Mme MarĂa Eugenia Choque, Ă©crivain aymara (Bolivie) : Atelier de lâhistoire orale andine 16h-16h30 : Discussion 16h45-17h30 - - M. Saladin dâAnglure, anthropologue canadien : Ecriture inuit - - M. Mike Barns, architecte maori : Histoire maori et relations avec lâ environnement - - M. Merv Tano, environnementaliste hawaĂŻen, PrĂ©sident de International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management : Nature et littĂ©rature 17h30-18h : Discussion Mercredi matin 16 mai Salle II PrĂ©sident de sĂ©ance : M. Aqqaluk Lynge Rapporteur : Mme JoĂ«lle Rostkowski 2. TRANSMISSION DES CULTURES AUTOCHTONES: "C'EST DE LA MEMOIRE QUE NOUS TENONS NOTRE POUVOIR" 10h-11h30 - - M. Reuter OrĂĄn, Ă©crivain kuna (Panama), responsable du Programme d'Ă©ducation bilingue interculurel - - Mme Veronica Tiller, apache jicarilla, historienne et Ă©ditrice (USA) : La mise par Ă©crit des traditions menacĂ©es - - Mme MichĂšle Therrien, anthropologue et linguiste (Canada), spĂ©cialiste des Inuit, Professeur Ă lâINALCO (France) : La transmission des valeurs autochtones et l'Ă©ducation bilingue 11h30-11h45 : Discussion 11h45-12h : Pause 12h-12h45 - - M. Nigel Crawhall*, sociolinguiste (Afrique du Sud), Perspectives sociolinguistiques sur la transmission intergĂ©nĂ©rationnelle des langues et cultures menacĂ©es - - Mme Magdalena Kassie*, chercheur khomani, Ă©tudiant la langue n/u (Afrique du Sud) : Obstacles psycho-sociologiques Ă la transmission de la langue n/u - - Mme Anna Aenki Kassie*, chercheur khomani de langue n/u - - M. Levi Namaseb*, linguiste nama (Namibie) - - Mme Debra Sparrow, Ă©ducatrice et tisserande du Musqueam (Canada), Transmission par la pratique et programmes Ă©ducatifs - - En attente de rĂ©ponse Mme Oksana Poustogatcheva, spĂ©cialiste de lâ Ă©ducation (proposĂ©e par le Bureau de Moscou UNESCO et par la RĂ©publique AltaĂŻ) et/ou M. Wanka Willka, Professeur Ă lâInstitut Quechua JujĂșl Manta, Argentine 12h45-13h00 : Discussion Mercredi aprĂšs-midi 16 mai Salle II PrĂ©sident de sĂ©ance : M. Reuter OrĂĄn Rapporteur : M. Nigel Crawhall* 3. LES CULTURES AUTOCHTONES FACE A LA MONDIALISATION : MUTATIONS DU DIT ET DE L'ECRIT 15h-15h15 M. Aqqaluk Lynge, inuit, PrĂ©sident de lâInuit Circumpolar Conference : Lâ identitĂ© culturelle et linguistique face Ă la mondialisation 15h15-15h45: « Passage de la tradition orale aux nouveaux modes de communication et formes littĂ©raires- Editeurs et nouvelles collections » ReprĂ©sentants des Maisons dâĂ©ditions : M. Yves Berger des Editions Grasset ou M. Olivier Delavault des Editions du Rocher ou M. Francis Geffard ou M. Jean Mouttapa des Editions Albin Michel ou M. AndrĂ© Velter des Editions Gallimard 15h45-16h : Discussion 16h-17h45: «CoopĂ©ration pour la protection de lâidentitĂ© culturelle : lâ action des rĂ©seaux autochtones et non autochtones» - - Chef Oren Lyons, iroquois : RĂ©seaux autochtones : une ouverture sur le monde - - M. YeremaĂŻ Aipin, Ă©crivain et PrĂ©sident de l'association Saving Yugra : Partenariat avec la fondation Buffalo Trust RĂ©seaux autochtones - - M. Jean Patrick Razon, PrĂ©sident de Survival-France: Action Ă©ditoriale et sites web - - M. Diego Gradis, PrĂ©sident exĂ©cutif de Traditions pour Demain (Suisse, partenaire officiel de lâUNESCO): Action dâune ONG en AmĂ©rique latine - - Mme Pierrette Birraux-Ziegler, gĂ©ographe et historienne, Directrice scientifique du doCip (Suisse) : Le territoire, lieu de mĂ©moire, de paroles et d'Ă©change : un tĂ©moignage de recherche-action avec les Yanomami du BrĂ©sil. - - Mme Teresa Morales de Camarena (Mexique): MusĂ©e aux pieds nus 17h45-18h : Discussions et annonce des deux journĂ©es suivantes Jeudi matin 17 mai Salle II (Fontenoy) 1 PROTOCOLES DE COLLABORATION ENTRE ANTHROPOLOGUES, PEUPLES AUTOCHTONES ET MUSEES PrĂ©sident de sĂ©ance, discutant : Mme Marcia Langton, anthropologue aborigĂšne, Professeur Ă lâUniversitĂ© de Melbourne (Australie) 10h-10h.30 Introduction gĂ©nĂ©rale par les organisateurs : Mme Barbara Glowczewski, anthropologue, Laboratoire dâAnthropologie sociale, CNRS (Paris), auteur du CD-Rom Pistes de rĂȘves â Art et savoir des Yapa du DĂ©sert Australien, Editions Unesco, et M. John Stanton, anthropologue, Directeur du Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia (Perth), auteur du site internet du MusĂ©e. 10h30-11h: Mme Helena Gulash, chef de projet aborigĂšne de lâAustralian Indigenous Cultural Network (AIATSIS, Canberra) : PrĂ©sentation du projet de portail aborigĂšne et dâun programme numĂ©rique de restitution dâarchives 11h-11h30 M. Laurent Dousset, anthropologue, chargĂ© de recherches post-doctorales Ă l'University of Western Australia (Perth), auteur dâun site sur les groupes linguistiques aborigĂšnes : PrĂ©sentation dâune banque de donnĂ©es comrenant des gĂ©nĂ©alogies et des histoires de vie des Ngaatjatjarra du DĂ©sert de lâ ouest (Titre : « Who owns the present ? Some problems involved in producing electronic data for local indigenous communities »). 11h30-11h45 discussion 11h45-12h15 Mme Jill Rachel Baird, Conservateur et spĂ©cialiste en Ă©ducation, UBC Museum of Anthropology (Vancouver) : PrĂ©sentation dâune approche comparative des sites autochtones du Canada et des Etats-Unis (Titre: Insights on sites : What is out there? Who is it for?) et introduction du CD-Rom sur le tissage salish de Musqueam 12h15-12h45 Mme Debra Sparrow, tisserande et Ă©ducatrice du Musqueam: PrĂ©sentation de lâ implication de lâĂ©quipe autochtone dans la production du CD-Rom Weaving Worlds Together (MusĂ©e dâanthropologie UBC, Vancouver). 12h45-13h Discussion Jeudi aprĂšs-midi 17 mai Salle II (Fontenoy) 1 PROTOCOLES DE COLLABORATION ENTRE ANTHROPOLOGUES, PEUPLES AUTOCHTONES ET MUSEESâ (SUITE) PrĂ©sident de sĂ©ance et discutant : M. Maurice Godelier, anthropologue, Professeur et Directeur dâEtudes Ă lâ EHESS (Paris), co-auteur du CD-ROM Chefs-dâĆuvre des Arts et Civilisations produit par le MusĂ©e du Quai Branly (Paris). 15h-15h30 : Mme Suzanne Furniss, ethnomusicologue, LACITO, CNRS, co-auteur du CD-Rom Aka PygmĂ©es : Aperçu critique des sites Internet consacrĂ©s aux musiques autochtones 15h.30-16h : Mme Christine Hemmet, ethnologue, MusĂ©e de lâHomme : PrĂ©sentation du CD-Rom sur les collections des minoritĂ©s du Vietnam, (rĂ©alisĂ© en collaboration avec le MusĂ©e dâHanoi), et exemple de sites produits par les populations concernĂ©es 16h-16h15 : discussion 16h15-16h45 : M. Pierre Jordan, ethnologue et cinĂ©aste, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Marseille) : PrĂ©sentation dâapplications multimĂ©dias telles que â Art et Civilisation des Papous et AustronĂ©siens de Nouvelle GuinĂ©e â (rĂ©alisĂ©es pour le MusĂ©e des Arts Africains, OcĂ©aniens, et AmĂ©rindiens, MAAOA, Marseille). 16h45-17h15: Mme Laurence Tabuteau Pourchez, ethnologue et cinĂ©aste : PrĂ©sentation de son CD-Rom Anthropologie de la petite enfance en sociĂ©tĂ© crĂ©ole rĂ©unionnaise et analyse de la maniĂšre dont il est utilisĂ© par diffĂ©rentes institutions pour une meilleure comprĂ©hension des normes et valeurs de la sociĂ©tĂ© locale 17h15-18h : Discussion Vendredi matin 18 mai Salle II (Fontenoy) 2 LE MULTIMEDIA POUR LâENSEIGNEMENT ET LA RECHERCHE SUR LES SAVOIRS AUTOCHTONES PrĂ©sidents et discutants: M. John Stanton, UWA, et Mme Barbara Glowczewski, CNRS 10h-10h30 : VidĂ©o confĂ©rence avec une communautĂ© aborigĂšne dâAustralie 10h30-11h : M. Kim Mc Kenzie, anthropologue et cinĂ©aste au National Museum of Australia (Canberra), auteur du CD-Rom Aboriginal Encyclopedia , produit par lâAIATSIS : PrĂ©sentation du nouveau CD-Rom sur les enseignements de Frank Gurrmanamana, Anbarra du centre-nord de la Terre dâArnhem (En prĂ©sence du Professeur Les Hiatt qui a enregistrĂ© ces donnĂ©es en 1960). 11h-11h.30 Mme Philippa Deveson, commissaire dâexposition au MusĂ©e national dâAustralie (Canberra) : PrĂ©sentation dâun programme multimĂ©dia consacrĂ© Ă lâart et au savoir des Yolngu de Terre dâArnhem, films de Ian Dunlop, analysĂ©s par le Professeur Howard Morphy (Titre 'Encounters with Narritjin Maymuru, artist and cultural mediator.') 11h.30-11h45 discussion 11h.45-12h.15 Mme Beate Engelbrecht, anthropologue, IWF, organisatrice dâune confĂ©rence internationale sur les origines de lâanthropologie visuelle (juin 2001), UniversitĂ© de Goettingen (Allemagne): PrĂ©sentation du projet de numĂ©risation des archives de lâIWF qui regroupe lâune des plus grand collection de films ethnographiques du monde. 12h15-12h45 : M. Alan Bicker et M. David Zeitlyn, anthropologues, Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing, DĂ©partement dâanthropologie, UniversitĂ© de Kent (Canterbury) : PrĂ©sentation du CD-Rom ERA et du site internet pour lâ enseignement de lâanthropologie rĂ©alisĂ©s en coopĂ©ration avec M. Michael Fisher. 12h45-13h Discussion Vendredi aprĂšs-midi 18 mai Salle II (Fontenoy) 3 TRANSMISSION DES SAVOIRS TRADITIONNELS ET QUESTIONS ETHIQUES 15h-17h Table ronde PrĂ©sidents et discutants : Mme Barbara Glowczewski, CNRS et M. John Stanton, UWA. Participants : Mme Laura Peers, Conservateur, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, (GB. M. Jari Kupiainen, Chef de projet, Centre for Media Culture, University of Joensuu (Finlande) M. Peter White, Aboriginal Heritage Officer, National Museum of Australia (Canberra). M. David Denton, Cree Regional Authority, Val dâOr, Quebec (Canada). M. 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Support for MediaChannel.org has come from the Rockefeller Foundation, The Open Society Institute, the Arca Foundation, the Reebok Human Rights Foundation, the Puffin Foundation, the ABB group and individual donors. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 11:20:09 +0200 From: Marieke Istha <istha@montevideo.nl> Subject: hybrid<life>forms - Australian New Media Art - --------------6ADF5D3BE4DE7BB6C87EACDB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit hybrid<life>forms March 31 - May 12 2001 Opening Friday, March 30, 5:00 - 7:00 pm installations: Michele Barker, Kate Beynon, Justine Cooper, Brenda L Croft, Linda Dement, Wade Marynowsky, Tracey Moffatt & Gary Hillberg, Patricia Piccinini, Melinda Rackham, Rea, David Rosetzky, Robyn Stacey web works: Zina Kaye, Anita Kocsis, Mary-Anne Breeze, Francesca da Rimini, Gary Zebington computer animation: Fay Maxwell Owen-Greene In collaboration with the Australian curators Josephine Grieve and Linda Wallace, the Netherlands Media Art Institute has organised the exhibition hybrid<life>forms: Australian New Media Art. Most of the Australian artists will be presenting new work which has never previously been seen in Europe. hybrid<life>forms takes the viewer into the lush undergrowth of contemporary Australia: strange confessions, dark memories, hybrids. As has been the case for its flora and fauna, Australia's isolation has had peculiar effects on its artists too. They bring invisible life to the surface in various ways, producing unexpected results. The enormous diversity and vitality of technological growth is central to hybrid<life>forms. Like Europe, Australia has been quick to pick up on new developments. Australian artists immediately went in search of the worlds in and behind the computer, reflecting upon and experimenting with the complex distinctions and connections which created a sanctuary for new visions. The artists in the exhibition reflect on both digital media and cultural and social life. Patricia Piccinini's work The Breathing Room reflects on the tensions which arise as soon as new technological developments (electronics, biochemical and gene technologies) enter everyday life. In "The Breathing Room" we seen fragments of a body, moving pieces of skin, accompanied by quiet breathing. What we see is recognisable, but not wholly real. Suddenly, without any clear reason, the images appear to be caught up in panic. In her photo series west/ward/bound Brenda L Croft throws light on how black and white live together in contemporary Australia. In general, the Aboriginal people are portrayed as exotic, alien, other. With her work, Croft makes it personal. Justine Cooper's installation and videowork Rapt lets us see the inside of the body. Making use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cooper scanned her body. She manipulated the results into a poetic vision of a world in which we literally live. Tracey Moffatt, well known in The Netherlands, acquired wide recognition with her videoworks Night Cries and Heaven. In her new work, Artist, in collaboration with Gary Hillberg she sets before us the Hollywood stereotype of the creative, tortured and suffering artist. Outtakes of artists from classic Hollywood films, documentaries and TV programmes, crossing the screen in quick montage, show us the different stages of inspiration, creation, and subsequently the destruction of paintings. In a comic manner, Artist breaks through the romantic aura that Hollywood has created around artists. After the production of a number of CD-roms, including Cyberflesh Girlmonster and In my Gash, multimedia artist Linda Dement returns to photography with her project Euridyce. Like her CD-roms, her digital photographs exhibit her macabre and immediate manner of working. Seen from a feminist perspective, representatives of "monstrous femininity" encompass desires, revenge and violence. With Euridyce, Dement demonstrates that photography still has much to offer. This serie of images has been produced in response to Kathy Ackers story Eurydice in the Underworld. This project is assisted by the Australia Council, the Australian Government's arts funding & advisory body, through its Audience and Market Development Division and New Media Arts Fund, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday, 1:00 through 5:00 pm Free admission. For more information: www.montevideo.nl - -- Netherlands Media Art Institute Montevideo/Time Based Arts Keizersgracht 264 NL 1016 EV Amsterdam The Netherlands T +31 (0)20 6237101 F +31(0)20 6244423 E info@montevideo.nl http://www.montevideo.nl PRESENTATION · COLLECTION · DISTRIBUTION · RESEARCH · SERVICES # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net