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Jason Mittell | 2 Dec 2007 15:22
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Re: syllabi request/help

Matt,

I teach a course on new media with an online syllabus from last spring at
http://segue.middlebury.edu/sites/fmmc0246a-s07 , which I encourage people
to poach from (and point me toward similar sites reciprocally). As is the
nature of such a course, it will be transformed quite significantly this
coming year. And if you (or anyone else) is interested, I blogged about the
student's work at 
http://justtv.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/teaching-media-technology-a-roundup/
to highlight some of the projects.

I look forward to seeing other comparable courses out there. Good luck!
-Jason

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> Dear All,
> We in the department of Media and Communication here at Muhlenberg
> are planning to organize one or more courses for our undergraduates
> on social networking, the social dimensions of gaming, and other
> emerging online (social-technical-cultural-political-economic)
> phenomena. I'm hoping that those of you who are teaching on such
> topics might be willing to share your syllabi or favorite readings
> with us.
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Lisa Parks | 2 Dec 2007 19:44
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Hebdige talk in LA today

GALLERY TALK WITH DICK HEBDIGE

12.02.07 3:00 PM

THE GEFFEN CONTEMPORARY AT MOCA
152 North Central Avenue (in Little Tokyo), Los Angeles, CA 90013

Discussion of © MURAKAMI with Dick Hebdige, professor, University of 
California, Santa Barbara, and exhibition catalogue contributor.

These informal discussions?featuring artists, curators, critics, and 
writers, among others?are FREE with museum admission and open to the public.
INFO 213/621-1745 or education <at> moca.org

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Gary Hall | 2 Dec 2007 22:00
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cfp: Culture Machine 10: Pirate Philosophy

CULTURE MACHINE 10 (2008)
http://www.culturemachine.net

PIRATE PHILOSOPHY
Edited by Gary Hall

The Pirate Philosophy issue of Culture Machine will explore how the
development of various forms of so-called internet piracy are affecting
ideas of authorship, intellectual property, copyright law, fair use,
patent, trademark, content creation and cultural production that were
established pre-internet.

We are looking for contributions which, among other things, engage
critically with:

   * the philosophy of internet piracy, peer-to-peer file sharing,
     Grokster, Kazaa, Gnutella, EDonkey, BitTorrent, Pirate Bay and so
     on;
   * attempts to develop new, different or alternative philosophies of
     content creation, intellectual property and/or copyright (e.g.
     those associated with open editing, open content, Creative Commons
     and copyleft licenses, Lawrence Lessig’s ‘free culture’, the free
     software and open source movements, the work of Richard Stallman
     and Eric Raymond…);
   * the implications and consequences of the above for conceptions of
     the academic author, scholarly writing, publishing, pedagogy, the
     book, the journal, peer review and the institution of the
     university in the era of digital reproducibility;
   * efforts that have been made to scale-up the relations of production
     and distribution associated with peer-to-peer networks to form new
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ics | 3 Dec 2007 00:23
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Call for Papers: Narrating the portuguese Diaspora (1928-2008)

Please note the enclosed Call for Papers (Narrating the Portuguese
Diaspora: International Conference on Storytelling) to take place in
Lisbon (Portugal0, Oct. 23-25.

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  CALL FOR PAPERS
  OCTOBER 23-25, 2008
  University of Lisbon? Lisbon, Portugal

_______________________________________________________________________________
  Narrating the Portuguese Diaspora (1928-2008):
  International Conference on Storytelling

  Congresso Internacional sobre Narrativa e Diáspora Portuguesa (1928-2008)

  Abstracts (20 min. paper), and panel proposals are invited for
  submission.  All forms of the diaspora (literary, linguistic,
  sociological, historical, cultural, and others) will be considered as
  long as they relate to the theme explicit and implicit in the title of
  the conference. Please consult the website for suggested topics within
the scope of the Conference.

  Two copies of the abstract (500-words) should be sent via e-mail to
  ics <at> brocku.ca by March 15, 2008. Please send one anonymous copy for
  peer reviewing; the other should include the author's name,
  affiliation, e-mail address, and paper title. Late submissions will
  not be accepted, and we cannot accept papers that are to be published
  elsewhere. Acceptance of your paper for presentation implies a
  commitment on your part to register and attend the conference.
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Luis Gutierrez | 3 Dec 2007 01:53
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Review of the "2007 State of the Future" Report

The Vol. 3, No. 12, December 2007 issue of the "Solidarity,
Sustainability, and Non-Violence (SSNV) Research Newsletter"
has been posted.  The theme this month is:

     "Review of the 2007 State of the Future Report"
      http://www.pelicanweb.org/solisustv03n12.html

OUTLINE
     1. The UN Millennium Development Goals
     2. The WFUNA Millennium Project
     3. State of the Future & Global Challenges
     4. State of the Future Index
     5. Education and Learning 2030
     6. Environmental Security Issues
     7. The Future Started Yesterday
     8. Prayer, Study, and Action
     9. Links to Archived Newsletters

INVITED PAPER
     "Socioeconomic Democracy and Sustainable Development"
      http://www.pelicanweb.org/solisustv03n12george.html
      by Robley E. George, Director,
      Center for the Study of Democratic Societies

In January 2008, the SSNV Newsletter will start a new series on
"Incentives for Solidarity & Sustainability." Please forward this
notice to friends and colleagues who might be interested in the
global transition to a new culture.

Sincerely,
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Bill Kirkpatrick | 3 Dec 2007 03:41
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Re: Re: syllabi request/help

Hi Matt,

I'm teaching a class called Digital Technology and Cultural Change  
right now that spends a lot of time on social networking and the  
like.  My syllabus is up on my website:

http://billkirkpatrick.net/syllabi.html

This is the first time I've taught it and there is much I would  
change the next time through (I had very little on gaming, and not  
enough on privacy and security), but Yochai Benkler's book The Wealth  
of Networks worked really well in a 300-level course.  Benkler is  
particularly strong on social networking as both a cultural and  
economic phenomenon.  I can also strongly recommend showing or  
assigning Eben Moglen's keynote talk at the Plone conference (link is  
at the end of my syllabus), which puts the open-source phenomenon in  
clear ethical terms that seemed to really connect with my students.

Hope that helps,
--Bill

>> We in the department of Media and Communication here at Muhlenberg
>> are planning to organize one or more courses for our undergraduates
>> on social networking, the social dimensions of gaming, and other
>> emerging online (social-technical-cultural-political-economic)
>> phenomena. I'm hoping that those of you who are teaching on such
>> topics might be willing to share your syllabi or favorite readings
>> with us.

Bill Kirkpatrick
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Paul Bowman | 3 Dec 2007 07:18
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Reminder - Ranciere CFP

Reminder: CFP Deadline 10th December.

Rancière Day Event at Roehampton University, London: Wednesday 21st May
2008.

Call for Papers

The work of Jacques Rancière has intervened influentially across diverse
fields and realms, from politics and political philosophy to aesthetics, and
from education and pedagogy to film studies, and beyond. The Centre for
Research in Film and Audiovisual Cultures (CRFAC) at Roehampton University
is hosting a day event on Wednesday 21st May 2008, focusing on the work of
Jacques Rancière and culminating in a lecture by Professor Rancière.
Accordingly, CRFAC invites proposals for papers on any aspect of the work of
Jacques Rancière.

*      The Deadline for proposals is 10th December 2007.

*      Proposals should be 250 words.

*      Please also provide a brief biographical note and contact details.

*      Send proposals to Paul Bowman: HYPERLINK
"mailto:p.bowman <at> roehampton.ac.uk"p.bowman <at> roehampton.ac.uk

*      Website: HYPERLINK
"http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/researchcentres/crfac/"www.roehampton.ac.uk/res
earchcentres/crfac/
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Avi D Santo | 3 Dec 2007 18:08
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In Media Res dance-themed week, December 3-7, 2007


Welcome to a special dance and media-themed week from In Media Res. Please
feel free to respond to their comments and add your own thoughts and ideas
about the series as well.

This week’s In Media Res line-up:

Monday, December 3, 2007 – Dana Heller (Old Dominion University) presents:
“National Dance Styles and Global Television Formats”

Tuesday, December 4, 2007 – Kelli Kilgore (City of Virginia Beach)
presents: “You Can't Stop the Beat: Dance the Gen X Addiction”

Wednesday, December 5, 2007 – Zachary Dorsey (University of Texas at
Austin) presents: “Slick Moves: Queer Fight Choreography in The
Transporter”

Thursday, December 6, 2007 – Jane Desmond (University of Illinois –
Champaign Urbana) presents: “Katarina Löfström's " Unexpected Virtuosity
and the Dancing Cockatiel”

Friday, December 7, 2007 – Anna Beatrice Scott (University of California --
Riverside) presents: “Infinite Auditions: Dance as Data Set and Habit”
Please check out these wonderful contributions and offer your thoughts via
a comment.

http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org


In Media Res is envisioned as an experiment in just one sort of
collaborative, multi-modal scholarship that MediaCommons will aim to
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Avi D Santo | 3 Dec 2007 18:18
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In Media Res Dance-themed week, December 3-7, 2007 (ignore previous)


apologies. last version had a major error.

Welcome to a special dance and media-themed week from In Media Res. Please
feel free to respond to their comments and add your own thoughts and ideas
about the series as well.

This week’s In Media Res line-up:

Monday, December 3, 2007 – Dana Heller (Old Dominion University) presents:
“National Dance Styles and Global Television Formats”

Tuesday, December 4, 2007 – Kelli Kilgore (City of Virginia Beach)
presents: “You Can't Stop the Beat: Dance the Gen X Addiction”

Wednesday, December 5, 2007 – Zachary Dorsey (University of Texas at
Austin) presents: “Slick Moves: Queer Fight Choreography in The
Transporter”

Thursday, December 6, 2007 – Jane Desmond (University of Illinois –
Champaign Urbana) presents: "Unexpected Virtuosity and the Dancing
Cockatiel”

Friday, December 7, 2007 – Anna Beatrice Scott (University of California --
Riverside) presents: “Infinite Auditions: Dance as Data Set and Habit”

Please check out these wonderful contributions and offer your thoughts via
a comment.

http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org
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Ranu Samantrai | 3 Dec 2007 19:00
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Re: Looking for Spivak cite

Can anyone help me find an interview in which Spivak, frustrated by  
questions about roots, declares that she is not a rutabaga?  It would  
have been published at least 10-15 years ago, maybe more.
Thanks,
Ranu 

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