Monthly Archives: March 2010

Space/Time Perception Through Digital Media: The Cubinator Project

Marta Colpani | 27 March 2010, 7:48 pm | 5 comments | tags: , , , , , , ,

Screen shot 2010-03-27 at 9.00.55 PMVirtualization of our daily tasks, as well as of communication processes, social activity, production, economics, media consumption, etc. probably have more impact on our temporal and special awareness and sensorial processes than we normally realize. Sarah and I came to this conclusion during the research that we decided to undertake for the seminar Scopic Regimes of Vituality.  Our…


E-mobility versus Immobility at Electrosmog

Morgan Currie | 20 March 2010, 3:47 pm | 8 comments

De Balie’s Electrosmog festival this week argues that in the age of hypermobility, staying put can be a tactic of sustainability in itself. The festival self-consciously explores the ways we might reduce our carbon footprint by substituting technology for physical presence. Implementing a ‘no fly’ rule, the festival links panelists and performers around the world via live internet stream…


The Beast File: Google

Marc Stumpel | 17 March 2010, 8:02 pm | 4 comments | tags: , , , , , , ,

This video, created for ‘Hungry Beast‘, a news program that airs in Australia on the ABC1, depicts Google as a dangerous, pretentious, ubiquitous and ever growing advertising giant: ‘building an empire on your street, in your phone, in your DNA, trying very hard not to be evil’.

The animation features most of Google’s services…


Master of Media spin-off selected for EU blogging competition TH!NK3

Wouter Dijkstra | 17 March 2010, 4:36 pm | 1 comment

www.ICT4Accountability.wordpress.com , one of the blogs started by a former New Media student of the UvA, is officially selected to compete in the internationally renowned blogging competition’ TH!NK3’. This blogging competition, set up by the European Journalism Centre, will bring together some 100 bloggers, journalists, issue experts and students from the 27 EU member states, as well as neighborhood countries and beyond, to exchange ideas and debate sustainable development and global cooperation topics. Winners of the competition will be awarded with opportunities to travel and report from Asia and Africa.ICT4A_LOGO_vectorized[1] The big prize is a trip to the UN headquarters in New York in September 2010, at the time of the Millennium Development Goals summit.


Katherine Hayles Keynote Address at the Computational Turn

Morgan Currie | 13 March 2010, 12:34 pm | 1 comment | tags: , , , ,

How many books can a person to read in a lifetime? In her keynote address at Swansea University’s Computational Turn workshop, Katherine Hayles surmised that if we read a book a day till we’re 85, it would amount to something like 25,000 books, though realistically the average bibliophile consumes only around 1000-2000 in her life. And so the capacities…


The Art of War in the Digital Age of Representation

Rakesh Kanhai | 08 March 2010, 11:09 pm | 2 comments | tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

An essay for New Media Theories which discusses some ideas considering the War Video game and its specific attributes along theories of militarization, ludification of culture and the megaspactacle.


Charles M. Blow at the infographics 2010

Margarida Fonseca | 08 March 2010, 8:42 pm | 3 comments | tags: , , , , , ,

Charles M. Blow was the opening presenter at the Infographics 2010 Conference in Zeist last Friday (March 5th) and in my opinion, one of the best presentations of the day along with the always inspiring work of Catalog Tree.

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Mr. Blow started his presentation by telling an anecdote about a reporter from a big city interviewing…


(Re)organizing NGOs: An Open Information System

ellen sluis | 07 March 2010, 10:33 am | 2 comments | tags: , , , , , ,

Projeto Alavanca is one of the many NGOs in Brazil that aim at social and digital inclusion of underprivileged people. What distinguishes them from other organizations is their current project; the development of a set of web-based applications that enables NGOs to administer, distribute and share information and knowledge with each other.


Call for Applications for UvA New Media Int’l MA 2010-2011

Edward Shanken | 04 March 2010, 4:01 pm | 2 comments

The International M.A. in New Media & Digital Culture (NMMA) at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is accepting applications for 2010-2011 academic year.  Applications are due 1 April.  Please help spread the word by sharing the Call for Applications .pdf with friends and colleagues.

The NMMA is a one-year residence program undertaken in English at UvA in the heart of…