Tag Archives: digital culture

‘Mapping E-Culture’ book review

Andrian Georgiev | 17 September 2011, 7:51 pm | tags: , , , , ,

The book is recommended for people who start their new media education and/or want to get introduced to some pioneering digital artists in the Netherlands, Brazil, China, Egypt, Lebanon and Palestine.

“I know culture, and You certainly don’t!”

Thomas Fonville | 25 December 2009, 10:44 pm | tags: , , , , ,

Last Saturday,  19th of December,  the venue of Paradiso was dedicated to the symposium of  “Me you and everyone we know is a curator.” This symposium addresses questions about quality in an age of visual overload. With an impressive line up of speakers, this symposium set their aim high. In one day time the focus was upon the…

The Impact of ICT on the Print Media Journalist in Uganda

Ali Balunywa | 11 September 2009, 3:50 pm | tags: , , , , , ,

On 22 September 2009, I shall graduate from the University of Amsterdam, having fulfilled all the requirements necessary to attain a Masters of Art in New Media and Digital culture which I have been pursuing in last one year.  Here below is the abstract of my research. If you wish to look at the whole research, please visit: Download AliBalunywaMA-Thesis-09.pdf…

The New Vision Resource Centre and ICT

Ali Balunywa | 29 April 2009, 7:39 am | tags: , , , , , , , ,

Godfrey Malime is the chief librarian at the New Vision. He joined the organization in 1992 as a trainee librarian. He went through the ranks to get to his current position. He graduated with a Bachelors degree in librarianship and information sciences. He is also in possession of a postgraduate diploma in journalism and media management and another…

Research Project: ICT 4 Uganda

Ben White | 25 February 2009, 5:27 am | 3 comments | tags: , , , , , , , , ,

New media is coming to Africa. With the fastest growth rate of mobile telephony on the planet and huge investments in fiber optic cables competing with satellite technologies, investors are bringing broadband connections to the continent. Africa is on the verge of joining the global network, the cables that will provide high speed information exchange can be literally seen from…

Book review: ‘Sound Unbound.Sampling Digital Music and Culture’

Cornelia Scripca | 21 September 2008, 1:54 pm | 1 comment | tags: , , , ,

Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid is the pioneer artist of electronic and experimental hip-hop music. Combining jazz, electronica, reggae and various other musical genres, his work has been labeled illbient or trip-hop. From recording sounds made by melting ice in Antarctica to composing music and producing albums, from mastering the art of turn tabling to…