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SCP-New York <notbored@panix.com>
June 2002
Le Monde diplomatique <dispatch@monde-diplomatique.fr>
Interview Yourself - Sizzling Summer Interview Update!
Amy Alexander <plagiari@plagiarist.org>
Now open to Entries; Art on the Net 2002 --- "9.11"
"autonomy" <autonomy@ss.iij4u.or.jp>
Headache & various musical temptations for International Computers *Error*.
jimpunk <jim@jimpunk.com>
Sex with Terrorists: Alan Sondheim's Skein & Theory at Furtherfield.org (fwd)
Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
HISTORICAL MATERIALISM 10.1 NOW OUT!
=?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien?= Budgen <sebastien.budgen@wanadoo.fr> (by way of ric
cHARTA. project
"charta" <archeion@charta.gr>
n-ll@n-ll.org
donwload and order free art
"bobig" <bobig@bobig.com>
"Hacktivism" di Arturo di Corinto e Tommaso Tozzi
"Tommaso Tozzi" <t.tozzi@ecn.org>
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Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 20:15:45 -0500
From: SCP-New York <notbored@panix.com>
Subject: Seid Ihr interessiert?
Am 7. September, 2001 veranstaltete ein Netzwerk verschiedener Gruppen einen
Internationalen Tag gegen Video-Überwachung. Mehr Informationen dazu gibt
es hier: http://www.notbored.org/7s01.html
Obwohl die Veranstaltung, an der 23 Gruppen aus 8 Ländern beteiligt waren,
ein grosser Erfolg war, wurden diese Demonstrationen unweigerlich von den
Terrorangriffen auf die Vereinigten Staaten überschattet, welche nur vier
Tage darauf verübt wurden.
Seither haben die Regierungen vieler Nationen -- darunter die USA, Kanada,
Frankreich, England, Italien, Deutschland und Israel -- den zynischen
Vorwand eines "Krieges gegen den Terrorismus" genutzt, um ihren Einfluss in
allen Bereichen ihrer Tätigkeiten zu erhöhen (z.B. durch die Polizei, das
Militär und internationale Geheimdienstarbeit) und diesen gewonnenen
Einfluss zu benutzen, um einen illegalen Krieg gegen sowohl verdächtigte
"internationale Terroristen", als auch gegen Aktivisten und politisch
Andersdenkende im eigenen Land zu führen.
Und so scheint es nur richtig, dass wir, um unsere Bürgerrechte zu
verteidigen und zurückzufordern, unseren *zweiten* Internationalen Tag
gegen Video-Überwachung am 11. September 2002 veranstalten, und nicht am
eigentlichen ersten Jahrestag.
Seid Ihr interessiert ?
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 10:54:44 +0200 (CEST)
From: Le Monde diplomatique <dispatch@monde-diplomatique.fr>
Subject: June 2002
Le Monde diplomatique
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June 2002
In this issue:
... nationality, why it's hard to be French and why
Moroccans want to leave; 9/11, need for a new sort of war,
the oil industry in trouble, Kuwait's Islamists worried...
plus the power of Israel's settlers, a fresh state for East
Timor, Africa's new ties with Europe, and its declining
universities, the Albania we've all forgotten, and more...
A small number of these articles and our editorial are
available to non-subscribers
To read the rest of this month's articles go to
http://MondeDiplo.com and click on Subscribe.
It couldn't be easier...
The perfect crime
by IGNACIO RAMONET
Translated by Ed Emery
<http://MondeDiplo.com/2002/06/01edito>
'BEST STORY, NOT THE BIGGEST BOMB'
How to fight the terror networks
by FRANCIS PISANI
John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt codified the strategy
that helped the United States overthrow the Taliban
regime in Afghanistan. They believe that Osama bin Laden
and al-Qaida could still prevail if they got hold of
weapons of mass destruction, and the US and its allies
must prevent that acquisition. To do so, the US will have
to change the nature of warfare.
Translated by Harry Forster
<http://MondeDiplo.com/2002/06/02networks>
MIDDLE EAST RETAINS SUPREMACY IN GLOBAL OIL SUPPLIES
Bottomless wells *
by NICOLAS SARKIS
Alan Greenspan, chairman of the United States Federal
Reserve Board, is applying pressure on Opec to prevent
any increase in the price of oil at its June meeting.
Russia has already decided to boost its own output
levels, but the needed increase in global oil will mostly
gush from the Middle East.
Translated by Luke Sandford
'WE DON'T WANT TO BOX ISLAM IN'
Kuwait's Islamists, officially unofficial
by our special correspondent WENDY KRISTIANASEN
The Islamists, the biggest parliamentary force in Kuwait,
are worried. Some of their members were involved in the
attacks of 11 September; more have had their fund-raising
activities questioned and even shut down. Will they stay
in this unwelcome and uncomfortable spotlight?
Original text in English
<http://MondeDiplo.com/2002/06/04kuwait>
WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS OBSTRUCT PEACE
Israel's empire state building *
by MARWAN BISHARA
As Israel makes more incursions into the Palestinian
cities, it has placed new restrictions on the movement of
their people and goods, stifling the economy. Oslo has
ended. And still Israeli settlements increase and expand,
in violation of all international resolutions.
Original text in English
PROTOTYPE FOR A NEW STYLE OF UN OPERATION
East Timor: hell to paradise *
by ANY BOURRIER
Timor Lorosa'e became a free and independent new nation
last month - that's the proper name for East Timor,
created with the help of a United Nations peacekeeping
mission which restarted the damaged half-island.
Translated by Luke Sandford
THE MOST BASIC HUMAN RIGHT
The right not to be hungry *
by JACQUES DIOUF
There is a new famine alert in Huila Province, Angola,
where according to Médecins sans Frontières mortality
rates are frighteningly high. Many countries, even if not
yet this desperate, lack basic food. And the UN Food and
Agriculture Organisation summit this month cannot help
much.
Translated by Ed Emery
'LIBERTY, EQUALITY, IDENTITY'
Are you sure you're French? *
by MAURICE T MASCHINO
When Le Pen was beaten in the second round of the French
presidential elections, the country thought it had proved
it was not racist. But immigration officials still hanker
for 'racial purity'. Anyone with a complex ancestry who
applies to renew an ID card encounters obstacles.
Translated by Harry Forster
Do you eat couscous at home? How often? *
by MAURICE T MASCHINO
Translated by Harry Forster
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS: 'IF I DIE I'LL BE AN ECONOMIC MARTYR'
Morocco: Europe's migrant Mexico *
by PIERRE VERMEREN
Morocco is to Europe as Mexico is to the United States.
Every year more than 100,000 Moroccans risk death to try
to cross the straits of Gibraltar illegally to reach
their dream continent of Europe. Why do they want to
leave Morocco? Because they believe it is a land without
hope. And because they have been enticed by the fantasy
of prosperous Europe that is beamed throughout the
Maghreb countries via satellite television.
Translated by Luke Sandford
AFRICA, EDUCATION AND EUROPEAN AID
We can export sports cars and computers duty-free
by RAPHAËL TSHIMBULU NTAMBUE*
Translated by Lorna Dale
<http://MondeDiplo.com/2002/06/11aid>
The Cotonou Convention
Translated by Lorna Dale
<http://MondeDiplo.com/2002/06/12cotonou>
Nigeria's cheated students *
by our special correspondent JEAN-CHRISTOPHE SERVANT*
Nigeria's universities had an international reputation
and high academic standards. But 15 years of military
dictatorship were a disaster for them, and at the Obafemi
Awolowo University, students on the biggest campus south
of the Sahara have waited for the benefits of President
Obasanjo's 'new democracy' ever since he returned to
power in 1999. All over Africa impoverished, confused
universities are in a turmoil of democratisation.
Translated by Lorna Dale
ON THE FRONTIER BETWEEN EAST AND WEST
Albania, European but not Europe *
by our special correspondent NILS ANDERSSON*
Three years ago Albania was the very visible hub of
Nato's operations against Serbia, and its capital Tirana
seemed an American protectorate. Then the country
returned to invisibility, to its difficult transition to
a market economy and its longing to join the European
Union and Nato. The world is not interested in its
presidential election next month.
Translated by Malcolm Greenwood
Identity crisis in the Balkans *
By NILS ANDERSSON
Translated by Malcolm Greenwood
Lines of convergence *
by DAN SCHILLER
Original text in English
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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 23:01:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: Amy Alexander <plagiari@plagiarist.org>
Subject: Interview Yourself - Sizzling Summer Interview Update!
http://plagiarist.org/iy
Interview Yourself Announces Fairly Recent Interviews!
We at the Plagiarist.org Occasional Update Time Service (POUTS) are
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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 15:40:09 +0900
From: "autonomy" <autonomy@ss.iij4u.or.jp>
Subject: Now open to Entries; Art on the Net 2002 --- "9.11"
Art on the Net 2002
"9.11"
Now Open to Entries
Since 1995, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo (MCMOGATK), has been
sponsoring the world's first Internet art and web contents open competition,
"Art on the Net," exploring the potentials of the Internet as a medium of
art. Twenty countries were represented in the "Art on the Net 2001 --
Post-Cagian Interactive Sounds," and the prizes went to Estonian and
Netherlandish artists. In the past seven years since its first show, "Art on
the Net 1995," over 600 entries have been submitted and artists from 40
countries have participated. Net art entries in each show reflected the
cutting-edge technology of that time. We believe it has been presenting a
completely new status of art created at the the crossroads of art history,
technology and the society.
The theme of the 8th "Art on the Net 2002" is "9.11." We again are open to
any entries that are experimental, that have power to turn around the
conventional concepts of art. This year, we'll take the system of election
by mutual vote --- for further details, please read our "indroductions" on
our web.
Acceptance of the entries, jurying, and exibition are all done on the
Internet. The deadline for the entry is September 20, 2002. For further
information and application procedure, please visit our website:
http://art.by.arena.ne.jp/
We look forward to your entries.
you minowa
- --
You Minowa, Curator of Media Arts
Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo
http://art.by.arena.ne.jp/
http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/bunka/museum/kikaku/exhibition01/index.html
http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/bunka/museum/kikaku/exhibition09/index.html
http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/bunka/museum/kikaku/exhibition10/index.html
mcmogatk@po.sphere.ne.jp
Tel : +81-42-725-1987(direct)
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Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 10:47:15 +0200
From: jimpunk <jim@jimpunk.com>
Subject: Headache & various musical temptations for International Computers *Error*.
Results of the International Computers *Error* [ Cadavres Exqu!s ]
from 2001, november 13 to--> 2002 06 07.
As a random text, inspired by the book of Raymond Queneau :
"100.000.000.000.000 de poèmes", (1961).
All texts are from anonymous authors who answered to the ICE.(may be you)
Today there is 15.575.653.771.875 alternative solutions.
http://www.jimpunk.com/www/100.000.000.000.000/
starting up...
but the ship becomes a sink
|¯¯ ¯¯`·.¸__ __¸.·´¯¯ ¯¯`·.¸__ __¸.·´¯¯ ¯¯`·.¸__ __¸.·´¯¯ ¯¯`·.¸__
(^.^) Smiley Being happy
unique sensation of love means this, try to be impossible
Nuthing is constant but change...
not really
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spank my butt
dont include my text
a neuron in the cybermins
and I, I did not see it coming, not until it had eaten me, digested me, and
then
http://www.jimpunk.com/www/100.000.000.000.000/
needs frames
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Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 22:04:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
Subject: Sex with Terrorists: Alan Sondheim's Skein & Theory at Furtherfield.org (fwd)
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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 07:51:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: lewis lacook <llacook@yahoo.com>
Subject: Sex with Terrorists: Alan Sondheim's Skein & Theory at
Furtherfield.org
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/15239/92725
Sex with Terrorists: Alan Sondheim's Skein & Theory at Furtherfield.org
http://www.lewislacook.com/selections.html
Personal Site\\e-books and web art(http://www.geocities.com/llacook/index.html)
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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 17:51:55 +0100
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien?= Budgen <sebastien.budgen@wanadoo.fr> (by way of richard barbrook)
Subject: HISTORICAL MATERIALISM 10.1 NOW OUT!
Historical Materialism
Research in Critical Marxist Theory
VOLUME 10, NUMBER 1
CONTENTS
Editorial Note
Articles
Ellen Meiksins Wood
Infinite War
Peter Green
'The Passage from Imperialism to Empire': A Commentary on Empire by
Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri
John Holloway
Foing in the Wrong Direction: Or, Mephistopheles - Not Saint Francis of
>Assisi
Ray Kiely
Actualy Existing Globalisation, De-Globalisation, and the Political
Economy of Anticapitalist Protest
Enzo Traverso
Bohemia, Exile and Revolution
Interventions
Patrick Murray
Reply to Geert Reuten
Paul Burkett
Analytical Marxism and Ecology: A Rejoinder
Reviews
Erik Olin Wright and Harry Brighouse
on Alex Callinicos's Equality
Paresh Chattopadhyay
on Bertell Ollman's Market Socialism: The Debate among Socialists and
Michael Howard's Self-Management and the Crisis of Socialism
Chris Arthur
on Robert Albritton's Dialectics and Deconstruction in Political Economy
John Foster
on Neil Davidson's The Origins of Scottish Nationhood
Alex Law
on William Kenefick and Arthur McIvor's Roots of Red Clydeside
1910-1914?
Thomas M. Jeannot
on John O'Neill's The Market: Ethics, Knowledge, and Politics
Richard Saull
on Fred Halliday's Revolution and World Politics: The Rise and Fall of
>the Sixth Great Power
Notice of next issue
Notes on Contributors
Historical Materialism seeks to reappropriate and refine the classical
Marxist tradition for emancipatory purposes. It promotes a genuine and open
dialogue between individuals working in different traditions of Marxism and
encourages an interdisciplinary, international debate between researchers
and academics. Historical Materialism sees itself as encouraging a new
generation of Marxist writers and researchers. Future issues will focus on
Africa, fantasy, the visual arts, Empire, anticapitalism, film, dialectics,
the American working class, modes of production, sexuality and postcolonial
fascism.
Now published by Brill Academic Publishers
EDITORS:
MATTHEW BEAUMONT
EMMA BIRCHAM
PAUL BLACKLEDGE
MARK BOULD
SEBASTIAN BUDGEN
DAE-OUP CHANG
ALEJANDRO COLÁS
ALAN JOHNSON
ESTHER LESLIE
MARTIN MCIVOR
CHINA MIÉVILLE
PAUL REYNOLDS
GREGORY SCHWARTZ
PARIS YEROS
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AIJAZ AHMAD (New Delhi), HAMZA ALAVI (Karachi), GREG ALBO (Toronto), ROBERT
ALBRITTON (Toronto), ELMAR ALTVATER (Berlin), GIOVANNI ARRIGHI (Baltimore),
CHRIS ARTHUR (Brighton), JAIRUS BANAJI (Bombay), COLIN BARKER (Manchester),
DANIEL BENSAÏD (Paris), HENRY BERNSTEIN (London), PATRICK BOND
(Johannesburg), WERNER BONEFELD (York), ROBERT BRENNER (Los Angeles), SIMON
BROMLEY (Leeds), MICHAEL BURAWOY (Berkeley), PAUL BURKETT (Terre Haute),
PETER BURNHAM (Warwick), TERRY BYRES (London), ALEX CALLINICOS (York),
GUGLIELMO CARCHEDI (Amsterdam), ALAN CARLING (Bradford), VIVEK CHIBBER (New
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DAVIS (Los Angeles), RICHARD B. DAY (Toronto), MICHAEL DENNING (Yale), FRANK
DEPPE (Marburg), ARIF DIRLIK (Eugene), GÉRARD DUMÉNIL (Paris), TERRY
EAGLETON (Manchester), GREGORY ELLIOTT (London), BEN FINE (London), ROBERT
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WRIGHT (Madison)
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It is thirteen years since the implosion of 'historical communism' and the
triumphal proclamation of capitalism as the natural terminus of world
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Motivated by a vision of society free of exploitation and domination, the
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Its aim is to build upon that tradition, drawing on and debating the diverse
contributions of its various strands. We believe that the explanatory power
of classical Marxism derives above all from two key elements. The first of
these elements is the epistemology of the Theses on Feuerbach, especially
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Aware of the deformations and instrumentalisations of Marxism, we believe
that Marx's dictum in the Eighteenth Brumaire that 'the tradition of all the
dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the living' must
be critically applied to Marxism itself as an intellectual and political
tradition. Far from being a theoretical monolith, Marxism is necessarily an
object of continuing debate, a debate fuelled by the ever-changing
subjective experiences of people in differing social contexts, and
contingent on the objective logic of production and reproduction as embedded
in specific social relations. We propose that the regeneration of classical
Marxism requires the recovery of human agency, understood both in its
objectified existence which reproduces dominant social relations, and in its
disruptive, and potentially emancipator forms.
Working principles
The journal maintains two fundamental working principles:
Interdisciplinarity
When the study of natural and social life is fragmented into discrete
disciplines, the potential for comprehending the shape of the whole is
weakened. This modern division of intellectual labour arose with the
emergence of capitalism and its concomitant differentiation of society.
Society is not, however, composed of different spheres of action, separately
pursuing their own self-reproductive logics. Rather, one relation dominates
and takes an exploitative form in class societies - that 'twofold relation'
through which people organise their collective interaction with the natural
world in order to transform it according to their needs: the relation of
production. The historically specific forms of this relation affect all
dimensions of social life, which have in the modern period become
differentiated in new ways. The task must be to take self-reflexive account
of these historical differentiations without naturalising and reifying their
separation and content. It is therefore necessary to continue the critique
of ideology and oppose the compartmentalisation of knowledge. Historical
Materialism will encourage the systematic integration and
cross-fertilisation of various fields of knowledge in concrete analyses.
Marxist pluralism
Historical Materialism will seek to create a forum for debate between those
working in different Marxist traditions. The journal will also engage with
non-Marxist contributions which constructively criticise Marxist theorems
and attempt alternative explanations of social phenomena. The journal is not
aligned with any particular tendency or party and aims to ensure that
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but can emerge as a result of substantive theoretical enquiry.
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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 16:35:55 +0300
From: "charta" <archeion@charta.gr>
Subject: cHARTA. project
We are a team of curators of contemporary art who organise alternative exhibitions and events. We are working on a project (please see the attached press release) which includes an artists' archive and a network of curators of Balkan origin who work in the same field. The broader aim of this activity is to promote collaborations and communication.
We appreciate your expertise in the field and it would be very helpful if you could circulate this message or send us any possible curators' contact details.
At this crucial stage of our research your support and guidance will be most valuable.
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
Yours sincerely,
Elpida Karaba (art theorist, curator, London)
Roula Palanta (art historian, curator, Athens)
cHARTA.
project
cHARTA project is a curators initiative. cHARTA attempts to chartograph the contemporary art field in Balkans and to promote and support the young artists from this particular area.
The broader aim of this activity is the development of the relevant material, the production of ideas, discussions and experiences, the creation of new ways of communication and collaborations.
cHARTA includes:
a.. An artists' archive (Balkans and Diaspora)
The material is collected from a group of professional curators working for the archive. It includes information and material on artists and their work from the Balkans as well as on artists of Balkan origin who live and work abroad (diaspora).
a.. An artists' index
a.. A curators' index
a.. An online magasine
The project cHARTA includes a dynamic archive, flexible and open in research and communication. cHARTA also organises workshops activities, projects and events. The multifarious activities of cHARTA emphasise the dynamic character of the project and its emphasis on praxis.
At the moment the team of cHARTA is constructing our internet site which will include a discussion forum always open for comments, questions and proposals.
IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE OR LEARN MORE ABOUT cHARTA PROJECT CONTACT US ON oloimazi@charta.gr
IF YOU WANT TO INLUDE YOU IN OUR MAILING LIST SEND YOUR INFORMATION IN mail@charta.gr
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 23:29:52 +0200
From: "bobig" <bobig@bobig.com>
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Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 13:42:47 +0200
From: "Tommaso Tozzi" <t.tozzi@ecn.org>
Subject: "Hacktivism" di Arturo di Corinto e Tommaso Tozzi
Help
"Hacktivism. La liberta' nelle maglie della rete"
di
Arturo Di Corinto e Tommaso Tozzi
Ed. Manifestolibri, pp. 302
Euro 16.50
Hacktivism. Il libro.
Il libro parla dell'uso di Internet da parte dei movimenti, di attivismo digitale, campagne di informazione, proteste online,... C'e' anche la storia del movimento hacker italiano, dalle bbs agli hacklabs. Nel libro le istruzioni per le nuove forme di mobilitazione digitale... La storia inoltre di come negli ambiti disciplinari piu' disparati, tra cui quello scientifico, della comunicazione e dei media, fino a quello artistico siano emerse attitudini e pratiche hacktivist.
Altri informazioni e la possibilita' di scaricare il libro in formato elettronico su:
http://www.hackerart.org/storia/hacktivism.htm
Presentazione del libro:
Venerdi' 21 giugno 2002 - nel pomeriggio
TPO Teatro Polivalente Occupato - vle Lenin 3 - Bologna
all'interno di "Hackmeeting 2002"
Dalla quarta di copertina:
"Hacktivism e' un'espressione che deriva dall'unione di due parole: Hacking e Activism. L'Hacking e' un modo creativo, irriverente e giocoso, di accostarsi a quelle straordinarie macchine con cui trattiamo il sapere e l'informazione, i computer, e da sempre indica un modo etico e cooperativo di rapportarsi alla conoscenza in tutte le sue forme.
Activism, indica le forme dell'azione diretta proprie di chi vuole migliorare il mondo senza delegare a nessuno la responsabilita' del proprio futuro.
Hacktivisti sono gli hacker del software e gli ecologisti col computer, sono artisti e attivisti digitali, ricercatori, accademici e militanti politici, guastatori mediatici e pacifisti telematici. Per gli hacktivisti i computer e le reti sono strumenti di cambiamento
sociale e terreno di conflitto. Hacktivism e' l'azione diretta sulla rete. Hacktivism e' il modo in cui gli attivisti del computer costruiscono i mondi dove vogliono vivere. Liberi."
Tommaso Tozzi, Firenze, 1960. Presidente dell'Ass. Cult. Strano Network. Docente all'Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara e all'Università degli Studi di Firenze. Autore di Hacker Art BBS (1990) e ideatore del primo netstrike mondiale(1995). Membro fondatore del newsgroup Cyberpunk (1991) e della rete Cybernet (1993).
Arturo Di Corinto, Lanciano, 1967. Psicologo cognitivo, esperto di new media. Ricercatore presso l'Universita' di Stanford, California (1997-1998), e' autore di numerosi saggi sul rapporto fra innovazione tecnologica e comportamenti sociali. Membro fondatore di Avvisi Ai Naviganti BBS, Isole nella Rete e Cittadigitali. Giornalista, scrive per Il Manifesto e La Repubblica.
Tommaso Tozzi
Docente di Teoria e Metodo dei Mass Media, Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara
Docente di Teoria e Metodo di Sceneggiatura Multimediale, Master in Multimedialita', RAI e Universita' di Firenze
Via XXIV Maggio 14, 50129, Firenze, Italia
Tel. 055-485996
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