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29.12.2010

Umesto čestitke za Novu godinu: Kognitivni proletarijat/Teorijska praksa/Memefest

Kognitivni radnik postfordističnog kapitalizma je u drugačijem položaju od klasičnog industrijskog radnika. Za razliku od industrijskog radnika, koji je odvojen od produkcijskih sredstava, čiji vlasnik je kapitalista, mi kognitivni radnici produkcijska sredstva nosimo na svojim ramenima. U svojoj glavi.

Ali ipak položaj industrijskog radnika, koji je primoran da svoj rad prodaje kapitalistu, …

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22.12.2010

AMOR:CONFLITO:IMAGINAÇÃO ao redor do mundo

A plataforma internacional foi oficialmente lançada. Na internet, o Memefest aparece dessa vez em inglês, português, sérvio e espanhol. Cartazes estão sendo espalhados pelas ruas das cidades Ljubljana, Maribor, Koper, Berlim, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Bogotá, Belgrado, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne e diferentes cidades da Holanda. Em junho de 2011 acontece lá, na cidade de Nijmegen, o Oddstream, u…

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21.12.2010

Theory and Revolutionary practice

Why is theory vital for revolutionary practice? Read and re-think!

http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1965/preface.htm

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18.12.2010

The Warm Up

It's getting serious folks. Time's running and deadline is fast approaching.
If you are already working hard on your submission work or are just about to start, it might be worth to have a look at this document. It's a good ethical framework to think about when conceptualizing your LOVE:CONFLICT:IMAGINATION creation.

People's Communication Charter is here: http://www.pccharter.net/charteren.h…

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17.12.2010

Anthropographia - The Interview

Interview with Anthropographia founder and manager Matthieu Rytz.

FD: Anthropographia -- http://www.anthropographia.org/ -- is an international photo competition. What makes this one unique?

MR: Anthropographia is a non-profit organization that aims to promote human rights using photography as a medium.

We're supporting photo essays that have been produced on a long term basis. We value …

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15.12.2010

Memefest Book: How to get it? The Wikileaks and Paypal dilemma

Dear Comrades, dear friends. As our new extensive Memefest book is out, we have received many emails on how to get it. Sure, we would like to bring it as close to our community as possible, but as we will explain we have a dilemma.

As you all know, Memefest supports Wikileaks. One of the very problematic gestures of neoliberal capitalist business was to block Wikileaks' payments they have rece…

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09.12.2010

Intersection: Biopower and Marketing

I found this article http://mediaecologiesresonate.wordpress.com/2010/09/04/biopower-and-marketing/#respond very interesting. Its opening new perspective - biopolitical focus: govermen-tability, biopower, potentiality, population .. - to start thinking about media/marketing approaches.

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08.12.2010

BOOKS for Vijecnica - Action project, Bosnia and Herzegovina

I just received this email. Let's do something!

Dear Sir/Madam,

BOOKS4VIJECNICA is an action project, initiated by Humanity in Action Senior Fellow Network in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Our initiative is to re-establish the destroyed book collection of Vijecnica, the National Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina !
During the four-year long siege of Sarajevo, from 1992 till 1995, Vijecnica was…

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26.11.2010

Taking Back the Tech

All of you use it. Some people misuse it. I'm talking about technology. Communication technology like cellphones or internet access points are particularly appreciated by those who use technology to get under your skin. They track you, observe you, CCTV you, have sex with you... in their dreams! The misuse of technology has been growing with the increased use of video games, internet porn portals…

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19.11.2010

First Person Digital Online

"First Person Digital is coming up real fast," said Reisa Levine when I met her over coffee last week. The web project manager from Montreal was putting the final touches on the organizing of FPD, a collab between Studio XX - a Montreal feminist digital art centre - and the NFB - Canada's public film producer.

One week later, First Person Digital is launched with a fresh blend of artists on t…