Tag: vidéo
Hitler, Claude Lévi-Strauss, and the fading legitimacy of academic institutions
Hitler parody video voices the disappointment of old time academics, threatened by up-and-coming digital scholars: “We were great once. A proud institution. We controlled knowledge: we told everyone what and how to think. Now (…) we spend our time propping up our fading legitimacy”.
Présenté au Paris Atopic Festival le premier film machinima de l'histoire du cinéma
Hier a eu lieu la soirée de gala de l’Atopic Festival, à la cité de Sciences et de l’Industrie de… read more Présenté au Paris Atopic Festival le premier film machinima de l'histoire du cinéma
Korean documentary film highlights the role of social media in promoting street protests
“Shall we protest?”, or how a bunch of socially networked fashion victims and boy-band fans managed to bring 1 million citizens in the streets, paralysed a city for four months, and nearly brought down a government.
Live streaming from Porquerolles: Corbis and the arts (eng) (fr)
This week, I’m gonna try to stream live from the Conference Pratiques des images dans la société de l’information. This… read more Live streaming from Porquerolles: Corbis and the arts (eng) (fr)
Alberto Camerini, prophète du spaghetti cyberpunk
1983. Le magazine Time attribue le prix “personnalité de l’année” à un ordinateur. William Gibson travaille encore le manuscrit de… read more Alberto Camerini, prophète du spaghetti cyberpunk
The International “Futur en Seine” Festival
Futur en Seine (www.futur-en-seine.org) is a new popular Festival of the Digital city, a unique cultural, technological and social event,… read more The International “Futur en Seine” Festival
A slap in the Facebook
I was looking for literature on social networking services aimed at seniors when I ran into this… A Slap In… read more A slap in the Facebook
Wisconsin student twitters his way to PhD in biomedical engineering
First off this video: What is it all about? Just another day in the Twitter-crazed US media landscape: a high-profiled… read more Wisconsin student twitters his way to PhD in biomedical engineering
Canadian sociologist Barry Wellman's lecture on Networked Individualism
The director of NetLab at the University of Toronto, Barry Wellman has a reputation for being a pragmatic, rigurous, and… read more Canadian sociologist Barry Wellman's lecture on Networked Individualism
Astroturf activism in Russia – a tribute to Oleg Kireev
We tend to think about the Web 2.0 as an enhancer for democracy and political participation. In this conference, activist… read more Astroturf activism in Russia – a tribute to Oleg Kireev