Michael Gurstein on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:11:17 +0100 (CET) |
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<nettime> FW: [APC Forum] Willetts' lecture on 'Who Really Created the Internet'now online |
-----Original Message----- From: apc.forum-bounces@lists.apc.org [mailto:apc.forum-bounces@lists.apc.org] On Behalf Of Anna Feldman Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 5:21 AM To: A general information sharing space for the APC Community. Subject: [APC Forum] Willetts' lecture on 'Who Really Created the Internet'now online http://www.city.ac.uk/whatson/2009/10_oct/291009_Peter_Willetts.html Peter Willetts' lecture of a couple of weeks ago on the origins of the internet is now available to view online. Professor Willets makes a very well argued case that the modern public internet is not a child of the US military, but rather the work of NGOs and activists during the 80s, that later came together to form the APC. He goes on to speak about the consequences of that history on the internet that we all depend on today. Well worth taking some time out to watch - especially as the work of many on this list are referenced in the lecture. Reconnecting with our organisational ancestry certainly gave those of us from GreenNet who went to hear him, a rosy glow of pride :). I recommend skipping the introductory guff and starting at 3'30'', Anna -- ____________________________________________ Anna Feldman GreenNet Web Projects Developer Online Monday to Thursday anna@gn.apc.org | http://www.gn.apc.org T: +44 (0)20 7065 0940 +44 F: +44 (0)20 7065 0936 ____________________________________________ ======================================= APC Forum is a meeting place for the APC community - people and institutions who are or have been involved in collaboration with APC, and share the APC vision - a world in which all people have easy, equal and affordable access to the creative potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to improve their lives and create more democratic and egalitarian societies. _______________________________________________ apc.forum mailing list apc.forum@lists.apc.org http://lists.apc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/apc.forum # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mail.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@kein.org