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Institute of Network Cultures News The Institute of Network Cultures wishes you a great summer! We are closed from the 26th of July and back on the 16th of August. In this newsletter you can read more about: - 2nd Video Vortex Reader - Culture Vortex, public participation in online collections - Conference the Economies of Open Content | 10 till 12 November - Society of the Query weblog expands into a collaborative venture - Conference CPOV Wikipedia Research Initiative in Leipzig | 25 – 26 September - Web Aesthetics: How Digital Media Affect Culture and Society, by Vito Campanelli - Video Vortex Conference in Amsterdam | 11 – 12 March 2011 - Conference E-Publishing | May/June 2011 - Create-IT applied research centre ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Second Video Vortex Reader Following the success of the first Video Vortex Reader, The Institute of Network Cultures is buzzing with activity preparing for the second Video Vortex Reader, a publication dedicated to examining significant issues that are surfacing around the production and distribution of online video content. An open call for contributions went out in early March, with selections being made early June. Currently we are drawing together other inspiring authors to add insightful contributions to the reader and thinking through the organization of the texts, with works by scholars, artists and curators. Sub-topics and themes: video activism, ethics and politics of online video, curatorial environments, artistic practice with online video, open video, open content and open source, online video and aesthetics, online video in asia, and video art, institutional collections and online access. Expect another creative, critical, insightful and intelligent intervention into various aspects of online video. If you have ideas about possible contributors and exciting essays, written by you or others, please contact Rachel Miles (rachel[at]networkcultures[dot]org). The deadline of the final versions will be in September) The first reader, Video Vortex Reader: Responses to Youtube, is available as a free pdf on the INC website:http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/portal/publications/inc-readers/videovortex/ More information: http://networkcultures.org/videovortex ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Culture Vortex, public participation in online collections In the public and cultural sectors, collection holders have raised questions concerning the online distribution of creative material. Until the present moment, research and funding programs have focused mainly on the digitalization and licensing of large collections. On the side of the institution, the professional is wondering: How do I involve the audience in my online collections? And how do I inform the artists about the possibilities of sharing their works online? On the other side, artists are unsure about the added value of offering their works online. The main question this Culture Vortex study (RAAK publiek program) seeks to answer are: How can an active audience be involved in online cultural material? How can an elaborate network culture be facilitated, in which participants will share, describe, review, tag, reuse or otherwise interact with the cultural works? The Netherlands Media Art Institute in collaboration with MediaLAB Amsterdam and INC organized an expert meeting within one of the three program lines; Public 2.0. A selected group of experts from various domains: artists, lecturers/ educators, researchers, curators got together to answer questions like: What needs do users have in relation to the collection? Is there need for active user participation and how can this be fulfilled? Research that has been initiated in order to answer some vital questions related to the media art collections of NIMk and the groups of users that use this collection, can be found here: http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/culturevortex/files/2010/07/Report-Culture-Vortex_Program-Line-Public-2.0.pdf (credits: Janneke Kamp and Lorena Zevedei) Partners in this two year program are: INC, MediaLAB Amsterdam, The Netherlands Media Art Institute, The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Amsterdam Stadsarchief, Virtueel Platform, VPRO, Urban Screens Association and IDFA. All the outcomes of this meeting can be found on: http://networkcultures.org/culturevortex/ More information: http://networkcultures.org/culturevortex/ ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Economies of Open Content conference | 11 till 13 November 2010 The Economies of Open Content conference critically examines the economics of access to and preservation of on-line public domain and open access cultural resources, also known as the digital commons. While these resources are often acclaimed for their low-cost barriers, accessibility and collaborative structures, critics decry that they undermine established cultural (proprietary) production without offering a viable business strategy of their own. Because the sustainability of these open content resources remains so unclear, this conference explores alternative revenue models and novel institutional structures that can fund and safeguard access to commons- based resources. What new hybrid solutions for archiving, preserving and granting access can create both viable markets and serve the public interest? How should we restructure the economic frameworks in which content producers and cultural archives operate? How can we open up innovative markets that serve the public interests in a competitive global 21st century information economy? This event seeks to connect researchers, theorists, economists and activists in order to analyze the political economy of Open Content and its consequences for the cultural sector. On the 11th of November there is pre-conference seminar: OVC Europe at Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid, Hilversum. Subjects are; open standards and their importance, video on Wikipedia and open video within education. On the 12th and 13th of November the conference will take at the Balie, Amsterdam. Conference themes are; Future of the Public Domain, Critique of the Free, Alternative Revenue Models, Materiality and Sustainability, Beyond the Starving Creatives and Open Access Resources. Participating institutions include the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, De Balie, Knowlegdeland, University of Amsterdam, New Media department and Institute of Network Cultures ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Society of the Query weblog expands into a collaborative venture The Society of the Query blog is looking forward to expanding its dialogic space to become a collaborative blog, in order to increase questioning and critical thinking around Web Searching. The collaborative research blog will include any content linked to the idea of search and research surrounding the topic of search. The research thread will be put out to everyone, hence anyone willing to contribute to the blog will be able to do so. Gathering the dispersed research on the topic will be a starting point to discover emerging themes, new and useful collaborations and critical areas that may result in a forthcoming event themes or other ventures. The targeted launch for the blog is 1 July 2010. For more information on the blog, and to start participating in the blog, contact srividya at srividya[at]networkcultures[dot]org. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// CPOV conference Leipzig | 25 – 26 September 2010 The Critical Point of View (CPOV), a Wikipedia research initiative organized in partnership with the Centre of Internet and Society (Bangalore, India), has so far successfully produced two conferences: One in Bangalore in January 2010 and one in Amsterdam in March of the same year. Reports, videos, the mailing list and further resources can be accessed at www.networkcultures.org/cpov. A reader based on the conferences is currently being produced and is planned to be released by January 2011 as a part of the INC reader series. A next conference is foreseen to take place in Leipzig (Germany) 25-26 September 2010 and will be a German speaking CPOV event. For news and updates check the project’s websitehttp://networkcultures.org/wpmu/cpov/leipzig/ ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Web Aesthetics: How Digital Media Affect Culture and Society, by Vito Campanelli Publication forthcoming: November 2010 The Institute of Network Cultures proudly presents the fourth publication in the Studies in Network Cultures series. This book series is a collaboration between the Institute of Network Cultures (INC) and NAi Publishers. About the book: We live in a world of rapidly evolving digital networks, but within the domain of media theory, which studies the influence of these cultural forms, the implications of aesthetical philosophy have been sorely neglected. Vito Campanelli explores network forms through the prism of aesthetics and thus presents an open invitation to transcend the inherent limitations of the current debate about digital culture. The web is the medium that stands between the new media and society and, more than any other, is stimulating the worldwide dissemination of ideas and behaviour, framing aesthetic forms and moulding contemporary culture and society. Campanelli observes a few important phenomena of today, such as social networks, peer-to-peer networks and ‘remix culture’, and reduces them to their historical premises, thus laying the foundations for an organic aesthetic theory of digital media. About the author: Vito Campanelli is a new media theorist and lectures on the theory and technology of mass communication at the University of Naples – L’Orientale. His essays about media art are regularly published in international periodicals such as Neural. He works as a freelance curator and as a promoter of events in the domain of digital culture. He was also co-founder of the non-profit organization MAO – Media & Arts Office. Earlier editions in the series Studies in Network Cultures: Ned Rossiter, Organized Networks: Media Theory, Creative Labour, New Institutions (Rotterdam: NAi Publishers and Amsterdam: Institute for Network Cultures, 2006). Eric Kluitenberg, Delusive Spaces: Essays on Culture, Media and Technology (Rotterdam: NAi Publishers and Amsterdam: Institute for Network Cultures, 2008). Matteo Pasquinelli, Animal Spirits: A Bestiary of the Commons (Rotterdam: NAi Publishers and Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 2009). More information: http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/portal/publications/studies-in-network-cultures/ http://www.naipublishers.com \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Video Vortex Conference in Amsterdam | 11-12 March 2011 On the 11th and 12th of March 2011 the next Video Vortex conference will be held in TrouwAmsterdam. Conference themes are: open everything (platforms, software and video), living database vs. dead collection, censorship and YouTube, critique of the amateur (aesthetics + technology), video activism, ethics of online, artist presentations, interaction vs. online video and tactics of online video users. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ E-Publishing Conference in Amsterdam | May/June 2011 Amsterdam E-boekenstad is a SIA-RAAK research project initiated by the Electronic Publishing program of the HvA Media Information and Communication, where all elements of the digital learning and reading in higher education are examined and described. Together with the industry (publishers, distributors, e-reader manufacturers, etc.), students and teachers, the program E-Publishing explores the usefulness of e-readers, compares e-readers with print and screen and determines what their advantages are for e-learning. In addition, the implications for the current development chain of e-readers will be mapped, such as repercussions for copyright, publishers and distribution. All these outcomes will be shared and discussed at the E- Publishing conference foreseen in May/June 2011. More information http://www.e-boekenstad.nl/ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Create-IT applied research centre CREATE-IT applied research is the knowledge centre of the HvA’s Media, Creation and Information (Media, Creatie en Informatie) domain. The INC is part of this knowledge centre as well as other ‘lectoren’ and the MediaLAB Amsterdam. At this knowledge centre, lecturers, students and researchers carry out applied research commissioned by the creative industry and the IT sector. We collaborate with universities and other knowledge institutes. Research results are used by the professional sector as well as adapted for educational purposes. Applied research provides solutions to urgent practical issues, ensures that educational programs are kept up to date, promotes knowledge circulation and contributes to the professionalization of students and lecturers. 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