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06.01.2011

Choose and be damned.


Suddenly, in the digital age, a personal decision like logging off Facebook is not in my hands anymore. It is inextricably linked to my “friends”, work, groups and notes. It does not matter if I continue to gag over photographs of candles shot with a flash, or kill myself over someone’s umpteenth picture of their boyfriend’s stubble. And clearly invasion of privacy or voyeurism are non-issues. …

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05.01.2011

Coletivos e redes locais

Nos campos da cultura e tecnologia, muita movimentação ocorreu no Brasil nos últimos anos. Iniciativas governamentais e não-governamentais louváveis que emergiram visando a inclusão digital, a discussão do impacto das tecnologias ou simplesmente a produção criativa com os meios disponíveis encontraram espaço para se desenvolver e prosperar, não sem esforço, é claro. Não saberia dizer agora detalh…

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04.01.2011

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02.01.2011

Memefest Awards- Mapping Socially Responsive Communication Workshop

This might come as a surprise, but most of so called »socially engaged« communication is either not effective or even counterproductive. Why? The main reason is that such communication is conceived in the same way as marketing communication for a product or service. The difference is content, but the perspective from which such communication starts and the dynamics it produces in the public spher…

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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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24.12.2010

Turning all billboards on Times Square into art

http://www.timessquaretoartsquare.org/

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22.12.2010

love

Love is un-desrcibable, some say it does not exist, some say it is the best thing that could happen to a person, mothers would admit that the love for a child is an amazing feeling...being in love is also pretty much exciting and fulfilling.
Love is close and yet so far in describing it. Love is also close and yet so far from control. It is a great question if love and control are connected or,…

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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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22.12.2010

Memefest posters arround the World!

UPDATE 13.1. 2011. Added are photos (last 4) from posters in Belgrade.

We are very excited to show you first photos from our posters in the streets of various Cities from around the World.

Following are Memefest LOVE:CONFLICT:IMAGINATION posters that are right now hanging in the streets of Brisbane, Belgrade and Rio de Janeiro. We will update this post with other places whenever we get new …

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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