Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Re: [Yasmin_discussions] NEW MEDIA: USER'S BEHAVIOUR, SOCIAL SYSTEMS, AND THE BODY POLITIC

Dear all

I have been interested from afar in this discussion. As an academic I am
interested in a number of new media topics but also how they are
deconstructed for the learning environment. In Australia many new media
artist work in academia and therefore influence new generations of artists.

An Australian study is endeavoring to find out more information by
developing a database how media art education is dealing with the evolution
of emergent technologies that find their way into art, theory and culture
curriculum. How do academic institutions deal with the rapid changes taking
place, outlined in the questions listed below. New media needs more detailed
research done in this area so we can demonstrate some of the interesting
challenges that we face moving into the area of social systems, interface
culture and science.

http://www.nomad.net.au
http://mass.nomad.net.au

All the best

Paul


On 11/04/09 8:23 PM, "Ricardo Mbarkho" <ricardombarkho@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello Ana, Anelia, Annie, Danielle, Delphine, Laura, Tereza, Eugenio, Jordan,
> Josep, Joseph, Philippe, Roger, Vitor, and all
 
So far, we covered many of
> the initial questions raised for our discussion, as well as some new questions
> that emerged during the discussion. Such as:

>- Is (new) media a tool which
> reinforces people's creativity and how it is expressed in terms of social
> behavior?
- What new media is entailing in connection to artistic expression?
> Is new media just a tool or an art form?
- How are democracy and social
> connectivity via new media related?
- Are global and local systems two
> separate entities, or is it about one place?
- What is the impact of the
> media content on identity in your socio-politic sphere?

We still need to
> further develop the points/questions you mentioned and also answer these
> somehow remained questions:
- How is the economy affecting visual forms of
> communication?
- Do artworks emerge from a specific Intention or from media
> models constrained by business requirements?
- What new roles do virtual
> social networks adopt to maintain difficult relations?

We also need to
> locate yet more artworks that have to do with our topicŠ
 
 
All Yasmin
> members are invited to send their answersŠ
 
Till soon,
Happy Easter!
Ricardo
> Mbarkho
 
 
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Footnote:
Our topic for April 2009:
This running
> discussion deals with how (new) media can affect local behaviours related to
> creativity and innovation within a socio-political context, and what is the
> link between politic and the ways that users behave.

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