Net Cultures symposium on Mobility and Location in Social Networks (April 29, IT University of Copenhagen) now available on Vimeo at:
http://vimeo.com/channels/networkculture#23194824
Slides from Mimi Sheller’s talk on “Mobile Art” are now posted here:
Mobile Art [Powerpoint Slides]
Invited Speakers:
• Mimi Sheller (Drexel University, USA), KEYNOTE
• Christian Licoppe (Telecom Paristech, France)
• Ana Maria Nicolaci-da-Costa (Pontificial Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil)
• Larissa Hjorth (RMIT University, Australia)
Speakers will address topics, such as:
• Mobile communication and location awareness in everyday life practices;
• New urban spatialities developed with mobile gaming and locative social media;
• Privacy and surveillance issues as they relate to location-based social networks;
• Identity and spatial construction through locative media art / performance design;
• Civic engagement and political participation through mobile social media, new mapping practices and location-aware technologies.
IT University of Copenhage, Auditorium 1
Rued Langgaards Vej 7
DK-2300 Copenhagen S
Denmark
The organizing committee:
Adriana de Souza e Silva
Bjarki Valtysson
Isabel Froes
Ida Toft (RA)
Amani Naseem (RA)
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Adriana de Souza e Silva, Ph.D
Associate Professor
IT University of Copenhagen, Digital Culture and Mobile Communication Group
North Carolina State University, Department of Communication
http://www.souzaesilva.com


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