metropolis budget
All right, I am on my way to proof a point regarding the cyberpunk genre, respectively the discourse which in my view it has become. And Foucault really has me now, as I am creating lists, tables, and stuff for … Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: February 2011
cfp cyberculture
From 14th through 17th September 2011 this year’s installment of the biannual conference of the ↑German Association of Anthropologists (GAA aka DGV) will take place in Vienna, Austria. Since 2005 I organize workshops on ‘things cyber’ at the GAA conferences, … Continue reading →
computerspielemuseum
Of course you can accuse me and my consorts to be computergame-aficionados, but the importance of computergames, not only for culture and society, but for technology and economy as well, meanwhile is ↑percepted more ↑and more. Hence it is a … Continue reading →
pkd motion pictures
Meanwhile ten ↑works of Philip K. Dick have been made into motion pictures—plus one to be released in 2012. Here are the pairs, the novel or short story by PKD, followed by the motion-picture adaptation, in reverse chronological order of … Continue reading →
somnolence
Patrick Kalyn‘s short-film Somnolence (HD at YouTube) goes well with Chris Marker’s La Jetée. /Film says: /Film reader and aspiring filmmaker Patrick Kalyn has just completed work on a new sci-fi short film Somnolence. Kalyn is an Emmy nominated visual … Continue reading →
watson
More water on my mills, this time from an Op-Ed out of yesterday’s New York Times on Watson, IBM’s AI which will compete in Jeopardy! on Valentine’s day: It’s remarkable how much of the digital revolution has been driven by … Continue reading →
anthropologists on egypt
Lorenz Khazaleh, the man behind the fabulous antropologi.info, has gathered comments and discussions by anthropologists on the current situation in Egypt, and compiled them to a comprehensive roundup: his ‘A wonderful development’—Anthropologists on the Egypt Uprising is a must-read.
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