The day before yesterday an ↑entry called GABEK was posted to ↑ethno::log announcing a new qualitative research method, additionally a link was placed to ‘the method’s website’ gabek.com. It was stated that the method could well be of use … Continue reading →
One more time something on the workshop ↑Understanding media practices at the ↑9th EASA Biennial Conference. Very interesting to me is ↑Elisenda Ardevol‘s paper on “Game pleasures and media practices”, as it’s very close to my project: This paper will … Continue reading →
The workshop ↑Understanding media practices at the ↑9th EASA Biennial Conference is complete and all abstracts of the papers to be presented are online—very worthwhile for everyone interested in media anthropology or even cyberanthropology. Here is the workshop’s long abstract: … Continue reading →
For the very first time I was faster than boingboing, way faster. One year and one month faster, to be exact. On 20 April 2005 I posted a story called ↵unrealised moscow triggered by the entry ↑soviet metropolis at … Continue reading →
In 1976—when Elvis Presley was still alive—Claude Lelouch mounted a movie-camera to the grill of a 6.9 liter Mercedes and raced through Paris, reaching a top-speed of 200 km/h at approaching La place de la Concorde. Lelouch raced for … Continue reading →
Finally I found a perfect rendition of how ↵Tally Isham’s eyes are looking. The above screencap stems from the opening sequence of “Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence” (2004). I guess that’s exactly the way ↑William Gibson envisioned the … Continue reading →
Bruce Sterling’s compilation of ↑what should be in every cyberpunk library is all very well, but have a look at ↑The Cyberpunk Reading List! Now I know what I am going to do the next 1001 nights. Just some … Continue reading →
Bruce Sterling’s compilation of ↑what should be in every cyberpunk library is all very well, but have a look at ↑The Cyberpunk Reading List! Now I know what I am going to do the next 1001 nights. Just some examples … Continue reading →
The picture at the above left I found via my pal Vít Šisler’s ↑Videogames and politics (↵Šisler 2005). It reminded me of a drawing Hypher—a core-member of ‘my tribe’—did in August 2004, which I have put at the top … Continue reading →
Jon Griggs’ ↑Deviation definitely is a piece of ↵CS–↵machinima worthwhile to watch: The short film ‘Deviation’ was shot using an online game engine with the virtual actors and director never having met one another. Macintyre, an online-game character and … Continue reading →