My short recent text "From Reading to Pattern Recognition" has been published on the exellent The Creators Project site.
The original version of the text appeared in I read where I am: Exploring New Information Cultures, ed. Mieke Gerritzen, Geert Lovink, Minke Kampman (Graphic Museum, Breda and Valiz, Amsterdam, 2011).
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Monday, February 6, 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
call for papers for the next issue of Computational Culture jourmal
Call For Papers
Computational Culture, a journal of software studies
Deadline: 30th March 2012
The new peer-reviewed open access journal Computational Culture has
been launched. The first issue entitled ‘A Million Gadget Minds’ is
available online at: http://computationalculture.net/
The journal’s primary aim is to examine the ways in which software
undergirds and formulates contemporary life. Computational processes
and systems not only enable contemporary forms of work and play and
the management of emotional life but also drive the unfolding of new
events that constitute political, social and ontological domains.
In order to understand digital objects - such as corporate software,
search engines, medical databases – and their constitutive role in
culture, or to enquire into the use of mobile phones, social networks,
dating, games, financial systems or political crises, a detailed
analysis of software cannot be avoided. A developing form of literacy
is required that matches an understanding of computational processes
with those traditionally bound within the arts, humanities, and social
sciences but also in more informal or practical modes of knowledge
such as hacking and art.
Computational Culture is now inviting contributions for the second
issue. We seek articles, book, project and software reviews, and also
indications of interest for future special issues focusing on
databases and social media.
Please submit a completed paper by the deadline of 30th of March or
contact the editors via the website to express an interest.
Editorial group,
http://computationalculture.net
Computational Culture, a journal of software studies
Deadline: 30th March 2012
The new peer-reviewed open access journal Computational Culture has
been launched. The first issue entitled ‘A Million Gadget Minds’ is
available online at: http://computationalculture.net/
The journal’s primary aim is to examine the ways in which software
undergirds and formulates contemporary life. Computational processes
and systems not only enable contemporary forms of work and play and
the management of emotional life but also drive the unfolding of new
events that constitute political, social and ontological domains.
In order to understand digital objects - such as corporate software,
search engines, medical databases – and their constitutive role in
culture, or to enquire into the use of mobile phones, social networks,
dating, games, financial systems or political crises, a detailed
analysis of software cannot be avoided. A developing form of literacy
is required that matches an understanding of computational processes
with those traditionally bound within the arts, humanities, and social
sciences but also in more informal or practical modes of knowledge
such as hacking and art.
Computational Culture is now inviting contributions for the second
issue. We seek articles, book, project and software reviews, and also
indications of interest for future special issues focusing on
databases and social media.
Please submit a completed paper by the deadline of 30th of March or
contact the editors via the website to express an interest.
Editorial group,
http://computationalculture.net
Friday, January 20, 2012
Digital Humanities: Visualizing the Field
A wonderful infographics poster (from University College London) showing the current state of Digital Humanities.
(I wish we did it!)
(I wish we did it!)
Thursday, January 19, 2012
The Art Genome Project
It was only a matter of time before somebody took the basic idea from The Music Genome Project (which powers Pandora) and applied to other media.
Art.sy, the new recommendation service of art is building its Art Genome project:
"Art.sy is powered by The Art Genome Project, an ongoing study of the characteristics that distinguish and connect works of art. Art.sy evaluates artworks along 700+ characteristics (we call them genes)—such as art-historical movements, subject matter, and formal qualities—to create a powerful search experience that reflects the multifaceted aspects of works of art."
Art.sy, the new recommendation service of art is building its Art Genome project:
"Art.sy is powered by The Art Genome Project, an ongoing study of the characteristics that distinguish and connect works of art. Art.sy evaluates artworks along 700+ characteristics (we call them genes)—such as art-historical movements, subject matter, and formal qualities—to create a powerful search experience that reflects the multifaceted aspects of works of art."
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
what we are reading: MA thesis on software culture
Giorgio Mezzolla Pedersen
Browser culture: An ethnography of the risks and benefits that result from technological vulnerability in an online community
Master’s thesis
Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen
Saturday, January 14, 2012
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