On 23-24 January 2012 the European Commission hosted an Experts Workshop on Digital Games for Empowerment and Inclusion in Seville, Spain, in which I took part. At the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (JRC-IPTS) about 25 experts in the field of gaming gathered for a two-day workshop to share their experiences concerning the use of digital … Continue reading
Brooke Gladstone , co-host of NPR’s On The Media, visited the Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, MA to discuss her new book: The Influencing Machine. The book, co-authored with Josh Neuman, is a graphic nonfiction that guides the reader through two millennia of media history-from the newspapers in Caesar’s Rome to the penny press of the American Revolution and the manipulations … Continue reading
Last week on June 10 a range of different disciplines came eye to eye to discuss the changing concepts of privacy and public space at the Hyper-Public symposium. Taking note of the influence of design in today’s connected world the discussions unfolded from many different perspectives. Please have a look here for a nice graphical … Continue reading
Last Monday I started working as a summer intern at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society with a little over 30 other new Berkterns. The sweet yellow building will be my home over the summer. The staff made us feel very welcome with their enthusiastic advice: engage! participate! have serious fun and go to a red sox game! … Continue reading
Today I listened to Noam Chomsky giving the closing plenary of the ICA 2011 Conference on Democracy, the Media and the Responsibility of Scholars. It was a nice way to close the conference, even though the focus of Chomky’s speech was more on international relations than on the media. The conference started Thursday 26 May … Continue reading
