Teddy Ruge and the online African diaspora
Teddy Ruge of Project Diaspora explains the complexity of the African diaspora on the Ars Electronica stage. He includes in the diaspora all people of… Read More »Teddy Ruge and the online African diaspora
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Kristen Taylor, food pornographer
Kristen Taylor is a food pornographer. She asks us not to tell her mother… though she’s just told a very full room at Ars Electronica… Read More »Kristen Taylor, food pornographer
Xiao Qiang and Evgeny Morozov with dueling views of digital activism
Xiao Qiang is a long-time Chinese activist, and now teaches journalism at UC Berkeley, where he leads the China Digital Times project. He introduces his… Read More »Xiao Qiang and Evgeny Morozov with dueling views of digital activism
Hamid Tehrani and a nuanced view of social media in Iran
I’m behind on my blogging, because my copresenters this morning gave extremely rich, complex talks – it’s going to take me more time to get… Read More »Hamid Tehrani and a nuanced view of social media in Iran
David Sasaki maps the brave new world of the cloud
We start the seminar at Ars Electronica on cloud computing in darkness, which David Sasaki reminds us, is the state of nature. We think of… Read More »David Sasaki maps the brave new world of the cloud
Interactive art in blackface
Perhaps the most intriguing piece I’ve seen at Ars Electronica so far is called WIAWIA, “Water in Africa, Water in Austria”. On the surface, it’s… Read More »Interactive art in blackface