UN Global Pulse: HunchWorks

UN Global Pulse presents “HunchWorks,” a system designed to detect and mitigate emerging global crises before they occur by sharing relevant and timely data across trusted networks (http://www.unglobalpulse.org/technology/hunchworks).

The user experience design firm, Adaptive Path, helped Global Pulse work through the messy human challenges of the HunchWorks experience, including establishing trust with the system and fostering a community of experts with complementary skills.

The talk was delivered at the O’Reilly Strata Conference (New York City, September 23, 2011).

Speakers:
Chris van der Walt (UN Global Pulse)
Dane Petersen (Adaptive Path)
Sara Farmer (UN Global Pulse)

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[video] Bundled, Buried & Behind Closed Doors

Lower Manhattan’s 60 Hudson Street is one of the world’s most concentrated hubs of Internet connectivity. This short documentary peeks inside, offering a glimpse of the massive material infrastructure that makes the Internet possible.

Featuring interviews with Stephen Graham, Saskia Sassen, Dave Timmes of Telx, Rich Miller of datacenterknowledge.com, Stephen Klenert of Atlantic Metro Communications, and Josh Wallace of the City of Palo Alto Utilities.

* Thanks to @BurcuBaykurt for the link!

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Arts, Culture and Technology: The political/policy link

[Abstract in English]  [Sumilla en Español]

Arts, Culture and Technology: The political/policy link

Open session by Mauricio Delfin

The intersection between arts, culture and technology can sometimes be very abstract, and other times too concrete. Generally, the most popular link connecting all notions is one found in media and electronic arts. Other times, this link is perceived at a very functional level, in terms of how new technologies (Web 2.0, etc.) can allow us to manage our arts projects more efficiently. However, little attention is paid to the role new technologies have in the democratization of arts and cultural policies, through the constitution of new and expanded citizenships, based on new ideals of greater transparency achieved through technological means, increased communication between authorities and citizens, “open data” protocols and the generation of mechanisms to achieve effective civic consultation on cultural issues. Technology and culture should also be understood as a creative and political intersection. Politicizing technology and its potential uses in the arts and cultural policy realm is important, as it stops technology from becoming a common-sense issue and a fashionable term, rendering this intersection as a critical horizon for social intervention.

Artes, Cultura y Tecnología: El vínculo con las políticas/con lo político
Sesión abierta a cargo de Mauricio Delfin

A veces la intersección entre las artes, cultura y tecnología puede ser muy abstracta y otras veces demasiado concreta. Generalmente, el vínculo que conecta a todas estas ideas suele verse reflejado en las artes electrónicas/mediales. Otras veces, el vínculo se percibe a un nivel muy funcional, en términos de cómo algunas nuevas tecnologías (Web 2.0) nos pueden ayudar a gestionar nuestros proyectos más eficientemente. Sin embargo, se presta poca atención al rol que las nuevas tecnologías pueden jugar en la democratización de las artes y las políticas culturales, a través de la construcción de ciudadanías nuevas y expandidas, basadas en ideales de mayor transparencia lograda a través de medios tecnológicos, mayor comunicación entre autoridades y ciudadanos, protocolos de datos abiertos (open data) y la generación de mecanismos para lograr la consulta ciudadana efectiva sobre asuntos culturales. Tecnología y cultura deben ser entendidas como una intersección creativa y política. Politizar la tecnología y su uso potencial en las artes y el campo de las políticas culturales es importante, pues evita que la tecnología se convierta en un asunto de sentido común y un tema “de moda”, convirtiendo a esta intersección en un horizonte crítico para la intervención social.

* Diapositivas en inglés.

October 5th, 2011 | Open Session:
“Arts, Culture and Technology: the policy/political link”

5th World Summit on Arts and Culture
Theme: “Creative Interscctions”
Melbourne, Australia
View all Summit presentations here.
http://www.artsummit.org/

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Michel Foucault par lui-méme (2003) (subs. español)

El video no se puede “embedear”, así que visiten este vínculo:

http://vimeo.com/25229497

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Judith Butler at Occupy WSP

Check our the text of Judith Butler’s speech here.

(vía Nick Mirzoeff’s excellent blog)

 

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