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Social Code

Florian Cramer (DE)
Mark Federman (CA)
Leo Findeisen (DE)
Fiona Raby (UK)
Howard Rheingold (US)
Hans Peter Schwarz (DE)

Brucknerhaus
08.09. 10:30
 
Social activity is characterized by codes. If the new codes that have been designed and developed for interaction with technical interfaces change our social and collective actions or even contribute to the development of new types of social intercourse, then how will this process be played out? To what extent does the design of electronic devices play a role in this connection? Are network linkages and mobility enhancing collective action?

Moderation: Mark Federman

10:30 - 11:00 Howard Rheingold
11:00 - 11:30 Leo Findeisen
11:30 - 12:00 Florian Cramer "CODE
12:00 - 12:15 Discussion
12:15 - 12:25 Break
12:25 - 12:50 Fiona Raby
12:50 - 13:15 Hans Peter Schwarz
13:15 - 13:30 Panel and discussion

Florian Cramer (D), born in 1969, lecturer in Comparative Literature at Freie Universität Berlin, writer on literature and computing, Free Software, code poetry and software art, administrator (with Tilman Baumgärtel) of the mailing list "rohrpost", editor (with Alan Sondheim) of the "unstable digest" on the mailing list "Nettime", member of the transmediale.01 software art jury and the read_me/runme.org expert group.

Mark Federman (CDN). Chief Strategist and head of McLuhan Management Studies at the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology, University of Toronto; Principal of Merrill Consulting

Leo Findeisen (A), M.A. Academic Teacher, Writer, Musician, Networker. Studied old languages, composition and philosophy in Germany, Israel and Austria. Has been teaching since 1996 at the Chair for Cultural Philosophy and Media Theory at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna; Assistent to German philosopher and writer Peter Sloterdijk. Engaged in cross-border networking in the fields of art, architecture, media and science for Western and Eastern Europe.

Fiona Raby (UK) is a senior research fellow and founding member of the Research Studio. She has worked in a cross-disciplinary architectural practice in Tokyo, and has taught in the both the Architecture and Interaction Design departments at the RCA. She headed the FLIRT project at the RCA, and has also collaborated with Anthony Dunne in research into the cultural role of electronic products and systems, resulting in international exhibitions and, most recently, the book Design Noir: The Secret Life of Electronic Objects (August/Birkhäuser, 2001).

Howard Rheingold (USA) is one of the world's foremost authorities on the social implications of technology. Over the past twenty years he has traveled around the world, observing and writing about emerging trends in computing, communications, and culture. One of the creators and former founding executive editor of HotWired, he has served as editor of The Whole Earth Review, editor-in-chief of The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog, and on-line host for The Well. The author of several books, including The Virtual Community, Virtual Reality, and Tools for Thought, he lives in Mill Valley, California.

Hans Peter Schwarz (CH). Principal of the University of Art and Design Zurich

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