ARS ELECTRONICA
A New Cultural Economy Symposium
The 2008 Ars Electronica Symposium is curated by Joichi Ito (J) - Activist, Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist. Joichi Ito is the CEO of Creative Commons, a non-profit organization which provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. He is co-founder of and board member of Digital Garage in Japan. He is on the board of a number of non-profit organizations including WITNESS, The Mozilla Foundation and Global Voices. He has helped start or has been an angel investor in a number of Internet companies including PSINet Japan, Infoseek Japan, Flickr, Last.fm, Technorati, Six Apart, Dopplr,Twitter, Socialtext, Kongregate and Rupture.
A New Cultural Economy Symposium
A New Cultural Economy Symposium I »
05.09. | 10:30-13:30
Brucknerhaus
The industrial revolution, capitalism and the emergence of the firm as the primary vehicle for innovation and development shifted a great deal of focus to the notion of property as the anchor and pillar for the creation of value.
A New Cultural Economy Symposium
A New Cultural Economy Symposium II »
05.09. | 15:00-18:00
Brucknerhaus
Over the last century, we have seen the development of mass media which enabled a commoditization of media. While the production and distribution costs were high, this system allowed corporations to invest in and recoup these costs by creating huge consumer markets for “content”.
A New Cultural Economy Symposium
A New Cultural Economy Symposium III »
06.09. | 10:30-13:30
Brucknerhaus
Academics, artists, philosophers and religious scholars have pursued the truth through the ages in academic institutions, monasteries, laboratories and the halls of the elite. Contributing to the pursuit of truth in any of these fields required membership, education, funding and authority.
A New Cultural Economy Symposium
A New Cultural Economy Symposium IV »
06.09. | 15:00-18:00
Brucknerhaus
The Internet enables people to participate without asking permission and provides a voice and the tools of communication to everyone. The “public” has evolved from “subjects” to a semi-conscious “public” to an actively engaged and self-organizing sphere capable of non-violent collective action at a global scale.