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Harry Potter – A Case Study on Cultural Diversity and Economic Power

Some 30 nationally and culturally different images of Harry Potter exist in the world – plus the one global brand promoted by the media conglomerate AOL Time Warner. This makes Harry Potter an exemplary case in the antagonism between local and global cultural identities.

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Rüdiger Wischenbart - 03.06.2002

 
 

./logicaland: Distinction / Net Vision


The web-based simulation ./ logicaland visualizes the changes in complex economical, political and social systems which occur when a community actively intervenes. At this year's Prix Ars Electronica the project has been awarded a Distinction in the category 'Net Vision'.

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I. Fischer - 30.05.2002



 

They Rule: Golden Nica / Net Excellence


Who rules the world? Who controls most of the resources? On the website 'They rule' by Josh On (NZ/USA) you can examine the interlocking membership of people on corporate boards. It has been awarded the Golden Nica of 'Net Excellence' of Prix Ars Electronica 2002.

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I. Fischer - 27.05.2002



 

The Winners of Prix Ars Electronica 2002


Five juries of international experts have chosen the best works in the cyberarts competition Prix Ars Electronica. Here are the winners.

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Ingrid Fischer - 24.05.2002



 

UNPLUGGED: The Paradoxes of Culture as a Market, Part 1


Looking at the markets of information, communication and entertainment, or, more specifically, of culture, from a somehow confusing and contradictory perspective. Paradoxes, one may think, are just the normal parameters to define the cultural game. Therefore it is critical to have a closer look, and to collect and analyse facts.

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Rüdiger Wischenbart - 23.05.2002



 

n-cha(n)t: Golden Nica / Interactive Art


n-cha(n)t by David Rokeby is a networked community of artificial subjective entities provoked by objects or spoken words in their immediate environment to formulate sentences and speak them aloud. At Prix Ars Electronica it has been awarded the Golden Nica in the category 'Interactive Art'.

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I. Fischer - 21.05.2002



 

Tonga Voice on the Internet: Tonga.Online


A 'Big Blue Van', a mobile Internet centre on a truck, has been the first connection tot the Internet of the Tonga-people in Zimbabwe. It is one of the achievements of the Tonga.Online project, which has been awarded a Honorary Mention in the Net Excellence category.

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I. Fischer - 17.05.2002



 

Carnivore : Golden Nica / Net Vision


A software application which turns your computer into a personal data surveillance tool is winner of the Golden Nica in the category Net Vision. Carnivore is created by RSG, an all-star collective of computer artists selected from cities around the world.

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I. Fischer - 15.05.2002



 

The Winners of Prix Ars Electronica 2002


Five juries of international experts met from April 19 to 21 at the ORF Upper Austrian Regional Studio in Linz to judge the best works in the cyberarts competition Prix Ars Electronica 2002. Here are the winners of the Golden Nicas 2002 and the Awards of Distinctions.

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I. Fischer - 13.05.2002



 

UNPLUGGED: Global Cultures or French Exceptions?


Global cultural industries and domestic cultural traditions are almost inevitably set on a collision course. The latest example is the heated debate on France’s 'cultural exception' and the policy of the world’s second largest media group Vivendi Universal.

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Rüdiger Wischenbart - 08.05.2002



 

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