[Air-L] Symposium - Net Cultures: Mobility and Location in Social Networks

Adriana de Souza e Silva asilva at souzaesilva.dreamhost.com
Fri Mar 25 09:48:00 PDT 2011


**Apologies for cross-postings. ***

Please help me promote the first research symposium of the Center for Network Culture, which will take place on April 29 2001 at the IT University of Copenhagen (see flyer below). The symposium's main foci are the mobile and local aspects of today’s networked culture. Further information about the event and its speakers can be found at the CNC homepage: 

http://itu.dk/networkculture/

Speakers will address topics, such as:
• Mobile communication and location awareness in everyday life practices;
• New urban spatialities developed with mobile gaming and locative social media;
• Privacy and surveillance issues as they relate to location-based social networks;
• Identity and spatial construction through locative media art / performance design;
• Civic engagement and political participation through mobile social media, new mapping practices and location-aware technologies.

Invited Speakers:
• Mimi Sheller (Drexel University, USA), KEYNOTE
• Christian Licoppe (Telecom Paristech, France)
• Ana Maria Nicolaci-da-Costa (Pontificial Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil)
• Larissa Hjorth (RMIT University, Australia)


IT University of Copenhage, Auditorium 1
Rued Langgaards Vej 7
DK-2300 Copenhagen S
Denmark

The event is free.
Registration required as seating is limited.
RSVP to net-cultures at itu.dk with name and affiliation.

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Adriana de Souza e Silva, Ph.D
Associate Professor
IT University of Copenhagen, Digital Culture and Mobile Communication Group
North Carolina State University, Department of Communication
http://www.souzaesilva.com









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