http://www.projectcarousel.org Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:29:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm gutted that Sweden hasn't qualified for this year's World Cup. Last time it happened - the only time in the last 20 years - I was just 17 years old. So who should I cheer for? Luckily, I've been involved, through my job at the World Development Movement,  in a ... http://www.projectcarousel.org/2010/06/who-are-you-cheering-for-in-the-world-cup/ Now that I have your attention with the title of this post, the real story behind this post is to discuss whether campaigns like "Draw Muhammad Day" are really more attempts at increasing the divides in the world or again a celebration of freedom of expression. Furthermore, the response by ... http://www.projectcarousel.org/2010/05/pakistan-bans-facebook/ Last day at work - last seminar - last postlude at the Carousel!  Wishing you all now good luck on the essay crunch and I will see you all on the other side.  Do let me know if somebody wants to take over the Carousel; the post of "benevolence" is ... http://www.projectcarousel.org/2010/03/postlude-thank-you-for-a-good-year/ Last Thursday, on March 11 2010, SOAS held the London Premiere of the film "Addicted in Afghanistan."  Khalili Lecture Theatre was packed at 6:00 pm from people who had been queing up since 5:15 pm eager to watch Jawed Taiman's film on the addiction to narcotics in Afghanistan covered via ... http://www.projectcarousel.org/2010/03/addicted-in-afghanistan/ Following on from my previous post about the digital divide not being the internet's fault, I thought I'd write about some more practical stuff. As the benevolent dictator said: 'Ttheory is good only as far as it connects to something'. So in this post I'll be looking at digital activism in ... http://www.projectcarousel.org/2010/02/digital-resistance-in-zimbabwe/ Mentioned this old old essay from 2003 in the theory reading group on Virilio so I thought it would nice to re-air it here.  This essay was actually an interactive multimedia presentation where clicking on hyperlinks in the text affected a TV-screen or something like that.  Unfortunately, this is lost ... http://www.projectcarousel.org/2010/02/is-terrorism-the-accident-of-global-mass-media/ The ideas I'm putting down in this post are not quite complete and I would like to hear your views on them. Please comment. Recently I've been having quite a few conversations about social media where people are expressing quite a high level of scepticism. A common view is that we ... http://www.projectcarousel.org/2010/02/surely-the-digital-divide-is-not-the-internets-fault/ In appreciation of last week's preoccupation with 'sounding', 'music', and the unsung glories of noise, and in anticipation of their two day installation at CafeOTO in London's Dalston, some information on quartet FEN (Far East Network): Working between electric guitar, synthesized noise, keyboard and voice, FEN brings together four interesting musicians: ... http://www.projectcarousel.org/2010/02/fen-far-eastern-inprov-sounds-in-dolston/ Credit: Internet and Democracy Blog, Harvard http://www.projectcarousel.org/2010/02/map-of-the-iranian-blogosphere/ UPDATE.  Here is the new version presented as a joint presentation / panel. CHASING THE LONG TAIL OF CLIMATE CHANGE – IAMCR PROPOSAL The paper/presentation "Chasing the Long Tail of Climate Change" is a small part of a wider ongoing research project and investigation into the current debates on climate change. Presented ... http://www.projectcarousel.org/2010/01/chasing-the-long-tail-of-climate-change-part-2/