Video, slides and notes from my presentation on Software-Engine Relations at HASTAC II and SoftWhere 2008

Download the hi-resolution Quicktime movie from the SoftWhere08 website. | View | Upload your own Software-engine relations in the blogosphere Thank you very much for inviting me. My name is Anne Helmond and I am currently a New Media Lecturer at the Media Studies department at the University of Amsterdam. I also work at the… Read more Video, slides and notes from my presentation on Software-Engine Relations at HASTAC II and SoftWhere 2008

SoftWhere 2008: Software Studies Strategy Round-Table

Day two of SoftWhere 2008 was an invite-only strategy round-table session that aimed to address several questions on the formation of a new field of studies. What is Software Studies? Is it an intellectual movement, a paradigm, a school or field? According to the Software Studies Initiative directors Lev Manovich and Noah Wardrip-Fruin it is… Read more SoftWhere 2008: Software Studies Strategy Round-Table

Notes on the Mediamatic Distributed Library project

Over the past two weeks uɐɯʞuǝɯ ɐsoɹ and I have been working on the Mediamatic Distributed Library project: We are liquidating our library in protest of the cultural funding stalemate Mediamatic will give away all its books. Our library will cease to exist in protest of the impasse between the Raad van Cultuur and Minister… Read more Notes on the Mediamatic Distributed Library project