Thanks to everyone who joined us for Monday night’s “Where’s the Revolution” event – the first in the 4iP/Polis “Recasting the Net” series being developed by 4iP and Polis. The debate featured contributions from Matthew d’Ancona, Helen Milner and myself, a crunchy chair in Charlie Beckett, and - most importantly -100+ audience members keen to contribute.
Fair to say the event explored a more diverse range of themes thank anticipated: community media, global monopolies, access and inclusion and the triumph of the academics - all within a central discussion aimed at exploring the power of the Internet to shape and determine the society, economics and democracy.
My brain hurt afterwards, due in part to Tony Curzon-Price of Open Democracy - rightly - pouring intellectual bleach into my bucket of sloppy thinking. I left the debate questioning a fair few of my assumptions.
In the spirit of the event, I wont try to present a ‘single narrative’ but instead invite you to follow the discussion at #recasting, read some blog feedback and feel free to contribute via comments below.
We will be putting footage from the event up on this site soon – and if you feel like you still have more to say then please do get in touch, as we will continue to film ‘vox-pops’ with a diverse range of voices throughout the summer.
Thanks again for contributing, and please join us later on in the year for the next event in Birmingham.
Y on Sat, July 11, 2009 at 12:44 said:
Tracing the networks of our world could be a way to understand power relations and bend them. For a work-in-progress using this idea in order to rebuild a political project, and especially one that is more adapted to a globalized context, see http://yannickrumpala.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/knowledge-and-praxis-of-networks-as-a-political-project/
Free Flash Arcade on Wed, July 29, 2009 at 10:06 said:
It’s such a shame that I couldn’t actually be there for the “Where’s the Revolution” event. I’ll be looking forward to the video footage. Although it’s not as good as the actual thing but it will have to do.
Free Flash Arcade
Limousine Hire Perth on Mon, August 03, 2009 at 10:11 said:
Is there a video footage? If there is, where is it posted?
Ladies Clothing on Wed, August 05, 2009 at 4:18 said:
I’d love to see a video footage too. Will you be holding more events?
Insurance Leads on Fri, September 11, 2009 at 2:25 said:
The opposing part must have had some good arguments if you left the debate questioning a fair few of your assumptions.
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Riu Resorts on Tue, November 10, 2009 at 3:26 said:
I would have loved to listen in on the debate. Will their be another event similar to this?
Riu Resorts
xowii on Wed, November 25, 2009 at 10:55 said:
In the spirit of the event, I wont try to present a ‘single narrative’ but instead invite you to follow the discussion at #recasting, read some blog feedback and feel free to contribute via comments below.
LA Limousine on Fri, November 27, 2009 at 8:18 said:
All thoughts , when recalled , are accompanied by a mentally visual image, always. Otherwise it is not a thought at all. Even if you have a thought about , say, God, which we have never seen, even that thought is accompanied by an imaginary picture .
When in conversation there does arise wavering thoughts , related to the subject talked. some people get lost in tracing the thought and the image. The other main reason why sometimes a conversation goes adrift is the visually powerful thought images take us to a different subject altogether. For example, if the conversation is about younger days , one tends to get totally lost in reminiscences.
Online Tax Refunds on Sat, January 02, 2010 at 8:35 said:
I am interested in is why does the society want stability in economics. Because stuff like inflation is all predictable, but what are the most significant reasons that people want stability?
Online Tax Refunds
Olive Oil on Wed, January 27, 2010 at 7:17 said:
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