The Liberation of Cyberspace

World renowned technologist and author Richard Stallman:
“Copyright vs. Community
in the Age of Computer Networks”
Friday, February 6,  7:30-10:00pm
Martime Labour Centre, 1880 Triumph Street (at Victoria) near the J.J. Bean.
Admission FREE or by donation – no one turned away for inability to pay.  Live music by the Creaking Planks.  Tea and coffee will [...]

Cell Phones and Instant Messaging – The Destruction or The Extension of Community Life?

Jennifer Daryl Slack, and J. Macgregor Wise, the authors of our course reader Culture + Technology A Primer, describes a scenario in a post secondary school of a busy courtyard. This courtyard was a “cultural space” where students gathered in groups to talk about their lives and classes, and to grab a bite to [...]

Influences of television

Has technological inventions such as the television been an influence on our lives?
It has even come to a point where when redecorating a room, the TV should be a focal point and all the other pieces of furniture are placed around to compliment it. As stated in Slack and Wise’s book, the television was said [...]

The Virtual Fence

The past several weeks have been spent learning about some pretty big ideas: progress, convenience, control, Luddism and Appropriate Technology to name several. The Slack and Wise primer has been our main source of information, along with a visit to Freegeek and a viewing of some short movies made by film students. We have also [...]

Digital Communities?

The Changing Structure of Communities
Community has been defined in the past as a social group of people that are cohesive in a larger connection of participation that share common goals and usually a geographical location. However, in this new technological era the definition of community is drastically changing as “there is talk about the loss [...]