Archive for October, 2005

Durkheim on Katrina

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

Although many things have been said about Katrina and New Orleans, and Space and Culture will have a themed issue (9.1) to appear in early 2006, I thought I’d just add another comment - if only to evidence that although Durkheim is certainly old hat,his conceptual repertoire might have some interesting bits to help us […]

Introducing Joost

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

Hi,
I’m Joost, one of the editors of Space and Culture and I just wanted to introduce myself. I’m Dutch but work and live in the UK at Nottingham Trent University, where I am a professor of media analysis. I’m 38 years old, married and have four children, aged between 18 months and 11 years. I’ve […]

Insides, Outsides and Elsewheres

Wednesday, October 19th, 2005

So we’re off to the Canadian Association of Cultural Studies 2005 Conference, where we’ll be talking about all sorts of virtualities and materialities. If you see us, please say hello!
Session: Ritual Virtualities, Performative Materialities Chair: Rob Shields, University of Alberta
Jan Jagodzinski (University of Alberta) The Virtual in the Time Cinema of […]

The Mobile Information Society

Monday, October 17th, 2005

Via smart mobs, the Annenberg Research Network on International Communication’s Wireless Communication and Development: A Global Perspective Workshop.
There are all sorts of interesting perspectives, and a bunch of other papers and research notes, but the real gem for social researchers may be Manuel Castells et al.’s 327-page Social Uses of Wireless Communications: The Mobile Information […]

Virtuality/Actuality

Thursday, October 13th, 2005

Pass Christian, MS House Before/After

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