Transnational flows of capital, people, information and images are transforming our worlds; they are also challenging researchers to develop new theoretical and methodological practices to study and account for them. The TransNationalism Project takes on this challenge.

Venerdi, 30/05/2008 :: h 16.00 - 18.30 Palazzo Corigliano :: Aula Mura Greche Piazza S. Domenico Maggiore - NA

This Nano-Virtual-Sit-In is being performed on the 5th anniversary of the war on Iraq. We have chosen biotech and nanotech corporations and organizations as our targets, because their science is driven by the war and drives the war.

On exibition at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art Design and Elastic Mind February 24th - May 12th 2008
New York Talk Exchange illustrates the global exchange of information in real time by visualizing volumes of long distance telephone and IP (Internet Protocol) data flowing between New York and cities around the world.

Two 24-hour geographies. Both are actually rolling, but one is the same actors as they move across the globe, the other is a geography of countries of origin, a roving talk machine that moves across the globe. They capture globalization in action – talking.

(recensione) Richard Sennett si è sempre occupato di tematiche legate alla vita urbana e alla complessità sociale privilegiando il punto di vista dell’individuo. Un motivo di fondo del suo lavoro è l’analisi delle profonde contraddizioni implicite nelle forme di liberismo economico che si sono andate affermando negli ultimi decenni. In generale Sennett ha messo in evidenza come le politiche liberiste hanno prodotto conseguenze nefaste sulle persone minandone il carattere morale, virtù che è elemento imprescindibile del pensiero conservatore e liberista.

This paper addresses the questions of whether, and if so, how and to what extent the Internet brings about homogenization of the local cultures in the world. It examines a particular case, that of Thai culture, through an investigation and interpretation of a Usenet newsgroup, soc.culture.thai.

Globalization, the information era and non-governmental organizations are highlycomplex, much debated topics that may be considered as causes and results of many changes in political, social, cultural and economic contemporary life. I want to explore the entwinement of these issues to shed light on the emergence of another dimension of political and cultural life, the emergence of the virtual-imagined transnational community that can be better understood through an analysis of cybercultural politics.

Two 24-hour geographies. Both are actually rolling, but one is the same actors as they move across the globe, the other is a geography of countries of origin, a roving talk machine that moves across the globe. They capture globalization in action – talking.

(recensione) Richard Sennett si è sempre occupato di tematiche legate alla vita urbana e alla complessità sociale privilegiando il punto di vista dell’individuo. Un motivo di fondo del suo lavoro è l’analisi delle profonde contraddizioni implicite nelle forme di liberismo economico che si sono andate affermando negli ultimi decenni. In generale Sennett ha messo in evidenza come le politiche liberiste hanno prodotto conseguenze nefaste sulle persone minandone il carattere morale, virtù che è elemento imprescindibile del pensiero conservatore e liberista.