Culture Circulatory System Talk with Mirek Filiciak, Alek Tarkowski Media The greatest risk involved in the whole debate is absolute polarisation and utter simplification, while forgetting that freedom entails responsibility. It would be a shame to waste the opportunities offered to culture by the internet, but if that does end up happening, it won’t be the fault of just one side.
We, the Web Kids BY Piotr Czerski Media Participating in cultural life is not something out of the ordinary to us: global culture is the fundamental building block of our identity, more important for defining ourselves than traditions, historical narratives, social status, ancestry, or even the language that we use
Culture in Action! BY Max Cegielski Film See the film reportage from 184 days of Cultural Programme of the Polish EU Presidency 2011
Lost in Culture Antónia Mészáros Media The following debate on interdisciplinarity of culture took place during the European Culture Congress in September 2011 in Wrocław
THE ABC OF NEW CULTURE:Y, Z as in CTRL+Y, CTRL+Z BY Mirek Filiciak / Alek Tarkowski Media Authors have predicted the demise of everything from books, television, the press, middlemen, and professional artists to politics, government, nation states, and even entire regions. But unexpected returns happen all the time
THE ABC OF NEW CULTURE:X as in XXX BY Mirek Filiciak / Alek Tarkowski Media For those who do look at it, porn is an area in which the key trends of culture 2.0 can be plainly seen. Amateur productions: check. Individuals competing with commercial productions: check. Blurring the boundaries between public and private: yet again, check
CULTURE 2.0 – Level 2.0 BY John Biweekly Art Accompanying to the Culture 2.0 Conference is the Enter Level 2.0 exhibition. What’s coming this year? There’s a selection for you
CULTURE 2.0 – Media-Aware BY John Biweekly Media Today, one can hardly imagine an educational process ignoring the possibilities that arise from new media
Exchange BY John Biweekly Intro Public money as a tool to empower creative skills of the populace without showing the way the skills should be employed? Is it ‘against’ art?
THE ABC OF NEW CULTURE:T as in Tag BY Mirek Filiciak / Alek Tarkowski Media Folksonomy is simply another word for social tagging. It’s a taxonomy created by groups without hierarchy or imposed ‘professional’ standards
THE ABC OF NEW CULTURE:N as in Nostalgia BY Mirek Filiciak / Alek Tarkowski Media The strength of the bond between media and the past is best demonstrated by the fact that the past is essentially a product of media
THE INFOHOLIC:Culture is a Remix BY Jarosław Lipszyc Literature There’s no such thing as remix culture. Culture is a remix. Culture has always been a remix. The products of creativity do not exist in a vacuum
