NewsNews PhD research studentships at Anglia RuskinPhD research studentships in media, digital culture and cognate areas - deadline 11 July, more details here.
Platform Politics special issue call for papersThe call for papers for a special issue of Culture Machine on 'Platform Poltics' has been reseased. Full papers are requested by November 2012. Full details here
Digitally Enabled Social ChangeJoss Hands has writen some comment about about Earl and Kimport's new book 'Digitally Enabled Social Change' for a new blog 'Mobilizing Ideas' run out of the Center for the Study of Social Movements at Notre Dame University. The piece is here and the wider blog, which is well worth a look here
A short piece on Kittler and Digital EconomyJussi Parikka wrote a short piece for The Guardian on digital economy discourse, interdisciplinarity and the late German media theorist Friedrich Kittler.
Roundtable at Anglia Ruskin on network power and revolutionARCDigital is collaborating with CRASSH to host a roundtable on 24 November 2011 exploring the role of digital networks in recent revolutions and global insurrections, and a number of speakers from will be offering their perpective on the question of: what is the digital difference? More details here
Digital Capital Reading GroupARC Digital has announced details of its autumn 'digital capital' reading group - all welcome details here
Some comments on social media and the English riotsA blog post on the riots and social media and public discourse here
Platform Politics Responses pageWe have set up a page to collect responses to Platform Politics and link to other references or blogs coming out of a very well received and thought provoking event. See the page here
The opening words by Jussi Parikka onlineThe short opening words to Platform Politics-conference are now online. This is the slightly longer version to the words spoken on Thursday 12th of May 2011 by Jussi.
Conference concludesThe Platform Politics conference has now finished. Footage of a number of talks has been archived and can be viewed here
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