[IMC-bristol] October: "Dark Markets" media conference in Vienna

[Paul "Joey" Clark]

Might be of some interest:

http://darkmarkets.t0.or.at/




DARK MARKETS IS A TWO DAY STRATEGIC CONFERENCE THAT WILL LOOK INTO THE
STATE OF THE ART OF MEDIA POLITICS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, AND
THEORIES OF DEMOCRACY. A VARIETY OF INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS WILL INQUIRE
INTO STRATEGIES OF OPPOSITIONAL MOVEMENTS AND DISCUSS THE ROLE OF NEW
MEDIA.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS DARK MARKETS WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS:

Has the Internet still its original potential to foster a 'network
democracy from below'?

Aren't new media already too much compromised by the ever growing state
and corporate influence?

Can the Internet be reclaimed as a 'digital commons' or has the current
crisis already reached a meta media level, beyond propaganda and its
mirror counter- campaigns?