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Hi Caroline, You can email me at amit.kelkar@sydney.edu.au or amit@postmodern.com.au. Amit

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Hi Amit At this FibreCulture Conference, Chris Chesher mentioned I should touch base with you about your research. How can I get in touch with you? Kind Regards Caroline Keen

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Forum: Freedom and control in the Australian internet at University of NSW

December 19, 2009 from 1pm to 2pm

The second of the Fibreculture Freedom and Control public events is a session in the Interactive Entertainment 2009 conference at the University of New South Wales. This will be a spin-off from the Roundtable, with a smaller panel synthesising the discussions on the list and at the event on Wednesday 16th. It may also include relevant invited speakers. After the panellists have spoken, a large part of this session will also be for open discussion.…See More

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Long talk on filtering, November 30 UoW

As I mentioned at the roundtable, here's a far longer version of my talk about the background to filtering in Australia, from the workshop held at the University of Woolongong on 30 November 2009.This is before the release of the current policy and consultation document.http://www.vimeo.com/8088468 See More

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Internet Freedom and Control

Discussing freedom and control on the Australian internet.

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Audio from the Dec 16th Roundtable is now available. (see left)

See the program, join the group, RSVP to the event, and if you like, post a short introduction to the blog.

Senator Conroy announced the introduction of mandatory internet filtering in Australia. Internet filtering Live Pilot report has been released (December 15 2009)

Freedom and control in the Australian Broadband Network
This is the ning for the critical internet network fibreculture. The initial purpose of this site is to support a series of online and offline events examining Freedom and Control in the Australian Broadband Network.

This site includes an open blog for self-contained considered posts and a discussion group for more conversational dialogues. These online activities support two free events: a roundtable at the University of Sydney on December 16 and a forum on December 19 at the Interactive Entertainment Conference at UNSW.

About fibreculture
Fibreculture was established as an email list in 2000, We organised several events in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane between 2001-2004. More recently, the Fibreculture journal has become an active and well respected critical new media studies journal.

What to do now
Please register with ning, read the introduction to the event, join the freedom and control group, post a short position statement and personal introduction in the blog, and join in the group discussion. Use the #fcfc hashtag in twitter.

Convenors:
Chris Chesher Digital Cultures, University of Sydney,
Kate Crawford and Kath Albury, Journalism and Media Research, UNSW,
Geert Lovink, Institute for Network Cultures, Amsterdam.

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Long talk on filtering, November 30 UoW

As I mentioned at the roundtable, here's a far longer version of my talk about the background to filtering in Australia, from the workshop held at the University of Woolongong on 30 November 2009.

This is before the release of the current policy and consultation document.

http://www.vimeo.com/8088468

Posted by Peter John Chen on December 17, 2009 at 9:19pm

Managing contempt in (or of) the online world

News from the land of the Long White Server.

Does control of the Internet fall under the jurisdiction of the courts (in any country)? Talk back radio can come atcha from outside the national radio spectrum, and offshore Internet backchat can talk back to authority with impunity. The loss of boundaries (between private and public, and between the nation state and the global fog of the Internet) is upsetting state control mechanisms.

In New Zealand, the enforcement of… Continue

Posted by Mark McGuire on December 15, 2009 at 10:28am

New Media Research and Policy

Among the goals of this week's roundtable is to discuss the most effective forms of research and lobbying to contribute to the best public policies in new media.

This topic is particularly timely, with the anticipated release of the outcomes of the Federal Government's internet filtering trial, and the release this week of the Public Consultation on the R18+ Classification for Computer Games. The papers from Peter… Continue

Posted by Chris on December 14, 2009 at 3:40pm

Complete Draft Program

Fibreculture Roundtable Draft Program

Freedom and Control in the Australian Broadband Internet

December 16, 2009

Rogers Room, Woolley Building

Science Road, University of Sydney

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

10.00am Arrival

1030am Introductions

Chris: Chris Chesher

11.00am Talks by Peter Chen (Sydney) and Jason Wilson (UoW) on Histories of Australian Regulatory Policies Around Internet and Computer… Continue

Posted by Chris on December 10, 2009 at 6:30pm