Hi there,
I am currently finishing up my dissertation in the
Department of Anthropology at UC Berkeley on
transnational activist networks and the cultural logic
and cultural politics of networking within the
anti-globalization movement. I conducted my field
research with the Movement for Global Resistance (MRG)
in Barcelona, and have participated in Peoples Global
Action and the World Social Forum processes. Central
themes involve the use of new technologies as both
network infrastructure and medium for utopian
political expression as well as the cultural
affinities linking informational capitalism, anarchism
and network-based political forms and practices.
I have also recently become interested in a new
activist project in Barcelona called the "Infospace"
and emerging networks surrounding the Hub
communication spaces at the European Social Forum and
the upcoming World Information Society Forum.
In terms of the conference, beyond the overall format,
I'd love to work on a panel with folks interested in
exploring the multiple intersections among new
technologies, network architectures and emerging norms
and forms of radical political praxis.
Best, jeff