Re: THE Q IN QONSPIRACY: QAnon as a Paradigm for Future Social-media-driven Conspiracism
Thanks! > On Mar 16, 2021, at 10:11 AM, Tatiana Bazzichelli wrote: > > Dear all, > > I answer to Keith's question writing to the whole list because it might > interest other people, too. If you would like to listen to the > conversation of last Friday, THE Q IN QONSPIRACY, with Wu Ming 1, > Florian Cramer and myself, you can find the video here: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD9U9bQUlSs > > More info about the event (scroll down): > https://www.disruptionlab.org/fridays > > All the best, and enjoy! > > Tatiana > >> On 13.03.21 05:21, Keith Sanborn wrote: >> Dear Tatiana: >> >> Was there supposed to be a live feed of that conversation? I couldn’t find >> it when accessing your site by phone. Wd like to keep up with the series. >> >> Keith Sanborn >> On Mar 11, 2021, at 4:41 AM, Tatiana Bazzichelli wrote: >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I would like to invite you to take part in a conversation with Wu Ming >>> 1, Florian Cramer and myself tomorrow afternoon (March 12), as part of >>> our Disruptive Fridays series, at 5PM CET. We can get questions from the >>> audience via chat. >>> Read more here (and go to the chat): https://www.disruptionlab.org/fridays >>> >>> Since 2020 we have been experiencing two pandemics at once: Covid-19 and >>> conspiracy fantasies about Covid-19. The pandemic emergency accelerated >>> a process that had been going on for years: the rise of a new kind of >>> hyper-charged, social-media-driven conspiracism. In this respect, QAnon >>> is a paradigmatic case. >>> >>> What is QAnon, or what was it? A political movement, a game, a cult, a >>> terrorist threat? All that and more. >>> >>> In this conversation QAnon is discussed as a template for contemporary >>> social-media-driven conspiracy fantasies that work simultaneously as >>> games and a new kind of cults. By focusing on the mutation of conspiracy >>> myths from countercultural phenomena to contemporary meme and influencer >>> culture, Florian Cramer and Wu Ming 1 will focus on three conspiracy >>> narratives: "The Great Replacement" (from Renaud Camus to >>> Charlottesville), QAnon (from Pizzagate to the Capitol storming) and >>> "The Great Reset" (as a set of pandemic-inspired variations on the old >>> New World Order trope). >>> >>> The conversation is centered around Wu Ming 1's forthcoming book "La Q >>> di Qomplotto" [The Q in qonspiracy], to be published end of March in >>> Italian by Edizioni Alegre, which describes how conspiracy fantasies >>> help legitimise systems of control (find here the index in English >>> https://edizionialegre.it/notizie/the-q-in-conspiracy/). >>> >>> Join us tomorrow here at 5PM CET: >>> https://www.disruptionlab.org/fridays >>> >>> Get reminders from here (Facebook video): >>> https://www.facebook.com/disruptionlab/posts/2664839330428196 >>> >>> This is a pre-event of our upcoming conference (March 18-20): >>> BEHIND THE MASK: WHISTLEBLOWING DURING THE PANDEMIC >>> Whistleblowers, human rights advocates, journalists, activists, artists, >>> lawyers and researchers denouncing abuses and wrongdoing in the course >>> of the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. >>> https://www.disruptionlab.org/behind-the-mask >>> >>> All the best, and see you there! >>> >>> Tatiana >>> -- >>> Tatiana Bazzichelli // Founder & Artistic Director >>> Disruption Network Lab >>> http://disruptionlab.org >>> Twitter: @disruptberlin // @t_bazz >>> Fingerprint: A87C 3637 03ED 1D1C E6FE E828 1F55 2B2F F5A5 C9A0 >>> >>> -- >>> Tatiana Bazzichelli // Artistic Director >>> Disruption Network Lab >>> http://disruptionlab.org >>> Twitter: @disruptberlin // @t_bazz >>> Fingerprint: A87C 3637 03ED 1D1C E6FE E828 1F55 2B2F F5A5 C9A0 >>> # distributed via : no commercial use without permission >>> #is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, >>> # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets >>> # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l >>> # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org >>> # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject: >> > > > -- > Tatiana Bazzichelli // Artistic Director > Disruption Network Lab > http://disruptionlab.org > Twitter: @disruptberlin // @t_bazz > Fingerprint: A87C 3637 03ED 1D1C E6FE E828 1F55 2B2F F5A5 C9A0 > # distributed via : no commercial use without permission > #is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l > # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org > # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject: # distributed via : no commercial use without permission #is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org # @nettime_bot twee
BEHIND THE MASK: Whistleblowing During the Pandemic (18-20 March)
Dear all, I would like invite you to attend our 23rd Disruption Network Lab conference: BEHIND THE MASK: Whistleblowing During the Pandemic, taking place online as a livestream event from 18-20 March 2021, during which whistleblowers, human rights advocates, journalists, activists, artists, lawyers and researchers will speak on their work of denouncing abuses and wrongdoing during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. In addition, our Activation programme extends the Behind the Mask conference with a two community workshops on 20 and 27 March. Below you can find our conference schedule, and more details are available here: https://www.disruptionlab.org/behind-the-mask We would be glad to see you (online) for this event! Our chat will be active to ask questions to the speakers and interact with us. All the best, Tatiana -- # CONFERENCE - LIVESTREAM SCHEDULE # Thursday, March 18 · 2021 15:00–15:10: OPENING Tatiana Bazzichelli (Programme Director, Disruption Network Lab, IT/DE) & Lieke Ploeger (Community Director, Disruption Network Lab, NL/DE). 15:10–15:30 · CORONATION Film Interview Conversation with Ai Weiwei (Artist & Activist, CN) and Jess Search (Chief Executive of Doc Society, UK). Introduced by Roberto Perez-Rocha (Director for the International Anti-Corruption Conference Series at Transparency International, MEX/DE). https://www.disruptionlab.org/behind-the-mask#coronation-interview 15:30–17:00 · PANEL DEFENDING THE TRUTH IN THE PANDEMIC: Is Whistleblowing the Magic Wand? Thuli Madonsela (Professor, Stellenbosch University, Former Public Protector of South Africa, ZA), María de los Ángeles Estrada (Executive Director of the Transparency and Anti-corruption Initiative, MX), Stefano Fusco (Co-founder, Noi Denunceremo / We Denounce - Truth and Justice Committee for Covid-19 Victims, IT). Moderated by Roberto Perez-Rocha (Director for the International Anti-Corruption Conference Series at Transparency International, MEX/DE). https://www.disruptionlab.org/behind-the-mask#truth 18:30–20:00 · KEYNOTE WHISTLEBLOWING & COVID19: Telling the Truth at the Center of Crisis Erika Cheung (Theranos Whistleblower, Co-founder and executive director of Ethics in Entrepreneurship, US). Eileen Chubb (Care Industry Whistleblower, Compassion In Care Founder, Co-Founded The Whistler, UK). Moderated by Delphine Halgand (Lead Rapporteur, Infodemics Report & Director of The Signals Network, FR/US). https://www.disruptionlab.org/behind-the-mask#whistleblowing # Friday, March 19, 2021 15:00–16:30 · PANEL DIGGING DEEPER INTO HEALTHCARE: The Vaccine Rollout, Pandemic Journalism & Corruption Sarah Steingrüber (Independent Global Health Expert, Global Health Lead for Curbing Corruption, DE), Serena Tinari (Investigative Journalist, Co founder, Re-Check, IT/CH), Alexander Nanau (Film Director, Colectiv Documentary, DE/RO), Moderated by Jonathan Cushing (Head of Global Health Programme, Transparency International, UK). https://www.disruptionlab.org/behind-the-mask#healthcare 18:30–20:00 · PANEL VOICES OF CARE: Exposing Dangers to Public Health Delphine Halgand (Lead Rapporteur, Infodemics Report & Director of The Signals Network, FR/US), Yvonne Dellmark (Chair, Karolinska University Hospital's Medical Association, Vice Chairman of the Swedish Medical Association, Physician at Karolinska University Hospital, SE), Helen O’Connor (Former NHS Nurse, GMB NHS Union Organiser, UK). Moderated by Cassie Thornton (Artist & Activist, Collective Healthcare Researcher, US/CA). https://www.disruptionlab.org/behind-the-mask#voices # Saturday, March 20, 2021 11:00–13:00 · PANEL JULIAN ASSANGE: Repression, Isolation & Lockdown Suelette Dreyfus (Technology Researcher, Journalist & Writer, AU), Jennifer Robinson (Human Rights Lawyer and Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London, AU/UK), Stefania Maurizi (Investigative Journalist, IT), Felicity Ruby (PhD Candidate at Sydney University, Researcher on Surveillance and Democracy, AU). Moderated by Anna Myers (Executive Director, Whistleblowing International Network, UK). https://www.disruptionlab.org/behind-the-mask#assange -- # WORKSHOPS # Saturday, March 20 · 2021 15:00 – 17:00 · ONLINE WORKSHOP With: Serena Tinari (Investigative Journalist, Co founder, Re-Check, IT/CH) # Saturday, March 27 · 2021 11:00 – 13:00 · ONLINE WORKSHOP PIRATE CARE: Politicising Care, Piracy and Biopolitics With: Valeria Graziano, Maddalena Fragnito, Laura Benítez Valero Register to the workshops here: https://www.disruptionlab.org/behind-the-mask#workshops -- More information: https://www.disruptionlab.org/behind-the-mask -- Tatiana Bazzichelli // Founder & Artistic Director Disruption Network Lab http://disruptionlab.org Twitter: @disruptberlin // @t_bazz Fingerprint: A87C 3637 03ED 1D1C E6FE E828 1F55 2B2F F5A5 C9A0 # distributed via : no commercial use without permission #is a moderated mailing list for net c
Re: THE Q IN QONSPIRACY: QAnon as a Paradigm for Future Social-media-driven Conspiracism
Dear all, I answer to Keith's question writing to the whole list because it might interest other people, too. If you would like to listen to the conversation of last Friday, THE Q IN QONSPIRACY, with Wu Ming 1, Florian Cramer and myself, you can find the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD9U9bQUlSs More info about the event (scroll down): https://www.disruptionlab.org/fridays All the best, and enjoy! Tatiana On 13.03.21 05:21, Keith Sanborn wrote: > Dear Tatiana: > > Was there supposed to be a live feed of that conversation? I couldn’t find it > when accessing your site by phone. Wd like to keep up with the series. > > Keith Sanborn > >> On Mar 11, 2021, at 4:41 AM, Tatiana Bazzichelli wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> >> I would like to invite you to take part in a conversation with Wu Ming >> 1, Florian Cramer and myself tomorrow afternoon (March 12), as part of >> our Disruptive Fridays series, at 5PM CET. We can get questions from the >> audience via chat. >> Read more here (and go to the chat): https://www.disruptionlab.org/fridays >> >> Since 2020 we have been experiencing two pandemics at once: Covid-19 and >> conspiracy fantasies about Covid-19. The pandemic emergency accelerated >> a process that had been going on for years: the rise of a new kind of >> hyper-charged, social-media-driven conspiracism. In this respect, QAnon >> is a paradigmatic case. >> >> What is QAnon, or what was it? A political movement, a game, a cult, a >> terrorist threat? All that and more. >> >> In this conversation QAnon is discussed as a template for contemporary >> social-media-driven conspiracy fantasies that work simultaneously as >> games and a new kind of cults. By focusing on the mutation of conspiracy >> myths from countercultural phenomena to contemporary meme and influencer >> culture, Florian Cramer and Wu Ming 1 will focus on three conspiracy >> narratives: "The Great Replacement" (from Renaud Camus to >> Charlottesville), QAnon (from Pizzagate to the Capitol storming) and >> "The Great Reset" (as a set of pandemic-inspired variations on the old >> New World Order trope). >> >> The conversation is centered around Wu Ming 1's forthcoming book "La Q >> di Qomplotto" [The Q in qonspiracy], to be published end of March in >> Italian by Edizioni Alegre, which describes how conspiracy fantasies >> help legitimise systems of control (find here the index in English >> https://edizionialegre.it/notizie/the-q-in-conspiracy/). >> >> Join us tomorrow here at 5PM CET: >> https://www.disruptionlab.org/fridays >> >> Get reminders from here (Facebook video): >> https://www.facebook.com/disruptionlab/posts/2664839330428196 >> >> This is a pre-event of our upcoming conference (March 18-20): >> BEHIND THE MASK: WHISTLEBLOWING DURING THE PANDEMIC >> Whistleblowers, human rights advocates, journalists, activists, artists, >> lawyers and researchers denouncing abuses and wrongdoing in the course >> of the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. >> https://www.disruptionlab.org/behind-the-mask >> >> All the best, and see you there! >> >> Tatiana >> -- >> Tatiana Bazzichelli // Founder & Artistic Director >> Disruption Network Lab >> http://disruptionlab.org >> Twitter: @disruptberlin // @t_bazz >> Fingerprint: A87C 3637 03ED 1D1C E6FE E828 1F55 2B2F F5A5 C9A0 >> >> -- >> Tatiana Bazzichelli // Artistic Director >> Disruption Network Lab >> http://disruptionlab.org >> Twitter: @disruptberlin // @t_bazz >> Fingerprint: A87C 3637 03ED 1D1C E6FE E828 1F55 2B2F F5A5 C9A0 >> # distributed via : no commercial use without permission >> #is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, >> # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets >> # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l >> # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org >> # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject: > -- Tatiana Bazzichelli // Artistic Director Disruption Network Lab http://disruptionlab.org Twitter: @disruptberlin // @t_bazz Fingerprint: A87C 3637 03ED 1D1C E6FE E828 1F55 2B2F F5A5 C9A0 # distributed via : no commercial use without permission #is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject:
Re: what does monetary value indicate?
On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 5:49 PM Felix Stalder wrote: > I'm sure many have followed the NFT art saga over the last couple of > months and seen today's headline that somebody just paid $ 69,346,250 > for a NFT on a blockchain, meta-data to claim ownership of the > "originalcopy" of a digital art work. Thanks to Amy Castor's article (which you also mentioned/linked to, https://amycastor.com/2021/03/14/metakovan-the-mystery-beeple-art-buyer-and-his-nft-defi-scheme/), we now know that the buyer didn't actually pay $69,346,250, but "$60 million in ETH and $9 million in fees, also in ETH" - a significant difference IMHO. The whole Christie's sale thus boils down to a conversion of one type of ETH token into another type of ETH token within the portfolio of a crypto currency investment firm, and using the art market transaction as means of pumping the value of the latter. So it seems as if the art market is used as a prop for financial transactions that would likely be illegal on regulated financial markets. Ben Lewis' 2009 documentary film "The Great Contemporary Bubble" investigates the insider trade with Damien Hirst's art, including the common phenomenon of a few collectors acting as cartels that inflate the prices of certain artists (which includes galleries who bid on their own artists in anonymous auctions). It seems as if this phenomenon is repeating itself, only that the insider trade and price manipulation now is no longer about the market value of an art work, but about the value of the currency with which it has been bought. -F # distributed via : no commercial use without permission #is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject:
