April 18, 2013
by Adrian J Ivakhiv
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The Boston Marathon bombing forced us this week to reconsider the name of our class project, “Seedbomb Burlington.” We decided to stay with the name for two reasons. First, all of our PR materials — press releases, social media sites, … Continue reading
April 15, 2013
by Adrian J Ivakhiv
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What do the two have in common? Our class project, Seedbomb Burlington, will involve organizing and carrying out a series of events/actions taking place in the landscape of Burlington, Vermont. It will also be a media event. The initial actions … Continue reading
April 9, 2013
by Adrian J Ivakhiv
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Project: Seedbomb Burlington Seedbombing, or aerial reforestation, refers to the practice of introducing vegetation to land by throwing or dropping compressed bundles of soil containing live vegetation (seed balls). Undertaken with the goal of re-naturalizing barren or ecologically underutilized land, … Continue reading
March 27, 2013
by Adrian J Ivakhiv
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Media matters, and media matter also matters. As shown in Richard Maxwell’s and Toby Miller’s book Greening the Media, information and communication technologies are not ecologically benign. They leave behind plenty of residues — mountains of waste, toxic by-products that … Continue reading
March 26, 2013
by Adrian J Ivakhiv
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Here is where we can share our thoughts (between classes) about the project we’ve decided to take on as a class. The following are some initial ideas arising from our discussion in today’s class. Project: Seedbomb Burlington
March 20, 2013
by Adrian J Ivakhiv
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We are taking this week off from new readings. Instead the class is concentrating on critical analysis assignments and presentations. Two of these — one on Banksy and the Critical Art Ensemble, the other on Greenpeace and the movement against … Continue reading
March 13, 2013
by Adrian J Ivakhiv
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Adbusters’ 2012 Meme of the Year video This week we begin looking at some case studies of media uses — specifically, by “tactical media” activists such as “culture jammers” and other “hacktivists.”
March 2, 2013
by Adrian J Ivakhiv
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Marshall McLuhan argued that the world was becoming a “global village.” For the theorists we are examining this week, the world has certainly become global, but it is less a village — which implies a stability and a taken-for-grantedness of … Continue reading