Wikitopia: Documentation Online NOW!

VIDEOTAGE presented WIKITOPIA in September 2010 as the first tinyfest on collaborative futures in Hong Kong.

Video documentation of the two brilliant keynotes are now online!
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Keynote 1
[size=20]The Principle of Reciprocity[/size] by Dr. Hector Rodriguez, Associate Dean of School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong
http://www.vimeo.com/16462462
Marcel Mauss’ classic study of The Gift introduced the principle of reciprocity, which has played a fundamental role in the evolution of modern social anthropology and critical theory. … … This presentation explains the theory of reciprocity, describes its implications and possible interpretations, and traces its influence on such contemporary theorists as Claude Levi-Strauss, Georges Bataille, Pierre Bourdieu, Jean-Paul Sartrre, Marshall Sahlins, and Boris Groys.

Keynote 2
[size=20]The Possibilities and Limitations of Open Content[/size] by Prof. Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Professor of Modern Culture and Media, Brown University
http://www.vimeo.com/16647697
New media has made possible new “vernacular” archives of knowledge—from wikipedia to del.icio.us—that are challenging their standard top-down counterparts. These archives are usually either celebrated as democratizing knowledge, or condemned as destroying it. Refusing either of these positions, this talk asks: what does opening up content do? What does the open both make possible and close down? Is open content enough? How, in other words, should the open be the beginning rather than the end of the discussion?


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