Geert Lovink in Naples
The first MAO talk, placed in the section labelled Understanding new media, is dedicated to the stars of the Dutch Scene. On Friday October 6, 2006 at Napoli/Naples, thanks to the crucial support of The Dutch Embassy in Rome, and the contribution of the Degree course Lingue, culture e istituzioni dei Paesi del Mediterraneo of the Università degli Studi di Napoli L’Orientale, MAO invites Geert Lovink, well known Dutch mass media theorist and activist (his essays translated in Italian are “Dark Fiber” and “Internet non è il Paradiso”).
Lovink is the most important Net theorist and the first to highlight the sharp limits of this media. Abosolute sui generis thinker, Lovink is a young intellectual: very popular in big universities, he is, in paralleli, a very welcomed theorist of counterculture cyber and not. Lovink will meet the public in a free entrance conference, from 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm at Palazzo del Mediterraneo of the Università degli Studi di Napoli L’Oriental: the talk will be also streamed on Internet in realtime thanks to C.I.L.A. (Centro Interdipartimentale di servizi Linguistici ed Audiovisivi) on the site www.cila.unior.it and on the MAO site.
