<div><div dir="auto">And I miss the role of Howard Rheingold the creator among others of Wired and the Well and the author of the book Virtual Community. He built the discussions forum Electric Minds a great gathering of scholars and activists.</div><div dir="auto">I interviewed him in Palo Alto in the 90 ties for my book about the Internet and he was very interesting and fun to listen to. He was a true believer on virtual communication.</div><div dir="auto">Ana</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>tis 6 feb. 2018 kl. 11:58 skrev patrick lichty <<a href="mailto:p@voyd.com">p@voyd.com</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">----------empyre- soft-skinned space----------------------<br>
Just very quickly, as I'm prepping for class here in the UAE, and also sorry<br>
fvor being so offline.<br>
In this conversation, I miss Rhizome's online community, as it made so many<br>
careers, including mine.<br>
But I want to give a minor tally of communities Ihave been part of as a<br>
point of conversation.<br>
<br>
The Well<br>
Spectre<br>
Nettime<br>
Senselab Basecamp<br>
Netbehaviour<br>
Empyre<br>
Fibrecultture<br>
Odyssey<br>
Rhizome Raw<br>
The Thing<br>
7-11<br>
And a few more.<br>
These are esseantial to our community, culture, and history.<br>
<br>
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[mailto:<a href="mailto:empyre-bounces@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au" target="_blank">empyre-bounces@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au</a>] On Behalf Of Renate<br>
Terese Ferro<br>
Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 8:15 AM<br>
To: soft_skinned_space <<a href="mailto:empyre@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au" target="_blank">empyre@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [-empyre-] -empyre- in 2002- a trip down memory lane<br>
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----------empyre- soft-skinned space---------------------- Hey Ricardo.<br>
So glad you mentioned <a href="http://nettime.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">nettime.org</a> and thank you for posting this post from<br>
February 26th 1998 nearly twenty years ago. Talking about history I have<br>
enlisted twelve of my Introduction to Digital Media students to join us this<br>
month on –empyre-. A few every week will post tidbits of history and facts<br>
about online communities and forums. I thought it would be great to get<br>
young artists and thinkers involved this month so that they can get a sense<br>
of the long history but also to share with us their own insights about how<br>
online and internet based platforms are incredibly networked. I will be<br>
introducing them tomorrow. I am hoping that some of their posts will prompt<br>
our subscribers to post additional thoughts and recollections.<br>
Best and thanks. Renate<br>
<br>
Hola Tod@xs,<br>
<br>
<br>
I do not remember when I was joined -empyre- but it is a part, at least for<br>
me, of a history and presence of list-servs that have been extremely<br>
important for the gestures and conceptual disturbances that I have<br>
participated in. List-servs are an e-form that I continue to see as a core<br>
condition for the performative matrix for all the collaborations I have been<br>
involved in the past, now and ones to come.<br>
<br>
<br>
As I remember the first list-servs I was a part of were based at <a href="http://thing.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">thing.net</a><br>
in the 90's. Probably the most well known list that echoes the deep model<br>
of -empryre- was <a href="http://nettime.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">nettime.org</a>.<br>
<br>
<br>
Here is my first call to join a list-serv back in 1998 (riding the memory<br>
lane):<br>
<br>
<br>
* To: nettime-l {AT} Desk.nl<br>
* Subject: <nettime> infowar thread on <a href="http://www.thing.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.thing.net</a><br>
* From: ricardo dominguez <rdom {AT} <a href="http://thing.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">thing.net</a>><br>
* Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 13:48:47 -0800<br>
* Sender: owner-nettime-l {AT} <a href="http://basis.Desk.nl" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">basis.Desk.nl</a><br>
<br>
________________________________<br>
<br>
InfoWar<br>
<br>
"War in our current era is one of reduced tangibility and soft power."<br>
--Joseph Nye.<br>
<br>
"Centralize strategically, but decentralize tactically."<br>
--Mao<br>
<br>
This is an invitation to join and participate on the InfoWar thread<br>
moderated by Ricardo Dominguez on the new Thing bbs system at:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.thing.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.thing.net</a><br>
<br>
starting on March 5, 1998.<br>
<br>
The InfoWar thread will consider how soft power has redefined command,<br>
control, intelligence and resistance.<br>
<br>
InfoWar tactics are now moving beyond the theoretical questions about the<br>
rise of "network power" and the end of hierarchies.<br>
Instead, Military and Intelligence groups are now experimenting with<br>
pragmatic hybrid structures that can retain control over networks, while<br>
allowing network autonomy to expand within a specific types of command<br>
structures.<br>
In order to contain the rising soft power of small groups that can organize<br>
themselves "into sprawling networks" that can threaten hard power<br>
structures.<br>
<br>
Military and Intelligence communities since the late 80's have mapped 5<br>
distinct possible structures for understanding<br>
InfoWar:<br>
<br>
1)A Game, chess or Go.<br>
Go has displaced chess as the dominant tactical game<br>
metaphor.<br>
<br>
2)The Wild West.<br>
Each town makes its own laws and out on the<br>
range its everyone for themselves and God against all.<br>
<br>
3)The Castle/Bunker.<br>
Enclaves built for security with moats, massive walls,<br>
drawbridges and loyal Knights who roam the outskirts<br>
of the fiefdom.<br>
<br>
4)A Plant.<br>
A rhizome made of endless root-structures,with<br>
poly-spacial connectivity, and a multi-layered linkages<br>
with non-plant agents.<br>
<br>
5)The Hive.<br>
A bio-diverse system,with the ability to<br>
rapidly mutate, and capable of swarm like activity.<br>
<br>
<br>
Each map calls for different types of responses to the questions of<br>
security, aggression, and resistance.<br>
What can we gain from each map as the importance of InfoWar continues to<br>
grow with greater global access.<br>
<br>
The thread will also consider the specific case of the Zapatistas in<br>
Chiapas, Mexico. They have been able to constrain the Mexican government<br>
from quickly eliminating the movement since 1994--by building a<br>
transnational network of resistance. How were a group of Mayan people deep<br>
in the Lacandona jungle able to become the first, "post modern warriors?"<br>
<br>
And finally, what happens when War Theory goes beyond InfoWar to overcome<br>
the problems that arise from the "age of networks?"<br>
<br>
<br>
Suggested reading list -- (not necessary to have read them to participate):<br>
<br>
<br>
Copernicus....Forward C4I for the 21st Century<br>
<a href="http://www.stl.nps.navy.mil/c4i/coperfwd.txt" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.stl.nps.navy.mil/c4i/coperfwd.txt</a><br>
<br>
Cyberwar is Coming. Arquilla and Ronfeldt<br>
<a href="http://gopher.well.sf.ca.us:70/0/Military/cyberwar" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://gopher.well.sf.ca.us:70/0/Military/cyberwar</a><br>
<br>
Electronic Warfare<br>
<a href="http://www.dreo.dnd.ca/pages/electwf/electwf.htm" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.dreo.dnd.ca/pages/electwf/electwf.htm</a><br>
<br>
Guide to Information Warfare<br>
<a href="http://www.uta.fi/~ptmakul/infowar/iw2.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.uta.fi/~ptmakul/infowar/iw2.html</a><br>
<br>
In Athena's Camp (John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt, editors)<br>
<a href="http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR880/contents.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR880/contents.html</a><br>
<br>
Information War and Cyberspace Security by RAND<br>
<a href="http://www.rand.org/publications/RRR/RRR.fall95.cyber/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.rand.org/publications/RRR/RRR.fall95.cyber/</a><br>
<br>
Information War Cyberwar Netwar by George J. Stein<br>
<a href="http://www.cdsar.af.mil/battle/chp6.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.cdsar.af.mil/battle/chp6.html</a><br>
<br>
Information Warfare<br>
<a href="http://vislab-www.nps.navy.mil/~sdjames/info_war.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://vislab-www.nps.navy.mil/~sdjames/info_war.html</a><br>
<br>
What is Information Warfare?<br>
<a href="http://www.ndu.edu/ndu/inss/actpubs/act003/a003cont.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.ndu.edu/ndu/inss/actpubs/act003/a003cont.html</a><br>
<br>
Zapatistas<br>
<br>
The Zapatistas and the Electronic Fabric of Struggle<br>
<a href="http://www.eco.utexas.edu/faculty/Cleaver/zaps.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.eco.utexas.edu/faculty/Cleaver/zaps.html</a><br>
<br>
Netwars<br>
<a href="http://www.teleport.com/~jwehling/Netwars.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.teleport.com/~jwehling/Netwars.html</a><br>
<br>
Zaptistas in Cyberspace.<br>
<a href="http://www.eco.utexas.edu:80/Homepages/Faculty/Cleaver/zapsincyber.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.eco.utexas.edu:80/Homepages/Faculty/Cleaver/zapsincyber.html</a><br>
<br>
Latin America's first post-Communism rebellion<br>
<a href="http://mprofaca.cro.net/chiapas.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mprofaca.cro.net/chiapas.html</a><br>
<br>
Electronic Civil Disobedience<br>
<a href="http://mailer.fsu.edu/~sbarnes/ECD/ECD.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mailer.fsu.edu/~sbarnes/ECD/ECD.html</a><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Renate Ferro<br>
Visiting Associate Professor<br>
Director of Undergraduate Studies<br>
Department of Art<br>
Tjaden Hall 306<br>
<a href="mailto:rferro@cornell.edu" target="_blank">rferro@cornell.edu</a><br>
<br>
On 2/5/18, 4:02 PM, "<a href="mailto:empyre-bounces@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au" target="_blank">empyre-bounces@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au</a> on behalf of<br>
Ricardo Rene Dominguez" <<a href="mailto:empyre-bounces@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au" target="_blank">empyre-bounces@lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au</a> on<br>
behalf of <a href="mailto:rrd54@cornell.edu" target="_blank">rrd54@cornell.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
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