What is fibreculture?

fibreculture is about critical and speculative interventions in the debate and discussions concerning information technology, the policy that concerns it, the new media for(u)ms it supports and its sustainable deployment towards a more equitable Australia. fibreculture is a forum for the exchange of articles, ideas and arguments on Australian IT policy in a broad, cultural context. it concerns the philosophy and politics of
:: new media arts
:: information and creative industries
:: national strategies for innovation, research and development
:: education, and
:: media and culture

Posting Guidelines

1> A good post provides a point of view which encourages other listmembers to respond. "Would I forward my post to someone outside of :fibreculture:?" is a good question to ask before sending it to the list.

2> A good post highlights *your* perspective. If you want to forward an article by someone else or a URL which may be of interest to the list, please take some time to set some starting points for discussion. If you just want to provide an informational post about an upcoming event or a resource which may be of interest, send it to fibreculture-announce.

3> A good post is in the established :fibreculture: styles - opinion pieces, journalistic articles, discussion questions, essays, short academic papers, reviews - and of course responses to these posts. While the :fibreculture: facilitators value other forms of writing (such as fiction, or theses), we believe that there are other lists which are probably better suited for them. E-mail a facilitator if you're not sure.

The following kinds of posts are not suited for :fibreculture:

* Announcements (send to fibreculture-announce)
* Flames
* Unannotated URLs/forwarded articles
* Fiction
* Long (>10000 wd) academic papers
* Text-art
* One-liners (unless *really* funny or insightful)
* Promotional material

4> Most of all, enjoy yourself! The :fibreculture: list has been a fantastic forum for the exchange of ideas, and it continues to grow in size and diversity. But it can only do so while new members come in and
contribute.

The facilitators are here to help, so feel free to ask them any
questions by e-mailing <facs@fibreculture.org>

:: f i b r e c u l t u r e :: IS COMMITTED TO...

the building of a public info-structure / digital publics / critical publics, and the widening and deepening of public space, and public discourse (on-line and off-) by fostering and promoting open, independent, critical, participatory and sustainable forums; and an Australian list-culture that values these attributes

Who are we?

A network of critical thinkers, Australia-wide, engaged with new media / internet theory and practice. The list (around 800 and growing) includes: theorists > critics > journalists > academics > artists > activists > and all sorts of media producers, designers and other information-workers. We are people who think, read and write about the applications and cultures of new technology.

Fibreculture Facilitators are:

Hugh Brown (Brisbane) hughie at onlineopinion.com.au
Axel Bruns (Brisbane) snurb at snurb.info
Katie Cavanagh (Adelaide) katie. cavanagh at flinders.edu.au
Chris Chesher (Sydney) c.chesher at usyd.edu.au
Gillian Fuller (Sydney) g.fuller at unsw.edu.au
Lisa Gye (Melbourne) lgye at groupwise.swin.edu.au
Geert Lovink (Amsterdam) geert at xs4all.nl
Esther Milne (Melbourne) EMilne at groupwise.swin.edu.au
Adrian Miles (Melbourne) adrian.miles at rmit.edu.au
Anna Munster (Sydney) A.Munster at unsw.edu.au
Andrew Murphy (Editor - Fibreculture Journal) a.murphie at unsw.edu.au
Ingrid Richardson (Perth) ingrid at central.murdoch.edu.au
Ned Rossiter (Ireland) n.rossiter at ulster.ac.uk
David Teh (Sydney) dteh at usyd.edu.au