The Politics of Code: Shaping the Future of the Next Internet is a conference next month hosted by the Oxford Internet Institute.
People seem to think that code is culturally neutral... scary that people can think that value neutral technologies and text can exist.
Posted by jason at January 15, 2003 01:45 PMI clicked on this link & read it, and I know I'm stupid about tech, but I don't see much in this that will address the concept of "cultural [non]neutrality" of code. Seems simply like an opportunity for people who believe in the "democracy" of the internet to complain about some upcoming challenges to the current situation. (Which, btw, is not democractic in the least...)
On the otherhand, it could just be that it's late & I need to sleep.
Posted by: Julia at January 15, 2003 11:54 PMGiggle. Ya, you're right. I'm happy that the ISSUE is be taken up. Not that it was done right. The group of presenters are all bigwigs and politicos, IMHO. But once students start to question, perhaps it will move in a good direction.
Posted by: jason at January 16, 2003 09:16 AM