Marina Levina

University of California, Berkeley

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28 Weeks Later- We've Lost Control

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Marina Levina University of California, Berkeley

February 06, 2009
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28 Weeks Later- We've Lost Control zombie viral network Curator's Note 28 Weeks Later, a 2007 sequel to 28 Days Later serves as an example of the proliferation of zombie infection narratives in current cultural discourse. These narratives signi ...

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Re: Digitally Mapping "sustainability" and "innovation" through Crafted Networks

Salvation of the handmade

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Marina Levina University of California, Berkeley

Thursday, February 5, 2009 — 4:12 pm
It is interesting how "artisan" becomes a salvation from neoliberal global economy, whilst networks themselves, I would argue, are actually dependent on global capitalist flows. Of course at its heart is the attempt to recover what is "hum ...
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Re: GMGOs: Direct(ed) Action and social movement networks

Communist overtones and the enemy

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Marina Levina University of California, Berkeley

Thursday, February 5, 2009 — 6:52 pm
It is perhaps because of my background, but this video reminds me of a Young Pioneers organization in the Soviet Union. Or actually Young Pioneers 2.0, which is what it would be right now. It is promoting itself as an organized and even somewhat hierarc ...