Culture Café, Centre for Media and Cultural Studies, Mumbai presents The New Media Series — A set of provocative presentations and discussions about our relationships with new media and technologies :: Centre for Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai.

Shilpa Gupta on her Work and Art :: July 31, 2009; 4:00 - 6:00 pm, Room 4 — Shilpa Gupta creates artwork using interactive video and objects, photographs and performances to probe and examine subversively themes such as desire, religion, notions of security on the street and on the imagined border. The artist will share her work.

On the Fundamental Right to Read and Write: An Introduction to the Copyleft Movement, by Dr. Nagarjuna G. :: August 7, 2009; 4:00 - 6:00 pm, Room 4 — Dr. Nagarjuna G. does research in the area of structure and dynamics of knowledge at the knowledge lab of Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai in India. He is one of the several freedom fighters promoting free software and free knowledge in India and abroad, and currently the chairperson of the Free Software Foundation of India.

Upcoming Events

Event III: August 21, 2009; 4:00 - 7:00 pm, Room 4
Nishant Shah (Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore) on The Digital Avatar

Event IV: September 11, 2009; 4:00 - 6:00 pm, Room 4
Dr. Amit Rai ( Florida State University) on Mobile Phone Cultures