Hackers tribes transmediale 2014

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Are there means of renewal in the excess, overflow and waste products of the digital afterglow?

... a world where ... the 'cloud' is made of the metals and minerals of the 'earth' on which data centers are built. Far from immaterial and neutral, our post-digital culture is one where tech is deeply embedded in the geophysical and geopolitical. This is evident at the significant 'other sites' of digital culture such as e-waste dumps, mines, [...]

... Sean Cubitt and Denisa Kera will talk about the effects of electronic and synthetic waste on geological and biological bodies...

http://www.transmediale.de/content/afterglow

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