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 AMSTERDAM
World-InfoCon
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De Balie, Centre for Culture and Politics
6 and 7 December, 2002
The tidal wave of new security legislation that has followed the tragic events of September 11, 2001, have made a critical examination of information politics in the network society uncommonly urgent. The Amsterdam edition of World-Info-Con 2002 will be an international and interdisciplinary forum to examine the recent developments in information law, policing and surveillance, and intellectual property rights in the digital domain.
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 Security Paranoia in the World-Info-Sphere
(Day 1)
De Balie, Centre for Culture and Politics
December 6, 2002
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Building the Digital Commons
(Day 2 )
De Balie, Centre for Culture and Politics
December 7, 2002
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Eric Kluitenberg's review of the World-InfoCon 2002 in Amsterdam describes the background and some of the main outcomes of the conference.  Read
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Eric Kluitenberg,
De Balie, Amsterdam
Felix Stalder,
Open Flows, Zürich / Toronto
Konrad Becker,
Public Netbase, Vienna
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A number of key-trends unfold alongside each other: First of all a radical expansion of policing and surveillance powers on the part of police and investigative authorities, manifested in new laws and increased budgets, apparently meant to counter a deep anxiety about security. ... Read |
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