“Welcome to the Desert of the Real” is the text from which Slavoj Zizek read from on November 14, 2001 in his lecture, “Passions of the Real: Violence In The XXth Century” at Jack Tilton Gallery in NYC. It is, in general, Zizek’s reflections on the destruction of the WTC and his perception of the [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Welcome to the Desert of the Real
Posted in Uncategorized on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Need for Media Literacy
Posted in Uncategorized on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“A democratic civilization will save itself only if it makes the language of image into a stimulus for critical reflection, not an invitation to hypnosis.” Umberto Eco (http://lanceblisters.com/)
Day one
Posted in Uncategorized on January 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The day started at 10:00 am. At Carasana offices we were introduced to the team that works there. After a theoretical input we saw some examples of the work made by Carasana. (“The Beauty and the Waste”, about recycling. “Picked-up”, a movie sponsored by the Levi Strauss Foundation, whose main subject is the AIDS prevention [...]
Is the medium the message!?
Posted in Uncategorized on January 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The medium is the message” Marshall McLuhan McLuhan claimed in Understanding Media that all media have characteristics that engage the viewer in different ways; for instance, a passage in a book could be reread at will, but a movie had to be screened again in its entirety to study any individual part of it. So [...]
Social Media Revolution
Posted in Uncategorized on January 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Köln: der ewige Dom
Posted in Uncategorized on January 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
‘Archaische Arbeiten’
Posted in Uncategorized on January 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Interactive Documentary” was conducted in the summer of 2007 as part of the University of Texas at Austin/Portugal “Digital Media” program. The goal of the course was to conceptualize and create a series of short videos documents using the city of Oporto as the subject. Participants drew inspiration from the “City Symphony” documentaries of the [...]
Creating and Working with Movies in Education – Hands-on Tools & Practical Tips
Posted in Uncategorized on January 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
willkommen auf den Júlio Mendes Rodrigo neue Blog A existência deste blog justifica-se pela atribuição de uma subvenção para a execução de uma actividade de Formação Contínua, no âmbito do programa Sectorial Grundtvig do programa de Aprendizagem ao longo da Vida. A subvenção atribuída destina-se à realização da acção intitulada “Creating and Working with Movies [...]
