Author: Aram Sinnreich File Type: pdf A broad introduction to the changing roles of intellectual property within society Intellectual property is one of the most confusingand widely useddimensions of the law. By granting exclusive rights to publish, manufacture, copy, or distribute information and technology, IP laws shape our cultures, our industries, and our politics in countless ways, with consequences for everyone, including artists, inventors, entrepreneurs, and citizens at large. In this engaging, accessible study, Aram Sinnreich uncovers whats behind current debates and what the future holds for copyrights, patents, and trademarks.

Author: Jean-Luc Nancy File Type: pdf In this series of interviews, Jean-Luc Nancy reviews his lifes work. But like Schlegels historian--a prophet facing backwards--Nancy takes this opportunity to rummage through the history of art, philosophy, religion, and politics in search of new possibilities that remain to be thought. This journey through Nancys thought is interspersed with accounts of places and events and deeply personal details. The result is at once unpretentious and encyclopedic Concepts are described with remarkable nuance and specificity, but in a language that comes close to that of everyday life. As Nancy surveys his work, he thinks anew about democracy, community, jouissance, love, Christianity, and the arts. In the end, this is a book about the possibility of a world--a world that must be greeted because it is, as Nancy says, already here.

Author: Tomaz Salamun File Type: epub Inspired by Rimbaud and Ashbery, the Slovenian poet Tomaz Salamun is now inspiring the younger generation of American poetsand Woods and Chalices will secure his place in the ranks of influential, experimental twenty-first-century writers. Salamuns strengths are on display here innocence and obscenity, closely allied a great historical reach and questions, commands, and statements of identity that challenge all norms and yet seem uncannily familiar and right Im molasses, dont forget that.Coat of ArmsThe wet sun stands on dark bricks.Through the kings mouth we see teeth.He sews lips. The owl moves its head.Shes tired, drowsy and black.She doesnt glow in gold like shed have to.**

Author: Nanjala Nyabola File Type: pdf From the upheavals of recent national elections to the success of the #MyDressMyChoice feminist movement, digital platforms have already had a dramatic impact on political life in Kenya one of the most electronically advanced countries in Africa. While the impact of the Digital Age on Western politics has been extensively debated, there is still little appreciation of how it has been felt in developing countries such as Kenya, where Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and other online platforms are increasingly a part of everyday life.Written by a respected Kenyan activist and researcher at the forefront of political online struggles, this book presents a unique contribution to the debate on digital democracy. For traditionally marginalised groups, particularly women and people with disabilities, digital spaces have allowed Kenyans to build new communities which transcend old ethnic and gender divisions. But the picture is far from wholly positive.Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics explores the drastic efforts being made by elites to contain online activism, as well as how fake news, a failed digital vote-counting system and the incumbent presidents recruitment of Cambridge Analytica contributed to tensions around the 2017 elections. Reframing digital democracy from the African perspective, Nyabolas ground-breaking work opens up new ways of understanding our current global online era.**ReviewA timely and hugely important work. It chronicles how digital disruption is also an African emancipation, allowing a generation to leapfrog from the so-called Third World into the First and into an exciting beyond.(John Githongo, journalist and founder of the Inuka Kenya Trust) Nyabolas important new book offers a nuanced account of how the global processes transforming our politics and our societies are being experienced in Kenya.(Sean Jacobs, founder and editor of Africa is a Country) Incisive, deft, and innovative, this book describes viral trends and critically expands the scholarship on Kenyan politics while bringing the social histories of marginalized Kenyans into sharper focus.(Brenda N. Sanya, Colgate University) In this highly accessible and timely account, Nyabola moves Kenya and Kenyans from the margins of analysis to the very center, revealing how local realities help to bring out both the worst and best of the new digital age.(Gabrielle Lynch, University of Warwick) Anchored in an eloquent grasp of Kenyan history, Nyabola maps the contours of advances, innovations, and regressions across Kenyas digital sphere. This is essential reading for understanding contemporary Kenya.(Grace A. Musila, University of the Witwatersrand) About the Author Nanjala Nyabola is a Kenyan writer, humanitarian advocate, and political analyst currently based in Nairobi. She is a frequent columnist at Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, Al Jazeera, the Guardian, and other publications.