Russia
Theories & Histories
Thesis: Creative History of the Russian Internet
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Art Platforms
Goriunova, Olga (2007). Art Platforms: the constitution of cultural and artistic currents on the internet. Doctor of Arts thesis. University of Art and Design TaiK. Helsinki.
Goriunova, Olga (2007). Swarm Forms: On Platforms and Creativity. MUTE Magazine Vol 2 #4. Accessible online: http://www.metamute.org/en/Swarm-Forms-On-Platforms-and-Creativity
Translations
From Andrew Paterson:
Мифы Греции (Greek Myths) blog
"Stumbled across this blog which itself is quite remarkable example of p2p data sharing. Under the strapline 'Mysterious world of ancient legends' it is really a mystery who is behind this blog, who set it up etc. Postings are Russian language translations, mostly from P2P Foundation blog (Michel Bauwens entries, http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/). The speed and volume of translations suggests it is an automated bot/script doing the translation labour"
Conferences
From Andrew Paterson:
It appears that BarCamp, open-space/unconference style gatherings have also blossomed in Russia.
St. Petersburg, June 2009
(see links on right-hand side of NevaCamp pages to other former-Soviet BarCamp locations/events)