Comments on: Are you Born Digital or digitally challenged?

By: Mark Jensen

Mark Jensen — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:36:03 +0000

@Ronni The party after Reboot (post-boot, so to speak) was not announced, other than we all knew there were going to be a small get-together at Ideal Bar beneath Vega, but soon we found out that the real party was outside. There was a guy who sold beer for 10 kr. a piece that he had just bought for 12 kr. a piece a couple of hours before, so Polar Rose-people jumped to the rescue and bought some beer for him to give away

So, basically, it wasn’t announced, but just kinda happened when we found out it was much more fun outside (or at least until the police showed up and asked us to leave).

Mygdal himself said that it was the best post-Boot ever – even better than Reboot2 which ended in everybody singing “Heal The World”, so at least we did something right

By: Ronni Tino Pedersen

Ronni Tino Pedersen — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:21:49 +0000

Lotte, you’re of course right. The youths of Ungdomshuset did use digital technology to their advantage when organizing protests in Copenhagen.

On one specific march I remember they even did a Google Maps mash-up to show the progress and report incidents of police violence as/if it happened: http://tinyurl.com/6eympa

Your comment on the adequacy of the term “smart mobs” is interesting. Surely mobilisation through mobile communication is becoming mainstream. “Culture of mobilisation” perhaps, but mobilisation is too broad a definition I think and it doesn’t take into account the use of digital technology.

But maybe you’re right: We could also use a broader definition. “Smart mobs” should be applied selectively – not whenever three people text to meet for coffee.

By: Lotte

Lotte — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:16:24 +0000

Thanks for the recommendation – I want that book!

Smart mobbing was taking place all the time in Copenhagen. The young activists from Ungdomshuset had/have structure of mobilisation which is based on chained text messages, websites or social networkssites.

Now they have a house, så the activities of the movement are different.

But think of all the torsdagsdemonstrationer or occupations, or pirateparties – all are coordinated through smart mob technologies.

And since the activists are all digital born, the question is if smart mob is to narrow a notion – the activist’s use of digital media is integrated in their lifes, that is a part of their culture and therefore a notion like Mobil(e)sation or culture of mobilisation can be better to use.

By: Ronni Tino Pedersen

Ronni Tino Pedersen — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:36:35 +0000

Here’s an example of a flash mob party in Copenhagen. It was a post-clubbing party on Enghavevej on the last night of the Reboot10 conference, June 27th 2008.
Unfortunately I didn’t get to experience it myself – looks like a blast. I wonder how it was announced? By Twitter?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82yjO3g8Smk