UPDATE: Unfortunately Genevieve Bell has had to cancel her appearance at New Media Days for personal reasons.
The Future of the Internet
From Tanzania and China to the Australian outback, you are invited on a journey into diversities of Internet use.
SPEAKER: Genevieve Bell (AU) Cultural Anthropologist & Director of the User Experience Group, Intel
Today people from around the world are interacting with the web in ways we could not imagine a few years ago. According to Genevieve Bell, this will lead to the end of the online “Anglosphere”, giving rise to diverse shades of cultural meaning, content and new forms of online behaviour. Issues concerning privacy, security, surveillance and reliability are bound to arise in the wake of differing cultural influences. Gain an anthropological insight to understand Internet use from new perspectives.
We have more speakers for you at New Media Days 2009 – Take a look here!