Larisa Mann on Decolonizing Copyright: Jamaican Street Dances and Globally Networked Technology
Jamaican music-making practices present an interesting case study in the relationship between culture, copyright law, technology and power. In this talk Larisa Mann — a DJ, journalist, and student of Berkeley Law School’s Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program — shows how the street dance, the explosively creative heart of Jamaican musical practice, suggests several ways that technology can help or hinder people currently excluded from formal systems of power.
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christian gierdewn
March 31, 2011 @ 6:39 pm
link needs to be fixed.
add the number “640″ after “mann” that way it will work.
djones
March 31, 2011 @ 6:46 pm
Thanks!
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