Our #wlic2012 FAIFE panel “Sleepwalking into a control society?” Storified:

IFLA 2012 Conference Session 75 Sleepwalking into a control society? Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) Congress track 1: Open access and digital resources. 12 August 2012 13:45 – 15:45 | Room: Session Room 1 | SI [View the story “Our #wlic2012 FAIFE panel \”Sleepwalking into a control society?\” Storified: … Read more

#wlic2012 -In 15 min. our session to begin. here are my fragments of ideas… [Response: New media control in Europe]

DO PLEASE TAKE IT AS AN EARLY DRAFT… Response: New media control in Europe -Erkan Saka, Assistant Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University, School of Communication Intro: I am mostly knowledgeable about the Turkish Case. I will add the most recent developments to my piece already published in FAIFE site. My concrete examples will be from where … Read more

Boston Globe piece on santralistanbul, “A new city to be built in Istanbul and an Istanbul news roundup…

Journey to Istanbul’s Santralistanbul Boston Globe Now it’s what one guidebook calls ?an astounding new art space.? Turkey, we learn, has transformed what was the electric power nerve center for Istanbul from 1911 to 1983 into a mega-size artistic play space, giving power-plant scope and scale for big     A new city to be … Read more