Larisa Mann on Decolonizing Copyright: Jamaican Street Dances and Globally Networked Technology
March 22nd, 2011
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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1. christian gierdewn | March 31st, 2011 at 6:39 pm
link needs to be fixed.
add the number “640” after “mann” that way it will work.
2. djones | March 31st, 2011 at 6:46 pm
Thanks!
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