shouting loudly

1:20 Begins the Q&A session. Forgive me for getting names wrong or not knowing them; will try to clean this up later. Ethan Z. gives David Weinberger the “ceremonial first question.” DW: Hospitality has been a big deal since the Old Testament. Has there been less focus on hospitality because of the fake intimacy with [...]

1:11: Replacing objectivity with intersubjectivity. The internet features a new proliferation of voices. So now, our attention is the scarce resource. How do I deal with the overload of information? We look to institutions to solve this problem–to steer attention. We can judge these institutions based on their hospitality–the dialectical negotiation between objectivity and hospitality. [...]

12:50: Is Global Voices (GV) journalism? Rebecca McKinnon: No. No fact checking, no objectivity, most participants don’t see themselves a journalists and even refuse the label. This question is a red herring–it’s like asking Lok whether he’s Chinese, Dutch, etc. What’s more interesting is what it says about what journalism is for, why it’s important, [...]

12:38: How did Lok get to studying Global Voices? Started by being interested in Chinese internet, as well as Dutch dislike of difference. Chatted w/ Andrew Lih (of Wikipedia Revolution fame), who urged him to find something amazing that’s not well understood. Global Voices also allowed him to work on something that straddles multiple cultures–like [...]

My dear friend and fellow ShoutingLoudly blogger Lokman Tsui is about to begin his talk at the Berkman Center, “Beyond Objectivity: Global Voices and the Future of Journalism.” Stay tuned.