[Reader-list] XXXth SARO Lecture by Lawrence Liang

[Sunil Abraham]

Dear all,

We are pleased to inform you that the XXXth SARO Lecture will be held on
27th March 2008, Thursday. The lecture will be delivered by Lawrence
Liang, Founder, Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore, India.

Lawrence Liang is also a principal researcher on the IDRC funded project
"Towards Détente in Media Piracy"

See the links for more information on the project :- 

http://www.crdi.ca/en/ev-120374-201_104333-1-IDRC_ADM_INFO.html,
http://intranet.idrc.ca/en/ev-118390-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

The title of his lecture is "Archive fever and Copyright Deliriums".
Digital technologies has redefined the idea of the Archive, with an 
explosion of Archival efforts. This presentation attempts to raise 
questions about what it means to think of Archive Fever  in the 
contemporary, and its links to questions of ownership and access to 
knowledge.


Relevant websites: www.altlawforum.org  and www.pad.ma  

About Lawrence Liang

Lawrence Liang is a researcher with the Alternative Law Forum,
Bangalore. His key areas of interest are law, technology and culture,
and the politics of copyright. He has been working closely with
Sarai/CSDS, New Delhi on a joint research project, Intellectual Property
and the Knowledge/Culture Commons. He is the author of two books, Guide
to Open Content Licenses and the Public is Watching: Sex, Laws and
Videotapes, and numerous articles on copyright, informal information
economies and the commons. He is also pursuing a Ph.D. on Law and
Justice in popular Hindi cinema. The Alternative Law Forum is a
collective that works on issues of law, legality and power. It comprises
a motley crew of lawyers, activists, researchers and media
practitioners.

The program for the lecture will be as follows:- 

Date:- 27th March 2008, Thursday 
Title of the lecture:- "Archive fever and Copyright Deliriums" 
Venue :- 2nd floor, Ramalingaswami Conference Hall, IDRC SARO, 208,
Jorbagh, New Delhi 110 003 

1100-1105 hrs.          Introduction and welcome by Dr. Stephen J
McGurk, Regional Director, Regional Office for South Asia and China

1105-1150 hrs.          Presentation by Mr. Lawrence Liang, Founder,
Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore, India. 

1150-1230 hrs.          Questions and Discussions 

1230-1330 hrs.          Lunch 

We would like to invite you to the lecture and lunch. 

The conference room will be booked for the lecture on 27th March 2008
from 10 am to 2 pm.

Sincerely, 

Phet / Reena