Leonardo Electronic Almanac
Volume 13, No. 8
August 2005
ISSN #1071-4391
TABLE of CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
EDITORIAL
A Colloquium on Art/Science/Spirituality Reconnections Within Emerging Planetary Cultures @ Melilla 2004
by Roger Malina
A NOTE FROM THE GUEST EDITOR
Organizing a Symposium
by Julien Knebush
ABSTRACTS
Introductory address by Mohammed Aziz Chafchaouni, Symposium Director
Foundations for a Culture of Peace and Justice based on Intertradition Cooperation
by Lama Denys
Approaches of the Planetary Dimension in Media Art
by Julien Knebusch
Useful Tension Between C.P. Snow’s Two Cultures Debate and the Emergence of a Context of Five Cultures in the Planetary Context
by Roger Malina
Imagination as a Space of Life and of Resistance to Mercantile Logic
by Mohammed Taleb
Marks and Images of Reality in Media Reasoning
by Hashim Cabrera
Burdens (and Gifts) of Cinema on Experimental Video – the Idea of Experimentation and Resistance in Cairo
by Samirah Al-Kasim
Network Projects in Brazil. Gente (online) Que Faz
by Karla Schuch-Brunet
ME DEA EX: Intertwining Virtual and Real World to Form Immersive/Interactive Theatre
by Neora
The Interpresence Project
by Arthur Matuck
GATES – Beyond Net-Art: Real Things Across Cyberspace
by Caterina Davinio
Mediterranean Maps
by Paolo Atzori and Nicole Leghissa
Mapping a Thesis in Systems Theory in New Media Art
by Jane Cole Forrester Winne
A Universal Mother Tongue
by Celestino Soddu and Enrica Colabella
The Religious Models of Globalism
by Harry Rand
The Ubiquitous Dot in Cosmic Justice
by Ahmad Mostafa
La Metafora Andalusi: La Utopia Necesaria
by Emilio Gonzalez Ferrin
Los conceptos del tiempo y del espacio en el lenguaje de Ibn‘Arabi: un enfoque lingüístico
by Leila Khalifa
Pensamiento lineal y conocimiento: un proceso alquímico
by Francesca Del Carmen Sanchez
BONUS SECTION
An Open Letter to the Melilla Conference Participants
from Chris Alexander
ONE FROM THE VAULT: FROM THE LEA ARCHIVES
Cinematic Thresholds – Instrumentality, Time and Memory In The Virtual
by Ed Keller
LEONARDO REVIEWS
Dream Bridges – Traumbrücken
reviewed by Rob Harle
Psychosomatic: Feminism and the Neurological Body
reviewed by Rob Harle
Television After TV: Essays on a Medium in Transition
reviewed by Kathleen Quillian
The Nick of Time: Politics, Evolution, and the Untimely
reviewed by Rob Harle
Empathic Vision: Affect, Trauma and Contemporary Art
reviewed by Alex Rotas
In Senghor’s Shadow: Art, Politics and the Avant-Garde in Senegal, 1960-1995
reviewed by Michael R. (Mike) Mosher
ISAST NEWS
Lynne Carstarphen Named Coordinating Editor of *Leonardo*
*Leonardo* Launches Yasmin Discussion List
Spector and Larson Join Governing Board
*Leonardo* Book Series Activities
*Leonardo*/OLATS and Space Study
*Leonardo* Reaches Out to Educational Community
*Leonardo* Educators Forum
The Pacific Rim New Media Summit: A Pre-Symposium to ISEA2006
PRNMS Working Group On Container Culture
BYTES
CFP – Leonardo Music Journal 16 (2006)
SCHOOL OF ART INSTITUTE CHICAGO – FACULTY POSITION IN FILM, VIDEO AND NEW MEDIA
Leonardo Electronic Almanac / Volume 13, No. 8 / August 2005