Cool Media Hot Talk Show in collaboration with the International
Amsterdam Film Festival / MAFIAfest
presents do-it-yourself interactive talk show edition

on the topic "Rebellion and Spectacle"
with the speakers Natasja van den Berg and Ewald Engelen

Where is the fine line between engagement and profit?

Any ideas?

Submit your questions and comments here:
http://www.coolmediahottalk.net

LIVE @ De Balie salon or follow online
on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007, 18.00
video stream and interface for online participation during the live
event:
http://www.coolmediahottalk.net/livepage.jsp

ABOUT the topic:

"Rebellion and Spectacle"

This Cool Media Hot Talk Show edition as part of MAFIAfest is about
rebellious art in a moralising and commercial society. Where can we
still find rebels? Wearing a Ch? Gueverra t-shirt is a fashion
statement - not a statement about politics. Creating T-shirts with
Mohammed B would be really showing guts! But many artists worry about
the potential risks connected to work of such nature. MTV claims it
has a rebellious identity, but also reaches its target group. Here
engagement and commerce come together. Where is the fine line between
engagement and profit?
The 'creative industries' actively participate in this strategic
vagueness!

ABOUT the speakers:

Natasja van den Berg is the author of the book "Praktisch
Idealisme" ("Practical Idealism"). She studied political science at
the University of Amsterdam, worked as a programmes coordinator at
the Department of Politics in De Balie - Amsterdam, organised debates
and events on the issues of globalisation and actual politics. She
currently works on the book about entrepreneurship in Africa and
leads public discussions as a freelancer.
More info (in Dutch): http://www.natasjavandenberg.nl

Dr. E.R. (Ewald) Engelen is a researcher at the Faculty of Social and
Behavioural Sciences of the University of Amsterdam.
**Keywords: Corporate Governance; Pension Fund Restructuring;
Financial Markets; Migration; Economic Incorporation.
Na falikante mislukkingen als journalist en romanschrijver, heeft
Ewald Engelen zich met succes op de wetenschap gestort. Hij
promoveerde in 2000 cum laude als politiek filosoof op een
proefschrift over medezeggenschap in de beursgenoteerde onderneming.
Hij heeft gepubliceerd in gezaghebbende internationale
tijdschriften. Momenteel is hij als financieel geograaf verbonden aan
de Universiteit van Amsterdam en doet hij onderzoek naar
internationale kapitaalstromen.
More info and texts of Ewald Engelen:
http://www.fmg.uva.nl/amidst/object.cfm?objectID=45DF0517-EE71-4F5E-823E803B3AA8B6C8