Metadata may be an afterthought when it comes to most people’s digital music collections, but when it comes to finding, buying, selling,rating, sharing, or describing music, little matters more. Metadata defines how we talk about music—from discrete bits like author, title,genre etc, to its broader context and history. Metadata circulates inlocal fan bases, online social networks, and live musical experiences.Its value is immense, especially when collected in large databases. But where does it come from? Who determines its accuracy — and who decides what accuracy means? Lastly, who does metadata belong to? A lof these questions reveal clashes between cultures, economic interests, and creative communities. To explore the answers, Larisa Mann will draw on three examples drawn from ethnographic fieldwork inJamaica, 15 years of dj experience, and recent controversies in the tech industry.

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Freitag 04.11.2011 | Kater Holzig Galerie |
13:30 - 14:30 //Presentation
**Larisa Mann | Legal Ethnographer | Journalist | DJ Ripley
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Larisa K. Mann is a legal ethnographer, journalist, public speaker andaward-winning DJ. In the PhD program at UC Berkeley Law School’sJurisprudence and Social Policy department, her research explores theintersection of culture, copyright law, technology and power, throughan ethnographic case study of Jamaican music-making. Mann also haswritten on technology and rights for the youth news website WireTap, spoken on music technology issues at the Future of Music CoalitionPolicy Summit 2011, Microsoft Research Lab Social Media Collective,SXSW-Interactive 2011 and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society,and recently served as a mentor in the Bay Area Video CoalitionProducers’ Institute for New Media Technologies. Larisa is also a PhD Candidate, Jurisprudence &  Social Policy Dept., UC Berkeley Law.

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