A podcast on the influence of the Russian internet (RuNet) of the '00s and '10s on contemporary visual culture. The history of the development of the Russian digital environment, drawing on personal experience, and an exploration of cultural phenomena.
Graduation Topics: 1. The Russian Net and Culture. The birth of the internet as part of the contemporary narrative. 2. The First Users. How humanity encountered the digital environment. 3. Never Going Back to 2007. People born with a phone in their hands. 4. I Didn’t See It, But It Makes Me Anxious. How the Boomer generation perceived digitalization. 5. Culture and Home. How the internet permeated reality, changing it forever. 6. Cinema and the Russian Net. Films significant to culture related to the domestic internet. 7. They Are Not So Alpha After All. How modern kids react to the internet of the past.
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The podcast explores Russians' interaction with the digital environment and how their perception of culture can be shaped by the internet.
As the Russian internet evolves, we offer a chance to remember or learn how it was formed and reflected in people’s consciousness.
Podcast Excerpt:
— And here I wanted to discuss the phenomenon of a certain absurdity that emerged in the 2010s, and I think it still plays a very important role today. The «Preved, Medved» phrase—it’s a wordplay built on a lack of meaning. That is, we do something, probably something silly, and we are fully aware of it. And all modern memes, and «Six Seven,» I think are continuations of this absurd internet phenomenon.
— That’s true, postmodernism has won.
— Yes, we are truly communicating in the language of postmodernism. And the fact that young people do this unconsciously, I think that is very interesting.
Graduation: Never Going Back to 2007. People born with a phone in their hands.
Graduation Plan: 1. What is it like to be born into the internet era? 2. The first encounter with the digital environment. 3. Visual phenomena of the Russian net in the 2010s. 4. YouTube and community. 5. Clip culture in the Russian net. 6. Twitter as a free platform in Russia. 7. Conclusion: How do we perceive the internet culture of those years today?
Transcript and Podcast
https://disk.360.yandex.ru/d/8anTqPkXIHcfwg