BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Date iCal//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.2//
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20241103T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20250309T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:calendar.2008.events_uoft_date.0@www.eas.utoronto.ca
CREATED:20241217T212808Z
DESCRIPTION:\nWhen and Where: \nFriday, March 21, 2025 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
  \n EAS Lounge, 14th Floor \n Robarts Library \n\nSpeakers \nProf. Chen-P
 ang Yeang , Institute for the History & Philosophy of Science & Technolog
 y, University of Toronto \n\nDescription: \n2-4pm, March 21, 2025EAS Lo
 ungeAbstract:The bulletin board system (BBS) significantly changed the pro
 duction and transmission of knowledge in China’s information technology (I
 T). Launched in 1991, Chinese FidoNet (CFido) provided a virtual space fo
 r hobbyists to explore technology-for-fun and aggregated many future Chine
 se digital entrepreneurs, enabling them to experiment with business model
 s and pursue open-source software with Chinese characters. CFido’s short h
 istory (1991–1998) also encapsulates the fast-changing dynamic between kno
 wledge and its social context. CFido participants first perceived the BBS 
 as a utopian“pure land” where grassroots intellectuals could develop softw
 are and digital technologies, free from outside interests and interventio
 ns. Yet the beginning of government control of cyberspace, the boom of th
 e IT industry and e-commerce, and the transition from the dial-up BBS to 
 the Internet led the CFidoers to diverging positions about amateurs and ul
 timately brought CFido to an end. \n\nCategories \n Talk \n\nAudiences \n 
 CommunityFacultyGraduate StudentsUndergraduate Students
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250321T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250321T160000
LAST-MODIFIED:20241218T170317Z
SUMMARY:Demarcating a Pure Land: CFido as a Cyberspace for Computer Amateur
 s in 1990s China
URL;TYPE=URI:https://www.eas.utoronto.ca/events/demarcating-pure-land-cfido
 -cyberspace-computer-amateurs-1990s-china
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR