My personal Data
email: manhard.schlifni@telekabel.at
mail/address:
Mollardgasse 48/8, 1060 Vienna, Austria
Songwriting / Singing
Ich singe
und schreibe über Politik, Liebe, Philosophie, und alle anderen Dinge
;
I sing and write songs on political, philosophical
and strong personal emotional issues;
"Hippie Dream"
was formed in Vienna, Austria
in 2000
Line-up: Manhard
Schlifni (vocals, guitar) with or without special
guests.
Musical Interests
Gertrude, Tracy
Chapman,
Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Heather Nova, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen,
Melissa Etheridge, Anouk, Janis Joplin, Ani DiFranco, Indigo
Girls, Carole King,
Jimi
Hendrix,
Neil Young, Tori Amos, John Lennon,
Michelle Shocked, Patti Smith, Melanie Safka,
Jefferson Airplane, Exilia,
First Fatal Kiss.
Klassik: Mozard, Chopin, Beethoven.
Poets
Goethe,
Rielke, Novalis
Hobbies
tennis, chess, meditation, transcribing songs, singing and playing guitar,
Tai Chi.
Biographien von Musikerinnen verfassen (
Heather Nova: "Let's Sail Away"
)
Lebensphilosophie (philosophy for life)
go
with the flow
" flow -- the state
in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to
matter”
Czikszentmihalyi
Politische Orientierungen (politics)
partizipatorische
E-Demokratie
participatory E-Democracy
(1) Transformational Societies
(2) Win+Win+World
(3) Transformational Economies
(4) Searching for common ground and the good of
the whole.
(5) Cooperative Agreements, Cooperation Paradigm
(6) Building relationships that respect the highest
in each person
(7) Mediation, peaceful conflict resolution.
(8) Sustainable Societies, Appropriate Green Technology
(9) Cultural Transformation
(10) New Structures, New Behaviour, New Believes
(11) Anticipatory Democracies
(12) Participatory Politics
(13) New Democratic, Transformational Paradigm
(14) Active Society
(15) New Criteria of Success, New Goal Values
(16) Planetary and cosmic Culture
(17) Citizen-controlled media
(18) Grassroots participatory E-Democracies
(19) Respecting the interconnection of all life
(20) Thinking in whole systems, etc.
Lebensträume (dreams of life)
Die
Kunst des Liebens (The art of loving)
partizipatorische E-Demokratie
participatory E-democracy;
Ecotopia;
Curriculum Vitae
Born in
Studies of computer science at the Vienna University of Technology;
1991-1997;
Master thesis: "Electronic Cash in Distributed Systems";
Dipl.-Ing. (university graduated engineer), 1997;
1997-2000 Tramping, Ph.D.-Dissertation; I demonstrated my qualification
to do independent scientific research by dissertation
entitled "Electronic Voting Systems and Electronic
Democracy - Participatory E-Politics for a New Wave of Democracy"
and on 12.12.2000 I finished my studies for the
Ph.D. (doctorate) program in technical sciences, pursuant on University
Studies Act, Annex 2 No. 2.11 in connection with
the curriculum, MBl. Nr. 270-1996/1997 by passing the doctoral
comprehensive examination, Ph.D. ("Doctor of Technical
Sciences"), Jan. 2001,
Vienna University of Technology.
Correspondent and expert for Austria on Electronic Democracy,
Teledemocracy Action News + Network --- TAN+N
, the
Global Democracy Movement, Auburn University, AL, USA
2001-2002 Civil Service
2002-2003 Assistant Professor (Universitätsassistent), Statistics and
Decision Support Systems Department,
2004 Independent scientist
Research Interests
The
Politics of Ecstasy
Transformational Societies
Electronic Voting
Electronic Democracy, Teledemocracy
Demokratietheorie (models of democracy)
feministische E-Demokratie (feminist e-democracy)
Alternativökonomie
Elektronische Demokratie und Nachhaltige Entwicklung ( Teledemocracy and
sustainable developement)
Elektronische politische Prozesse (electronic political processes )
Astronomie (astronomy)
Mein Programm: Sunflights: Simulation der Planeten/Kometen,
Voyager-Raumflugmissionen und extraterestrischer
Objekte im Sonnensystem.
(My program: 3D-flight simulator in the solar-system, including 3D-simulation/animation
of
voyager-missions, comets, and other extra-terrestrial
objects.)