Institute of Network Cultures Blog
Geert Lovink talks on VPRO radio
Posted on Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 9:25 am by Miriam Rasch
Last Monday (May 21st) Geert Lovink appeared on the Dutch radio program Villa VPRO in a broadcast on social media. Other guests were multimedia journalist Peter Olsthoorn and internet expert Danny Mekic. In the first half of the broadcast they discussed the power of Facebook and Google, and in the second half they reflected on [...]The IRC Paradigm: An Alternative Approach for Alternative Social Networks
Posted on Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 11:34 am by Miriam Rasch
By Stijn Peeters It’s become an almost reassuring ritual: whenever Facebook changes its layout, adds a feature or modifies its privacy policy, the internet will quickly be filled with people screaming bloody murder, sharing ways to keep using the older settings and setting up petitions to let Facebook know that this time they’ve really made [...]Society of the Query
Interested in Society of the Query #2? The INC is looking for an intern
Posted on Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 9:56 am by Serena Westra
Internship at INC Institute of Network Cultures (INC) is a media research centre that actively contributes to the field of network cultures through research, events, publications and online dialogue. INC was founded in 2004 by media theorist Geert Lovink as part of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool van Amsterdam). The institute acts as [...]Rethinking Search: YossarianLives!
Posted on Thursday, 16 May 2013, 12:52 pm by frederiek
In a series of blogs I will look at alternative search engines in order to rethink the standard concept of “search”. I will explore what alternative ways of using algorithms to organize knowledge there are and what we can learn from these new methods. The first alternative search engine I will look at is YossarianLives! [...]Out of Ink
Kick-off Toolkit Digital Publishing
Posted on Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 4:14 pm by kimberley
Report: Kick-off Toolkit Digital Publishing 7th of March 2013 The kick-off meeting on the 7th of March was the official start of the “Toolkit Digital Publishing” research project. Margreet Riphagen, projectmanager of the Institute of Network Cultures, gave a short introduction of the research project and introduced the partners of the consortium that are involved [...]The People’s E-Book
Posted on Monday, 11 February 2013, 11:10 pm by margreet
The People's E-Book by Hol Art Books from Kickstarter UPDATE: The People's E-Book will be built! Now, help us build it even better. The more we raise now, the more features we can offer our users in the future. Details coming soon. In the meantime, please keep pledging and keep passing it on to help us build [...]Unlike Us: Understanding Social Media Monopolies and their Alternatives
Unlike Us: Looking Ahead
Posted on Thursday, 25 April 2013, 9:18 am by Andrew Erlanger
It’s been an exciting few years for the Unlike Us initiative, with three conferences, a published reader, an iPad magazine and countless blog posts. Adopting a unique perspective that combines artistic, academic and activistic elements, both social media monopolies and their decentralized alternatives have been analysed in great detail. With Unlike Us #3 having drawn to a close, [...]Unlike Us #3 – The Videos
Posted on Wednesday, 24 April 2013, 3:32 pm by Andrew Erlanger
Unlike Us #3 is now online! If you missed out on this year’s conference or would like to experience it again, be sure to check out our Vimeo channel, where each presentation can be viewed in its entirety: https://vimeo.com/channels/unlikeus3 Taking place in Amsterdam from the 22nd to the 23rd of March, Unlike Us #3 featured [...]Recent pictures
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Review of Benoît Peeters, Derrida–A Biography
Posted on Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 2:32 pm by geert
Benoît Peeters’ Derrida biography, just out in English and German translations, is a must-read for everyone interested in late 20th century philosophy. Over the years I must have read 4-5 books of Jacques Derrida–not much in comparison to his phenomenal output. As the cover already announces, Peeters has written a broad, human-interest biography in a [...]Social Media Questionaire Amongst Zurich Art Students
Posted on Wednesday, 24 April 2013, 10:34 am by geert
On Monday I gave a talk on social media research and the Unlike Us agenda at the art education masters of the Zurich Art School. The next morning 40 or so students gave ‘like’, ‘dislike’ or ‘whatever’ answers to a few theses they formulated themselves after having read my What’s the Social in Social Media [...]
