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net critique blog by Geert Lovink

Open Call! H&D Summer Camp 2023 – HopePunk: Reknitting Collective Infrastructures

By Sepp Eckenhaussen, March 22, 2023

This summer Hackers & Designers are going to inhabit a remote location in the south of the Netherlands and are looking for 20-30 co-inhabitants for our temporary H&D village! Together we will embark on the adventure of learning, making and living together. With this format we aim for a holistic and intersectional way of thinking [...]

Andrew Lowenthal: Breaking the Censorship Consensus-My Time in the Twitter Files

By Andrew Lowenthal, March 19, 2023

A strange shift has overcome NGOs, academia and philanthropy working in the digital politics and culture spheres – a long held commitment to freedom of expression has been overtaken by a new consensus that accepts actively shaping and removing ‘unacceptable’ ideas and information. What is unacceptable or untrue tends to change weekly, if not more [...]

Who Wrote This Text? Me or Franco Berardi?

By Franco "Bifo" Berardi, March 19, 2023

By Franco Berardi Who wrote this text? Me or Franco Berardi? Peter Gabriel says the question is irrelevant. One year ago the visionary musician Peter Gabriel released a book titled Reverberation, a sort of technophile introduction to the science behind deep listening. “Reverberation is the impact a sound makes after the sound has stopped,” explains [...]

We Need to Collectivize the Internet–Amsterdam Alternative Evening, March 8, OT301

By Geert Lovink, March 2, 2023

On Wednesday 8 March 2023, Amsterdam Alternative is organising a discussion on collective digital property. This AA Talk is organised in the context of the web documentary AA is making about collective ownership. During this evening, we will discuss what digital collective ownership is or can be. We will discuss ideas that deal with ownership, [...]

Subsight, Inquiries in the Subversion of the attention Economy.

By Morgane Billuart, February 27, 2023

In 2020, in the midst of the online expansion of the Black Lives Matter movement, a multitude of channels and media started to relay information about ways to donate or help their community. As a result, millions of individuals started to relay posts and facts about the murder, and more globally about the lack of attention [...]

Introducing Kompreno: European Initiative for High-Quality Journalism

By Geert Lovink, February 13, 2023

A thousand texts and no end in sight: kompreno offers quality journalism without borders Endless diversity, every day: kompreno — the European initiative for high-quality journalism without language barriers — has now translated and republished over 1,000 articles. Its founder, Jochen Adler, wrote INC today: “My project, kompreno, is bringing together quality journalism from a [...]

Full program announced! In-Between Media: Hybrid Tactics in the Crisis Era

By Laurence Scherz, January 31, 2023

A two-day conference on (hybrid) media tactics and togetherness in the field of art and activism, taking place at SPUI25, Framer Framed, OT301, and online. Day one @ Spui 25, Amsterdam, and online March 9, 2023 10:00 – 18:00 Day two @ Framer Framed, Amsterdam, and partly online March 10, 2023 10:00 – 18:00 Party [...]

ReThink UvA Statement on the Violent Eviction of the Former Academische Club on 16 January

By Chloë Arkenbout, January 20, 2023

INC stands in solidarity with ReThink Uva and Uva Rebellion. This is ReThink Uva’s statement: ReThink UvA is the main action group of UvA staff members formed in solidarity with the Maagdenhuis occupation of 2015. Many of us remain active in the formal and informal politics of the University. With this statement we wish to [...]

Klara Debeljak: Online Intimacy-The Digital Designed Self

By Klara Debeljak, January 11, 2023

This is it now, this is what life is all about now, looking at screens, I’ve just accepted it, my friend Jordi told me, while we each look at our monitors, comparing our screen time. He unabashedly told me his phone screen time is 4 hours a day, which is a lot, I think, but [...]

Open Call: Join the Digital Democracy Forum by the Platform Co-op School

By Sepp Eckenhaussen, January 9, 2023

Long hailed as a democratic tool, the internet is now a tool for private economic interests. This forum brings together researchers, artists, policymakers, labor leaders, and technologists at the forefront of efforts to construct a democratic internet. What challenges do we face, and how do we overcome them? Lectures, workshops, stakeholder meetings and tech-meetups will [...]

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