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net critique blog by Geert Lovink

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

By Laurence Scherz, January 31, 2023

In-Between Media: Hybrid Tactics in the Crisis Era 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 [...]

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 [...]

OUT NOW – Audiobook Extinction Internet by Geert Lovink

By Tommaso Campagna, December 23, 2022

  Extinction Internet is not merely an end-of-the-world phantasy of digital technology that one day will be wiped out by an electromagnetic pulse or the cutting of cables. Rather, Extinction Internet marks the end of an era of possibilities and speculations, when adaptation is no longer an option. During the internet’s Lost Decade, we’ve been [...]

How to Resist Data Colonialism? Interview with Nick Couldry & Ulises Mejias

By Geert Lovink, December 13, 2022

Interview with Nick Couldry and Ulises Mejias by Teresa Numerico The critical discussion about data power and politics is now mainstream. There are a lot of doubts about the rhetoric that Big Data could represent human preferences, habits, and behaviours without a subjective situated gaze on social phenomena. One of the most interesting texts that [...]

OUT NOW – Economies of Virtue – The Circulation of ‘Ethics’ in AI

By jasmin, December 12, 2022

Theory on Demand #46 Economies of Virtue: The Circulation of ‘Ethics’ in AI Edited by Thao Phan, Jake Goldenfein, Declan Kuch, and Monique Mann AI ethics has never been far from the industries it sought to critique. While originally designed to bring values such as fairness, accountability and transparency to Big Tech and its products, [...]

Photo report: Memes Beyond Images Conference

By Chloë Arkenbout, December 2, 2022

The (political) power of memes has moved beyond virtual images. The distinction between the virtual and ‘real life’ no longer applies, or perhaps was never really there. Their effects (or should we say affects?) are moving through digital infrastructures, policy, regulations, and bodies. If memes are used as a tool by the alt-right to mobilize [...]

OUT NOW – New Essay by Geert Lovink: Extinction Internet

By Tommaso Campagna, November 24, 2022

Extinction Internet is not merely an end-of-the-world phantasy of digital technology that one day will be wiped out by an electromagnetic pulse or the cutting of cables. Rather, Extinction Internet marks the end of an era of possibilities and speculations, when adaptation is no longer an option. During the internet’s Lost Decade, we’ve been rearranging [...]

Berliner Gazette launches After Extractivism

By Chloë Arkenbout, November 24, 2022

After an inspiring local event in Berlin at the Haus der Demokratie und Menschenrechte, the Berliner Gazette has launched the “After Extractivism” conference as an “asynchronous online event” and expansive resource site with video talks, projects, texts, and audios tackling the Ecological-Economic Complex, Green Capitalism, and Transition Justice. Check out the website here: https://after-extractivism.berlinergazette.de.  In [...]

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