Monthly Archives: June 2011

Networks Without a Cause, A Critique of Social Media

By margreet riphagen, June 27, 2011

Networks Without a Cause, A Critique of Social Media by Geert Lovink (forthcoming January 2012) BOOK Author: Geert Lovink Publisher: Polity Press 2012 Design: Studio Leon Loes With the vast majority of Facebook users caught in a frenzy of friending’, ‘liking’ and ‘commenting’, at what point do we pause to grasp the consequences of our [...]

Theory on Demand: an interview with INC editor Margreet Riphagen

By morgancurrie, June 22, 2011

Geert Lovink at the launch of Theory on Demand books #1 through #4 Margreet Riphagen is the Institute of Network Culture’s project manager and the editor of the Theory on Demand book series. Here she explains TOD project’s background and how it operates as action-oriented research – and also proof the exploding possibilities for publishing [...]

Publications Overview in EPUB format

By Silvio Lorusso, June 20, 2011

The publication overview is now available in EPUB format. This release represents an experiment on employing open standards for INC digital publishing. The catalogue includes INC Reader series, Studies in Network Cultures, Network Notebooks, Theory on Demand and some miscellaneous titles. Download EPUB from here.

The Public in Publication Studio

By morgancurrie, June 9, 2011

Matthew Stadler has written a detailed day-in-the-life story in Design Observer at his innovative publishing studio…part printing press, part community event project, part hybrid store front business that, here’s hoping, may soon become a settled model of what bookmaking could look like. The entity calls itself modestly Publication Studio, founded by Stadler, former editor of [...]

ToD Readers available on Scribd and Issuu

By Silvio Lorusso, June 8, 2011

At the following links you can find all the Theory on Demand readers published till now. In addition, several other readers by the INC are available for browsing and free download. In the next days the catalogue will be updated with the missing documents. INC’s bookshelf on Scribd. INC’s bookshelf on Issuu. About Scribd: Scribd [...]