Monthly Archives: February 2013

Out now: Unlike Us Reader – Social Media Monopolies and Their Alternatives

By Miriam Rasch, February 21, 2013

Geert Lovink and Miriam Rasch (eds), Unlike Us Reader: Social Media Monopolies and Their Alternatives, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 2013. ISBN: 978-90-818575-2-9, paperback, 384 pages. Freely downloadable as pdf on: networkcultures.org/blog/publication/unlike-us-reader-social-media-monopolies-and-their-alternatives To order free print copies of the reader, visit networkcultures.org/publications Check the book trailer on the bottom of this post and share! The [...]
By Adrian Lucas Th Guardian article Tehran landlords and tenants...

Real Estate as Substitute for Gold

By Miriam Rasch, February 14, 2013

By Adrian Lucas Th Guardian article Tehran landlords and tenants lock horns in heat of property boom highlights what I consider to be the financial nemesis of our time: capital (=savings+speculation) pouring into property buying, creating dysfunctional property markets throughout the world. The policies to control property speculation are failing (in many countries tax policies [...]

INC speaks about Out of Ink and Society of the Query 2 at the Brown Bag Lunch

By serenawestra, February 13, 2013

On Wednesday January 23 2013 INC’s Francesca Coluzzi and René König presented at the Brown Bag Lunch sessions of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam. Graphic Designer and visual artist Francesca Coluzzi from Italy worked on the Out of Ink project for the last 5 months as a research intern at the Institute of Network Cultures. In [...]

Still available: Networks without a Cause

By Miriam Rasch, February 5, 2013

‘Lovink is one of the most brilliant and original theorists around today. Every word he writes elicits a repsonse.’ Simona Lodi on The Huffington Post: What Happens When Networks Are Without a Cause? Geert Lovink Answers in His Last Book Read more about Networks without a Cause by Geert Lovink and order the book online [...]