Out Now: TOD #28: Communities at a Crossroads by Annalisa Pelizza

INC is happy to announce the publication of Theory on Demand #28: Communities at a Crossroads: Material semiotics for online sociability in the fade of cyberculture by Annalisa Pelizza.

You can download, order a print on demand version or read the book here: https://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/tod-28-communities-at-a-crossroads/

OUT NOW! TOD56 | Nguyen Thi Thanh Tra: Chronicles of the Cyber Village: Colonialism and Advertising in the Age of AI

By August Kaasa Sundgaard, February 5, 2025

Chronicles of the Cyber Village: Colonialism and Advertising in the Age of AI By Nguyen Thi Thanh Tra How has artificial intelligence transformed the advertising landscape, and what ethical implications arise from AI-driven personalization and data mining? Who truly benefits from these new AI-controlled advertising ecosystems, and who is left vulnerable or exploited? This book [...]

Fractal Software for Fractal Futures: The Notion Case

By Simone Robutti, January 30, 2025

I’ve been using Notion for many years at this point. My life goes through it, for good and for worse, and it has changed because of it, like it happens with the extensive adoption of any software. It allowed me to be extremely effective and structured in what I do: I have several jobs in [...]

Digital Bodies, Failing Bodies and Longings: Walking Through the DDR Museum

By Salome Berdzenishvili, January 21, 2025

“How Present is Wall”, reads white panel installed in the grassy park in Berlin, tightly fit with five other layers of the same design. Arranged in a zig-zag, the installation ends with: „How Strong is Border“, „How Liberation is Freedom“. None of them end with question marks. There is one thing that strikes me the [...]