Monthly Archives: February 2020

Let’s Detoxify Ourselves-Knowledge for the Future (On Politics of European Education)

By Geert Lovink, February 26, 2020

Dear friends, I’d like to share with you the English translation of our position paper Disintossichiamoci–Sapere per il Futuro, published a week ago on the largest academic discussion website in Italy, that quikly exceeded 1000 subscriptions from all areas of the country and from all disciplines. Also some foreign colleagues gave us their valuable support. [...]

Pit Schultz: Europe is not a Data Grossraum

By Geert Lovink, February 24, 2020

Europe is Not a Data Grossraum by Pit Schultz (@pitsch) Apart from outdated spatial metaphors, the sectorization of data economies points to the risk of the emergence of monopoly platforms. There is a danger of  “natural” sectorwize monopolies, which, thanks to telecommunication-driven 5G infrastructure (EdgeML, IoT), allows vertical integration and the centralization of value chains, [...]

Urgent Publishing Experiment

By Barbara Dubbeldam, February 21, 2020

Become part of a semi-private, highly exclusive, time-released publishing experiment. Read along while we publish the results of this two-year research project! Be the first to read about our urgent publishing adventures, exclusively available as e-mail. Every week between March and May you will receive a fresh chapter in your mailbox.* Sign up here. * [...]

Mapping Independent Culture in Zagreb

By Miriam Rasch, February 11, 2020

Last month INC proudly published Sepp Eckenhaussen’s Scenes of Independence: Cultural Ruptures in Zagreb (1991-2019) as the third edition of the Deep Pockets series. It tells the story of ‘independent culture’ in Zagreb in a way that is both theoretical, practical, and personal. Below you can read an excerpt. To get a free download or [...]