Monthly Archives: February 2022

Dispatches from the Place of Imminence, part 2

By Svitlana Matviyenko, February 27, 2022

February 25-26, 2022 The first day of war leaves 137 dead, 316 injured; by the end of the third, the numbers are up to 198, including 3 children, and 1,115 injured, 33 of which are children. Among the killed, as we learn on the morning of the 25th, are thirteen border guards of Snake Island [...]

Dispatches from the Place of Imminence, part 1

By Svitlana Matviyenko, February 25, 2022

I began this diary two months ago when our everyday life started showing the signs of persistent militarization in response to the Russian troops building up near the Ukrainian border. Registering the nuances of this transformation seemed important. Like many, I thought the tension would dissolve, but this is a war diary now. February 12-13, [...]

Dmytro Chepurnyi: Letter from Ukraine (February 22, 2022)

By Geert Lovink, February 25, 2022

(This is an email, posted on the nettime list by Janos Sugar and published here with the consent of the author Dmytro Chepurnyi. Keep in mind: this was written before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. On Twitter Ileana Nachescu @Ileana_voix remarked:  “In hours and hours of coverage by the BBC, and hours [...]

Open Call – Amplifying Voices from Inside the Ukrainian War Zone

By admin, February 24, 2022

The Institute of Network Cultures is in solidarity with those affected by the Russian invasion in Ukraine. We are open to any form of reflections, tactical tools, notes, witness material and reports from or connected to the war zone. INC wants to amplify the artistic, activist, academic and critical voices of all those influenced by [...]

Pulsations of Dis/information: Diary of Kateryna Kobzdar from Lviv, Ukraine

By Kateryna Kobzdar, February 22, 2022

Ukrainians have been living in a permanent state of hybrid war with Russia since February 2014, when Russia occupied Crimea and part of Donbas. But the new cycle of Russian aggression against Ukraine began in May 2021. Spontaneously and unprecedentedly, Russia started to deploy troops near the borders of Ukraine. Here are small fragments of [...]

Net uit: ZWERFLAWAAI EN ANDER (ON)GEWENST GELUID van JOOST SMIERS

By Geert Lovink, February 18, 2022

Nu in de boekhandel, 15 euro, of te bestellen via https://www.starfishbooks.org/product/joost-smiers/ JOOST SMIERS (INC auteur!) ZWERFLAWAAI EN ANDER (ON)GEWENST GELUID Rust, reuring, overlast We gruwen bij de gedachte dat in onze steden en dorpen de stilte van het graf zou heersen. De vraag is dan wat we aan geluid in de publieke ruimte prettig vinden, [...]

OUT NOW – In the Time of Refuge. A Collection of Writings and Reflections on Art, Disaster and Communities

By Tommaso Campagna, February 14, 2022

In the Time of Refuge Edited by David Pledger and Nikos Papastergiadis In this timely collection of essays and artistic works, we gain a spherical perspective on the role of the arts in addressing the challenge of climate change through the concept of refuge. This book follows from a pioneering five-year program of artistic experimentation [...]

On platformization permeation: intersectionalists perspectives from India

By Gianmarco Cristofari, February 3, 2022

On Monday 17th, I got myself ready for some pleasant Zoom fatigue. At 9.30 am CET (2.30 pm in India) I joined three hours and half roundtable on feminist and intersecionalist perspectives on platformization. During five high-quality presentations, I learned about the increasing permeation of platformization in India’s informal economy, care work, and more. I [...]