Submit a proposal to the INC Longform series

By grainne, May 4, 2017

At the Institute of Network Cultures we are encouraging the publication of longform articles and to that end we are looking for new submissions for the INC Longform series. We are looking for authors from both freelance and professional backgrounds, working on interesting topics and eager to share their work with a wide international audience. [...]

A reflection on Evgeny Morozov’s thesis: the ‘smart city’ as the transition point for the private city

By grainne, April 3, 2017

Is our contemporary reality one of the free global citizen or the ‘smart’ engineered cyborg? Evgeny Morozov on the revolution of our hassle-free lifestyle. Do you remember that Google search for a hummus bar five months ago? Or the Facebook credentials you exchanged in return for city WiFi last week? Or those photos of last [...]

Tatjana Seitz: Digital Desolation–Amateurs, Aesthetics and the Aging of Web’s Architecture

By grainne, March 28, 2017

The latest INC Longform publication Digital Desolation–Amateurs, Aesthetics and the Aging of Web’s Architecture by Tatjana Seitz should come with a disclaimer for 90’s web nostalgia. As historians abandon master narratives and other disciplines deny historical models of explanation, there has never been a more paradoxical topic than the vernacular web and the authenticity of 90’s [...]

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Submit a proposal to the INC Longform series

A reflection on Evgeny Morozov’s thesis: the ‘smart city’ as the transition point for the private city

Tatjana Seitz: Digital Desolation–Amateurs, Aesthetics and the Aging of Web’s Architecture