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Sign the BAN X in EUROPE Petition and Join the Campaign

By admin, October 12, 2024

Europeans must unite against Elon Musk’s influence. If you are in the EU or a supporter of its values, we urge you to sign this petition to ban his platform X. Please sign the petition on change.org here. Your name and data will not be published. More info and updates on the campaign website. The [...]

A Hero’s Journey? Ideological Entrepreneurs and Reactionary Digital Politics – Lecture by Alan Finlayson

By admin, June 17, 2024

On Monday June 24, 2024 8pm, Spui25 (Amsterdam) there will be a lecture by Alan Finlayson (University of East Anglia, UK), moderated by Marc Tuters (Mediastudies, UvA). The lecture will look at how the disruptive affordances and practices of global digital culture relate to political reconfigurations symptomatic of a broader crisis of liberalism. Alan Finlayson [...]

Undead Digital Labor and the General Intellect – A Conversation on AI between Tiziana Terranova and Daniël de Zeeuw

By admin, April 23, 2024

Daniël de Zeeuw: A combination of genuine concerns and moral panics over AI (often fueled by the tech moguls themselves) has reached a new high in recent years, particularly with the introduction of ChatGPT by OpenAI. For some it represents the specter of the singularity hanging like an evolutionary cloud over humanity; while others sense [...]

Just Out: Cycles, the Sacred and the Doomed by Morgane Billuart

By admin, March 13, 2024

The Institute of Network Cultures is proud to present the first book by former INC intern Morgane Billuart. It is based on her INC Longforms about the wider context of menstruation apps. Published by Set Margins’ in Eindhoven (NL): Morgane Billuart Cycles, the Sacred and the Doomed Inquiries in Female Health Technologies In a world [...]

New INC Telegram Channel

By admin, April 11, 2023

We invite you to join our new Telegram channel, a place where we can connect through collaborative conversations, livestreams and the sharing of our latest publications such as books, zines, articles, videos, events and much more. To subscribe to the Institute of Network Cultures channel click here: In our Telegram channel, we encourage you to [...]

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 [...]

Cultural Workers Shouldn’t Pay for the COVID-19 Pandemic in NL

By admin, March 14, 2020

We are reposting this anonymous open letter meant to address Dutch cultural organisations, institutions of education and research, and government bodies. Its goal is to raise concerns regarding freelance and remote work during the COVID-19 emergency. Feel free to circulate, appropriate and adapt this text. Here’s the source: https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/view/N+YV5BXQdELU0Z2RZLIuwLkH3My2GNNk9SsdwJ51Gd0/ We are freelancers working in schools, [...]
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A World Digital Library Is Coming True! Sort of.

By admin, May 19, 2014

In the May 22nd issue of The New York Review of Books, Robert Darnton wrote an article whose title proudly proclaims that a world digital library is coming true. [1] I would argue that this is true, but not for any of the reasons or purposes he discussed. In the process of making these claims [...]

De revolutie van het digitaal uitgeven vindt nu plaats

By admin, October 16, 2013

De revolutie van het digitaal uitgeven vindt nu plaats Een interview met Geert Lovink door Jorinde Seijdel in samenwerking met het Instituut voor beeldende, audiovisuele en mediakunst Inleiding Bij de ingrijpende bezuinigingsmaatregelen voor kunst en cultuur in Nederland, die in 2013 in werking zijn gesteld, werd onder meer bepaald dat aan kunst- en cultuurtijdschriften geen [...]

Hendrik-Jan Grievink’s MyCreativity poster in Graphic Design Museum

By admin, January 7, 2011

Connecting the past and the future Retrospective from the collection with work from the 20th and 21st century 15 January – 29 May 2011 The past and the present are always connected. And this has persuaded the Graphic Design Museum to make connections between the history and the future of graphic image culture. The exhibition [...]