Posts By: Vera van de Nieuwenhof

Out now: Network Notebook 10 – The Internet Revolution by Richard Barbrook

By Vera van de Nieuwenhof, October 19, 2015

We’re happy to announce the publication of the 10th Network Notebook: The Internet Revolution by Richard Barbrook. It is available online through Issuu, but you can also order your hardcopy here. About this publication: Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron’s The Californian Ideology, originally published in 1995 by Mute magazine and the nettime mailinglist, is the [...]

Mister Motley’s review of The Volkskrant Building: Manufacturing Difference in Amsterdam’s Creative City

By Vera van de Nieuwenhof, October 18, 2015

A review (in Dutch) of INC publication The Volkskrant Building: Manufacturing Difference in Amsterdam’s Creative City by Bart Stuart and Klaar van der Lippe of Mister Motley There are still some hardcopy issues available, you can order them or download the digital version here
Between Control and Emancipation Edited by Lina Dencik, lecturer in...

Critical Perspectives on Social Media and Protest

By Vera van de Nieuwenhof, October 8, 2015

Between Control and Emancipation Edited by Lina Dencik, lecturer in the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University in the UK, and Oliver Leistert, postdoctoral researcher at the DFG Research Training Group “Automatisms” at University Paderborn, Germany. Geert Lovink has contributed a chapter in collaboration with Ned Rossiter: Network Cultures and the [...]

The Facebook Liberation Army at Discovery Festival: live deleting of facebook accounts

By Vera van de Nieuwenhof, September 28, 2015

On Friday 25 September the Facebook Liberation Army made fresh calls to arms at the Discovery Festival in the science centre Nemo, Amsterdam. Armed with pamphlets, zines and instructions on how to leave Facebook the resistance came disguised as Mark Zuckerberg. Many new rebels were enlisted in the Facebook Liberation Army and alternatives to social [...]

Tickets for MoneyLab#2: Economies of Dissent now available

By Vera van de Nieuwenhof, September 10, 2015

The Institute of Network Cultures presents MONEYLAB#2: ECONOMIES OF DISSENT on Thursday 3 & Friday 4 December 2015 at Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam– an international symposium hosting artists, activists, programmers and academics that probe, challenge and hack today’s global economy. What political imperatives shape the economy of dissent? What different views on the redistribution [...]

The Facebook Liberation Army strikes again

By Vera van de Nieuwenhof, September 7, 2015

The 10th edition of Discovery science festival (Friday 25 September at Science center NEMO) examines a theme that resounds with the Facebook Liberation Army: Who’s in control? There are continuous threats of man-made systems – the internet, financial markets – to our autonomy. We are a slaves to our unconscious brain. The systems that have [...]

Refugee solidarity locations

By Vera van de Nieuwenhof, September 3, 2015

As the European Union and national governments are seemingly unable to adequately and humanely respond to the influx of refugees, a growing number of grassroots civilian and artistic initiatives is emerging. Here is a helpful map of refugee solidarity locations, please feel free to update the map if you know of an initiative that is [...]

3 facebook testimonials by Joep van Helden

By Vera van de Nieuwenhof, July 15, 2015

Sociologist-cum-playwright Joep van Helden wrote three poetic facebook testimonials for the Facebook Liberation Army, in Dutch. Facebook testimonial #1 ik ben Wieland Boomakker ik heb blond haar ben vierentwintig jaar doe aan lacrosse heb mijn vader verloren op mijn zestiende een tragisch ongeval ben vrijgezel heb voor leraar Frans gestudeerd hou van een croissant te [...]

Ideas travels – tracing the journey of a Syrian refugee via Whatsapp

By Vera van de Nieuwenhof, July 14, 2015

Ideas odyssey is one of the many harrowing stories of refugees arriving in Europe. Amsterdam-based journalist Sam Nemeth (himself the son of a Hungarian refugee) befriended Ideas while on holiday on the Greek island Lesbos and stayed in touch via Whatsapp while Ideas made his way across Europe. By tracking his journey and sharing it [...]

10 reasons to leave facebook, and some practical tips on how to let go

By Vera van de Nieuwenhof, July 2, 2015

Following the Facebook Farewell Party on Tuesday 23 June we said goodbye to our beloved Institute of Network Cultures facebook account. Here we present the 10 reasons why, followed by some useful tips that will help you let go of yours.   10 reasons to leave Facebook Facebook manipulates the relationships you have with your [...]