Subverting “Creative Placemaking:” How a Berlin Art Stunt Turned into a Model for Democratic Urban Development

By Ruben Stoffelen, December 16, 2025

Welcome, Take a Seat Wherever >_< the Spatial Politics of the Bedroom

By Ruben Stoffelen, December 10, 2025

Vectoral Agents: Power in the Age of Planetary Computation

By Ruben Stoffelen, November 28, 2025

      Network Notion #4 – Vectoral Agents: Power in the Age of Planetary Computation Edited by Jernej Markelj & Claudio Celis Bueno As machine learning algorithms are delegated with more and more tasks, the capacities that were historically considered signs of human exceptionalism become increasingly less persuasive. Composing a song, making a managerial [...]

Post-Communist Grounds. In Search of the Commons

By Salome Berdzenishvili, July 3, 2025

  Post-Communist Grounds. In Search of the Commons Post-Communist Grounds. In Search of the Commons’ is a collection of  interventions seek to explore and activate practices of commoning in post-communism in a range of genres and media forms, with a specific interest in developing experimental aesthetic practices. ​This volume seeks to re-orient discussions about the [...]

An-Aesthetic Autonomy: Rebuilding the Art World After Its Neoliberal Degradation

By Ruben Stoffelen, June 26, 2025

Skylines I’ve Never Seen: Net-Real China as Hopeium

By Ruben Stoffelen, May 1, 2025

TOD #56 Chronicles of the Cyber Village: Colonialism and Advertising in the Age of AI

By August Kaasa Sundgaard, February 5, 2025

Theory on Demand #56      Chronicles of the Cyber Village: Colonialism and Advertising in the Age of AI By Nguyen Thi Thanh Tra How has artificial intelligence transformed the advertising landscape, and what ethical implications arise from AI-driven personalization and data mining? Who truly benefits from these new AI-controlled advertising ecosystems, and who is [...]

All Computers Are Broken: Rethinking the Technosphere along the Lines of Repair and Maintenance Work

By Ruben Stoffelen, January 14, 2025

Press [△] to Buy: A Hyperreal Stroll Through the World’s Largest Weapons Expo

By Tommaso Campagna, January 7, 2025

TOD #55 Communication and Social Change in Africa: Selected Case Studies

By Maja Korczyńska, January 7, 2025

       Theory on Demand #55 Communication and Social Change in Africa: Selected Case Studies Edited by Manfred A.K. Asuman, Theodora Dame Adjin-Tettey and Modestus Fosu This book invites you to join leading Africa-focused scholars in a conversation that vividly highlights the intricate relationship among communication, media, culture and social change. Communication and Social [...]