Over the past few years, while the economic downturn endures...

The Institute of Network Cultures presents: MoneyLab: Coining Alternatives

By patricia, October 11, 2013

Over the past few years, while the economic downturn endures and budget cuts prevail, we have witnessed the emergence and rise of alternative payment systems and revenue models in digital media. Online bartering sites, a plethora of crowdfunding platforms, new forms of valuation, e-wallets and crypto-currencies like Bitcoin, are but a few examples. These coincide with the huge growth [...]

In Dutch: Eric Kluitenberg – Feelings in the Air. Brown Bag Lecture

By Miriam Rasch, September 24, 2013

Kijk terug: de lezing van Eric Kluitenberg, PhD researcher en auteur bij INC. In Feelings in the Air… Self-Mediation and Affect in the ‘Movement(s) of the Squares’ gaat hij in op zijn onderzoek naar de rol van zelfgeproduceerde media, in het bijzonder die waarbij mobiele media worden ingezet door niet-professionele mediamakers, in nieuwe vormen van [...]

Slim zoeken: gids voor zoeken op internet

By Miriam Rasch, September 10, 2013

Nu verkrijgbaar: Slim zoeken op internet van Maarten Sprenger. Maarten Sprenger is ook te gast bij Society of the Query #2, waar hij zal vertellen over zijn gids en over zijn speciale zoekmachine voor kinderen. Ook geschikt voor volwassenen! Iets opzoeken kan iedereen. Maar iets vinden dat je nog niet kent is lastiger, want internet [...]

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Institute of Network Cultures Newsletter, Summer 2013

By Miriam Rasch, July 8, 2013

Subscribe to our newsletter here. We are closed from July 15th – August 19th. Have a nice summer! In this newsletter you can read more about: Digital Publishing Toolkit Society of the Query #2: 7-8 November, 2013 Out now: Florian Cramer – Anti-Media Unlike Us: Videos, blogs and conference report online /////////////////////////////////////////////////// Digital Publishing Toolkit [...]

Last Monday (May 21st) Geert Lovink appeared on the Dutch...

Geert Lovink talks on VPRO radio

By Miriam Rasch, May 21, 2013

Last Monday (May 21st) Geert Lovink appeared on the Dutch radio program Villa VPRO in a broadcast on social media. Other guests were multimedia journalist Peter Olsthoorn and internet expert Danny Mekic. In the first half of the broadcast they discussed the power of Facebook and Google, and in the second half they reflected on [...]

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Real Estate as Substitute for Gold

By Miriam Rasch, February 14, 2013

By Adrian Lucas Th Guardian article Tehran landlords and tenants lock horns in heat of property boom highlights what I consider to be the financial nemesis of our time: capital (=savings+speculation) pouring into property buying, creating dysfunctional property markets throughout the world. The policies to control property speculation are failing (in many countries tax policies [...]

INC speaks about Out of Ink and Society of the Query 2 at the Brown Bag Lunch

By serenawestra, February 13, 2013

On Wednesday January 23 2013 INC’s Francesca Coluzzi and René König presented at the Brown Bag Lunch sessions of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam. Graphic Designer and visual artist Francesca Coluzzi from Italy worked on the Out of Ink project for the last 5 months as a research intern at the Institute of Network Cultures. In [...]

Still available: Networks without a Cause

By Miriam Rasch, February 5, 2013

‘Lovink is one of the most brilliant and original theorists around today. Every word he writes elicits a repsonse.’ Simona Lodi on The Huffington Post: What Happens When Networks Are Without a Cause? Geert Lovink Answers in His Last Book Read more about Networks without a Cause by Geert Lovink and order the book online [...]

The International Encyclopedia of Media Studies

By Miriam Rasch, January 24, 2013

With more than 175 essays written by over 200 researchers from across the globe, the recently published International Encyclopedia of Media Studies is the most extensive resource at hand for those studying new media. The encyclopedia is divided into six parts. Geert Lovink contributed to the last volume, Media Studies Futures, with two articles. Media Studies: [...]

Network Cultures Links – November

By Miriam Rasch, November 30, 2012

Facebook continues to anger its users. Last week timelines flooded with people claiming their copyright over their profile with a single status update – as if they never agreed to Facebook policy. (Half a day later the other half of the timeline flooded with Batman cartoons punching the silly copyright-believers in the face. Both were [...]