Leaving TikTok: Body Interface

By Laura Subirats, April 22, 2026

No care. No self. Just optimisation and the endless scroll. Scroll, #cleanlook. Scroll, #fitness. Scroll, #GRWM. Scroll, #OOTD. Scroll, skinny. Scroll, intermittent fasting. Scroll, high-protein. Scroll, perfect skin. Scroll, cottage cheese. Scroll, glow-up. Scroll, protein powder. Scroll, detox. Scroll, #WhatIEatInADay. Scroll, #food. Scroll, #pilatestok. Scroll, collagen. Scroll, cortisol. Scroll, calorie deficit. Scroll, probiotics. Scroll, affirmations. [...]

Remembering Steve Kurtz – Evening in Amsterdam @Waag, May 7, 2026

By Geert Lovink, April 22, 2026

Remembering Steve Kurtz is an evening dedicated to exploring and honoring the life and work of Steve Kurtz, a pioneer in the fields of bioart and tactical media. As co-founder of Critical Art Ensemble (CAE), an influential collective of radical experimental artists, Kurtz was a frequent visitor to Amsterdam, where he participated in festivals such [...]

Digital Tribulations 16: Intermezzo, The Platformization of the Author in AI-Mediated Writing

By Gianmarco Cristofari, April 17, 2026

The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital sovereignty in Latin America, can be read here. You can find the entire series here. 1. Towards a Transindividual Authorship Already ten years before ChatGPT, Sui, the author of the manhwa Tower of God, imagined an omniscient conversational bot at [...]

OUT NOW! TOD #61 | The Many Faces of Data Access: Legal and Policy Implications for Research

By Klaudia Orczykowska, April 16, 2026

Theory on Demand #61 The Many Faces of Data Access: Legal and Policy Implications for Research Edited by Jef Ausloos & Siddharth Peter de Souza This last volume in the INC Theory on Demand series provides an interdisciplinary critique of regulation and, in the process, opens the ‘black box’ of technology companies to [...]

Digital Tribulations 15: Digital Decolonialism from Mexico to Latin America

By Gianmarco Cristofari, April 7, 2026

Interview with Paola Ricaurte Quijano The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital sovereignty in Latin America, can be read here. You can find the entire series here. I first met Paola Ricaurte in Rio de Janeiro during the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) conference. Paola is a [...]

Paint Me Like One of Your Online Propaganda Girls

By Giulia Timis, April 6, 2026

Visual Tropes and Affect Propaganda in Orbán’s Electoral Campaign There’s a video circulating online that opens with a little girl sitting by a rainy window. She asks her mom where dad is and when he will come back. The mother answers “soon”. The rain keeps pouring in the next scene, in which a man, whom [...]

When Kayfabe Becomes Real and the Hermeneutics of Suspicious Fools

By Peter Lunenfeld, April 3, 2026

Los Angeles, April 2, 2026 Dear Geert— I’ve written before about how understanding the present crisis gets harder and harder with each of these letters to European friends. And that’s simply because we are now in the moment when flooding the zone with shit has resulted in a zone that’s only shit. Flooding the zone [...]

Digital Tribulations 14: The Peace Process and the Case of Transitional Justice in Colombia

By Gianmarco Cristofari, April 3, 2026

Interview with Mateo Merchan Duque. The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital sovereignty in Latin America, can be read here. You can find the entire series here. Today’s tribulation is the first one not directly related to digital sovereignty. I wanted to investigate the most Colombian political [...]

HvA onderzoek naar rol van mediamakers in de platformsamenleving

By Geert Lovink, April 2, 2026

Mediamakers in de Platformsamenleving Co-CB onderzoek uitgegeven door HvA Campus Creators publishing en INC Titel: Mediamakers in de platformsamenleving Redactie: Annamarijn Bos, Anne Dijkstra, Vera Tomassen Voorwoord: Geert Lovink Met teksten van: Sophie van Abeelen, Capucine Bandeville, Bente Borgman, Lotte Endel, Assia El Hannaoui, Oscar van Haren, Jens Hartel, Aimee Heemskerk, Chayenne van der Heidt, [...]

Digital Tribulations 13: The Reality of Digital Human Rights in Colombia

By Gianmarco Cristofari, March 24, 2026

Interview with Pilar Sáenz from Fundación Karisma. The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital sovereignty in Latin America, can be read here. I met Pilar over an online call from Mexico. An activist and coordinator at Fundación Karisma, she has been deeply involved in free software and [...]

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