net critique blog by Geert Lovink
By Miriam Rasch, October 11, 2018
‘Ana Peraica’s Culture of the Selfie: Self-Representation in Contemporary Visual Culture is an outstanding source for art researchers and students, photographers, humanists, and media theorists. It contributes to diverse fields including but far from limited to cultural studies and psychology. It reaches beyond a chronological overview of analyzed phenomena and analyses the contemporary condition through [...]
By Inte Gloerich, October 31, 2018
THE CRITICAL MAKERS READER: COLLABORATIVE LEARNING WITH TECHNOLOGY Published by the Institute of Network Cultures Edited by Loes Bogers and Letizia Chiappini THE CRITICAL MAKERS READER Makerspaces and fablabs are popping up in community centers, schools, universities and libraries, offering access to industry-standard production methods. In parallel to this interest in digital fabrication and maker [...]
By Geert Lovink, September 7, 2018
We would like to invite you all for the booklaunch of Geert Lovink & Ned Rossiter, Organization after Social Media (Minor Compositions, 2018) Spui25, Amsterdam, Monday September 17, 2018, 5.00-6.30 PM The discussion will be chaired by Thomas Poell (UvA, Mediastudies), with responses by Lonneke van der Velden and activists from various political initiatives, such [...]
By Kelly Mostert, September 7, 2018
For the further development of its hybrid publication strategy – combining digital and print books and other media – the Institute of Network Cultures is looking for an Design intern with a strong interest in (digital) publishing 4-6 months, 4 days a week, starting November / December 2018 (starting date can be discussed) You will [...]
By Leonieke van Dipten, July 9, 2018
Today, public interest in journalism seems greater than ever. Buzzwords such as ‘fake news’ or ‘click bait’ indicate that we are dealing with a polarising political issue. Anyone who dares to investigate journalism in this intensified situation also wants to better understand the world in which we are living. After all, journalists play a decisive [...]
By Leonieke van Dipten, June 16, 2018
The second volume in our series with experimental writing, Deep Pockets, is available. INC’s very own Miriam Rasch collected some of her work from the past years for an English edition called Shadowbook: Writing Through the Digital 2014-2018. Five experimental essays and one exposition, all dealing with the question ‘How do we write when we [...]
By Geert Lovink, May 29, 2018
1 & 2 juni in Varia, Rotterdam Naar aanleiding van recente discussies en bijeenkomst in de Waag over alternatieve sociale media zou ik jullie graag willen uitnodigen voor `Welcome to the Federation`. De eerste in een reeks ontmoetingen waarbij we makers van open source gefedereerde sociale media uitnodigen in Varia in Rotterdam om te komen [...]
By Geert Lovink, April 13, 2018
Compiled and edited by Geert Lovink & Patricia de Vries (Institute of Network Cultures) Facebook Delete Manuals https://pageflows.com/blog/delete-facebook/ https://www.ghostery.com/blog/ghostery-news/after-cambridge-analytica-scandal-how-to-delete-your-facebook-account/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/03/28/people-really-deleting-their-facebook-accounts-its-complicated/464109002/ https://androidreader.com/how-to-delete-your-facebook-account-step-by-step/ https://beat.10ztalk.com/2018/03/26/why-deletefacebook-is-a-bad-idea-unless-you-have-these-4-questions-answered/ https://ourdataourselves.tacticaltech.org/posts/21_delete_facebook/ Divorce Tools https://www.fastcodesign.com/90164935/want-to-fight-back-against-facebooks-algorithm-check-out-these-tools https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/facebook-container-extension/ https://ourdataourselves.tacticaltech.org/posts/21_delete_facebook/ https://degooglisons-internet.org/ Departure & Alternatives https://medium.com/we-distribute/a-quick-guide-to-the-free-network-c069309f334 https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/11/facebook-competition/ https://www.tippereconomy.io/ https://mastodon.social/about http://www.orkut.com/index.html https://peepeth.com/about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPSbNdBmWKE https://degooglisons-internet.org/ https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/prevaat-the-privacy-focused-social-network#/ https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-alternatives/ https://ourdataourselves.tacticaltech.org/posts/21_delete_facebook/#decide http://threatbrief.com/deletefacebook-5-best-facebook-alternatives-focus-privacy/ https://mashable.com/2018/03/20/facebook-replacement-openbook-competition/#frm9x3CADZqZ The RSS Alternative https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/07/rss-is-undead/ https://www.wired.com/story/rss-readers-feedly-inoreader-old-reader/ To Regulate or Not to [...]
By Inte Gloerich, April 10, 2018
Persbericht Openbare vergadering van Facebook Liberation Army maandag 16 april 20.00 uur in De Waag, Amsterdam. Het Facebook Liberation Army is verheugd dat de beweging om Facebook te verlaten publieke aandacht heeft gekregen. Na de Cambridge Analytica onthullingen van whistleblower Chris Wylie komt #deletefacebook goed op gang. In Nederland zet de lancering van www.byebyefacebook.nl door [...]
By patricia, April 9, 2018
MoneyLab #5: Matters of Currency Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center 341 DELAWARE AVE., BUFFALO, NY 14202 27–28 April 2018 *GET YOUR FREE TICKETS HERE MATTERS OF CURRENCY It is no longer clear how the axiom “money is power” still holds—if it ever did—in an era of cryptocurrencies, local currencies, free trade zones as financial instruments, “cheap [...]
