net critique blog by Geert Lovink
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, 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 Leonieke van Dipten, April 6, 2018
How-To Digitale Kunstkritiek Donderdag 19 april, 17.00- 19.00, Spui 25, Amsterdam Door Sonja van der Valk Het publiek is steeds vaker een actor in het kunstenveld. In het theater participeert ze, in het museum cureert ze, met designers ontwerpt ze. In de kritische reflectie op die kunst is haar rol echter marginaal, zeker als actor. [...]
By Miriam Rasch, March 13, 2018
We are pleased to announce the publication of On Editorialization: Structuring Space and Authority in the Digital Age by Marcello Vitali-Rosati. The 26th edition in the Theory on Demand series can be freely downloaded as pdf or epub here. In On Editorialization: Structuring Space and Authority in the Digital Age Marcello Vitali-Rosati examines how authority [...]
By Miriam Rasch, March 1, 2018
Editors: Prof. Amir Hetsroni, College of Social Sciences and Humanities – Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey and Meriç Tuncez, Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities – Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey An interdisciplinary book, Internet-Infused Romantic Interactions and Dating Practices, to be published by the Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam, aims to analyze intricacies of internet-infused [...]
By Leonieke van Dipten, February 22, 2018
In times of fake news and post-truth politics, the internet acts as catalyst, multiplying the impact of falsities and further blurring the boundary between fact and fiction. In this longform Davide Banis asked himself how to make sense of the relationship between any representational media and reality. And…what is ‘fictiocracy’? We proudly present our latest [...]
By Miriam Rasch, December 11, 2017
A contribution by Dr Kayleigh Hodgkinson-Murphy and Dr Angela Daly. The QUT Pathways to Ethical Data project combines the interdisciplinary expertise of Dr Angela Daly, Dr Kate Devitt and Dr Monique Mann, assisted by Dr Kayleigh Hodgkinson-Murphy, to investigate and promote ethical data practices & initiatives, towards a fair and just digital economy. The team [...]
By Miriam Rasch, November 21, 2017
The discussion on digital detox has been going on for some time now, also in the Netherlands, and is doesn’t look like it’s going away soon. After talking about the shortcomings in the detox-discourse, Geert asked me to write down my thoughts on the issue. Below is the result. The phenomenon of digital detox is [...]
By Miriam Rasch, November 13, 2017
Good Data: Call for Proposals for an INC Theory on Demand edited book Editors: Angela Daly (Queensland University of Technology), Kate Devitt (Queensland University of Technology) & Monique Mann (Queensland University of Technology). In recent years, there has been an exponential increase in the collection, aggregation and automated analysis of information by government and private [...]
