net critique blog by Geert Lovink
By Geert Lovink, February 15, 2016
A response to the Democracy in Europe Movement launch in Berlin, February 9, 2016. In the context of growing frustration over the techno-financial determinism in the European political landscape that has cast veil upon veil over executive functions and facilitated the normalization of neo-liberal regimes, a new cosmopolitical movement was launched in Berlin – DiEM25. [...]
By Vera van de Nieuwenhof, February 1, 2016
Door Robert van Boeschoten Het toneelstuk ‘Warum lauft Herr R. Amok’, geschreven door Michael Fengler en Werner Fassbinder en geregisseerd door Susanne Kennedy, is verplichte kost voor alle gamedesigners. In het stuk wordt de geschiedenis getoond van Herr R. die probeert zijn leven invulling te geven door tevreden te zijn met wat hij heeft maar [...]
By Vera van de Nieuwenhof, January 25, 2016
The Institute of Network Cultures is looking for an intern with writing, research and production skills, for the organisation of MoneyLab#3 and overall project management support of the MoneyLab project. Internship period: March 1 until July 1 2016 (0.6 – 0.8 fte). MoneyLab is a network of researchers, artists, hackers and entrepreneurs and other creators [...]
By Leonieke van Dipten, January 22, 2016
We are manufactured and produced by corporate social networking platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, so that our increasingly predictable behavior can generate ever more targeted ads. As Facebook ’employees’ we are to agree with the use of our personal data, we are asked to keep our contact information up to date and we are [...]
By Vera van de Nieuwenhof, November 20, 2015
By Eric Kluitenberg Yesterday afternoon a large group of family, friends, colleagues and co-travellers in free spirit said goodbye to Remko Scha, distinguished professor in computer linguistics, machine artist, composer and co-founder of the Institute of Artificial Art Amsterdam (IAAA). A dreary day at the ‘Nieuwe Ooster’ cemetery befitting for this sad occasion. It was [...]
By Vera van de Nieuwenhof, November 10, 2015
The Institute of Network Cultures is hiring interns from 15 January (0.8 fte) for a period of 3-6 months. INC is looking for talented interns with writing, research and production skills for the production of events and overall project management support. We are looking for an enthusiastic, energetic, inquisitive and precise (former) student with knowledge [...]
At OnlineOpen Michael Seemann writes about Kontrollverlust. Seemann studied cultural science in Lüneburg, Germany. In 2010 he started ctrl-verlust.net – a blog about theorie of losing control over data in the internet. It started as a blog project of the the German Newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) and was later run individually. In 2014 the latter [...]
By Leonieke van Dipten, November 9, 2015
Is the best place to hide a dead body page 2 of Google search results? INC is happy to announce the third longform: The effect of the List, by Nikos Voyiatzis. You can find and read the latest longform here. Nikos Voyiatzis’ (Athens, 1982) work explores information organization in its political and aesthetic dimensions, particularly [...]
By jessvanzyl, October 29, 2015
The talk opened with an audience survey: How many people felt positive about the future? About 50%. And how many people, as designers, felt they could influence the future? Hands lowered – about 20%. Recently, I attended the UX Conference PUSH 2015 in Munich. One talk in particular struck a dystopian chord with me and [...]
By Vera van de Nieuwenhof, October 20, 2015
Internship with Publishing Lab (in Dutch) Weinig dingen hebben het journalistieke landschap de laatste tijd zo opgeschud als de controverse rond AdBlockers. Wat betekent het steeds verder doorgedrongen gebruik van AdBlockers voor de media? Moeten AdBlockers verboden worden of juist afgeschaft? Zijn er ook creatievere oplossingen te bedenken? En wat vindt het publiek er eigenlijk [...]
