net critique blog by Geert Lovink
By Miriam Rasch, July 10, 2015
Two new editions in our Theory on Demand-series are available now! Theory on Demand #15 was published a couple of weeks ago on the eve of the Facebook Farewell Party: Ippolita’s In the Facebook Aquarium. Theory on Demand #16 is our very first publication about a subject that affects the lives of millions around the [...]
By Vera van de Nieuwenhof, July 2, 2015
Following the Facebook Farewell Party on Tuesday 23 June we said goodbye to our beloved Institute of Network Cultures facebook account. Here we present the 10 reasons why, followed by some useful tips that will help you let go of yours. 10 reasons to leave Facebook Facebook manipulates the relationships you have with your [...]
By Vera van de Nieuwenhof, June 30, 2015
The MoneyLab reader is now available for download in ePUB format. MoneyLab is part of a global movement that demands the democratization of the design of our financial futures. Audacity is essential in times of crisis. And so we must engage constructively with hackers, entrepreneurs, and other creators who take up the call for economic [...]
By Miriam Rasch, June 16, 2015
In preparation for the new longform series the INC started a research into the genres of longform or longread. Miriam presented the project during a lunch meeting for co-workers in the research center of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. You can find the slides and notes on the website of the PublishingLab and below. [...]
By Geert Lovink, June 1, 2015
A couple of months ago, Seiya Kitazawa, a 15 years old net-activist, aka “Noel” worked hard at AfreecaTV (one of the relatively free chat-streaming sites). He had a unique style of independent live transmission with his white half mask and carrying his laptop just like a “cigarette girl” in the old American movie theater and [...]
By Miriam Rasch, May 27, 2015
The INC is very proud to present a new series in our line of publications: INC Longforms, which will showcase English and Dutch longreads by up-and-coming authors. Visit, bookmark and share networkcultures.org/longform! The first essay, about artists working with geo-applications, written by Dutch art and media critic Nadine Roestenburg, is now online. The second essay [...]
By Vera van de Nieuwenhof, May 20, 2015
The Institute of Network Cultures is hiring interns with writing, research and production skills. For the description of the Digital Publishing internship, see here. For the production of events and overall project management support of the MoneyLab project INC is looking for an INTERN with PRODUCTION & WRITING skills from 24 August until 18 December [...]
For the further development of its electronic publication strategy – combining digital and print books and other media – the Institute of Network Cultures is looking for an intern with a strong interest in digital publishing. The internship will be 4 days a week, starting September 2015 until January 2016. You will be producing international [...]
By Miriam Rasch, April 20, 2015
Read an excellent review of Digital Tailspin at Open online: Taking mass surveillance and Kontrollverlust as our “default settings,” the author builds a convincing ethics and practice of a post-privacy Internet, weaving in analogies and important lessons from the fields of activism, artistic practice, racial politics, feminism, clandestine migration, the monitoring and scrutinising of citizens [...]
By jessvanzyl, April 16, 2015
The question keeping me awake over the last month has been: how do designers or publishers get to know their audience? ‘Audience’ sounds like a faceless mass to me, so I decided to find some faces, some voices and some eyes – to question, track and analyse. I want to know a little more about real readers in order to (hopefully) get [...]
