net critique blog by Geert Lovink
By Miriam Rasch, February 13, 2014
‘For children searching the internet is like riding a roller coaster in an amusement park. How to choose one’s own route and get useful hits when searching? How to avoid delay and distraction? How to distinguish between nonsense and reliable resources? It’s hard for adults, but even harder for children.’ Children’s Information – Who Cares? [...]
By Miriam Rasch, January 27, 2014
Doe mee met de Wikipedia-schrijfmiddag (‘edit-a-thon’) over kunst en feminisme! Wikipedia’s ‘vrouwenkwestie’ is goed gedocumenteerd: in een onderzoek uitgevoerd door Wikimedia Nederland in 2013, bleek dat maar 6% van de bewerkers van de Nederlandse Wikipedia vrouw is. De inhoud van Wikipedia wordt scheef door het gebrek aan participatie van vrouwen. Vele artikelen over opmerkelijke vrouwen [...]
By martaburugorri, January 23, 2014
Video Vortex interviewed artist Ursula Endlicher. Ursula experiments with user behaviour from Social Media and looks into the very architecture of the Web itself. For instance, she translates html language or social media terms into movement and creates online video libraries and visual alphabets. In this interview through skype and edited following Ursula’s ideas, she [...]
By Miriam Rasch, January 16, 2014
Vanavond in De Zwijger: Amsterdam Connected: 25 years Internet, 20 years DDS and 20 years AMS-IX Lees nu alvast een interview van Peter Olsthoorn met Geert Lovink over de Digitale Stad: Alles viel samen met De Digitale Stad In Duitstalig Europa is hij een bekend mediatheoreticus en activist: Geert Lovink. We spraken hem over zijn boeiende [...]
By martaburugorri, January 13, 2014
Video Vortex interviewed 2 artists: Jeremy Bailey and Erica Scourti. They tell us about the most relevant ideas behind their work and their upcoming projects in a chat through Skype in which they even do specific actions; Jeremy makes augmented works and Erica comes up with an spontaneous chat related to her writings. Have a [...]
By patricia, December 10, 2013
The INC is hiring an intern with demonstrated research and production skills. The intern will be involved in two INC projects: MoneyLab: Coining Alternatives and MyCreativity #2 Start date: February 1 – June 30 2014. Full Time (> 4 days a week) Compensation: € 450 a month The Institute of Network Cultures (INC) is a [...]
By margreet riphagen, November 29, 2013
We have never been with so many!
By Miriam Rasch, November 1, 2013
For an edition in the INC series https://networkcultures.org/blog/publications/ The authors can explore the following topics, but are not limited to: – Online dating practices in specific countries (case studies), – Online dating and cultural practices, – Online dating as discourse, – Social norms and traditions as continuations and/or conflicts on online environments, – Psychological and [...]
By Miriam Rasch, October 31, 2013
Critics Night at The New Institute in Rotterdam Thursday October 17, 2013 By Eric Kluitenberg Archined and Design Platform Rotterdam have started a new series of public events, ‘to evaluate the current state of design criticism’. To kick off the series they invited architect and writer Sam Jacob (UK) to build on his ‘articulate’ column [...]
By admin, October 16, 2013
De revolutie van het digitaal uitgeven vindt nu plaats Een interview met Geert Lovink door Jorinde Seijdel in samenwerking met het Instituut voor beeldende, audiovisuele en mediakunst Inleiding Bij de ingrijpende bezuinigingsmaatregelen voor kunst en cultuur in Nederland, die in 2013 in werking zijn gesteld, werd onder meer bepaald dat aan kunst- en cultuurtijdschriften geen [...]
