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By Tommaso Campagna, January 25, 2024
Amsterdam heeft te maken met grote tekorten in het basisonderwijs. Ondertussen wordt het voor veel mensen steeds lastiger een passende, betaalbare woning in Amsterdam te vinden. Het aantal leerkrachten dat in Amsterdam woont en werkt, neemt de laatste jaren af. Een toenemend aantal jonge leraren woont nog thuis. De uitdaging om een toekomstbestendige woning te [...]
By INC Team, January 17, 2024
Theory on Demand #51 The Planalto Riots. Making and Unmaking a Failed Coup in Brazil Edited By Lou Caffagni, Isabel Löfgren, Gizele Martins and Paola Sartoretto Historical events often carry an air of uncertainty, like a fog that veils their boundaries. Questions arise about when the historical process leading to a coup d’état, or in [...]
By Chloë Arkenbout, January 17, 2024
Digital Colonialism, unlike its historical counterpart, is not confined to a specific global region; instead, it utilises technology as a tool for exploitation and profit generation. Big Tech giants such as Facebook, Google, and Amazon are at the forefront, capitalising on the extraction of data, turning our private information into profitable advertisements. In addition to [...]
By Agnieszka Antkowiak, January 14, 2024
On the occasion of the Expanded Publishing Fest – 20 Years of INC on the 12th of January 2024 amidst the triple book launch, micro book fair, tactical television and club night there was one more event that took place in the in-between spaces of physical and digital – the first public connection established through [...]
By Sara Nuta, January 11, 2024
Abbey Pusz is an artist, writer, and video creator whose work surveys various iterations of utopian visions. From the promise/potential of digital spaces as an authentically democratic and participatory force to the organization of political movements and the persistent specter of the American Dream, her work both chronicles the lineage of and explores political potential [...]
By Sepp Eckenhaussen, December 21, 2023
On the evening of 12 January, INC is organizing a Micro Book Fair as part of the Expanded Publishing Fest at OT301. In this post, we introduce you to the concept of the fair and the work of each participating publisher. Time: 19:00-21:30 (followed by a club night until 03:00) Publishers: HumDrumPress, Outline, Platform BK, [...]
By Matt Bluemink, December 21, 2023
This is the afterword for Network Notion #1: Semiotics of the End by Alessandro Sbordoni. ‘In a way, we must start at the end.’ Deleuze and Guattari[1] This statement from Deleuze and Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus brings us to a strange conclusion. If we are to start at the end, which way should [...]
By INC Team, December 21, 2023
The Institute of Network Cultures is Proud to Present its New Publication Series: Network Notion #1 Semiotics of the End: On Capitalism and the Apocalypse By Alessandro Sbordoni The end of the world is just another sign of semiocapitalism. Semiotics of the End is a collection of thirteen essays about the end of the world [...]
By INC Team, December 19, 2023
Theory on Demand #50 RESISTING DATA COLONIALISM – A PRACTICAL INTERVENTION Members and allies of the Tierra Común Network Some people think that colonialism is long over, while others are sure it has never stopped. This book explores a third possibility: not only is colonialism still continuing, but right now it is morphing into possibly [...]
By Jordi Viader Guerrero, December 12, 2023
Reflections on the Second Iteration of the Moments of Reading Workshop Invited by Daniel Leix Palumbo, fellow PhD researcher in this messy field we call AI, and Dr. Matt Coler, the second iteration of the Moments of Reading workshop took place on October 24, 2023 (thanks a lot to both and all the students who [...]
