net critique blog by Geert Lovink
By morgancurrie, September 9, 2010
Eric Kluitenberg is a well-traveled theorist, writer, and lecturer who has produced media events in The Netherlands, Moscow, and Estonia, and also currently heads the media program at De Balie, a cultural and political hotbed in Amsterdam. I’ve had to the luck to attend some of Eric’s events, such as 2010’s Electrosmog fest, and witness [...]
By margreet riphagen, September 6, 2010
The Institute of Network Cultures (INC) is a media research centre that actively contributes to the field of network cultures through research, events, publications and online dialogue. The INC was founded in 2004 by media theorist Geert Lovink, following his appointment as professor within the Institute of Interactive Media at the Amsterdam University of Applied [...]
By INC Team, September 2, 2010
The Institute of Network Cultures proudly presents the 6th issue in the Theory on Demand series from Tom Apperley, Gaming Rhythms: Play and Counterplay from the Situated to the Global about this publication: Global gaming networks are heterogenous collectives of localized practices, not unified commercial products. Shifting the analysis of digital games to local specificities [...]
By morgancurrie, September 2, 2010
There was once a time, it seems so long ago now, when libraries were the place to go to find out how to train your dog, where your family lineage came from, the history of your neighborhood dive bar, and so on. Now, we simply plug in and rummage through the Web’s stunning panoply of [...]
By margreet riphagen, August 23, 2010
Het Netherlands Genomics Initiative, het Centre for Society and Genomics en Waag Society presenteren: De Designers & Artists for Genomics Award! Altijd al aan de wieg willen staan van opzienbarende kunst en op zoek naar transdisciplinariteit en de grenzen van artistieke en technologische mogelijkheden? Doe mee aan de Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award en [...]
By morgancurrie, August 20, 2010
What will be Europeana? A digital portal, a universalizing library, a gateway to Europe’s largest archives? Recently I visited Europeana’s office in Den Haag, at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, to ask for definitions from the source. Europeana is perhaps set to become Europe’s uber-aggregator of digital culture, a centralized, catholic platform that links through to millions [...]
By sabine, August 20, 2010
CPOV researcher Juliana Brunello interviewed the Amsterdam-based graphic designer Hendrik Jan Grievink about his Wikipedia-related work. What was the compelling reason for you to get involved in a project concerning Wikipedia? As a designer, I dedicate myself to inventing new ways of understanding the world through images. I use existing images in almost every project: [...]
By morgancurrie, July 21, 2010
What struck me about visiting the Beeld en Geluid Instituut (the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision) in Hilversum, was how tidily the country has consolidated one of the largest audiovisual collections in Europe – 700,000 hours of national radio, television, film and music. Because the Netherlands’ broadcasting stations reside a few kilometers from the [...]
By morgancurrie, July 8, 2010
What defines the information commons? Better, who defines it, grooms it, pays for it, ensures it is a vibrant place to hang out and rummage around in? Can we first ask where this idea of a commons comes from? Today’s information commons crept into public perception with the beginning of the internet in 1993, as [...]
By margreet riphagen, July 2, 2010
Available November 2010 Vito Campanelli – Web Aesthetics, How Digital Media Affect Culture and Society Design: Studio Léon & Loes, Paperback, 392 pages, 14 x 21 cm English edition, ISBN 978-90-5662-770-6, € 23.50 INC in association with NAi Publishers Rotterdam. Web Aesthetics We live in a world of rapidly evolving digital networks, but within the [...]
