net critique blog by Geert Lovink
By sabine, July 3, 2008
Now that school’s out, and the Video Vortex Reader editing process is in full swing, Network Notebook #2 is being fine tuned, the new publication in the Studies in Network Cultures series is being written, and we’ve started the preparations for our next event (in March 09), it’s time to wish you all a wonderful [...]
By shirley, April 9, 2008
Door Marije van Eck. Cultuur in ontwikkelingslanden, of dicht bij huis? Op 31 maart 2008 vond in de Cruise Terminal in Rotterdam de bijeenkomst “Grenzeloze Nieuwsgierigheid” plaats. Naar aanleiding van een Manifest voor Nieuwsgierigheid, opgesteld en ondersteund door 23 van de grootste Nederlandse instellingen op het gebied van cultuur en ontwikkelingssamenwerking, werd deze bijeenkomst georganiseerd. [...]
By sabine, March 16, 2008
De digitale gezelligheid van HyvesOud-medewerker Eva Kol schrijft boek over succesvolle vriendennetwerksite. 14 maart 2008. Door David Haakman http://www.nrc.nl/media/article974461.ece/De_digitale_gezelligheid_van_Hyves_ Hoe kon een klein internetbedrijfje uitgroeien tot de populairste netwerksite van Nederland? Die vraag beantwoordt de 26-jarige Eva Kol in haar boek Hyves. Ze beschrijft niet alleen hoe het vriendennetwerk zich ontwikkelde, maar ook hoe de leden Hyves [...]
By sabine, March 5, 2008
Boekpresentatie: Eva Kol, Hyves, Utrecht: Kosmos Uitgevers, 2008. Locatie: De Waag, Theatrum Anatomicum, Nieuwmarkt Amsterdam Datum: Dinsdag 11 maart 2008 Tijd: 17.00u Vrij entree. Vanaf deze maand ligt het boek ‘Hyves’ in de winkels. Het is het eerste boek over de 6-miljoen leden tellende netwerksite Hyves en is geschreven door oud-Hyves-medewerker Eva Kol. De publicatie [...]
By sabine, March 2, 2008
Liz Losh and Ouinon.net both posted pics of the INC package they received, which included all of the INC publications. Left: http://virtualpolitik.blogspot.com/2008/03/surprise-package.html Right: http://www.ouinon.net/index.php?2008/02/19/310-thanks-to-geert-lovink Order INC publications by sending a message to info (at) networkcultures (dot) org. They are also freely available as PDF from the publications page.
By sabine, January 30, 2008
Geert Lovink and Ned Rossiter (eds.), MyCreativity Reader: A Critique of Creative Industries, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 2007. ISBN: 987-90-78146-04-9 Order a copy of the book by sending a message to marijevaneck (at) networkcultures (dot) org. Download a low-res pdf here. about the book: The MyCreativity Reader is a collection of critical research into [...]
By sabine, January 4, 2008
This text is a response to the current trend towards Practice-Based PhD’s as discussed in the ‘Third Cycle: Artistic Research after Bologna, International conference on the third cycle in higher arts education’, Felix Meritis 10-11 October 2007. By Nancy Mauro-Flude (artist and forthcoming PhD candidate). Thank you to : Geert Lovink, Michael Kolkman and Jan [...]
By sabine, November 9, 2007
This book takes an inventory of the art of collaborative practice, surveys the landscape of new, cooperation-enhancing technologies, and renders the inner workings of cooperative processes as a new model for social movements. Civic participation is on the decline, but, online, more people work together than ever before. Activists contribute citizen journalism. New media artists [...]
Friday 23 November 2007 : Zero Comments: Blogging, the Nihilist Impulse. A Critique of Citizen Journalism. The dominant citizen journalism discourse presents itself as an empowering, all-inclusive movement. However, the vast majority of bloggers neither sees itself as a political subject (‘citizen’) or has the ambition to become a journalist. The ‘citizen journalism’ meme was [...]
By sabine, October 25, 2007
Report by Sarah Turner At midnight Sunday 14 Oct, the two temporary screens were unplugged which together with a third permanent one, displayed the Urban Screens art and events programme. Urban Screens Manchester 07 was over. During the four preceding days, Manchester was a hub for the international Urban Screens crowd arriving from around the [...]
