net critique blog by Geert Lovink
By sabine, December 19, 2005
Afgelopen voorjaar schreef Annemarie Henderson haar afstudeerscriptie over de receptie van mediakunst door kritische jongvolwassenen in Nederland. Zij voltooide hiermee haar studie Algemene Cultuurwetenschappen aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Een pdf van deze scriptie kunt u hier downloaden. Hieronder is een persoonlijke toelichting opgenomen. U kunt contact opnemen met de auteur via het Institute of [...]
By sabine, November 12, 2005
WSIS WIRE is an independent news service offering an updated survey of news and blog posts concerning the World Summit on the Information Society. Whether you want to be updated on the latest WSIS news or need some earlier articles for research – WSIS WIRE is a convenient service to find the desired information. http://www.wsis-wire.net/
By sabine, November 11, 2005
Digitaal Erfgoed Nederland organiseerde op 9 en 10 november in samenwerking met Virtueel Platform de conferentie over innovatie en cultureel erfgoed. Het Institute of Network Cultures was aanwezig; een verslag van de conferentie is te vinden op de blog van trendwatcher Frank Janssen.
By sabine, November 9, 2005
The Incommunicado post-conference production is now available as a download (PDF, 17,5 mB). A mirror location is available here. A hard copy of the book (192 pages) and a CD-ROM with 10 hours of interview material are available upon request. Incommunicado Reader Information technology for everybody else Edited by Geert Lovink and Soenke Zehle Publisher: [...]
By sabine, November 8, 2005
The UNESCO report ‘Towards Knowledge Societies’, published this month, urges governments to expand quality education for all, increase community access to information and communication technology, and improve cross-border scientific knowledge-sharing, in an effort to narrow the digital and ‘knowledge’ divides between the North and South and move towards a ‘smart’ form of sustainable human development. [...]
By sabine, November 6, 2005
The main objective of the WSIS is to ensure that poor countries get the full benefits that ICT can bring to economic and social development. But as the meeting draws nearer, there is a growing chorus of misinformation about it, UN secretary general Kofi Annan writes in the Washington Post of November 5. Internet governance [...]
By sabine, November 1, 2005
Interview with Lisa Parks By Geert Lovink In her book Cultures in Orbit (2005), media theorist Lisa Parks describes satellite technology as a ‘structuring absence’. Satellites play a key role in today’s global news industry and its “spotlighting of the apparatus” (Elsaesser). However, the key ingredient of the global live connection remains invisible. This is [...]
By sabine, October 31, 2005
Op donderdag 3 november om 15:15 uur presenteren Geert Lovink en Soenke Zehle het boek “Incommunicado Reader – Information technology for everybody else” op de conferentie Fill the Gap! in Den Haag. Wij nodigen u van harte uit, daarbij aanwezig te zijn. De Incommunicado Reader (200 pagina’s + cd-rom) bevat bijdragen van Jan Nederveen Pieterse, [...]
Op donderdag 3 november organiseren ontwikkelingssamenwerkingsorganisatie Hivos, OneWorld en IICD de derde editie van de conferentie Fill the Gap!. Deze conferentie gaat vooraf aan de VN-top de World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), die van 16-18 november 2005 in Tunis zal plaatsvinden. Fill the Gap!-3 richt zich op onderwerpen die tijdens de VN top [...]
By sabine, October 25, 2005
On October 13, 2005, V2 and Piet Zwart Institute organized Design Documents: Mapping communication in interdisciplinary and anti-disciplinary work with media, software and society. Key issue during this seminar was how interdisciplinary teams communicate with eachother, the user and the commissioner. What does a design document look like? Matthew Fuller, organizer of the event, opened [...]
