TOD #56 Chronicles of the Cyber Village: Colonialism and Advertising in the Age of AI

By August Kaasa Sundgaard, February 5, 2025

Theory on Demand #56      Chronicles of the Cyber Village: Colonialism and Advertising in the Age of AI By Nguyen Thi Thanh Tra How has artificial intelligence transformed the advertising landscape, and what ethical implications arise from AI-driven personalization and data mining? Who truly benefits from these new AI-controlled advertising ecosystems, and who is [...]

Artists, Activists, and Worldbuilders on Decentralised Autonomous Organisations: Conversations about Funding, Self-Organisation, and Reclaiming the Future

By Inte Gloerich, February 5, 2025

Artists, Activists, and Worldbuilders on Decentralised Autonomous Organisations: Conversations about Funding, Self-Organisation, and Reclaiming the Future Inte Gloerich in conversation with Erik Bordeleau, Ruth Catlow, Aude Launay, Yazan Khalili, Penny Rafferty, and Stacco Troncoso Precarity and budget cuts plague arts and culture while they are still recovering from the damages of the pandemic. Meanwhile, extreme [...]

TOD #55 Communication and Social Change in Africa: Selected Case Studies

By Maja Korczyńska, January 7, 2025

       Theory on Demand #55 Communication and Social Change in Africa: Selected Case Studies Edited by Manfred A.K. Asuman, Theodora Dame Adjin-Tettey and Modestus Fosu This book invites you to join leading Africa-focused scholars in a conversation that vividly highlights the intricate relationship among communication, media, culture and social change. Communication and Social [...]

The Aesthetics and Politics of the Online Self: A Savage Journey into the Heart of Digital Cultures

By Ruben Stoffelen, December 31, 2022

      The Aesthetics and Politics of the Online Self: A Savage Journey into the Heart of Digital Cultures By Donatella Della Ratta, Geert Lovink, Teresa Numerico, Peter Sarram This volume investigates our dissonant and exuberant existences online. As social media users we know we’re under surveillance, yet we continue to click, like, love and share [...]

Reformatting Politics: Information Technology and Global Civil Society

By Ruben Stoffelen, September 21, 2006

    Reformatting Politics: Information Technology and Global Civil Society By Jodi Dean, Jon W. Anderson, Geert Lovink This book examines the ways in which new information and communication technologies (ICTs) are being used by civil society organizations (CSOs) to achieve their aims through activities and networks that cross national borders. These new ICTs (the [...]
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Press [△] to Buy: A Hyperreal Stroll Through the World’s Largest Weapons Expo

By Tommaso Campagna, January 7, 2025
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Chronosphere

By Tommaso Campagna, January 7, 2025
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The Kawayoku Tales: Aestheticisation of Violence in Military, Gaming, Social Media Cultures and Other Stories

By Tommaso Campagna, January 7, 2025
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Searching for the Mathematical Contagion – Probabilistic Minds Consortium on a Crusade against the Infinite

By Tommaso Campagna, January 7, 2025

INTERACTIONS

By Maja Korczyńska, January 6, 2025

INTERACTIONS By Maja Korczyńska INTERACTIONS is a 12×17 cm publication inspired by the instructional manuals often included with DVD video game packaging. Printed on slightly glossy, newsprint-style paper, it spans 34 pages. It draws upon the aesthetics of The Sims 2—its color palette, fonts, and icons—but transforms them into an entirely original system of interactions [...]