Psycultures: The Globalization of Goatrance

By Geert Lovink, August 30, 2013

Interview with Graham St John By Geert Lovink Australian cultural critic Graham St John has written a groundbreaking study on the way the electronic dance music (EDM) genre called Goatrance globalized itself as a movement. In Global Tribe: Technology, Spirituality and Psytrance (Equinox, 2012), he describes Goatrance not merely as a subcategory of EDM. Psytrance, [...]

From Brasil with Love: We Left Facebook

By Geert Lovink, June 19, 2013

From our correspondent in Rio de Janeiro: “There are many posters held up saying similar things like this one, “we left Facebook” or “get out of Facebook and take to the streets”, etc. The FB, Twitter, Instagram activity is intense in helping to coordinate the manifestations quite effectively. There are simultaneous manifestations in tens of [...]

Review of Benoît Peeters, Derrida–A Biography

By Geert Lovink, May 14, 2013

Benoît Peeters’ Derrida biography, just out in English and German translations, is a must-read for everyone interested in late 20th century philosophy. Over the years I must have read 4-5 books of Jacques Derrida–not much in comparison to his phenomenal output. As the cover already announces, Peeters has written a broad, human-interest biography in a [...]

Social Media Questionaire Amongst Zurich Art Students

By Geert Lovink, April 24, 2013

On Monday I gave a talk on social media research and the Unlike Us agenda at the art education masters of the Zurich Art School. The next morning 40 or so students gave ‘like’, ‘dislike’ or ‘whatever’ answers to a few theses they formulated themselves after having read my What’s the Social in Social Media [...]

Recensie van Evgene Morozov’s Safe Everything: Click Here

By Geert Lovink, March 21, 2013

(originele versie van de recensie verschenen in de NRC boekenbijlage van 8 maart 2013. /geert) Van het Wit-Russisch-Amerikaanse “jonge genie” (Tagesanzeiger) Evgene Morozov verscheen deze week een tweede boek dat voortbouwt op zijn bestseller The Net Delusion uit 2011. Deze 28-jarige internetcriticus en veelschrijver is zo succesvol omdat hij het nu eens niet heeft over [...]

Interview für iRights.info über Facebooklöschungen in Deutschland

By Geert Lovink, March 21, 2013

Interview mit Geert Lovink von Alexander Wragge (iRights.info) iRights Fassung: http://irights.info/geert-lovink-facebook-ist-eine-firma-ohne-eigenschaften/13154 Kontext: der Deutsche Fernsehmoderator Jürgen Domian beklagt sich, dass seine kritischen Kommentare auf Facebook gelöscht wurden. Siehe: https://www.facebook.com/Domian.Juergen/posts/466265690110405. Es ging um Kritik an einem katholischen Hardliner. Facebook hat sich für die Löschungen entschuldigt und spricht von einem Fehler. iRights.info: Die Löschung kirchenkritische Kommentare auf [...]

Soziale Medien und Pseudonymität–ein Interview mit Geert Lovink

By Geert Lovink, January 28, 2013

http://www.labkultur.tv/blog/geert-lovink-zur-politik-der-sozialen-medien-und-alternativen-zu-facebook Interview mit Geert Lovink von Julian-Dominik Seysen Frage 1: Wie würden Sie das “Soziale” in Sozialen Medien definieren? Wieso ist Facebook ihrer Meinung nach nicht sozial und was ist das Soziale in den von Ihnen vorgestellten Alternativen? Inwiefern sind diese sozial bzw. wieso sind diese ggt. sozialer? GL: Die Art und Weise wie Facebook, [...]

Some Notes on the Future of Communication & Media Design Degrees

By Geert Lovink, January 28, 2013

On January 18, 2013 I attended the first annual meeting of Dutch Communication and Media Design (CMD) schools. Started 10 years ago, this rather diverse group of ‘new media’ ‘polytech’ BA degrees within the Dutch universities of applied sciences now have 6300 students, spread over 9 schools in different parts of the country with 350 [...]

Essay “What Is the Social in Social Media?” in e-flux journal #40

By Geert Lovink, December 9, 2012

Headlines, 2012: “Next time you’re hiring, forget personality tests, just check out the applicant’s Facebook profile instead.” – “Stephanie Watanabe spent nearly four hours Thursday night unfriending about 700 of her Facebook friends—and she isn’t done yet” – “Facebook apology or jail time: Ohio man gets to choose” – “Study: Facebook users getting less friendly” [...]

Interview for l’Unita by Teresa Numerico

By Geert Lovink, November 13, 2012

(The Italian short version appeared in l’Unita, November 7, 2012, and here is the full version, in English /geert) Amsterdam/Rome, early November 2012 Teresa Numerico: One of the most interesting ideas that you suggest in your book, and I completely agree with you, is that the virtual is becoming more and more real, in the sense [...]

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