March 12 –20, 2022 The air raid siren is a complex event. At night, when the streets under the curfew regime are empty of cars and random night wanderers, all subtle sounds compose a balanced but vibrant sonic texture like a rustle or whisper. Suddenly – and it is always suddenly, no matter whether you […]
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Ben Peters: Ukrainian Reflections from Tulsa, Oklahoma
I have not been directly affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, although I am in touch with dozens of my colleagues, friends, and contacts in the region, where I have lived for about three years and have studied for about twenty. As such, my comments here will bear far less of the immediate unbearable […]
Pulsations of Dis/information: Diary of Kateryna Kobzdar, Lviv-Berlin, part 2
“I never thought I’ll be a refugee,” a colleague wrote in a Facebook group chat. Me neither. While the Ukrainian army and citizens bravely defend my homeland, I write this diary from Berlin. I check if my friends in Kyiv are fine by the green circle in the Facebook chat or through the “last seen” […]
Dispatches from the Place of Imminence, part 2
February 25-26, 2022 The first day of war leaves 137 dead, 316 injured; by the end of the third, the numbers are up to 198, including 3 children, and 1,115 injured, 33 of which are children. Among the killed, as we learn on the morning of the 25th, are thirteen border guards of Snake Island […]
Dispatches from the Place of Imminence, part 1
I began this diary two months ago when our everyday life started showing the signs of persistent militarization in response to the Russian troops building up near the Ukrainian border. Registering the nuances of this transformation seemed important. Like many, I thought the tension would dissolve, but this is a war diary now. February 12-13, […]
Pulsations of Dis/information: Diary of Kateryna Kobzdar from Lviv, Ukraine
Ukrainians have been living in a permanent state of hybrid war with Russia since February 2014, when Russia occupied Crimea and part of Donbas. But the new cycle of Russian aggression against Ukraine began in May 2021. Spontaneously and unprecedentedly, Russia started to deploy troops near the borders of Ukraine. Here are small fragments of […]
Performing the Archive: On Carla Gannis’s wwwunderkammer. By Natasha Chuk
I click on a weblink that prompts me to join a room. The room is dark and drenched in a purple hue: blue and red hexagonal tiles rotate along the perimeter. Large text reads “WELCOME TO THE WWWUNDERKAMMER.” Up ahead is a massive VR headset with portals in the place of apps revealing a map […]
What Doesn’t the Algorithm See? With Rosa Menkman and Joanna Zylinska
“We need to focus on what remains unrendered, or unseen – what we are blind to.” – Rosa Menkman On Friday evening May 14, 2021, the National College of Art and Design in Dublin and The Digital Hub hosted a webinar with Rosa Menkman and Joanna Zylinska. It was the fifth event in the Digital […]
How and Why to Start a Meme Studies Research Network: A conversation with Idil Galip
As the co-editor of the upcoming INC Reader about critical meme research, you can imagine when I received an invitation to the Meme Studies Research Network I got really excited. Over 250 international and interdisciplinary researchers, artists and other meme enthusiasts are currently connecting over there. Which has been a blast, honestly. The main goal […]
Resting in Pixels: One year of “Animal Crossing: New Horizons”
Growing up, my friend had a Nintendo Entertainment System knock-off called Pegasus. I think it was only sold in Eastern Europe in the 1990s. I spent a few summers in her attic, playing a variety of side-scrolling and vertical-scrolling pixelated games. It was fun to see each other get better at different levels and challenges, […]
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