Society of the Query | Society of the Query #2

Society of the Query #2 videos and blog reports are now online! If you missed out on this year’s conference or would like to experience it again, be sure to check out the videos below, where each presentation can be viewed in its entirety.

Society of the Query #2, an initiative of the Institute of Network Cultures, Hogeschool van Amsterdam, took place in Amsterdam, on November 7th and 8th 2013. It brought together 25 speakers divided in six sessions, including an art session. Two hundred people attended the event at the 7th floor of the Amsterdam Public Library, which, for two days, was the world’s hottest search engine hub.

You’ll find all the blog posts and videos on the Report page.

Degoogling Android: a practical how-to by Paul Sulzycki

By Miriam Rasch, September 26, 2017

We are happy to share Paul Sulzycki’s work on ‘degoogling Android’. Original can be found here. A talk explaining some theory and then the practical elements behind regaining control over your Android device at DCTRL in Vancouver last December. The key topic was how to remove as much Google and manufacturer bloatware from Android phones [...]

Astrid Mager about European data protection standards

By Leonieke van Dipten, November 17, 2015

In her research project, Glocal Search. Search technology at the intersection of global capitalism and local socio-political cultures, astrid looks at how search technology is shaped and governed at the intersection of global and local dynamics. She analyzed the reform of the EU data protection legislation as a case study: How are search engines (and [...]

Society of the Query #2 – Conference Report

Degoogling Android: a practical how-to by Paul Sulzycki

Astrid Mager about European data protection standards

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