Min Jiang – Search Without Borders

By serenawestra, November 11, 2013

The popular depiction of the search engine as a borderless, global medium is an illusion, says Min Jiang. Search engines have become increasingly re-territorialized driven by several geo-graphical, political-legal, technological and economical factors that supersede our cosmopolitan impulses. As a native Chinese who has been doing research in the States, Dr. Min Jiang is the [...]

Dirk Lewandowski: Why We Need an Independent Index of the Web

By serenawestra, November 11, 2013

Short interview with Dirk Lewandowski from network cultures on Vimeo. How can we create real alternative search engines? German professor Dirk Lewandowski spoke as third speaker in the session ‘Google Domination’. He argues that we need an independent index of the web. “We don’t need publicly funded search engines. Instead, we need publicly funded search [...]

Interested in online search and the power of Google? The INC is looking for an intern

By serenawestra, May 21, 2013

Internship at INC Institute of Network Cultures (INC) is a media research centre that actively contributes to the field of network cultures through research, events, publications and online dialogue. INC was founded in 2004 by media theorist Geert Lovink as part of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool van Amsterdam). The institute acts as [...]

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Min Jiang – Search Without Borders

Dirk Lewandowski: Why We Need an Independent Index of the Web

Interested in online search and the power of Google? The INC is looking for an intern